Evan Weiner, a TV, radio and print journalist, will take you through a lively look at the rapid development of television. Discover the early networks, Milton Berle, Howdy Doody, and the first big TV hits, and how TV was a vital part of 1950s and 1960s American society. Mr. Weiner has given talks for many years concerning the effect of media and entertainment on society. In 2007, the Department of State sent him to talk to foreign nationals at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, to speak about the politics of sports business in America.
