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MARAGRET Norma (Campbell) GOODMAN. “Alaska’s First Lady of Television,” hosted the longest-running single-host program in the history of television. Norma Goodman came of age in an era when broadcasters were vested with a duty to serve the public interest in ways that fostered a healthy democracy.
Mar 26, 2007 · Norma Goodman, 76, known to generations of Alaskans as "Alaska's First Lady of Television," died March 21, 2007, at Providence Alaska Medical Center after a brief illness.
Jun 1, 2016 · Norma Goodman died in 2007 after being diagnosed with cancer. But her legacy has far outlived the woman who spent almost a half-century as an Anchorage television host.
- Norma and Son Fraser, 1955
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In terms of guests, it’s a who’s who of the 60s and 70s. Julia Child, The Archbishop of Canterbury, the cast of Mary Tyler Moore, the cast of The Waltons, the cast of Star Trek, the cast of M*A*S*H. Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet, who made dinner at our house twice. Ewell Gibbons—remember Grape Nuts? Jerry Quarry on his way to fight Mohammed Al...
“I’ve learned a lot about my hometown of Anchorage, and you’ve joggedmemories of things I haven’t thought about for years. I can only sayYAY!” Juanita.
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Local television brought Norma Goodman and Theda Comstock came into our homes Monday through Friday to tell us what was happening in and around Anchorage, Alaska. They introduced us to interesting people, shared a recipe, and brought us the latest news and weather.
Norma Goodman, the first lady of Anchorage TV, making a horrible face and saying “this stuff tastes terrible.” When Norma discovered she was live on camera, she was horrified and sure the sponsor would never advertise on KTVA again.
Among the scores of awards she received over her half-century career in public service, these were some of her proudest accomplishments: that she was the first woman—civilian or military—to fly a tactical mission in a TF-102 supersonic fighter jet on March 18, 1961.
