On the 16th in 1899...Mary Margaret McBride was born in Paris Missouri. She later worked as a radio personality on WOR-AM, New York City.
On the 16th in 1904...Fleming patents thermionic tube (diode tube)
On the 15th in 1926...The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) began broadcasting comprised of a network of 24 radio stations. It debuted with a 4-hour special program.
On the 16th in 1940...In Atlanta, the "hillbilly music" show "The WSB Barn Dance" began its 9½-year run.
The King's popularity has grown so exponentially large during the filming on the movie that his part -- originally almost a cameo -- is expanded to fit his stardom. Indeed, when his character is killed at the end of the movie, test audiences are so distraught that Elvis re-appears at the end of the movie to reprise the title song.
A fifty-foot cardboard cutout of the singer is posted outside the theater to emphasize his new importance to the project, and the movie -- which recieves lukewarm reviews from critics who nonetheless appreciate the singer's performance -- rakes in a very respectable four million dollars in just two months.
On the 15th in 1959...Three ex-members of the Quarrymen -- later to become known as the Beatles' John, Paul, and George -- audition for a British talent program called TV Star Search at the Hippodrome Theatre in Lancashire, appearing as "Johnny and the Moondogs" and performing two Buddy Holly songs: "Think It Over" and "It's So Easy." Unfortunately, the trio is forced to return to Liverpool the same night, having no money to rent a hotel room, and therefore missing out on the next round of auditions.
On the 16th in 1959...Harry Harrison debuted on WMCA, New York. Here's Harry on WMCA from 1965...
On the 16th in 1963...The touch-tone telephone was introduced
On the 16th in 1967...Jonathan Schwartz starts at WNEW 102.7 FM NYC
On the 16th in 1979...Paul McCartney released the holiday single "Wonderful Christmastime." Because he wrote, published, and played all the instruments on this recording, McCartney's royalties add up. Including royalties from cover versions, it is estimated that Paul McCartney makes $400,000 per year from this song, which puts its cumulative earnings in excess of $16 million.
On the 15th in 2006...radio personality, Jack Alix, died in Richmond, Virginia. Alix is best known for his syndicated oldies show "Rock and Roll Roots" at one time heard on almost 150 radio stations.
On the 16th in 2012…Radio personality (WBZ-Boston, WKBW-Buffalo, WBEN-Buffalo)/program director Jefferson Kaye, for many years the voice of NFL Films, died of cancer at 75. For more on Kaye: Click Here.
On the 16th in 2012…Radio/television personality (WWJ-Radio, WWJ-TV) Sonny Eliot, a broadcaster in Detroit for 63 years and one of the first TV weathermen to combine meteorology and humor, died at age 91.
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