The Biden administration s clear hostility toward the Cuban people is part of a long progressive tradition. Fri Jul 16, 2021
Editors’ note: As we witness the Cuban people taking to the streets to confront the barbaric communist regime that has tortured them for decades, we witness the leftist Biden administration and leftist groups such as Black Lives Matter signal support for Cuba s Stalinist tyranny and engage in a callous disregard for the Cuban people. It s no surprise, for instance, that the Biden administration just issued a statement telling Cubans they are not welcome in United States, while illegal aliens are, of course, most welcome.
Send Stephen Owen Stephens, whose fluid baritone made him a broadcast hall of famer and Arkansas version of Dick Clark with his 1950s dance program Steve s Show on KTHV, actually had to work hard on that fabled voice, he said in 2018.
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Former THV11 host Steve Stephens passes away at 90
Steve Stephens, who hosted Steve s Show on THV11 in the 60s, has passed away at the age of 90 due to his battle with cancer. Author: THV11 Digital Updated: 6:29 PM CST January 30, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas Steve Stephens, an Arkansas icon of early television, passed away Saturday night due to his battle with cancer.
Stephens was most known for Steve s Show, a live dance show that aired on THV11 from 1957 to 1964 that allowed the teenagers of Little Rock to show off their moves and have fun.
The former host and weatherman was from Newport, Arkansas and served with the United States Marine Corps. He got his start in entertainment after his friends said he had a radio voice.
Steve Stephens of Arkansas TV fame dies at 90
Steve Stephens of Arkansas TV fame dies at 90
STEVE STEPHENS: In 2014 photo from his Facebook page.
Steve Stephens, still remembered for a popular local 1950s TV show and whose career included work in investments and a long-running series on Arkansas historical figures, died Friday. He was 90.
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The Encyclopedia of Arkansas, which recorded his death, has a full account of Stephens’ life. The Newport native, born Rufus James Stephens, was a Marine veteran of Korea and began his communications career as a radio announcer. Then came TV:
Stephens was asked to host a television “dance party,” six months prior to the national launching of the ABC television program,