| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Chris Albrecht |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Former HBO Chairman and CEO |
| Fred Allen |
Comic |
31-May-1894 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Town Hall Tonight |
| Gracie Allen |
Actor |
26-Jul-1895 |
27-Aug-1964 |
Say goodnight Gracie |
| Steve Allen |
Talk Show Host |
26-Dec-1921 |
30-Oct-2000 |
The Tonight Show |
| Roone Arledge |
Sports Figure |
8-Jul-1931 |
5-Dec-2002 |
Created Wide World of Sports |
| Edwin H. Armstrong |
Inventor |
18-Dec-1890 |
31-Jan-1954 |
Inventor of FM radio |
| Gene Autry |
Country Musician |
29-Sep-1907 |
2-Oct-1998 |
Singing cowboy |
| Lucille Ball |
Actor |
6-Aug-1911 |
26-Apr-1989 |
I Love Lucy |
| Red Barber |
Sports Figure |
17-Feb-1908 |
22-Oct-1992 |
The Voice of the Dodgers |
| Jack Benny |
Actor |
14-Feb-1894 |
26-Dec-1974 |
The Jack Benny Show |
| Candice Bergen |
Actor |
9-May-1946 |
|
Murphy Brown |
| Edgar Bergen |
Actor |
16-Feb-1903 |
30-Sep-1978 |
Radio's greatest ventriloquist |
| Milton Berle |
Comic |
12-Jul-1908 |
27-Mar-2002 |
Mr. Television |
| Jeffrey L. Bewkes |
Business |
25-May-1952 |
|
CEO of Time Warner |
| Michael Bloomberg |
Politician |
14-Feb-1942 |
|
Mayor of New York City |
| Steven Bochco |
Film/TV Producer |
16-Dec-1943 |
|
Cop Rock |
| David Brinkley |
Journalist |
10-Jul-1920 |
11-Jun-2003 |
The Huntley-Brinkley Report |
| Tom Brokaw |
Journalist |
6-Feb-1940 |
|
Former anchor, NBC Nightly News |
| Mark Burnett |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Jul-1960 |
|
Survivor, Eco-Challenge, etc. |
| George Burns |
Comic |
20-Jan-1896 |
9-Mar-1996 |
Oh, God! |
| Sid Caesar |
Comic |
8-Sep-1922 |
|
Your Show of Shows |
| Johnny Carson |
Talk Show Host |
23-Oct-1925 |
23-Jan-2005 |
Longtime host of Tonight Show |
| John Chancellor |
Journalist |
14-Jul-1927 |
12-Jul-1996 |
NBC Nightly News anchor |
| Peter Chernin |
Business |
29-May-1951 |
|
President of News Corporation |
| Dick Clark |
TV Personality |
30-Nov-1929 |
18-Apr-2012 |
American Bandstand |
| Imogene Coca |
Actor |
18-Nov-1908 |
2-Jun-2001 |
Your Show of Shows |
| William Conrad |
Actor |
27-Sep-1920 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Jake and the Fatman |
| Don Cornelius |
TV Personality |
27-Sep-1936 |
1-Feb-2012 |
Soul Train |
| Howard Cosell |
Sports Figure |
25-Mar-1918 |
23-Apr-1995 |
Straight-shooting, toupee-wearing commentator |
| Katie Couric |
Talk Show Host |
7-Jan-1957 |
|
CBS Evening News |
| Walter Cronkite |
Journalist |
4-Nov-1916 |
17-Jul-2009 |
America's most trusted newscaster |
| Bing Crosby |
Singer |
3-May-1903 |
14-Oct-1977 |
White Christmas |
| Barry Diller |
Business |
2-Feb-1942 |
|
CEO of USA Interactive Corp. |
| Phil Donahue |
Talk Show Host |
21-Dec-1935 |
|
The Phil Donahue Show |
| Sam Donaldson |
Journalist |
11-Mar-1934 |
|
ABC newscaster, sheep rancher |
| Allen B. DuMont |
Inventor |
29-Jan-1901 |
14-Nov-1965 |
TV picture tube and TV network |
| Jimmy Durante |
Comic |
10-Feb-1893 |
20-Jan-1980 |
Everybody wants ta get inta da act |
| Dick Ebersol |
Journalist |
28-Jul-1947 |
|
Chairman of NBC Sports, 1989-2011 |
| Michael Eisner |
Business |
7-Mar-1942 |
|
CEO of Disney, 1984-2005 |
| Michael J. Fox |
Actor |
9-Jun-1961 |
|
Back to the Future |
| Bill France, Jr. |
Auto Racing |
4-Apr-1933 |
4-Jun-2007 |
CEO of NASCAR, 1972-2003 |
| Brian France |
Auto Racing |
2-Aug-1962 |
|
Chairman and CEO of NASCAR |
| Arlene Francis |
Actor |
20-Oct-1907 |
31-May-2001 |
What's My Line? |
| Fred Friendly |
Journalist |
30-Oct-1915 |
3-Mar-1998 |
President of CBS News, 1964-66 |
| Charles Gibson |
Journalist |
9-Mar-1943 |
|
Good Morning America |
