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100 unusual facts about Dallas


1000 de La Gauchetière

The building's architecture is similar to that of the Chase Tower in Dallas, Texas, United States, but with the street-level architecture projecting out in a distinct style, reducing the visual and psychological impact of the entire building from this viewpoint.

2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season

Scored the game-winning goal in Game 1 vs. Dallas ending the longest overtime game in team history and the 6th longest in NHL history on April 11, 2007.

On January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Roberto Luongo had been voted by the fans to start in goal in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas.

Achernar

Achernar is in the deep southern sky and never rises above the horizon beyond 33°N, roughly the latitude of Dallas, Texas.

Acoustix

They have all, at different times, been members of the Dallas-based Vocal Majority chorus.

Adolphus Busch

Adolphus Busch also built a series of buildings in downtown Dallas.

Ahmed Bukhatir

Bukhatir's first concerts on US soil took place in April 2012, when he appeared at events sponsored by the Al-Furqaan Foundation's Furqaan Academy that were held in Dallas, Houston, and Chicago.

Al Carrell

A Dallas radio station called him and wanted him to start up his own show where listeners would call in to ask for advice.

Amy Fadhli

However, she eventually moved to Dallas and started swimsuit modeling and competing in bikini contests in which she won several swimsuit titles and many prizes including money and trips.

Andre's Mother

Set at the Manhattan memorial service for Andre Gerard, who died of AIDS and was buried in Dallas several weeks earlier, the story focuses on his mother Katherine's inability to come to terms with his death or share her grief with Cal, the young man's lover.

AutoBidsOnline

AutoBidsOnline is a research portal and online car buying site based in Dallas, Texas.

Badu Building

After a subsequent career change, he gained some experience at hotel management in Dallas and Austin.

Barrett Brown

He was brought up in the affluent neighborhood of Preston Hollow, living with his mother who saw something special in her only child and took a progressive approach to his rearing.

Bronwen Weber

Bronwen Weber (born Calgary, Alberta) is a pastry chef and renowned cake decorator based in Dallas, Texas.

Burt Topper

Topper's 1963 film War Is Hell (which he wrote wrote, produced, directed and played a small role as an army lieutenant) was playing at the Texas Theatre in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

Carole Terry

Carole Terry received her musical training at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas (organ with Robert T. Anderson, harpsichord with Larry Palmer), Eastman School of Music (organ with David Craighead), and Stanford University, where she obtained in 1977 a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in early music performance practice.

Caswell, Northamptonshire

The GaAs Field effect transistor and the GaAs monolithic ic were invented and developed at Caswell, but what is probably less well known is that scientists on the site were working on silicon integrated circuit(ic) technology almost 18 months before Jack Kilby demonstrated the first working ic at Texas Instruments in Dallas.

Century Radio

The station may be remembered for its variety of main stream hits from the 70s and 80s along with slick production and its punchy jingles from JAM Creative Productions in Dallas.

Charles Victor Grahmann

Charles Victor Grahmann (born 15 July 1931 in Hallettsville, Texas) is the former sixth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Texas.

Christian Dozzler

Christian Dozzler (born September 22, 1958, Vienna, Austria) is a blues, boogie woogie and zydeco multi-instrumentalist and singer from Austria, now based in the Dallas/Fort Worth (Texas) area.

Christie Van Hees

Originally from Kelowna, British Columbia, Van Hees currently resides in Dallas, Texas with Huczek and their two daughters, Evelyn and Faith.

Chuck Dunaway

In the early nineteen-sixties, Dunaway was asked to take over the programming duties at KBOX in Dallas, but soon after the station's number one competitor, KLIF-AM, enticed him to work for the legendary Gordon McLendon at KLIF-AM doing afternoon drive.

Cristobal Huet

On January 13, 2007, Huet was announced as one of the three goalies of the Eastern Conference All-Star Team in the 55th NHL All-Star Game in Dallas.

Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

The Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL) is a bar organization based in Dallas, Texas (USA) dedicated to community service, such as clothing drives for local shelters, 5K runs for charity, holiday teddy bear drives, mentoring programs for children, programs for homeless citizens, and continuing legal education programs for attorneys.

Dallas Protocol

Dallas Protocol is a public-private partnership between the City of Dallas in the U.S. state of Texas and the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, established in March 2003.

Dallas, Kamloops

Here for the article about the city in Texas.

Dallas, Moray

George Mifflin Dallas, whose family originally came from here, became the Vice President of the US, and Dallas, Texas may have been named after him.

Dallas, Oregon

Louis Gerlinger, Sr., incorporated the Salem, Falls City and Western Railway Company late in October 1901 and announced plans to build a railroad from the Willamette River at Salem to the mouth of the Siletz River on the Oregon Coast, a distance of 65 miles.

Irene Hazard Gerlinger - first female Regent of the University of Oregon

Dallas/Red Rose, Manitoba

Dallas/Red Rose is situated between the Peguis First Nation and Fisher River Cree Nation about 215 kilometres north of Winnipeg near the western shore of Lake Winnipeg.

David Philipson

Philipson did not intend to go directly into the ministry, but instead chose to spend time in Dallas to aid in the growth of Reform Judaism there.

Derrius Thompson

Derrius Damon Thompson (born July 5, 1977 in Dallas, Texas) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Miami Dolphins.

DGSE Companies

is a leading precious metal and jewelry wholesaler and retailer in the Southwestern United States, headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

DotComGuy

Maddox now works in Dallas, Texas for Riverstone Residential Group as the Director of Systems Integration.

Empery

Nelson Bunker Hunt was not in attendance for the race, the most valuable ever run in Britain, as he was celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary at home in Dallas.

FirstCom

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company offered several services utilized by radio stations throughout the United States.

Food and Nutrition Service

It administers the programs through its headquarters (HQ) in Alexandria, VA; regional offices (ROs) in San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, and Robbinsville (NJ); and field offices throughout the US.

Government of Dallas

The Jack Evans Police Headquarters building is located in the Cedars, a south Dallas neighborhood adjacent to downtown.

Greg Headley

Gregory D. Headley (born in Dallas, Texas) is an experimental composer and performer, as well as owner of 28 Angles, an independent record label.

Gus Hutchison

After retiring from racing, Hutchison focused on running his business, Solar Kinetics, based in Dallas.

Hubert Sagnières

Hubert Sagnières is a member of the Board of the Essilor Vision Foundation based in Dallas, Texas, which he founded in 2007.

Jim M. Courtright

Following the Olympics Courtright competed in the 1937 Pan-American Exposition Games (a precursor to the Pan American Games) in Dallas, Texas where he captured the gold medal in the javelin throw.

Jim McMullan

Jim McMullan (born October 13, 1936) is an American actor from Long Island, New York best known for his role as Dr. Terry McDaniel on the 1960s series Ben Casey and as Senator Andrew Dowling on the CBS Primetime Soap Opera Dallas.

Julie Hayek

Hayek is now a trained actress and has starred in successful shows such as Dallas, Twin Peaks and As the World Turns.

Keyuo Craver

Keyuo Boderek Craver (born August 22, 1980 in Dallas, Texas) is an American football defensive back currently playing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League, who signed Craver as a free agent on March 5, 2009.

KOLD-TV

On November 15, 2011, Dallas-based broadcasting company Belo Corporation, owners of local Fox affiliate KMSB and MyNetworkTV affiliate KTTU, announced that it will enter into a shared services agreement with Raycom Media beginning in February 2012, resulting in KOLD taking over the two stations' operations and moving their advertising sales department to the KOLD studios.

KTMD

Telemundo's parent company NBCUniversal replaced the locally produced newscast, with a regional newscast based out of the network's new production center in Dallas in 2006.

KVDA

In 2007, budget cuts announced by NBC Universal resulted in the cancellation of Noticiero 60 and its replacement with a regional newscast based out of a new production center at KXTX-TV in Dallas.

