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Music in Maine - Music and Television

"Music and Television The Dave Astor Show Click to see more Dave Astor Show photos Dave Astor (1919-2011) produced a variety show in Portland…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater

"When the theater first opened, television was being introduced into homes. Less people came to the theater."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The McCormick house

"… husband Stephen McCormick, the longtime radio and television broadcaster who, among other things, broadcast President Franklin D."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"In 2007, Bob Marley made his first television appearance on Comedy Central, having a stand-up performance on a national stage."

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South Portland Public Library

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Music in Maine - Music in Maine

"When radio and television waves raced across Maine in the 20th century, instead of diluting musical traditions, these influences layered blues…"

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Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"Television shows followed, like Curly O’Brien’s country show on WLBZ/ Channel 7 from 1966 to 1980. Associated with singing cowboys of the American…"

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Music in Maine - HEAR

"With the 1950s came the introduction of television, further expanding the ways people experienced music. WBLM 107.5 t-shirt, ca."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… computers, or high-quality projectors, or several televisions. They had to do everything by hand or in bad quality."

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Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… for a period of time after the development of television, making movies less profitable. The office of the Guilford Water Company was on the second…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Petersburg, Florida, and was later exhibited on television. In 2007 the Scarborough Historical Society acquired one of Litchfield’s violins and had…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… 1970s were a traumatic time, as increased use of television brought world events into everyone's living room: the assassination of President…"

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Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… career and she went on to work on Broadway, in television and in movies. In 1985 she told the Ellsworth American that, "nothing will ever top the…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… section of this website.”) “The Maine Experience, Episode 103” a Maine Public Television program produced a 10-minute feature on Malaga in 2010."

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Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… 1956Maine Historical Society Musician and television repair man, Al Hawkes, founded the Event Records label in Westbrook in 1956 where he produced…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… person with many millions watching the events on television. For the first time since the beginning of the Pageant, decorators spread a green dye…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… were all pretty dependent on our music, and our television, our refrigerators, and our showers, and our washing machines."

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… was true because people didn't have computers or televisions at home to entertain them. They read books and magazines instead."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… transformed itself from an AM radio station to a television station, and the Aroostook Centre Mall continues to be a shopping center for County and…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… King Biography.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017, www.biography.com/people/stephen-king-9365136."

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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