Some of the most famous Top 40 stations have been Musicradio 77 WABC / New York City, Boss Radio 93 KHJ / Los Angeles WLS / Chicago, 1050 CHUM / Toronto, Famous 56 WFIL / Philadelphia, and The Big 68 WRKO / Boston.

In the BBC's 2003 Big Read contest, viewers voted on the " Nation's Best-loved Book "; Mort was among the Top 100 and chosen as the most popular of Pratchett's novels.

Other celebs to have been featured in their own strips include Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Esther Rantzen, Stephen Fry, Noel Edmonds, Jimmy Savile ( as the headmaster of " Pop School ", as " Sir Jimmy Savile, the Owl " and in " Jimmy Savile's Haunted Head "), Johnny Vaughan, Adam Ant, Jimmy Hill, Noddy Holder, Boy George, Freddie Garrity, Steve McFadden, Morrissey ( constantly finding daffodils stuck into the seat of his trousers, parodying his appearances on Top of the Pops ), Busted, Eminem, Big Daddy and plenty more.

The shows Survivor, the Idol series, the America's Next Top Model series, the Dancing With The Stars series, The Apprentice, Fear Factor and Big Brother have all had a global effect, having each been successfully syndicated in dozens of countries.

a place where disaster and tragedy stalk the Big Top, haunt the backyards, and ride the circus rails.

Holly realizes that she is actually in love with Brad, that she has always loved him ; and takes command of the show, mounting a circus parade through the town nearest the crash and staging an open air show by the crash site ( as the Big Top and lighting were lost in the wreck ).

At the BBC, the late 2000s and early 2010s have seen a major resurgence in traditional-style sitcoms filmed in front of a studio audience and featuring a laughter track, such as Not Going Out, Miranda, Reggie Perrin, Big Top, Mrs Brown's Boys and In with the Flynns

Instead, he spent part of the night planning for a movement around Big Round Top that would allow him to attack the enemy's flank and rear.

He would often appear as a character in a sketch ; in the second series, when Horne decides he wants to be a seaside end-of-the-pier-show impresario, one of the acts he auditions is Dentures as ' The Great Omipaloni, the world's fastest illusionist-and also the dampest '; in the third series he was Captain Ahab in the first part of The Admirable Loombucket ; also in the same series, in The Big Top, Luigi Omipaloni, the trapeze artist at Cuckpowder's Mammoth Circus, and Buffalo Sidney Goosecreature, the fearless desperado and adversary of The Palone Ranger ; in the fourth series in Apache Story, he is Rain In The Face-Kenneth Williams, as Billy Two Cheeks, exclaims " He speaks with forked tongue!

In an Astaire-Rogers picture, the Big White Set — as these Art Deco-inspired creations were known — took up the largest share of the film's production costs, and Top Hat was no exception.

In football, the Big East has had all eight members play in bowl games since the 2005 realignment and has had seven of eight teams ranked in the Top 25 since 2003.

In that time, the Big East has seen the emergence of new national players West Virginia rising to as high as No. 1 and was ranked in the Top 10 for three-straight years ( 2005, 2006, 2007 ) ( South Florida rising as high as No. 2, Cincinnati and Louisville both as high as No. 3, Rutgers as high as No. 7, Pittsburgh as high as No. 9, and Connecticut as high as No. 13 in BCS standings ).

Arlene Harden had a Top 40 country hit in 1971 with the Carl Perkins composition " True Love Is Greater Than Friendship " from the film Little Fauss and Big Halsy ( 1971 ) which reached no.

Popular tracks from this period include " Big Log " ( a Top 20 hit in 1983 ), " In the Mood " ( 1983 ), " Little by Little " ( from 1985's Shaken ' n ' Stirred ), " Far Post " ( originally only on the B-side of " Burning Down One Side " but popularised by airplay on album-oriented rock stations ), " Tall Cool One " ( a No. 25 hit off 1988's Now and Zen ) and " I Believe " ( from 1993's Fate of Nations ), another song written for and dedicated to his late son, Karac.

Parsons ' relationship with Hubbard also appears in Feral House's Apocalypse Culture, Paradox's Big Book of Conspiracies, Alan Moore's Cobweb story in Top Shelf Asks the Big Questions, and in the Jon Atack nonfiction book A Piece of Blue Sky.

