July 12, 1990
Northern Exposure airs
its first episode.
The offbeat show, about
a Manhattan doctor contractually forced to work in the fictional of town
Cicely, Alaska for four years to repay a student loan from the
state. Rob Morrow stared as Dr. Joel
Fleischman. Most of Northern Exposure's story arcs are character-driven, with the plots revolving around the
eccentricities of the Cicely citizens. The show consistently ranked in the Top
20 most-watched TV shows until it was canceled in 1995.July 13, 1985
Live Aid, a massive concert for African famine relief, takes place
simultaneously in Philadelphia and London.
In addition to 162,000 fans that attended the all-day event were 1.5
billion viewers worldwide who watched the show on MTV or other television
stations. An estimated 75 percent of all radio stations around the world
broadcast at least part of the concert.Irish musician Bob
Geldof, of the Boomtown Rats, organized the event. Among the participants were
Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, the Beach Boys, Carlos Santana, Madonna, Sting, and
Tina Turner. Several disbanded groups came together again for the day, including
Crosby, Stills and Nash; The Who; and surviving members of Led Zeppelin,
including Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones. All performers worked
for free, as did many other concert workers. The production, which ordinarily
would have cost $20 million to stage, cost only $4 million and raised more than
$70 million for famine relief.
Despite the number of
acts, the show ran surprisingly smoothly. Rotating stages allowed bands to set
up and dismantle their equipment while other bands were onstage. Acts from one
stadium were telecast across the Atlantic to the other. Such organization,
however, did not characterize the group's later charitable efforts: Live Aid
was later criticized for its disorganized and slow efforts to channel aid to
Africa.
July 12, 1990
Northern Exposure airs its first episode.
July 13, 1985
Live Aid, a massive concert for African famine relief, takes place simultaneously in Philadelphia and London.
Irish musician Bob
Geldof, of the Boomtown Rats, organized the event. Among the participants were
Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, the Beach Boys, Carlos Santana, Madonna, Sting, and
Tina Turner. Several disbanded groups came together again for the day, including
Crosby, Stills and Nash; The Who; and surviving members of Led Zeppelin,
including Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones. All performers worked
for free, as did many other concert workers. The production, which ordinarily
would have cost $20 million to stage, cost only $4 million and raised more than
$70 million for famine relief.
Despite the number of acts, the show ran surprisingly smoothly. Rotating stages allowed bands to set up and dismantle their equipment while other bands were onstage. Acts from one stadium were telecast across the Atlantic to the other. Such organization, however, did not characterize the group's later charitable efforts: Live Aid was later criticized for its disorganized and slow efforts to channel aid to Africa.
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