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KICU, Channel 36, first went on the air in 1967 as KGSC. In 1979 it became KICU after an ownership change. Though it officially retains its official KICU call letters, the station is today known as KTVU Plus, reflecting its relationship to its sibling...

A well-written sitcom needs a great cast to be successful, and WKRP in Cincinnati definitely had that going for it. It remains one of the all-time most beloved sitcoms in TV history and boasts one of the single funniest episodes ever, "Turkeys Away," which...

The Kansas City Outlaws played in the United Hockey League (UHL) during the 2004/2005 season. They are so far the last pro hockey team to call the city home.

Organized by legendary dis jockey Alan Freed and local record store owner Leo Mintz, the Moondog Coronation Ball was a concert held at the old Cleveland Arena on March 21, 1952. It is generally considered to be the first major rock & roll concert.

Braves Field opened as the home of the city's National League team in 1915, three years after Fenway Park. Indeed, the city's American League team played select games at Braves field due to the greater seating capacity.  In 1953, the Braves moves to Milwaukee....

Duffy's Shamrock Bar was opened in the 1950s at 1645 Tremont Place and was a Denver institution into the 21st century. It later moved a block over to 1635 Court Place. Denver weekly paper Westword??wrote in 2002 that Duffy's felt "like an East Coast...

The Summit opened in 1975 and was home to the NBA's Houston Rockers for whom the arena was primarily constructed. However, it was also the home ice of the original Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association from 1975 until 1978, as well as...

White Hen Pantry was a chain of convivence stores established in the Chiagoland area in 1965. It grew to 261 stores in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Detroit, and Boston.

The Cleveland Rockers played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 until 2003. The Rockers were one of the original eight franchises of the WNBA but were folded despite putting competitive teams on the court and drawing a respectable number of fans...

A favorite of locals and tourists alike, Wet 'n Wild was America's first water park. Opened in 1977 it welcomed its last visitors on December 31, 2016.

The San Francisco Golden Gaters were charter members of World Team Tennis in 1974 and one of that league's most successful franchises at the gate and on the court. Though they were established in San Francisco they wound up playing across the bay at...

Cellophane Square was a famous record store in Seattle's University District that opened in the early 1970s. It closed in 2009.

Standard Oil of Ohio, better known as Sohio, was an American oil company, and the earliest component of the original Standard Oil company founded by John D. Rockefeller. Its gas stations dotted the state for generations. In neighboring states it was known as

Hooks Bar-B-Que was a Dayton icon located on Gettysburg Avenue. It was known not only for its BBQ, but its awesome cheesesteaks.

A popular discount department store for generations, Woolworth was also famous for its in-store lunch counter.

The New York Raiders were a charter franchise of the World Hockey Association and first hit the ice with the rest of the league in 1972. The team, however, could not compete for fans with the established New York Rangers of the National Hockey...

Stu Kerr hosted Professor Kool's Fun School??? on WMAR-TV from 1967 to 1977. The show mixed comedy and education and was the launched the career of Kevin Clash, the man behind, or rather under, Elmo.

The Birmingham Barracudas played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 1995. Their homefield was Legion Field. The team finished with a 10 and 8 record but folded when the CFL ended it's American experiment.

The Portland Beavers were established in 1903 and through several iterations represented the city in the Pacific Coast League. The last team to use the name left Portland after the 2010 season when plans to build a baseball-only park for the team fell through.

Holy Moly Gargonzoli!??Though he was born and raised in Cleveland, Jim Spagg gained fame in Portland, OR hosting a local cable access show.

The Connecticut Whale was the nickname the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League switched to in 2010. The name honored the departed, and sorely missed, Whalers, who had departed for North Carolina in 1997. In 2013, The Whale switched back to its...

Arlington Stadium??was the first home of baseball's Rangers after the moved from Washington, D.C. in 1972. In 1993, the team moved into the Ballpark in Arlington.

The Waikiki BeachBoys were members of the Hawaii Winter Baseball league, a developmental circuit that played on and off from 1993 to 2008. Their name was derived from a group credited with popularizing the sport of surfing in Hawaii. Partially funded by MLB, the...

Florida's A1A highway runs from Fernandina Beach at the state's northern tip, all the way down the Atlantic Coast to Key West. The road was designated SR 1 in 1945 when many of Florida's state highways were renumbered. A year later, to avoid confusion...

WYDD first signed on in 1967 as a jazz station. In the '70s it switched to a more progressive, free-form AOR format, before flipping to top 40 in the '80s. As top 40 stations go, though, it was pretty adventurous, playing songs that were...

The Washington Caps were an American Basketball Association??team based in the nation's capital, thus the nickname. Founded as the Oakland Oaks in 1967, the team moved to Washington in 1970. They moved across the Potomac the following year to become the Virginia Squires.

Whitney's Playland At-The-Beach was the San Francisco Bay area's favorite amusement park from 1913 until it closed at the end of the 1972 operating season.

Media Play was an attempt by The Musicland Group to compete with so-called big box retailers such as electronics stores Best Buy and Circuit City, who sold CDs at near cost to lure customers in. In addition to music, Media Play also carried books,...

From the mid '60s to the mid '70s, WIXY, "Wicksy Twelve-Sixty," was Cleveland's preeminent top-40 radio station. Despite having a weaker signal than its competitors it dominated the ratings for a decade.

Formed in Lincoln, NE in 1911, and later based in New York City, the Giants were a barnstorming, Negro baseball team. From 1923 to 1928, they were members of the Eastern Colored League. In 1929, they joined the American Negro League for one season,...