The classic logo of RKO Radio Pictures.

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RKO was formed in 1928 as a combination of the Keith-Albee-Orpheum (KAO) theater chains, Joe Kennedy's Film Booking Office of America (FBO) studio, the American Pathé film studio, and the Radio Corporation of America's Photophone division. Kennedy had bought FBO in 1925, and taken control of KAO and its subsidiary, American Pathé, in 1927. RCA, hoping to join in the sound-film boom, approached Kennedy about using Photophone for FBO pictures; from this came further talks, and the creation of the Radio-Keith-Orpheum holding company, announced in October, 1928. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation was the owner of a chain of vaudeville and motion picture theatres. ... Joseph Joe Patrick Kennedy, Sr. ... Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France. ... RCA, formerly an initialism for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark used by two companies for products descended from that common ancestor: Thomson Consumer Electronics, which manufactures RCA-branded televisions, DVD players, video cassette recorders, direct broadcast satellite decoders, camcorders, audio equipment, telephones, and related accessories; and... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Kennedy's role in the new company was to drive up the share price; he and his associates did so successfully, pushing RKO's price higher even before film production had begun. Kennedy sold the last of his RKO stock in 1931, as the country and RKO tumbled into depression.

The prominence of the word "radio" in the corporate name "Radio-Keith-Orpheum" reflected RCA's 66% holding. It was claimed that the broadcasting-tower logo of the production arm, "Radio Pictures," was suggested by David Sarnoff himself. Radios Sarnoff on the cover of Time in 1929 David Sarnoff (February 27, 1891–December 12, 1971) was the General Manager of Radio Corporation of America (RCA) from its founding in 1919 to his retirement in 1970. ...

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Shut out of the sound-film conversion frenzy, RCA bought its way into the motion picture business to gain an outlet for its variable-area optical sound-on-film system, RCA Photophone. All of the major studios and their theater divisions had signed exclusive contracts to use AT&T Western Electric division's Westrex variable density optical sound-on-film system. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... AT&T Inc. ... Western Electric (sometimes abbreviated WE and WECo) was a US electrical engineering company, the manufacturing arm of AT&T from 1881 to 1995 . ...

Promising to make only sound films, RKO began production at the former FBO studios in early 1929, with William LeBaron in charge of production. By the early 1930s, RKO was producing forty pictures a year, releasing them under the names "Radio Pictures" and "RKO Pathé." LeBaron was succeeded in 1931 by David O. Selznick, who signed and promoted several young actors who would carry RKO through the decade, among them Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea and Katharine Hepburn. RKO also distributed films for independent producers: from 1936, it released Walt Disney's features and shorts, and from 1941 also handled Samuel Goldwyn's productions. During this time the RKO Studio Club was founded by Errol Leslie "Sandy" Sanders. In addition to those signed by Selznick, RKO stars of the 1930s included Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Constance Bennett and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; among the studio's directors were John Ford, George Cukor, George Stevens and Leo McCarey. Lacking the resources of the other major studios, many RKO pictures of this period make up in style what they lacked in production values. This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... David O. Selznick David Oliver Selznick (May 10, 1902–June 22, 1965), was one of the icon Hollywood producers of the Golden Age. ... Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... Ginger Rogers on the cover of the April, 1938 issue of Modern Screen Magazine Beautiful Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was a legendary Academy Award-winning American actress and dancer. ... Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5, 1905 - October 20, 1990) was an American film actor. ... Hepburn, in a publicity shot for Song of Love Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic four-time Academy Award-winning American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... // Samuel Goldwyn (July, 1879, Warsaw, Poland – January 31, 1974, Los Angeles, California, United States) was a widely known motion picture producer and founding contributor of several motion picture studios. ... Cary Grant Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was a British-born American film actor. ... Irene Dunne in Love Affair (1939) Irene Dunne (December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990), was born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky. ... Constance Bennett on the cover of a 1930s magazine Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 - July 24, 1965) was a US actress known more for her elegant persona than her acting talents. ... Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ... George Cukor George Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. ... George Stevens examining film from A Place in the Sun. ... Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 - July 5, 1969) was a movie director, screenwriter and producer. ...