Lameck Aguta

He ran the Dallas White Rock Marathon in 2004 before attempting to run Boston again in 2005.

Le'Bryan Nash

He attended Lincoln High School in Dallas, Texas, where he was born.

Le'Shai Maston

Le'Shai Edwoin Maston (born October 7, 1970) is a former American football running back in the National Football League and current head football coach at Providence Christian School of Dallas, Texas.

Lewis Carhart

Clara, however, did not enjoy the settlement and maintained separate residences in Sherman and Dallas.

Lillian Berlin

In 2004, Berlin was involved in a similar incident when after a show at the Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas he was shot at, and pistol whipped because of his on-stage talk disparaging the Republican Party.

Linda St. Clair

In 1985, short of money, the couple moved to Dallas, Texas where St. Clair began working in marketing, selling artists’ services to ad agencies.

Lucy Ewing

She is also briefly mentioned in the 1996 television movie Dallas: J.R. Returns, but appears in neither the last episode nor the reunion film.

Marco Barrientos

He and his wife, Carla, have been married for fifteen years and currently reside in Dallas, Texas, along with their two children, Daniela and Marco.

Martin W. Littleton

Born near Kingston in Roane County, Tennessee, he moved to Texas in 1881 with his parents, who settled in Dallas.

Martina Moravcová

She is one of Slovakia's greatest female athletes, although she has lived in Dallas, TX, USA since she started attending Southern Methodist University in the mid-1990s.

Miguel Galluccio

He joined YPF shortly after graduation, and worked in the Dallas-based Maxus subsidiary following its 1995 acquisition by YPF.

Mike Current

On Monday January 16, 2012, Current died after committing suicide by shooting himself in the head with a 20 gauge shotgun at the scenic outlook at Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge near Dallas, Oregon.

Mike Rawlings

Mike Rawlings is the Mayor of Dallas after winning the 2011 Dallas mayoral election defeating former Dallas Police Chief, David Kunkle.

Nadine Haobsh

She was born in New York City in 1980 and spent her childhood in San Diego, Dallas and Atlanta.

Pamela Rebecca Barnes

A member of Barnes family, the character originated in two episodes of the original series' season 12, and also appeared in the TV reunion movie Dallas: J.R. Returns (which is not regarded as canon by the 2012 series).

Paraguayan American

Paraguayan Americans also have population importance in Dallas and Atlanta.

Praetorian Building

As the Main Street District, Dallas and downtown Dallas began a revival and many surrounding buildings were rehabilitated, the Praetorian Building was also eyed for renovation.

Pregnancy after a loss

Along with working for the Associated Press, Newsweek, Reuters, and Vatican Radio in Italy she received her PhD at the University of Texas at Dallas, planning on specializing in public health research.

Carol Lanham now lives in Dallas, Texas with her two sons, Andrew and Michael, now 16 and 14.

Radio Nord

The transmitters had been flown in from the factory at Dallas, Texas in six thousand parts.

Ramsey, Illinois

H. L. Hunt, oil tycoon, inspired the 1980s television series Dallas; born near Ramsey

Ray Krebbs

In 1998 Ray makes a shock return (with dyed brown hair) in War of the Ewings when, out of nowhere, he helps Bobby and Sue Ellen in a barroom brawl.

Remove Silence

Recently the band signed the contract for the release of Fade in North America with Dallas, Texas based Metaledge Records.

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1984

Incumbent President Ronald Reagan was again selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1984 Republican National Convention held from August 20 to August 23, 1984 in Dallas, Texas.

Rich Phillips

Rich Phillips is a radio personality based out of Dallas, Texas.

Ridgewood Park, Dallas

Ridgewood Park is a neighborhood in east Dallas Texas (USA).

Robert Pierpoint

On November 22, 1963 he was riding in press bus #1 in the Dallas motorcade for President Kennedy when the president was assassinated.

Robert Yarber

Robert Yarber (born Dallas, Texas, 1948) is an American painter and Distinguished Professor of Art at Pennsylvania State University.

