In Atlanta, Ted Turner, inheritor of a marginally successful billboard business, bought a failing UHF TV station and - gasp! - had 24 hr. programming, mostly go-go girls gyrating in front of a psychedelic background to the sounds of pop music (Creedence, Stones, Motown...). The program was called "Now Explosion on Super 17". That TV station eventually became WTBS, the first nationally broadcast local station, and the foundation of what became CNN. In the 70s, around the time of SNL and at the advent of widespread cable installation, a guy named Bill Tush would give the news between old movies in the middle of the night, sometimes wearing a fedora with a "PRESS" card under the hatband, frequently with a shades-wearing dog seated next to him.

Ah Ted - capitalism at its hardworking best.