Early in the 1930s, the Justice Department forced a re-organization of RCA, and as a result RCA reduced its holdings in RKO. Control passed to the investor Floyd Odlum and the Rockefeller brothers. But the shaky finances and excesses of the Kennedy-Sarnoff years could not carry RKO through the depression, and in 1932 it sank into receivership. A corporate re-organization in the mid-1930's led to better times. From 1935 onward, the Pathé name was used only on newsreels and documentaries; all features went out under the revised name "RKO Radio Pictures." This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ...

Propelled by the box-office boom of World War II and more stable management under Charles Koerner and Dore Schary, RKO made a strong comeback in the 1940s. Koerner, former head of the RKO theater chain, favored star-driven pictures. But RKO no longer had major stars under contract, so he made deals with the biggest names whereby they would appear in one RKO picture each year. Thus RKO pictures of the mid- and late-forties offered Bing Crosby, James Stewart, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Claudette Colbert and others who were usually priced above RKO's league. Film noir became something of a house style at RKO, and its 1940s list of contract-players reads like a who's-who of noir: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Robert Ryan, Lawrence Tierney, Jane Russell and George Raft among them. Dore Schary (born August 31, 1905 in Newark, New Jersey, United States - died July 7, 1980 in New York City) was a stage and motion picture personality. ... // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903? – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Jimmy Stewart, photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 James Maitland Jimmy Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his homebred, idealistic screen persona. ... Gary Cooper and Eleanor Roosevelt, in 1950 Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Oscar-winning American film actor of British heritage, whose career spanned from the 1920s up until the year of his death. ... Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca (pronounced in Swedish, but usually in English, IPA notation) (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a three-time Academy Award-winning Swedish actress. ... Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 - July 30, 1996) was an Academy Award-winning French-American actress for It Happened One Night. ... This still from The Big Combo (1955) demonstrates the visual style of film noir at its most extreme. ... Robert Mitchum in Cape Fear Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an accomplished American film actor and singer. ... Jane Greer in Out of the Past (1947). ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Lawrence Tierney in Born to Kill (1947) Lawrence Tierney (March 15, 1919 – (February 26, 2002) was an American actor. ... Jane Russell in 1943. ... Raft in They Drive by Night George Raft (September 26, 1895 - November 24, 1980) was an American film actor most closely identified with his portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. ...

More so than other major studios, RKO relied on B-pictures to fill up its schedule. These low-budget films served as training ground for new directors, among them Anthony Mann, Nicholas Ray and Robert Wise, and some RKO Bs, like Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, Hitler's Children, The Narrow Margin and Isle of the Dead are remembered today. Anthony Mann (June 30, 1906 - April 29, 1967), was an American actor and film director. ... Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle) (August 7, 1911–June 16, 1979) was an American film director. ... // Headline text Director Robert Wise Robert Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an Academy Award-winning American film producer and director. ... Cat People can mean several things: Cat People; the 1942 movie. ... I Walked with a Zombie is a 1943 horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur. ... The Narrow Margin is a 1952 film directed by Richard Fleischer and released by RKO Radio Pictures. ... Arnold Böcklins Isle of the Dead Isle of the Dead (or Island of the Dead; Toteninsel in the original German) is one of the best known paintings by Swiss-German artist Arnold Böcklin, as well as a piece of music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, a film by producer...

After years of weathering financial ups-and-downs, Floyd Odlum decided to cash in his RKO holdings, and in 1947 put his shares on the market. It was widely assumed that J. Arthur Rank, then expanding his British and American holdings, would be the buyer. But to the surprise of many, in 1948 Howard Hughes gained control by acquiring 25% of the outstanding stock. During his tenure RKO again suffered, as Hughes' eccentric management style took a heavy toll. Within weeks of taking control, he dismissed two-thirds of the work force; production was shut down for six months in 1949 while Hughes undertook to investigate the politics of all remaining studio employees. Completed pictures would be sent back for re-shooting if Hughes felt his star (especially female) wasn't properly presented, or if a film's anti-communist politics weren't sufficiently clear. Joseph Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank (December 23, 1888 – March 29, 1972) was a British industrialist and film producer, and founder of the Rank Organisation, now known as The Rank Group Plc. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... For other people named Howard Hughes, see Howard Hughes (disambiguation). ...

