Sylvester "Pat" Weaver (born 1908) was responsible for some of the most innovative and entertaining programming on both radio and television. He saw radio through its infancy and then moved on to television. Weaver was the creative force behind Fred...

PAT WEAVER was one of the few genuine revolutionaries in the history of American television. Not only did he launch, during his tenure at NBC in the early 1950s, some of the most successful programmes ever. He also turned on their head the very...

Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, 93, who created NBC's "Today" and "Tonight" shows, brought opera and a flurry of new commercials to television and shaped the way Americans watched the infant medium, died of pneumonia March 15 at his home in Santa Barbara, Calif. Mr....

Today is Thursday, March 15, the 74th day of 2007. There are 291 days left in the year. This is Buzzard Day in Hinckley, Ohio.Today's Highlight in History:On March 15, 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included...

Last week, after 39-year-old Jeff Zucker was crowned president of the newly merged NBC Universal Television Group--now the biggest broadcasting company in America--the only question remaining for the NBC loyalists under Mr. Zucker’s management was: Why stop there? “I think Jeff would settle for President...