To keep up with the volume of requests for copies of last Friday’s broadcast of the memorial service for Luther Vandross, NY1 has installed four additional DVD players in its library. The flow of requests for DVD or VHS copies of the two-and-a-half-hour event has slowed since the beginning of the week, when Read More
Ratings are in for NY1′s two-and-a-half hour live coverage of this past Friday’s memorial service for Luther Vandross: The event drew a 1.2 rating, a whopping figure for the station in the afternoon time slot.
The all-star sendoff–featuring Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick and Stevie Wonder–was seen by an average of about 89,200 households, with Read More
Readers write:
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Subject: Luther Vandross Funeral
Hi, will Luther’s funeral be re-aired anytime this week, and if so, what time? Thank you.
- P.T., Miami, Florida
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Subject: Video of Luther Vandross Funeral
For those of us who are big fans of his and do not live in NY, how do we get Read More
From a bit before noon till around three this afternoon, NY1 pre-empted its regularly scheduled news programming to provide end-to-end coverage of the memorial service for Luther Vandross, who died this week at age 54. The live program, from Riverside Church, showed the R&B world’s version of a New Orleans jazz funeral, with musical performers Read More