Hughes let go of the RKO theaters in 1953 as settlement of the United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. anti-trust case; with the sale of the profitable theaters, the shaky status of the film studio became apparent. Busy during the Korean War years with the demands of his aircraft-manufacturing and TWA holdings, Hughes found the steady stream of lawsuits from RKO's minority shareholders to be a nuisance. Anxious to be rid of their charges of malfeasance and mis-management, Hughes offered to buy out all other stockholders. By the end of 1954, at a cost of $24 million, he had gained total control of RKO, thus becoming the first sole-owner of a studio since Hollywood's pioneer days. Six months later, in July, 1955, Hughes abruptly sold RKO to General Tire and Rubber Company for $25 million. Hughes retained the rights to pictures he had personally produced, including those made at RKO; he also retained the contract of his discovery Jane Russell. For Howard Hughes, this was the end of his twenty-five year role in Hollywood. United States v. ... A T&WA Douglas DC-3 is prepared for takeoff from Columbus, Ohio in 1940. ... The General Tire and Rubber Company was founded in 1915 in Akron, Ohio by William ONeill. ...

In taking control of the studio, General Tire also restored RKO's links to broadcasting. General Tire had bought the Yankee Network, a New England regional radio network based on WNAC-AM in Boston, in 1943. In 1951, it bought General Teleradio, which was a year-old merger of the Bamberger Broadcasting Service (WOR-AM-FM-TV in New York) and the West Coast regional Don Lee Broadcasting System. The General Teleradio name was retained for General Tire's broadcasting interests until the RKO deal, when the broadcasting and film division was renamed RKO Teleradio. In 1957, the name became RKO General. the Yankee Network had a very eventful but short run as a radio network. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Nickname The Big Apple, The Capital of the World [1], Gotham Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Thomas O'Neill, son of General Tire's founder William O'Neill, and chairman of the broadcasting group, saw that General Tire's new television stations, indeed all stations, would need programming. In 1953 O'Neill had approached Hughes about buying RKO's film library; with the 1955 purchase of the studio that library was his, and rights to 700 pre-1948 RKO films were quickly put up for sale. The asking price of $15.5 million convinced other timid studios that their libraries held profit potential. The C&C Television Corp. , a subsidiary of the beverage maker C&C Cantrell & Cochrane, bought RKO's library and offered it to independent stations with ads for C&C Cola already edited into the pictures. By 1956 all of RKO's classic pre-1948 films were playing widely on television, and for some half-forgotten films like Citizen Kane, it meant rediscovery by the public. For the Command & Conquer PC games, see Command & Conquer C&C (Cantrell & Cochrane), (ISE: CCR) , (LSE: CCR) , (Xetra: GCC) , is a multi-million euro consumer goods group based in Ireland. ... For the Command & Conquer PC games, see Command & Conquer C&C (Cantrell & Cochrane), (ISE: CCR) , (LSE: CCR) , (Xetra: GCC) , is a multi-million euro consumer goods group based in Ireland. ... C&C (Cantrell & Cochrane), (ISEQ: CCR), LSE: CCR, (Xetra: GCC), is a multi-million euro consumer goods group based in Ireland. ...

General Tire made a half-hearted effort to run the studio, hiring veteran producer William Dozier to head production. Most RKO pictures of this era are either remakes of earlier successes, or enlarged B-pictures. Years of mismanagement had driven away many directors, producers and stars; convinced that RKO was sinking, both Goldwyn and Disney left, Disney to set up its own distribution firm in 1954. After a year and a half of mixed success, General Tire shut down production at RKO for good at the end of January, 1957.

