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...DIED. JOHN PEEL, 65, British disk jockey whose keen ear for new talent helped shape modern rock 'n' roll; while on holiday in Cuzco, Peru. Peel joined the BBC in 1967, the year Radio 1 was launched, and was the first DJ to broadcast songs by Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie and the Clash. He went on to help create an audience for punk and, later, for alternative bands like the Smiths and Nirvana. In the 1980s, he hosted the Peel Sessions, live performances by a range of acts, many of which became classic recordings. Described by friends as an eternal...
...premature to sound the alarms. After all, following the lead of pioneers like Fox and HBO, Zucker recently pronounced the end of the traditional September-May viewing calendar, and he has a slew of new shows ready to roll out, including an American takeoff on the BBC hit The Office and a boxing reality show, The Contender. To help ensure some much needed stability in such an unpredictable business, Zucker has re-signed Law & Order creator Dick Wolf through 2008 (a fourth edition is in the works) and engineered a smooth transition at the Tonight Show, where his old Harvard...
...chance to thank him properly. John made a huge difference to my life. I imagine that all over Britain there are musicians - and not only musicians - thinking much the same thing. It's quite possible that without John, I wouldn't have made a career of music. His BBC broadcasts, from 40 years ago until last week, provided enough new ideas to excite and stimulate me and remind me that there is always astonishing new music being made, somewhere, by someone - and it could be someone like me. In late 1971, John saw Roxy Music, the band...
...also notes the festival’s strong international radio presence, much of which has arisen from its relationship with Boston radio station WGBH. The station records BEMF performances and broadcasts them nationwide on National Public Radio, in addition to Britain’s BBC and Canada?...
Skiotis, who was also the associate director of Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies from 1976 to 1985, received the Dean’s Letter of Commendation for Excellence in Teaching numerous times and regularly appeared on CNN, BBC, PBS and NPR to comment on military affairs...