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CityofBeverlyHills company history timeline

1914

Beverly Hills was incorporated in 1914; while it is geographically within Los Angeles, it has always been a separate and distinct city.

1919

In 1919 film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks built their estate, Pickfair, there, which began the fashion among Hollywood celebrities and executives to build lavish homes in the city; these are among the city’s most popular tourist attractions.

1923

In 1923, an effort to secure a steady water supply through annexation by the City of Los Angeles was defeated by the voters thanks to opposition led by Mary Pickford, who feared the loss of local identity.

In 1923, there was a fight to annex the city of Beverly Hills to Los Angeles.

1930

Robert also showed slides of dazzling movie theatres, such as the Fox Wilshire Theatre, built in 1930, and now exquisitely restored and renamed as the Saban Theatre.

1934

Other actors also inadvertently helped develop the city. “Will Rogers, as mayor of Beverly Hills,” Robert explained, “was so loved by the whole country,” that a new post office was built in 1934 just to handle all the fan mail.

1986

Over the next seven years, the company increased broadcast hours until the network was on the air seven nights a week and gained more affiliates, making it available across the country. Its first broadcast, a late-night talk show hosted by comedian Joan Rivers, aired on October 9, 1986.

Fox Broadcasting Company, American television broadcasting company founded in 1986 by media magnate Rupert Murdoch.

1989

In 1989, Two Rodeo and its pedestrian path, Via Rodeo, opened, quickly becoming not only a shopping and tourist magnet but a popular photo and film backdrop.

1996

In 1996, the Paley Center for Media opened its West Coast location, a significant new building by architect Richard Meier at the southwest corner of North Beverly Drive and South Santa Monica Boulevard.

Fox News Channel, a satellite and cable news network, was launched in 1996 and soon attracted more regular viewers than any other news network.

2002

It also added programming divisions for children (4Kids TV and Fox Kids) and a division for sports (Fox Sports), putting it on a par with the established broadcasting companies ABC, CBS, and NBC. In 2002 Fox sold its children’s divisions and the Fox Family Channel to the Walt Disney Company.

2003

A radio division, Fox News Radio, was introduced in 2003.

2005

In 2005 Fox launched Fox Reality Channel, which aired solely reality-based programming.

2009

Hannity & Colmes was replaced by Hannity when Colmes left the show in 2009.

2014

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