The studio lots in Hollywood and Culver City were sold to Desilu Productions later in 1957 for $6.5 million. Desilu would be acquired by Paramount Pictures in 1967, and the former RKO Hollywood lot became home to Paramount Television, which it remains to this day. Desilu Productions was a company jointly owned by American actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

With the closing down of production, RKO also shut its distribution exchanges; from 1957 through late 1959, remaining pictures were released through others, including Warner Bros., Universal and MGM. Many of the last RKO productions carry a copyright "RKO Teleradio Pictures Inc.", shortened later to just "RKO Teleradio Inc." By the end of 1959, all that remained of the ambitious studio was the parent company, RKO General. This was also the holding company for all General Tire's broadcasting and soft-drink bottling enterprises. The WB Shield used from 2003 to present day Warner Bros. ... The current Universal Studios logo Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal, has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County between Los Angeles and Burbank. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ...

Years afterward Thomas O'Neill claimed that General Tire had broken-even on its investment in RKO, that the sale of the film library and studio lots, along with the profits from its own productions, had let them walk away cleanly.

Notable RKO Pictures

1930s

• Cimarron (1931)
• Bird of Paradise (1932)
• The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
• King Kong (1933)
• Morning Glory(1933)
• Little Women (1933)
• The Last Days of Pompeii (1934)
• The Gay Divorcee (1934)
• Of Human Bondage (1934)
• Top Hat (1935)
• Alice Adams (1935)
• Swing Time (1936)
• Stage Door (1937)
• Shall We Dance (1937)
• Bringing Up Baby (1938)
• Gunga Din (1939)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film) (1939)
• Love Affair (1939)

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1940s

• Kitty Foyle (1940)
• My Favorite Wife (1940)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Suspicion (1941)
• The Little Foxes (1941, distribution only)
• Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
• Cat People (1943)
• Mr Lucky (1943)
• The Spanish Main (1945, first full Technicolor production)
• The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946, distribution only)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• The Spiral Staircase (1946)
• Notorious (1946)
• Crossfire (1946)
• They Live by Night (1948)
• Fort Apache (1948)
• I Remember Mama (1948)
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

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1950s

• On Dangerous Ground (1951)
• His Kind of Woman (1951)
• The Narrow Margin (1952)
• Angel Face (1952)
• While the City Sleeps (1956)
• The Naked and the Dead (1958)

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RKO General

The classic RKO General station lineup consisted of WOR-AM-FM-TV in New York, KHJ-AM-FM-TV in Los Angeles, KFRC-AM-FM in San Francisco, WHBQ-AM-FM-TV in Memphis, CKLW-AM-FM-TV in Detroit/Windsor, and the Yankee Network and its flagships WNAC-AM-FM-TV in Boston. The radio stations became famous as some of the leading adult contemporary, rock and top 40 stations in the world. However, RKO General's real legacy may be the longest licensing dispute in television history. WOR is the callsign currently used by one broadcaster in New York, New York, and formerly used by two others: WOR AM WOR-FM is now WRKS-FM WOR-TV is now WWOR-TV This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Nickname The Big Apple, The Capital of the World [1], Gotham Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... KHJ can refer to multiple things: KHJ-AM, US radio station Airport code for Kauhajoki Airport in Finland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... KFRC is an AM and FM broadcast radio station in San Francisco, California in the United States. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... WHBQ is an AM radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States of America. ... Nickname: The River City, The Bluff City Official website: http://www. ... CKLW is a 50,000 watt AM radio station broadcasting at 800 kHz located in Windsor, Ontario. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... // Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Established: 1854 (as village) 1892 (as city) Area: City: 120. ... the Yankee Network had a very eventful but short run as a radio network. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ...

