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Encyclopedia > Adrian Cronauer

Adrian Cronauer (born September 8, 1938) is a lawyer and former radio disc jockey from the United States. September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ...


He is best-known as the inspiration for the Robin Williams film, Good Morning, Vietnam. Cronauer co-authored the original story for Good Morning, Vietnam! A subsequent special program on National Public Radio about the role of military radio in Vietnam earned Cronauer a 1992 Ohio State Award and two 1991 Gold Medals from the New York Radio Festival. Robin Williams performing in Iraq. ... Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 comedy/drama film set in Saigon during the Vietnam War, based on the career of Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio Saigon (AFRS), who proves hugely popular with the troops serving in South Vietnam, but infuriates his superiors with what they... American Forces Network, or AFN - the acronym that its most commonly known as, is the brand name used by the United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) for its networks worldwide. ...


Cronauer is now Special Assistant to the Director of the POW/MIA Office at the Department of Defense. Before his government service began in 2001, he was Senior Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Institute, a trustee of the Virginia War Memorial, a member of the Board of the National Vietnam Veterans Coalition.


He frequently speaks before colleges, universities, veterans, social, legal, and business groups. In 1992, he was invited to Australia to participate in the dedication of that country’s Vietnam Forces National Memorial. While there, he emceed a four-hour, nationally televised, outdoor concert featuring Aussie entertainers who went to Vietnam during the 60’s and 70’s to entertain the troops from "Down Under." Cronauer periodically appears as a guest on radio and television talk shows, including NBC-TV’s Today, ABC-TV’s late night talk show, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, the PBS series, Freedom Speaks, NBC Radio’s Jim Bohanan Show, and the Oliver North and G. Gordon Liddy radio programs. A Master of Ceremonies or MC is the host of a staged event or other performance. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... NBC, the National Broadcasting Company, is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Today is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... Politically Incorrect was a late-night political talk show hosted by Bill Maher first on Comedy Central and later on ABC, which cancelled it in 2002. ... Bill Maher William Bill Maher, Jr. ... Lt-Col. ... G. Gordon Liddy George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930) was the chief operative for President Richard Nixons White House Plumbers unit. ...


Cronauer later became a senior partner with the Washington DC law firm of Burch & Cronauer. He received his Doctor of Law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was Special Projects Editor of the Univ. of Pa. Law review. He also holds a master's degree in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research in New York City. He clerked at the Federal Communications Commission for Commissioner Patricia Diaz Dennis and was honored with FCC’s Special Service Award. Prior to turning to the law, Cronauer had spent seven years in New York City voicing television and radio commercials. Before that, he owned his own advertising agency, managed a radio station, was program director of a television station, and a TV news anchorman. He has taught broadcasting at the university level and is the author of a textbook on radio & TV announcing, now in use at many colleges and universities. ... The University of Pennsylvania (Penn is the moniker used by the university itself [2]) is a private, nonsectarian research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... New School University is an institute of higher learning in New York City. ... Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World [1], Gotham Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... The FCCs official seal. ... The program director (spelt programme director in many countries) is the person who decides what will be aired on a television or radio station. ... Anchorman may refer to: News anchor, someone who works in radio who hosts a regular news program Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, a 2004 American comedy movie This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ...


Cronauer’s practice concentrated in information and communications law and included extensive representation of radio stations, cable systems, and clients involved in newly emerging technologies including wireless cable and personal communications services. He has been a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Federal communications Law Journal and among his serious published works are "The Fairness Doctrine - A Solution In Search of A Problem", Federal Communications Law Journal, October 1994; and "Copyright and Reproductions Rights", Art & Design Magazine, July/August 1993.


He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the U.S. and is a member of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia and the Pennsylvania Bar. He is a member of Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity and Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. He has served on the Virginia Attorney General’s Technology Advisory Council, the Arlington County, Virginia Cable TV Advisory Committee, the national board of the Armed Forces Broadcasters Association, and the visitors Committee for the New School for Social Research. An active Republican, he was a National Co-Chairman of Veterans For Dole and a National Vice-Chairman of Veterans for Bush/Cheney. He spent over a year traveling throughout the country in his spare time as a surrogate speaker at political rallies and before veterans groups. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States... A bar association is a professional body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq. ... Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Pi Kappa Phi is a national social fraternity that was founded in the spirit of nu phi, meaning non-fraternity, in 1904. ... While the terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words frater and soror, meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe any number of social and charitable organizations, including the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, and the Shriners, in the United States and Canada fraternities and... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 110,862 km²  (42,793 sq. ... In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ... Arlington County is an urban county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the U.S., directly across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. Originally part of the District of Columbia, by an act of Congress July 9, 1846, this area south of the Potomac was retroceded to Virginia effective... New School University is an institute of higher learning in New York City. ... This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ... Robert Joseph Bob Dole (born July 22, 1923) is best known as a former Republican United States Senate Majority Leader and Senator from Kansas from 1969-1996. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former governor of Texas. ... Richard Bruce Dick Cheney (born January 30, 1941) is the 46th Vice President of the United States, serving under President George W. Bush. ...


He attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he helped found the forerunner of the University's present radio station, WPTS. The University of Pittsburgh is a state-related, doctoral/research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
TheHistoryNet | Vietnam | Adrian Cronauer: Air Force Radio Announcer in Vietnam (1122 words)
Adrian Cronauer is the name many people associate with the movie Good Morning, Vietnam -- the story of an Air Force radio announcer who used imagination and innovation to make more of a difference with his craft than his superiors felt they could tolerate.
The real Adrian Cronauer, although he may not be as outrageous as the myth makes him, is a man whose talents and experience give him a unique perspective on the Vietnam War.
Cronauer did, however, swim against the current of the staid conventions of that time, risking the ire of his bosses on more than one occasion.
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