Senate Bill 2366

    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SR 2366

    By Senator Silver





    38-1694-99

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution commending Nightly Business Report

  3         and public television station WPBT in Miami,

  4         Florida, on NBR's 20th Anniversary in

  5         broadcasting.

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  7         WHEREAS, Nightly Business Report is America's Number

  8  One daily business news program and is viewed in more than 1

  9  million households in the United States every weeknight, and

10         WHEREAS, the Nightly Business Report is a production of

11  public broadcasting station WPBT in Miami, which is the

12  largest and oldest public television station in Florida, and

13         WHEREAS, Nightly Business Report is the most watched

14  and longest-running daily business news program on broadcast

15  or cable television, and

16         WHEREAS, NBR provides business and economic news and

17  investment information in a fast-paced format to help people

18  manage their money and stay on top of the news that affects

19  their stock portfolios, and

20         WHEREAS, Nightly Business Report premiered as a Miami

21  regional program on January 22, 1979, with national

22  distribution beginning in 1981, and

23         WHEREAS, NBR is available to 95 percent of homes in the

24  United States that have television, and

25         WHEREAS, NBR is affiliated with over 273 public

26  television stations, and

27         WHEREAS, National Business Report is distributed

28  internationally on the United States Information Agency's

29  Worldnet satellite network and the Armed Forces Television

30  Services Satellite Network, and

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    Florida Senate - 1999        (NP)                      SR 2366
    38-1694-99




  1         WHEREAS, Nightly Business Report celebrated its 20th

  2  Anniversary on January 20, 1999, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  4  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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  6         That Nightly Business Report and station WPBT are

  7  recognized as pioneers in the television industry in their

  8  efforts to bring daily business news to the residents of

  9  Florida and the United States, and are commended on their

10  outstanding accomplishments during the past 20 years.

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