RKO General's licensing saga began in 1965 when it applied for renewal of the license for KHJ-TV in Los Angeles. Fidelity Television, a local group, challenged the license. At first, it charged RKO General with second-rate programming. Later, and more seriously, Fidelity claimed RKO General engaged in reciprocal trade practices. It claimed that General Tire made its vendors purchase advertising time on RKO stations if they still wanted to sell General Tire's products. The RKO General and General Tire executives who testified before the Federal Communications Commission rejected the accusations. An administrative judge found in favor of Fidelity, but the FCC remanded the matter for further findings in 1972. While the KHJ hearings were underway, RKO faced a license challenge for WNAC-TV in Boston. The FCC conditioned renewal of RKO's license for KHJ-TV on the WNAC proceeding. When RKO applied for renewal of WOR-TV in New York, the FCC conditioned this renewal on the WNAC proceeding as well. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The FCCs official seal. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...

The Canadian government later tightened rules on foreign ownership of radio and television stations, forcing RKO to sell its Windsor cluster to Canadian interests in 1970. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

On June 21, 1974; an administrative law judge renewed WNAC's license despite finding that General Tire had engaged in reciprocal trade practices. However, in 1975, one of the original competitors for WNAC-TV asked the FCC to take another look. It alleged that General Tire bribed foreign officials, maintained a slush fund for American campaign contributions and misappropriated foreign corporate funds. The proceedings dragged on for six years. June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Slush fund is, colloquially, a term which has come to mean an auxiliary monetary account or a reserve fund. ...

On June 6, 1980; the FCC stripped RKO of WNAC's license. Factors in the decision were the reciprocal trade practices of the 60s, false financial filings by General Tire, and gross misconduct by General Tire in non-broadcast fields. The ultimate basis for the revocation, however, was RKO's dishonesty before the FCC. RKO denied numerous allegations of corporate wrongdoing on General Tire's part during several proceedings from 1975 to 1977. However, in 1977, as part of a Securities and Exchange Commission settlement, General Tire admitted to an eye-popping litany of corporate misconduct. The FCC found that RKO had displayed a "lack of candor" regarding General Tire's misconduct and thus threatened "the integrity of the Commission's process." The FCC ruling also meant that RKO lost the KHJ and WOR licenses as well. RKO appealed the decision to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The court upheld the WNAC revocation solely on the grounds of RKO's dishonesty. It ordered a rehearing of the proceedings for KHJ and WOR. RKO General appealed to the courts, but to settle the case, it sold WNAC-TV's assets to New England Television, a merger of two of the original competitors for that station. As part of the settlement, the FCC granted a full license to New England Television, which renamed the station WNEV-TV. The station has since become WHDH-TV. June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Securities and Exchange Commission, commonly referred to as the SEC, is the United States governing body which has primary responsibility for overseeing the regulation of the securities industry. ... WHDH-TV, 7NBC, is the NBC affiliate in the Boston, Massachusetts television market. ...

In 1983, General Tire persuaded Congress to pass a law that would require the FCC to automatically renew the license of any VHF television station that voluntarily relocated to a state without a VHF televison station. New Jersey was the only state that fit that description at the time. At that point, RKO General officially moved WOR-TV's city of license from New York to Secaucus, New Jersey; where it remains today. However, for all practical purposes, it remained a New York station. Ironically, WOR-AM was first licensed to nearby Newark and didn't move to New York until 1941. A year after the renewal of WOR-TV, General Tire reorganized its far-flung corporate interests into a holding company, GenCorp. General Tire and RKO General became the leading subsidiaries of the new company. WOR-TV's move did little to relieve the regulatory pressure on RKO General, and GenCorp put the station on the market in 1986. MCA won a bidding war with Group W for the station. The sale closed in April 1987, and the station was renamed WWOR-TV. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Largest city Trenton Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq. ... Secaucus is a town located in Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town had a total population of 15,931. ... Skyline of downtown Newark as seen from the Newark Bay Bridge. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... GenCorp was the final corporate name of the former General Tire and Rubber Company, formerly a major U.S. maker of automobile tires. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Music Corporation of America was a United States based corporation in the music business. ... Group W was a subdivision of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. ... For other uses, see April (disambiguation). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WWOR-TV, channel nine, is currently the New York City affiliate station of the UPN television network and the unoffical East Coast flagship of the network. ...