Rogers Cadenhead

Rogers Cadenhead (b. April 13, 1967 in Dallas, Texas, USA) is a computer book author and web publisher who is currently chairman of the RSS Advisory Board, a group that assists developers in using the RSS 2.0 specification.

Rolandas Valiūnas

Then he continued his education in 1994 at the "Queen Mary & Westfield Coledge the University of London (in UK 1994), USA, at the Academy of International Law in Dallas, Texas, USA (1996). From 1999 to 2000 he studied at the Baltic Management Institute (BMI), the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) program (2000). After that, he is a lecturer in the course of the BMI Institute "Corporate Governance".

Ryan Owens

On October 20, 2008, Owens was named as ABC News's Dallas, Texas, correspondent.

SB Sberbank of Russia JSC

The bank was established as a TexakaBank in March 19, 1993 in Dallas, Texas.

ShaChelle Devlin Manning

From 1995 to 1998 she served in leadership positions at Dallas Public Schools, where she introduced and launched new technologies for over 17,000 teachers and 120,000 students.

Steve Pickett

He was a news reporter at NBC affiliate television station KGW serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, and now is reporter-anchorman at CBS owned-and-operated television station KTVT licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth designated market area.

Super Dodge Ball

In the single player game, the player will control Dallas, while the computer controls Chicago.

Ted Mooney

Ted Mooney (born in Dallas, Texas) is an American novelist and short story writer; He has published four novels: Easy Travel to Other Planets (1981), Traffic and Laughter (1990), Singing into the Piano (1998), and The Same River Twice, (2010).

Texas Ballet Theater

In 1988, after the demise of Dallas Ballet, the company began adding performances of The Nutcracker in Dallas in a business partnership with The Dallas Opera, producing Nutcracker performances in The Music Hall and using The Dallas Opera Orchestra.

The Black Strat

In 1986, Gilmour replaced it with three Candy Apple Red Stratocaster guitars with EMG pickups for touring and with a cream Stratocaster for rehearsals during the post Roger Waters era, retiring it for display at the Hard Rock Cafe in Dallas, Texas.

The Hourly Radio

The Hourly Radio was a Dallas based band consisting of Aaron Closson (vocals and guitar), Ryan Short (guitar), Adam Vanderkolk (drums) and Tim Jansen (bass).

TIAA–CREF

TIAA–CREF is headquartered in New York City in the United States and has major offices in Denver, Colorado; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Dallas, Texas; as well as seventy local offices throughout the U.S..

To Be Kind

The album was produced by Michael Gira and recorded by John Congleton at Sonic Ranch, the world's largest residential recording studio complex, in Tornillo, Texas, 30 miles from El Paso and at Congleton's studio in Dallas.

Tom Hendricks

Tom Hendricks is an American eccentric Dallas-based musician, painter, writer, and creator of a zine called Musea.

Tower at Cityplace

The Tower at Cityplace is a 42-story building located at 2711 North Haskell Avenue at North Central Expressway (US 75) in the Cityplace district of Uptown Dallas, Texas (USA).

Trinity Strand Trail

This portion of Turtle Creek is a small tributary of the Trinity River, with its headwaters located in University Park.

Ultratech, Inc.

Within the United States, as of 2004, sales and support offices are also leased in Woburn, Massachusetts and Dallas, Texas.

Upslope Brewing Company

and as of August 2013 the company's products are distributed to Austin, Houston and Dallas.

USS Dallas

The first ship was named after Alexander J. Dallas and the second after Dallas, Texas.

V. Trygve Jordahl

In 1925, he accepted a call to be pastor of Central Lutheran Church in Dallas, Texas.

Wayne Peet

Wayne Edward Peet (born December 6, 1954, Dallas) is an American jazz pianist & organist active chiefly on the West Coast jazz scene.

Wheel 2000

The tour visited a variety of major market cities: Chicago, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., New York City, Charlotte, Dallas, Denver, Salt Lake City, Seattle, San Jose, and Anaheim.

Wim De Waele

Later on he became vice-president for consumer goods and retail and moved to the headquarters of i2 Technologies in Dallas (Texas, USA).

