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Post by Jeff Easley on Nov 29, 2007 11:59:09 GMT -5
Pardon me for changing the subject.This seems like an appropriate thread for this question,and I didn't think it deserved it's own thread.Does anyone remember(he asks,knowing the answer...)a show on early morning Lexington T.V. hosted by a Dr. Snow?He was apparently a professor of Anthropolgy at U.K. His show was seemingly a college anthrology lecture and he used casts of ancient skulls and bones frequently to illustrate his point.I only saw it a few times but it totally fascinated me.I believe I was 5-6 years old at the time.The opening consisted of a visible man model revolving on a turntable with a very recognizable theme playing,whose name I don't know.The good Dr. was a slight man,balding with horn rim glasses...sterotypical"professor" material.I'm pretty sure In this case,I am the last repository on Earth for memories of this show..but perhaps I'll be surprised.
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Post by John Hourigan on Dec 1, 2007 1:26:09 GMT -5
According to WLEX's Web site (and Wikipedia), channel 18 was the "first Kentucky commercial station to regularly schedule an educational program (Zemanski and White Physics, 1959; Anthropology I, September, 1959)"
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Post by Sixties TV on Dec 1, 2007 2:47:07 GMT -5
Jeff, the host you mentioned probably looked something like this man. This is Ellis Hartford and it appears to be an educational program he is hosting. This is a nice behind the scenes look at WLEX. Notice the map that was part of the news set and clock. Also notice the automobile illustrations that was used during this particular broadcast.
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Post by John Hourigan on Dec 1, 2007 10:42:19 GMT -5
Keep those old photos coming, please! These are great!
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Post by Jim Galloway on Dec 6, 2007 12:03:30 GMT -5
If the posted picture is of the WLEX studio, then I spent most of my time behind the center window doing the audio switching. The window on the right was for the announcer's booth and the two on the left were for the control room.
I probably shouldn't tell the following story. I hope none of the ladies involved visit this board. Anyway -- In 1958 WLEX hosted a fashion show for the leading Lexington department store (I don't remember the name). This was before we built the prop room off the back of the studio. The only place the ladies had to change clothes was behind the blue screen used for camera backdrops. Unfortunately (for them) this area was in full view from the control room. The director and I could have sold viewing space in our area if we had been so inclined. This was about the only time we were visited by management and sales force personnel. Has that really been 49 years ago? Good thing I was young then or I would be old now.
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Post by Sixties TV on Dec 7, 2007 4:07:09 GMT -5
Jim, we can only imagine what that was like.
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Post by jeff Easley on Dec 11, 2007 18:11:18 GMT -5
It occurred to me to Google Dr.(Charles) Snow.Born in 1910,died in 1967,Dr. Snow was indeed,a Professor of Anthropology at UK for 26 years.He was a rather well known forensic anthropologist,and one of his students,Dr. Bill Bass,went on to start the "Body Farm" at the University of Tenn. and is a best selling author.The man who began filming Dr. Snow's lectures,O. Leonard Press,went on to be instrumental in the founding of KET, Kentucky Educational Television.I was 5 years old in 1959...surprised I remember that show so vividly.
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Post by Sixties TV on Dec 12, 2007 0:37:41 GMT -5
Jim, nice research on Charles Snow. Unfortunately we don't have a photo of him.
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Post by Jeff Easley on Dec 19, 2007 11:47:06 GMT -5
Those old TV cameras are pretty cool.I love that "retro" look.They look like they should emit"Z-rays"to bring down flying saucers in a 50's SciFi flick. I'd be curious to know the details on the photo printed above of the lady in the bustier lacing up the other ladie's corset.Doesn't look like your typical local programming that I recall from that era.Seems rather provocative for the time...Saturday morning kiddie show fodder today,of course.
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Post by JACQULENE STANIFER on Nov 17, 2010 13:09:02 GMT -5
60'S TV (NEWS) PERSONALITY FROM LEXINGTON, KY: STAN CARMACK WAS A SECOND COUSIN WHO DIED, RECENTLY, (2008) AT THE AGE OF 71. I HADN'T SEEN STANLEY RAY SINCE I WAS A CHILD IN THE 60'S, BUT, I, UNDERSTAND, THROUGH MY RELATIVES AND WHAT I CAN GATHER ON THE INTERNET ABOUT HIM THAT HE MOVED TO KANSAS CITY, MO IN THE 70'S AND WAS NEWS ANCHOR FOR CHANNEL 9 IN KANSAS CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AFTER LEAVING KANSAS CITY NEWS 9 HE MOVED TO KANSAS CITY'S CHANNEL 5 WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR SOME 21 YEARS WHILE HE PRODUCED AND ANCHORED THE "NOON EDITION".
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