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Nickelodeon's concept was created by Dr. Vivian Horner, an educator and the director of research on the PBS series The Electric Company. She created the first Nickelodeon series, Pinwheel. The Pinwheel show premiered on December 1, 1977, as part of QUBE, an early local cable television system that was launched in Columbus, Ohio by Warner Cable Corp
This list is for the main Nickelodeon cable television channel in the United States and includes programs aired during the Nick Jr. and Nick at Nite programming blocks. Dates correspond to the “TV day”, which starts and ends at 6:00am Eastern Time.
May 11, 2024 · Nickelodeon, American-based cable television channel, focused on children’s programming. It is among the top-rated networks in the history of cable television. The channel launched as Pinwheel on December 1, 1977, originally airing educational fare from around the world for 12 hours a day, without commercials.
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The channel began life as a test broadcast on December 1, 1977, [2] as part of QUBE, [3] an early cable television system broadcast locally in Columbus, Ohio. [4] The channel, now named Nickelodeon, launched to a new nationwide audience on April 1, 1979, [5] with Pinwheel as its inaugural program. [4]
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- C-3 (1977–1979)
On February 13, 1996, Herb Scannell was named president of Nickelodeon, succeeding Geraldine Laybourne. On April 29, 1996, Nick at Nite launched the spinoff channel TV Land, an extension of the block's "oldies" format (the channel's name was derived from one of Nick at Nite's original slogans).
Nov 13, 2009 · On June 19, 1905, some 450 people attend the opening day of the world’s first nickelodeon, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and developed by the showman Harry Davis.
Mar 30, 2024 · Nickelodeon, owned by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, was launched in 1979 and was the first cable channel for children . In 1986, along with sister networks MTV and VH1, Nickelodeon was sold to Viacom, its home to this day.