Wojtek Wolski

In his first full professional season, Wolski played in the NHL YoungStars Game on January 23, 2007, a part of the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game festivities held in Dallas.


2002 Philadelphia Eagles season

The Eagles defense harassed Dallas quarterback Chad Hutchinson throughout the game, sacking him seven times and holding him to 128 passing yards.

Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies

Tracks that were to appear on Act I include another track sung by Daniel Victor entitled "Head Down", "Throwing Chairs" featuring Jonathan Foreman of Switchfoot, "John Dies at 56" featuring Mogwai, "Shipbuilding", an Elvis Costello cover featuring Andy Yorke, and "This Is My Fate", another track featuring Dallas Green.

Barrier transfer machine

Moveable barriers are in permanent use in such cities as Auckland (Auckland Harbour Bridge); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York; Honolulu, Hawaii; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.; Dallas, Texas; San Diego, California; and Sydney, Australia; many other cities use them temporarily during construction work.

Bob Kudelski

Traded to Florida by Ottawa for Evgeny Davydov, Scott Levins, Florida's 6th-round choice (Mike Gaffney) in 1994 Entry Draft, and Dallas' 4th-round choice (previously acquired, Ottawa selected Kevin Bolibruck) in 1995 Entry Draft, January 6, 1994.

Bruce Chambers

He then became coach at Dallas Carter High School, coaching the freshmen and junior varsity before becoming varsity assistant to Freddie James in 1989.

Candice Patton

She was born in Jackson, Mississippi but raised in Plano, Texas, she attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Caroline Rose Hunt

She is also a donor to the Junior League of Dallas, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Tiffany Circle of the American Red Cross, the conservative Heritage Foundation, the Crystal Charity Ball, the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress, the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Downtown Dallas, the Dallas Opera, the Dallas Symphony, and the Dallas Woman's Club.

Charles Victor Grahmann

During his tenure, the scandal of Rudolph Kos, a pedophile priest of the Dallas Diocese, came up.

Dallas Sportatorium

However, it did gain one last bit of notoriety when Dallas-based Southwest Airlines held an arm-wrestling match between chairman Herb Kelleher and Kurt Herwald, chairman of Stevens Aviation, resulting from controversy over Southwest's use of the slogan "Just Plane Smart" (Stevens claimed that it infringed on its own "Plane Smart" slogan).

Dusty Saxton

In 2005 Dusty responded to a MySpace ad for a guitarist spot in Dallas, Texas based rock band, Analogue, fronted by eventual Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights bassist, Nick Jay.

Electronic News

The paper eventually grew to have a staff of three dozen full time journalists, working out of headquarters staffed by full time journalists in New York and bureaus in Boston, Washington DC, Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Minneapolis and Tokyo.

Ellen Geer

The remainder of her television credits include guest appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Waltons, Quincy, M.E., Dallas, The Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, NYPD Blue and Cold Case.

Ian Lewison

In September 2013, Lewison was named mandatory contender for the vacant Southeast Area title he fought Tom Dallas in an explosive bout where he stopped Dallas in the second round by TKO.

Internet America

Internet America was headquartered in One Dallas Centre in Downtown Dallas.

Jorge Alvial

Alvial has been credited for scouting top players as Humberto Suazo, Franco Di Santo, Rogelio Funes Mori and Ramiro Funes Mori, Mark González, Jhon Pírez (Chelsea FC Youth), Brek Shea(F.C. Dallas), Diego Fagundez (N.E.Revolution), Cristian Cuevas(Chelsea FC), Neymar at 14yrs old, Pastore at 16yrs old, Higuain at 17 rys, Falcao at 17yrs old.

Jorge P Newbery

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development started foreclosure on the property and, due to the severity of the problems, installed a hot-line in their Dallas office to field the multitude of tenant complaints during the receivership term.

Kent Rathbun

Rathbun is currently married to fellow restaurateur Tracy Rathbun, co-owner of Dallas' Shinsei restaurant with Lynne Fearing, who is married to chef Dean Fearing.