* The sheriff in Big Top Pee-wee ( 1988 ) received a report from Porterville about a windstorm approaching Pee-wee Herman's local town.

* WAIZ, " 63 Big Ways ", 630 AM, is a radio station that features 50's and 60's oldies and recreates the format of Charlotte Top 40 legend " 61 Big Ways "

As one of the first psychedelic bands, their contemporary influence has been acknowledged by 1960s musicians such as Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Peter Albin of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Chris Gerniottis of Zakary Thaks.

In 2005 Styx released an album of cover tunes, Big Bang Theory, which reached the Billboard Top 50 on the album charts, their highest charting album since 1990.

Most modern circuses have a system of tiered seating around the ring for the public and since the late 19th early 20th century the performance has taken place under canvas and more recently plastic tents commonly called " The Big Top ".

: See footnote, for a list of " NCAA Top Eight Awards " winners and for links to the following awards: Nebraska's All-Time Academic All-Americans, Nebraska Student-Athletes of the Year, Herman Team GPA Awards, Academic Medallion Winners, Big 12 Conference Honors, and Honda-Broderick Cup Winner.

* 1926: School of Hard Knocks ; Under the Big Top ; Will Tomorrow Never Come?

Amr Diab also won The African Music Awards 2009, Big Apple Music Awards ; Life Achievements Awards: Best Singer of The Year in 2009, and Best Male Act in African Music Awards 2010.

He played Bobbly Wobbly in The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure ; filming was completed in late 2009 and is awaiting release.

For instance, Dave Cole is a contemporary sculpture artist who practiced knitting as graffiti for a large-scale public art installation in Melbourne, Australia for the Big West Arts Festival in 2009.

In January 2009, a new record low temperature for the state was set at Big Black River of, tying the New England record.

* 2009 – Jade Goody, British reality show contestant on Big Brother ( b. 1981 )

Mining accidents continue worldwide, including accidents causing dozens of fatalities at a time, such as the 2007 Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster in Russia, the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in the United States, and the 2009 Heilongjiang mine explosion in China.

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In late 2009, Anthrax confirmed a " Big 4 " event ( with Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer ) as part of the 2010 Sonisphere festival.

The island is mentioned in the novels The Enemy by Desmond Bagley ( 1977 ), Sea of Death by Richard P. Henrick ( 1992 ), The Fist of God by Frederick Forsyth ( 1994 ), Quantico by Greg Bear ( 2005 ), The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde ( 2005 ), Forbidden Island by Malcolm Rose ( 2009 ), And then you die by Iris Johansen ( 1998 ), The Island by R J Price ( better-known as the poet Richard Price ) ( 2010 ) and The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin ( 2011 ).

From 1956 to 1975, Beginning with its inception in 2001, the RFD-TV Network aired " The Big Joe Show ", a television program which included polka music and dancing that was filmed on location in various venues throughout the United States from 1973 through 2009.

The 2009 documentary My Big Break followed Bentley, and several other young actors, before and after he landed the part.

The city has held the 2005 NCAA Men's Basketball First and Second round and hosted the Big 12 Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments in 2007 ; the city will be the site again in 2009.

In 2009, a 50th anniversary concert was held on February 2nd at the Surf, including artists such as Graham Nash, Peter and Gordon, Tommy Allsup, and the son of the Big Bopper JP Richardson, Jr.

Music events include Big Day Out, Good Vibrations Festival and V Festival ( 2007 – 2009 ).

The firm was ranked No. 44 in the Fortune list of 100 Best Companies to Work For, and the highest among the Big Four, for 2009.

The Aces are the 2009 CBL Champions, beating the Big Bend Cowboys 2-0.

They also played the main stage of the 2004 and 2009 Big Day Out festival and opened for Metallica in their Australian tour in 2004.

At the 2009 Big Day Out festival in Perth, 17-year-old Gemma Thoms collapsed after allegedly taking three ecstasy tablets.

Atlanta based " flower punk " rock band the Black Lips recorded a song on their 2009 album 200 Million Thousand called " Big Black Baby Jesus of Today " which features the lyric " You can't be the Jack Johnson of Today / Big Black Baby Jesus on the way.

In 2009, MSG hosted the second longest NCAA men's basketball game when the Syracuse Orange and Connecticut Huskies went into six overtimes in the Big East Men's Basketball Tournament.