The WOR-TV sale came just in the nick of time for RKO. Later in 1987, FCC administrative law judge Edward Kuhlmann found RKO unfit to be a broadcast licensee and recommended that the FCC strip RKO of its licenses. Kuhlmann based his ruling on numerous instances of dishonesty by RKO. Among other things, RKO misled advertisers about its ratings, engaged in fraudulent billing, lied to the FCC about a destroyed audit report and filed false financial statements during the WNAC proceedings. kuhlmann described RKO's conduct as the worst case of dishonesty ever brought before the FCC.

The group by this time included WOR-AM and WRKS-FM (the former WOR-FM) in New York, KHJ-TV and KRTH-AM-FM (the former KHJ-AM-FM) in Los Angeles, WHBQ-AM-FM-TV in Memphis and six other radio stations. GenCorp and RKO planned to appeal, claiming that they had fired every party responsible for the misconduct. However, the FCC told RKO that it would almost certainly deny any appeals and strip the licenses, and urged RKO to sell the stations in order to avoid this indignity. The parent company, GenCorp, was then involved in a hostile takeover bid by an investor group, and was hungry for cash as a result of paying a premium on its own shares to stave off the takeover. WOR is the callsign currently used by one broadcaster in New York, New York, and formerly used by two others: WOR AM WOR-FM is now WRKS-FM WOR-TV is now WWOR-TV This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... WRKS-FM, better known as 98. ... Radio station WOR-FM was signed on the air in New York in 1948. ...

Over the next three years, RKO dismantled its broadcast operations. WOR-AM went to Buckley Broadcasting, WRKS to the Summit Communications Group and KRTH-AM-FM to Beasley. KHJ-TV went to Disney and became KCAL-TV. The group's last broadcast holding, the Memphis cluster, was sold in 1990. RKO was forced to sell the stations at considerably less than market value (the group was estimated to be worth at least $750 million). The Summit Communications Group is an Atlanta-based communications company once owned sixteen radio stations around the United States. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... KCAL-TV (Channel 9) is an independent station in Los Angeles, California. ... This article is about the year. ...

Television stations formerly owned by RKO

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Radio stations formerly owned by RKO

(a partial listing)

Nickname The Big Apple, The Capital of the World [1], Gotham Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... WRKS-FM better known as 98. ... Emmis Communications is an Indianapolis, Indiana-based radio and television group. ... WOR-AM is a class A (nighttime clear channel), AM radio station located in New York, New York, USA, operating on 710kHz. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... CBS Radio Inc. ... KHJ Radio in Los Angeles, California was one of Americas most formidable Top 40 radio stations in the 1960s and 1970s as 93 KHJ. It has been known as La Ranchera since 1989. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... WKSC 103. ... Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media company based in the United States of America. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... } Oakland, founded in 1852, is a major American city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California in the United States. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Official website: http://www. ... KFRC is an AM and FM broadcast radio station in San Francisco, California in the United States. ... 106 KMEL is an urban contemporary radio station that broadcasts on the 106. ... Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media company based in the United States of America. ... KEAR is a non-commercial traditional Christian radio station in San Francisco, California, which runs programming from Family Radio. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... WGMS, known on air as Classical 104. ... WTOP is the only all-news radio station in Washington, DC. The stations primary signal is a monaural FM broadcast at 103. ... Bonneville International Corporation, managed by Deseret Management Corporation, is a broadcasting company wholly owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church). ... WTEM is a radio station that serves the Washington, D.C. area. ... Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media company based in the United States of America. ... // Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Established: 1854 (as village) 1892 (as city) Area: City: 120. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... CIDR is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 93. ... CHUM-City Building, the headquarters of CHUM Limited. ... CKLW is a 50,000 watt AM radio station broadcasting at 800 kHz located in Windsor, Ontario. ... CHUM-City Building, the headquarters of CHUM Limited. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... WBMX, known on-air as Mix 98. ... CBS Radio Inc. ... WRKO is an AM radio station based in Boston, Massachusetts, currently owned by Entercom and broadcasting on 680 kHz. ... Entercom Communications is the 4th largest radio broadcasting company in the United States. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... Fort Lauderdale, known as the Venice of America, is a city located in Broward County, Florida. ... Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media company based in the United States of America. ... Lincoln National Corporation is a holding company, which operates multiple insurance and investment management businesses through subsidiary companies. ... Nickname: The River City, The Bluff City Official website: http://www. ... WHBQ is an AM radio station in Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States of America. ...

