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Larry King, host of CNN's Larry King Live, will speak on ethics in today's
television news at the University Oct. 20. The free public speech, at 3 p.m.
in Memorial Hall, will be the inaugural event in the School of Journalism and
Mass Communication's Earl Wynn Distinguished Lecture Series, honoring the
founder of Carolina's former radio, television and motion picture department.
Seating will be limited to the first 425 to arrive.
King, CNN's top-rated on-air personality, has interviewed more than 35,000
people -- including presidents, kings, movie stars, war heroes and political
candidates -- since his program debuted in 1985. Larry King Live, the first
worldwide, live television call-in interview program, airs weeknights at 9 p.m.
King also hosts Larry King Weekend on CNN and does specials for CNN's sister
network, TNT. He writes a weekly newspaper column for USA Today and has written
11 books. King has worked in broadcasting for more than 40 years. In 1997 he
received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his life's work. He has been
inducted into five of the nation's broadcasters' halls of fame, and his radio
and television shows have won the George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in
Broadcasting.
Among his other honors, he received a news and documentary Emmy Award for
outstanding interview/interviewer; 10 Cable Ace awards for best interviewer and
best talk show series; the Scopus Award from the American Friends of Hebrew
University; and the American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award.
Before becoming a national celebrity, King was a popular media personality in
Miami. For 16 years he hosted Mutual Radio's "The Larry King Show." In 1994,
King created the first daily radio-TV talk show by simulcasting his TV show on
radio stations nationwide.
King's Carolina visit will coincide with the first reunion of University alumni
who earned degrees in the radio, television and motion picture department,
which the late Wynn founded in 1945. The department was disbanded in 1993. Many
broadcast courses and some faculty moved to the School of Journalism and Mass
Communication. Other electronic communication courses moved to the then-new
communication studies department, formerly the department of speech
communication.
Wynn, a pioneer in developing the statewide public television network and the
University's FM radio station, sought to train students for serious careers in
broadcasting and motion pictures. His department produced successful film and
TV producers, station owners and managers, writers and on-air and film talent.
More than 250 friends, alumni and faculty donated to the lecture series to
honor Wynn's memory. The effort was led by Richard Cole, dean of the school;
Wynn's widow, Rhoda Hunter Wynn; and H. Taylor "Bud" Vaden, a former student of
Wynn's.
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