National Broadcasting Company | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:16 1 History
00:02:42 1.1 Radio
00:02:50 1.1.1 Earliest stations: WEAF and WJZ
00:05:24 1.1.2 Red and Blue Networks
00:09:30 1.1.3 Chimes
00:11:30 1.1.4 New beginnings: The Blue Network becomes ABC
00:14:39 1.1.5 Defining radio's golden age
00:19:42 1.1.6 Decline
00:24:48 1.1.7 Restoration
00:26:10 1.2 Television
00:36:09 1.2.1 Color television
00:44:11 1.2.2 1970s doldrums
00:51:17 1.2.3 Tartikoff's turnaround
00:57:29 1.2.4 Must See TV
01:01:41 1.2.5 New century, new problems
01:09:47 1.2.6 Comcast era (2011–present)
01:21:08 2 Programming
01:24:31 2.1 NBC News
01:26:08 2.2 Daytime programming
01:29:31 2.3 Children's programming
01:34:55 2.4 Specials
01:38:57 2.5 Programming library
01:40:09 3 Stations
01:43:04 4 Related services
01:43:13 4.1 Video-on-demand services
01:45:50 4.2 NBC HD
01:49:15 4.3 NBCi
01:51:08 5 Evolution of the NBC logo
01:51:43 6 International broadcasts
01:51:53 6.1 Canada
01:53:08 6.2 Europe and the Middle East
01:53:55 6.2.1 NBC Super Channel becomes NBC Europe
01:56:01 6.3 Latin America
01:56:10 6.3.1 Mexico
01:56:58 6.3.2 Nicaragua
01:57:38 6.3.3 Canal de Noticias
01:58:35 6.4 Caribbean
01:59:21 6.4.1 Bahamas
01:59:38 6.4.2 Netherlands Antilles
01:59:57 6.5 Puerto Rico
02:00:15 6.6 Bermuda
02:00:46 6.7 Pacific
02:00:54 6.7.1 Guam
02:01:58 6.7.2 American Samoa
02:02:24 6.7.3 Federated States of Micronesia
02:02:44 6.8 Asia
02:02:52 6.8.1 NBC Asia and CNBC Asia
02:04:19 6.8.2 Regional partners
02:05:06 6.9 Australia
02:06:45 7 Criticism and controversies
02:06:55 8 Presidents of NBC Entertainment
02:07:06 9 See also
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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles (at 10 Universal City Plaza), Chicago (at the NBC Tower) and Philadelphia (at the Comcast Technology Center). The network is one of the Big Three television networks. NBC is sometimes referred to as the Peacock Network, in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting. It became the network's official emblem in 1979.
NBC has thirteen owned-and-operated stations and nearly 200 affiliates throughout the United States and its territories, some of which are also available in Canada via pay-television providers or in border areas over-the-air; NBC also maintains brand licensing agreements for international channels in South Korea and Germany.
1893 Chicago World's Fair | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:41 1 Planning and organization
00:09:37 2 Description
00:11:32 3 Attractions
00:16:18 3.1 Anthropology
00:16:57 3.2 Rail
00:18:32 3.3 Country and state exhibition buildings
00:20:21 3.4 Guns and artillery
00:21:48 3.5 Religions
00:22:32 3.6 Moving walkway
00:22:59 3.7 Horticulture
00:23:18 4 Architecture
00:23:27 4.1 White City
00:26:00 4.2 Role in the City Beautiful Movement
00:27:30 4.3 Great Buildings
00:28:55 4.4 Transportation Building
00:30:32 4.5 Surviving structures
00:33:44 4.6 Other architecture at the Fair
00:33:54 5 Visitors
00:35:58 6 Souvenirs
00:36:42 7 Assassination and end of fair
00:38:05 8 Electricity at the fair
00:43:06 9 Music at the fair
00:43:16 9.1 Musicians
00:44:18 9.2 Other music and musicians
00:47:29 10 Art at the fair
00:47:39 10.1 American artists exhibiting
00:47:49 10.1.1 Painters
00:47:57 10.1.2 Sculptors
00:48:07 10.2 Women artists exhibiting
00:49:12 11 Women artists at the Woman's Building
00:49:23 12 Notable firsts at the fair
00:50:14 12.1 Concepts
00:50:41 12.2 Commemorations
00:51:53 12.3 Edibles and potables
00:52:56 12.4 Inventions and manufacturing advances
00:53:17 12.5 Organizations
00:53:41 12.6 Performances
00:56:44 13 Later years
00:57:50 14 See also
01:00:16 14.1 Media about the fair
01:00:28 15 References and notes
01:00:38 16 Further reading
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The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles B. Atwood. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and splendor. The color of the material generally used to cover the buildings façades gave the fairgrounds its nickname, the White City. Many prominent architects designed its 14 great buildings. Artists and musicians were featured in exhibits and many also made depictions and works of art inspired by the exposition.
The exposition covered 690 acres (2.8 km2), featuring nearly 200 new (but deliberately temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46 countries. More than 27 million people attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world's fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
Dedication ceremonies for the fair were held on October 21, 1892, but the fairgrounds were not actually opened to the public until May 1, 1893. The fair continued until October 30, 1893. In addition to recognizing the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Europeans, the fair also served to show the world that Chicago had risen from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire, which had destroyed much of the city in 1871.On October 9, 1893, the day designated as ...
Grand Rapids, Michigan | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:37 1 History
00:01:46 1.1 Native American settlement
00:03:35 1.2 European-American settlement
00:13:12 1.3 Incorporation and growth
00:15:36 1.4 Economic history
00:15:45 1.4.1 Gypsum mining
00:16:51 1.4.2 Furniture City
00:19:19 2 Geography
00:19:29 2.1 Topography
00:21:25 2.2 Climate
00:25:21 3 Cityscape
00:28:40 4 Culture
00:34:07 4.1 Tourism
00:39:34 4.2 Entertainment and performing arts
00:44:00 4.3 Sports
00:46:19 4.4 Media
00:48:26 5 Economy
00:51:53 6 Demographics
00:52:02 6.1 2010 census
00:54:44 6.2 2000 census
00:57:00 6.3 Ethnicity
00:57:58 6.4 Religion
01:02:00 7 Government and politics
01:03:21 7.1 Mayor
01:04:40 7.2 Politics
01:06:03 8 Education
01:09:56 9 Notable people
01:10:06 10 Transportation
01:10:15 10.1 Transportation history
01:10:25 10.1.1 Roadways
01:10:58 10.1.2 Railroad
01:11:55 10.1.3 Air transportation
01:12:23 10.2 Major highways
01:13:53 10.3 Mass transit
01:14:02 10.3.1 Bus
01:15:36 10.3.2 Air
01:16:29 10.3.3 Rail
01:16:55 11 Sister cities
01:17:15 12 See also
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Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan and the largest city in West Michigan. It is on the Grand River about 30 miles (48 km) east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 1,005,648, and the combined statistical area of Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland had a population of 1,321,557. Grand Rapids is the county seat of Kent County.A historic furniture-manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies, and is nicknamed Furniture City. Other nicknames include River City and more recently, Beer City (the latter given by USA Today and adopted by the city as a brand). The city and surrounding communities are economically diverse, based in the health care, information technology, automotive, aviation, and consumer goods manufacturing industries, among others.
Grand Rapids is the childhood home of U.S. President Gerald Ford, who is buried with his wife Betty on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in the city. The city's main airport and one of its freeways are also named after him.