| Jackie Gleason |
Actor |
26-Feb-1916 |
24-Jun-1987 |
Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners |
| Arthur Godfrey |
Actor |
31-Aug-1903 |
16-Mar-1983 |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
| Mark Goodson |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Jan-1915 |
18-Dec-1992 |
Goodson-Todman Productions |
| Katharine Graham |
Publisher |
16-Jun-1917 |
17-Jul-2001 |
Washington Post publisher, 1966-79 |
| Kelsey Grammer |
Actor |
21-Feb-1955 |
|
Frasier |
| Merv Griffin |
Talk Show Host |
6-Jul-1925 |
12-Aug-2007 |
The Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy |
| Mary Hart |
TV Personality |
8-Nov-1950 |
|
Entertainment Tonight |
| Paul Harvey |
Radio Personality |
4-Sep-1918 |
28-Feb-2009 |
The Paul Harvey Show |
| Jim Henson |
Performance Artist |
24-Sep-1936 |
16-May-1990 |
Creator of the Muppets |
| Don Hewitt |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Dec-1922 |
19-Aug-2009 |
60 Minutes creator |
| Chet Huntley |
Journalist |
10-Dec-1911 |
20-Mar-1974 |
The Huntley-Brinkley Report |
| Don Imus |
Radio Personality |
23-Jul-1940 |
|
Imus in the Morning |
| Peter Jennings |
Journalist |
29-Jul-1938 |
7-Aug-2005 |
Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight |
| Tom Joyner |
Radio Personality |
23-Nov-1949 |
|
The Tom Joyner Morning Show |
| Mel Karmazin |
Business |
24-Aug-1943 |
|
President and COO of Viacom, 2000-04 |
| Casey Kasem |
Radio Personality |
27-Apr-1932 |
|
American Top 40 |
| David E. Kelley |
Film/TV Producer |
4-Apr-1956 |
|
L. A. Law |
| Larry King |
Talk Show Host |
19-Nov-1933 |
|
Larry King Live |
| John Kluge |
Business |
21-Sep-1914 |
7-Sep-2010 |
Media mogul, Metromedia, Inc. |
| Ted Koppel |
Journalist |
8-Feb-1940 |
|
Nightline |
| Ernie Kovacs |
Comic |
23-Jan-1919 |
13-Jan-1962 |
Nairobi Trio |
| Mario Kreutzberger |
Game Show Host |
28-Dec-1940 |
|
Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante |
| Charles Kuralt |
TV Personality |
10-Sep-1934 |
4-Jul-1997 |
On the Road |
| Brian Lamb |
Talk Show Host |
9-Oct-1941 |
|
Founded C-SPAN |
| Michael Landon |
Actor |
31-Oct-1936 |
1-Jul-1991 |
Little House on the Prairie |
| Gerry Laybourne |
Business |
19-May-1947 |
|
CEO of Oxygen Media |
| Norman Lear |
Film/TV Producer |
27-Jul-1922 |
|
Creator of All in the Family |
| Shari Lewis |
Performance Artist |
17-Jan-1933 |
2-Aug-1998 |
Lamb Chop's Play-Along |
| Susan Lucci |
Actor |
23-Dec-1946 |
|
Erica Kane on All My Children |
| Nancy Marchand |
Actor |
19-Jun-1928 |
18-Jun-2000 |
Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant |
| Guglielmo Marconi |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1874 |
20-Jul-1937 |
Inventor of radio |
| Dean Martin |
Singer |
7-Jun-1917 |
25-Dec-1995 |
Member of Rat Pack |
| L. Lowry Mays |
Business |
24-Jul-1935 |
|
CEO of Clear Channel, 1972-2004 |
| Lorne Michaels |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Nov-1944 |
|
Producer of Saturday Night Live |
| Les Moonves |
Business |
6-Oct-1949 |
|
CEO of CBS Television |
| Mary Tyler Moore |
Actor |
29-Dec-1936 |
|
The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| Akio Morita |
Business |
26-Jan-1921 |
3-Oct-1999 |
Co-Founder of Sony |
| Edward R. Murrow |
Journalist |
25-Apr-1908 |
27-Apr-1965 |
The epitome of broadcast journalism |
| Sheila Nevins |
Film/TV Producer |
6-Apr-1939 |
|
President, HBO Documentary and Family |
| Carroll O'Connor |
Actor |
2-Aug-1924 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Archie Bunker in All in the Family |
| Charles Osgood |
Journalist |
8-Jan-1933 |
|
CBS News Sunday Morning |
| William S. Paley |
Business |
28-Sep-1901 |
26-Oct-1990 |
Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 |
| Jane Pauley |
Talk Show Host |
31-Oct-1950 |
|
Host of Today Show, 1976-89 |
| Bud Paxson |
Business |
c. 1934 |
|
Paxson Communications |
| Regis Philbin |
Talk Show Host |
25-Aug-1931 |
|
Live with Regis & Kathie Lee and Kelly |
| Gilda Radner |
Comic |
28-Jun-1946 |
20-May-1989 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Dan Rather |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1931 |
|
Former CBS Anchorman |
| Gene Rayburn |
Game Show Host |
22-Dec-1917 |
29-Nov-1999 |
Host of Match Game |
| Ronald Reagan |
Head of State |
6-Feb-1911 |
5-Jun-2004 |
40th US President, 1981-89 |
| Sumner Redstone |
Business |
27-May-1923 |
|
Chairman and CEO of Viacom |
| J. Leonard Reinsch |
Government |
28-Jun-1908 |
9-May-1991 |
Truman's press secretary |
| John Rigas |
Business |
14-Nov-1924 |
|
CEO of Adelphia, 1952-2002 |
| Brian Roberts |
Business |
28-Jun-1959 |
|
CEO of Comcast |
| Cokie Roberts |
Journalist |
27-Dec-1943 |
|
ABC's This Week |
| Gene Roddenberry |
Screenwriter |
19-Aug-1921 |
24-Oct-1991 |
Creator of Star Trek |
| Fred Rogers |
TV Personality |
20-Mar-1928 |
27-Feb-2003 |
Mister Rogers |
| Tim Russert |
Talk Show Host |
7-May-1950 |
13-Jun-2008 |
Meet the Press |
| Pat Sajak |
Game Show Host |
26-Oct-1946 |
|
Wheel of Fortune |
| Cristina Saralegui |
TV Personality |
29-Jan-1948 |
|
The Hispanic Oprah |
| David Sarnoff |
Business |
27-Feb-1891 |
12-Dec-1971 |
CEO of RCA, founder of NBC |
| Diane Sawyer |
Journalist |
22-Dec-1945 |
|
Good Morning America |
| Bob Schieffer |
Journalist |
25-Feb-1937 |
|
Face the Nation moderator |
| Rod Serling |
Author |
25-Dec-1924 |
28-Jun-1975 |
Creator of The Twilight Zone |
| Eric Sevareid |
Journalist |
26-Nov-1912 |
9-Jul-1992 |
CBS News journalist |
| William Shatner |
Actor |
22-Mar-1931 |
|
Captain Kirk on Star Trek |
| Bernard Shaw |
Journalist |
22-May-1940 |
|
Prime time CNN news anchor |
| Jean Shepherd |
Radio Personality |
26-Jul-1921 |
16-Oct-1999 |
A Christmas Story |
| Dinah Shore |
Singer |
29-Feb-1916 |
24-Feb-1994 |
See the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let |
| Aaron Spelling |
Film/TV Producer |
22-Apr-1923 |
23-Jun-2006 |
Beverly Hills 90210 |
| Lesley Stahl |
Journalist |
16-Dec-1941 |
|
60 Minutes |
| Susan Stamberg |
Radio Personality |
7-Sep-1938 |
|
NPR |
| Frank Stanton |
Business |
20-Mar-1908 |
24-Dec-2006 |
President of CBS, 1946-73 |
| Ed Sullivan |
TV Personality |
28-Sep-1902 |
13-Oct-1974 |
The Ed Sullivan Show |
| Danny Thomas |
Actor |
6-Jan-1914 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Make Room For Daddy |
| Marlo Thomas |
Actor |
21-Nov-1937 |
|
That Girl |
| Ted Turner |
Business |
19-Nov-1938 |
|
Founder of Cable News Network |
| Mike Wallace |
Journalist |
9-May-1918 |
7-Apr-2012 |
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent |
| Barbara Walters |
Journalist |
25-Sep-1929 |
|
20/20, The View |
| Lew Wasserman |
Business |
22-Mar-1913 |
3-Jun-2002 |
Chairman and CEO of MCA, 1946-95 |
| Lawrence Welk |
Conductor |
11-Mar-1903 |
17-May-1992 |
Big band leader, TV champagne music host |
| Orson Welles |
Actor |
6-May-1915 |
10-Oct-1985 |
Citizen Kane |
| Margita E. White |
Government |
27-Jun-1937 |
20-Nov-2002 |
FCC Commissioner, 1976-79 |
| Richard E. Wiley |
Attorney |
20-Jul-1934 |
|
FCC Chairman, 1974-77 |
| Oprah Winfrey |
Talk Show Host |
29-Jan-1954 |
|
The Oprah Winfrey Show |
| Dick Wolf |
Film/TV Producer |
20-Dec-1946 |
|
Producer of Law and Order |
| David L. Wolper |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Jan-1928 |
10-Aug-2010 |
Roots |
| Robert C. Wright |
Business |
1943 |
|
CEO of NBC Universal |
