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Tim Brooks (television historian)

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Language
  
English

Genre
  
History

Role
  
Television historian

Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Tim Brooks

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Born
  
18 April 1942 (age 81) (
1942-04-18
)

Occupation
  
Business executive, historian, writer

Subject
  
Television, radio, recording industry

Notable works
  
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Historical Album, National Book Award for General Reference Books (Paperback)

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Books
  
The Complete Directory, Lost Sounds: Blacks an, The Columbia Master B, British Propaganda to France, Little Wonder Records

Tim Brooks (born April 18, 1942) is an American television and radio historian, author and retired television executive. He is credited with having helped launch the Sci Fi Channel in 1992 as well as other USA Network projects and channels.

Contents

Comments made by Brooks regarding the Sci Fi Channels name being changed in 2009 to Syfy led network president Dave Howe to publicly distance himself and his network from Brooks' comments.

Publications

  • The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (1979), by Brooks and Earle Marsh
  • Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, published in 2004 with a related double-CD by the same name which won a Grammy Award in 2007.

    • Awards

  • Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections in 2004.

    • The Complete Directory by Brooks and Marsh won a 1980 U.S. National Book Award in the one-year category General Reference (paperback).

    References

    Tim Brooks (television historian) Wikipedia
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