TV celebrates independence in musical style
In Washington DC a belated welcome home concert for Vietnam veterans features a star studded lineup including John Fogerty Linda Ronstadt James Brown Neil Diamond Crosby Stills and Nash Kris Kristofferson Anita Baker and more. HBO will air a three hour edited telecast from the four hour benefit staged by Welcome Home a group founded by Los Angeles producer Joey Talley in 1985 with honorary co chairs Peter Fonda Robert De Niro Cybill Shepherd Stevie Wonder and Reggie Jackson.
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Linda Ronstadt
James Brown
Neil Diamond
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John Sebastian
Richie Havens
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Kris Kristofferson
Anita Baker
HBO
Welcome Home
Los Angeles
Joey Talley
Peter Fonda
Robert de Niro
Cybill Shepherd
Stevie Wonder
Reggie Jackson
Eau
Rfk Stadium
Washington, D.C
Crosby, Stills & Nash
James Ingram
Fonda's Welcome Home TV pledges target veterans aid
Fonda states Welcome Home aims to raise 3 to 10 million dollars via telecast and pledges to aid veterans causes. The show shifts from RFK Stadium to Capitol Center due to slow ticket sales. VVA cautions about distribution, while sponsors, corporate blocks, and veteran access are debated.
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Welcome Home
Vietnam
RFK Stadium
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Mike Leaveck
Vietnam Veterans of America
RFK
NBC Optimistic on Olympics Amid Seoul Turmoil
NBC remains concerned yet hopeful that the 1988 Seoul Games will proceed despite political upheaval in Korea. The network warns losses would hit audiences and ad revenue, not just money, with $465 million invested in rights production and equipment.
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Moscow
Bankers Trust
New York
Korean Exchange Bank
Alan Baker
Olympic Information
Michael Eskridge
Coca-Cola
Kodak
McDonald’s
General Motors
Eskridge
Baker
Korea
Chun Doo Hwan
Japan
ABC
Pound
Meet the Press
Golden Years of Television III to Air on WVIZ Channel 25
WVIZ TV will broadcast classic early TV programs on Saturdays at 7 p.m. The July lineup includes Federal Men, Adventures of Judge Roy Bean with Edgar Buchannan, The Iron Mask with Carl Esmond, Do You Trust Your Wife, The Great Gilder Sleeves, 26 Men, Errol Flynn Theatre with Bert Parks hosting Giant Step, and features a young Charles Bronson in The Case of the Deadly Dilemma.
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Cleveland
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Ili
Roy Bean
Charles Bronson
Judge Roy Bean
Edgar Buchannan
PBS
TV Tonight Highlights Star-Studded Holiday Specials
TV picks include A Star Spangled Celebration hosted by Oprah Winfrey in New Orleans with Robert Urich and a report on literacy. Space miniseries encore features James Garner Blair Brown Harry Hamlin Bruce Dern. Fourth of July Boston Pops with Johnny Cash airs on HBO. Welcome Home concert at RFK Stadium stars James Brown Crosby Stills Nash Neil Diamond and more.
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Tony Bennett
Oprah Winfrey
Ben Vereen
Suzanne Somers
Peter Allen
Loretta Lynn
New Orleans
Spenser
America
James Garner
Blair Brown
Harry
L.A. Law
Hamlin
Bruce Dern
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