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Late-Night News:
Iranian radicals held 52 Americans hostage in Tehran for 444 days. Ted Koppel (right) of ABC News began anchoring a late-night news show to cover the crisis. That program evolved into "Nightline," the most successful late-night news program in history.
C-Span, the Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network, also premiered in 1979. Founder Brian Lamb persuaded the cable industry to fund a nonprofit network dedicated to providing gavel-to-gavel coverage of Congress. |