Posted in On This Day, tagged charlie 'choo choo' justice, george preston marshall, hail to the redskins, redskins tv network, washington redskins, wbtv, wfmy-tv on October 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On this day in 1951: WBTV in Charlotte and WFMY-TV in Greensboro carry the state’s first Washington Redskins telecast. The image is grainy black and white and the Redskins lose to the Browns 45-0, but North Carolinians like what they see. The Redskins network was created by team owner George Preston Marshall and sponsored by [...]
Posted in On This Day, tagged atomic power, billboard magazine, fred kirby, hiroshima, wbtv on August 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1945: The day after Hiroshima, country musician Fred Kirby composes “Atomic Power,” the first song to acknowledge “The Bomb.” Billboard magazine calls it “the greatest folk song in 20 years.” The chorus: “Atomic power, atomic power… It was given by the mighty hand of God.” Other versions will outsell the original [...]
