Daily Archives: April 21, 2012

‘Up and Down the Dial’ airs as series finale on ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ 30 years ago this hour (1982)


Video: 'WKRP in Cincinnati' (season 1 open)

(Wednesday, April 21, 1982, 8:30 p.m. EST) — Just as WKRP hits #6 in the ratings, Mama Carlson announces that she plans to switch the format of the station to 24 hours a day of news on tonight’s final episode of the CBS-TV sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

California denies parole for Charles Manson 20 years ago today (1992)


Video: Manson parole board hearing (Apr. 21, 1992; part 1)

(Tuesday, April 21, 1992) — Charles Manson, mastermind of the Tate-LaBianca murders of 1969, one of the most infamous mass murders in the United States, was denied parole for the eighth time today. Continue reading California denies parole for Charles Manson 20 years ago today (1992)