Laura Furman

After living in Houston, Galveston, Dallas, and Lockhart she settled in Austin with her husband, Joel Warren Barna, and their son.

Lee Montgomery

In the 1980s, he made more cameo appearances such as CHiPs, Family Ties and Dallas, and he made a transition to adult roles in films such as Split Image (1982) with Peter Fonda, Night Shadows (1984) with Wings Hauser, and Into the Fire (1988) co-starring Susan Anspach.

Lee Raymond

Lee Raymond received the Woodrow Wilson Award from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution for Corporate Citizenship during a dinner held in his honor in Dallas, Texas in early 2003.

Lyda Hill

Additionally, she was named Outstanding Business Leader by Northwood University in 1999, received the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Colorado in 2002, and the Outstanding Alumni Award from Leadership Dallas in 2004.

She also made a recent contribution to the development of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas to support the inspiration of young people in the field of petroleum engineering.

Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge

The bridge was officially lit in a special ceremony conducted by the City of Dallas and Mayor Mike Rawlings.

Muslim Interscholastic Tournament

In February 2002, Siddiqi and her core team of volunteers at the University of Houston and alumni of the Muslim Students' Association at the University of Texas, Austin, implemented the first MIST with 118 students from Houston, Austin, and Dallas.

Oncor Electric Delivery

Predecessor companies include Dallas Power & Light (DP&L), which served the city of Dallas; Texas Electric Service Company (TESCO), which served areas surrounding Fort Worth; and Texas Power and Light (TP&L), which served other areas of northern and west-central Texas.

Paul Quinn

Paul Quinn College, private, historically black college (HBCU) located in Dallas, Texas

Probe 7, Over and Out

Hours before "Night Call" was to air though, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

Robert D. Bullard

Over the 1980s Bullard widened his study of environmental racism to the whole American South, focusing on communities in Houston, in Dallas, Texas, Alsen, Louisiana, Institute, West Virginia, and Emelle, Alabama.

Ronnie Claire Edwards

Edwards also briefly appeared on an episode of PBS's Antiques Roadshow (2008) from Dallas, Texas, when she brought in for appraisal a chair formerly owned by P. T. Barnum.

Schellas Hyndman

Hyndman is also an established Aiki Ju-Jutsu coach, and has been teaching the discipline for over 25 years in the Dallas area.

Shamrock Basketball Association

Included in these locations are the following Texas cities: Dallas, Fort Worth, Forney, Richardson, Irving, Tyler, Longview, Conroe, College Station, Waco, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Lubbock, Abilene, and Midland.

Sidney A. Fitzwater

Fitzwater's nomination sparked controversy in part because of allegations raised at his confirmation hearing about alleged voter intimidation in African-American neighborhoods in south Dallas, Texas during the unsuccessful 1982 re-election campaign of Texas Gov. Bill Clements.

Stream Energy

Stream Energy is an American retail electricity and natural gas firm active in the Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Georgia and New York deregulated energy markets and headquartered within the Infomart building in Dallas.

Texas State Highway 180

Passing through the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, it forms the northern border of the Bishop Arts District.

The Potter's House Church, Dallas

As of 2010 the church had 30,000 members and four campuses in Dallas, Fort Worth, North Dallas and Denver.

Tommy Brooker

On September 8, 1963, in the Chiefs’ inaugural game since moving from Dallas, Brooker converted eight extra points in a 59-7 victory over the Denver Broncos.

WCOA-FM

On November 5, 2009 at Noon, the station flipped to Top 40 as "i100, Today's Hit Music", mirroring similar (and Cumulus owned) contemporary hit radio stations KLIF-FM in Dallas, Texas and WNFN in Nashville, Tennessee.

Winnipeg Sun

Some of the initial comics published in the Sun were Ziggy, Frank and Ernest, Dallas, Ben Swift, John Darling, Graves, Inc., Barbara Cartland's Romances, Heathcliff, The Neighborhood, and Winthrop.