RKO Pictures

As part of a reorganization of GenCorp (formerly General Tire)following a failed hostile takeover bid, the company's flagship tire division, General Tire, was sold to Germany's Continental Tire. What remained of RKO General was sold in 1989 when it was acquired by Post cereals heiress Dina Merrill and her husband, producer Ted Hartley and re-named RKO Pictures. They announced that, after a 32-year break, RKO would be back in the picture business; they did launch several projects either for television or, as a partner, feature films. RKO also produced a 2002 stage version of the 1937 Astaire-Rogers vehicle Shall We Dance, under the title "Never Gonna Dance". 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nedenia Marjorie Hutton (born 9 December 1925) is a United States actress known as Dina Merrill. ... The title Shall We Dance? may refer to one of the following. ...

The present company, RKO Pictures LLC, is the owner of all the trademarks and logos connected with RKO Radio Pictures, inc. and moreover the rights about stories, scripts, screenplays, remakes, sequels, and prequels, connected with the RKO library, belong to RKO Pictures LLC. The Bass Red Triangle, was the first trademark registered in Britain in 1876. ... The Greek word λόγος or logos is a word with various meanings. ... Story has several different meaning as outlined below. ... Script may mean: A writing system A manuscript, scroll A draft for a book The dialog and instructions for a play, film (see screenplay), or comic book or strip; or, without dialog, the instructions for a dance routine (such as for a musical, or the ballet) A kind of computer... A screenplay or script is a blueprint for producing a motion picture. ... In cinema, a remake is a work that has the same story, and often the same title, as a work that was made earlier. ... A sequel is a work of fiction (e. ... A prequel is a work that portrays events which are set in the same universe as a previously completed narrative, but at an earlier time. ...

The theatrical, television and video distribution rights, however, are scattered around the world. For example, the US rights to the pre-1948 RKO film library passed to United Artists in the 1960s; UA had been acquired in 1981 by MGM, and in 1986 MGM/UA's considerable library had been bought by Turner Entertainment. Finally, Turner had sold out to Time Warner, which controls and distributes the bulk of the RKO library today, even though RKO continues to hold the copyright. The RKO-distributed Disney features are now controlled by Disney and Buena Vista. The Merrill-Hartley RKO Pictures has reprinted some RKO titles in the public domain, offering them to television with a modernized version of the old RKO logos. The current United Artists logo (also used during the 1980s). ... Leo the Lion in the MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, was, until 2005, a media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Turner Entertainment Company was established August 4, 1986 to oversee Turner Broadcastings film library after its acquisition of MGM/UA. In addition to the studio, Turner got its library, which included all of MGMs films, Warner Bros. ... Time Warner Inc. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... The Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group is a collection of affiliated motion picture studios, all subsidaries of The Walt Disney Company. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

All RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. films produced between 1929 and 1957 have the opening logo identified by a famous trademark, the globe and radio-tower. The closing logo is an equally famous trademark identified by a triangle pointing down with a thunderbolt. 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A trademark or trade mark[1] is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to distinguish the business and its products or services from those of other businesses. ... A trademark or trade mark[1] is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to distinguish the business and its products or services from those of other businesses. ...

External links

• RKO Pictures
• RKO logos description
• generaltire.com
• gencorp.com
• RKO General v. FCC (1981)
• History of RKO and its "Forty Acres" Backlot A behind the scenes look at the RKO Forty Acres backlot, where The Andy Griffith Show, The Adventures of Superman, Ozzie and Harriet, The Green Hornet, The Untouchables, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Hogan's Heros, Lassie, Batman, Star Trek - even the 1939 movie epic Gone With The Wind was filmed.