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Betty Butler (actress)
Betty Butler may refer to: *Betty Butler, founder of Circus Juventas *Betty Butler, see College Bowl ''College Bowl'' (which has carried a naming rights sponsor, initially General Electric and later Capital One) is a radio, television, and student quiz show. ''College Bowl'' first aired on the NBC Radio Network in 1953 as ''College Quiz Bowl ... *Betty Butler, station manager of WTLS * List of DC Comics characters: B, Betty Butler See also * Elizabeth Butler (other) {{hndis, Butler, Betty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Juventas
Circus Juventas (formerly Circus of the Star) is a youth performing arts circus school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving youth throughout the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The organization was founded in 1994 by Dan and Betty Butler, and offers circus arts training to young people ranging from 3 to 21 years old. Emulating the style of Cirque du Soleil, Circus Juventas's first show was at Saint Paul's Highland Fest in 1995. From there, the school's enrollment quickly expanded and the organization initiated a campaign to fund a $2.1 million permanent big top facility, which opened in 2001 on Saint Paul parkland in the Highland Park neighborhood. That year, it began to produce annual summer performances showcasing the work of its most advanced students, each with a distinct theme. Yearly themed December holiday shows were added starting in 2020 after that year's summer show was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These shows have proven popular with lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Bowl
''College Bowl'' (which has carried a naming rights sponsor, initially General Electric and later Capital One) is a radio, television, and student quiz show. ''College Bowl'' first aired on the NBC Radio Network in 1953 as ''College Quiz Bowl''. It then moved to American television broadcast networks, airing from 1959 to 1963 on CBS and from 1963 to 1970 on NBC. In 1977, the president of College Bowl, Richard Reid, developed it into a non-televised national championship competition on campuses across America through an affiliation with the Association of College Unions International (ACUI), which lasted for 31 years. In 1989, College Bowl introduced a (sponsored) version of College Bowl for Historically Black Colleges (HBCUs) called Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) which is ongoing. In 2007, College Bowl produced a new version and format of the game as an international championship in Africa, called Africa Challenge (Celtel Africa Challenge, Zain Africa Challenge). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTLS
WTLS (1300 AM) is a radio station in Central Alabama, 30 miles northeast of Montgomery. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day. WTLS streams programming over the internet through its website. History WTLS began broadcasting in 1954. The original owner was Bert Bank, former state senator and founder of the Alabama Radio Network; now the Crimson Tide Sports Network (CTSN), provider of University of Alabama sports broadcasts. The radio station's first engineer, Ned Butler, purchased the radio station from Bank in 1957. Butler put the first FM station in Tuscaloosa on the air for Bank in 1953. In addition, Butler built stations in Ozark, Luverne, and Talladega in the 1950s.''Tallassee Tribune'', 2004 The WTLS station manager for decades was Betty Butler (Ned's wife). Betty also hosted a morning show, ''Coffee Time'', which featured styrofoam puppets "Happy" & "Menace." Harold Shedd, original producer of the country music group, Alabama, worked for Butler in 1956. In 1970, Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
