Time line of AA Communicaton
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Time line of AA Communicaton
FROM AKRON to the Internet: A time line of AA communication
The ways AAs carry the message have changed over the years. The message hasn’t.
1935: Bill W. met Dr. Bob f2f
1939: The Big Book is published, carrying the message in print
1939: First public service message about the Big Book appears in a New York Times ad, “have you an Alcoholic Problem?”
1941: NBC began a 13 part syndicated program called: Is alcohol a Problem in your Home?
1941: Saturday Evening Post publishes Jack Alexander’s article about AA.
1944: The AA Grapevine begins monthly publication
1945 Paramount Pictures releases the movie: The Lost Weekend, based on the novel by Charles Jackson
1946: Marty Mann explains alcoholism and AA on the radio show: We the People
1947: First transatlantic telephone call is received by Alcoholic Foundation from an Army hospital in Germany
1948: An AA member explains principles of the program on HI, Jinx, a morning radio show on WNBC.
1949: CBS radio broadcasts a 10 episode drama about an alcoholic who finds AA. GSO is deluged with inquiries.
1953: HAAM, an international fellowship of AA ham radio operators, is established.
1953:
Art Linkletter interviews a masked woman member of AA on his TV show.
1954: The Grapevine asks for the signals of amateur radio operators who would like to communicate via the airwaves.
1956: Bill W. and Eve M. from general service are anonymous guests on the popular radio show Martha Deane on WOR.
1960: Broadcasts of radio show Alcoholism – The Problem and the Hope, featuring Marty Mann and a GSO staff member.
1962: The Betty Furness radio program features a show on International AA.
1963: The movie Days of Wine and Roses is previewed by GSO staff members before its release.
1963: WNBC begins broadcasting an AA radio program called Ask an Alcoholic.
1966: AA creates a 60 second TV spot for distribution by public information committees.
1966: Five groups in different states hold the first telephone conference call meeting
1970: KUAT in Tucson, Arizona, launches AA-of-the-Air, a radio show for homebound AAs.
1973: David Suskind interviews 5 women AAs on his TV show.
1976: Members of AA. Al Anon, and Alateen are interviewed on the John Gentry Radio show on WGCH in Greenwich, CT.
1979: The 29th General Service conference views and approves Alcoholics Anonymous – An Inside View, a 28-minute color film produced by AA.
1980s: First AA bulletin boards, on line meetings, and chat rooms appear.
1986: Q-link, one of the first online AA groups, begins meeting, growing to 200 members nationwide in 2 years.
1988: GSO begins compiling a list of online AA groups.
1989: ABC-TV broadcast: My name is Bill W.
1990s: TDD (text telephone) technology helps hard of hearing AAs talk with other AAs.
1990: Kansas Area public information establishes AA Message of the Day, a telephone service feature daily readings from the “Twelve and Twelve”.
1990: Connecticut’s public radio show, Open Air in New England, puts open AA meetings on the air.
1992: Thirteen 1-hour AA meetings airing several times a week are broadcast on cable TV stations in Portland, OR
1995: Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous (OIAA) is established
2002: The Queensland Young People in AA Convention is netcast worldwide from Australia
2002: Online AA reps meet, hoping to establish a service conference for AA in cyberspace.
~AA Grapevine October 2002
The ways AAs carry the message have changed over the years. The message hasn’t.
1935: Bill W. met Dr. Bob f2f
1939: The Big Book is published, carrying the message in print
1939: First public service message about the Big Book appears in a New York Times ad, “have you an Alcoholic Problem?”
1941: NBC began a 13 part syndicated program called: Is alcohol a Problem in your Home?
1941: Saturday Evening Post publishes Jack Alexander’s article about AA.
1944: The AA Grapevine begins monthly publication
1945 Paramount Pictures releases the movie: The Lost Weekend, based on the novel by Charles Jackson
1946: Marty Mann explains alcoholism and AA on the radio show: We the People
1947: First transatlantic telephone call is received by Alcoholic Foundation from an Army hospital in Germany
1948: An AA member explains principles of the program on HI, Jinx, a morning radio show on WNBC.
1949: CBS radio broadcasts a 10 episode drama about an alcoholic who finds AA. GSO is deluged with inquiries.
1953: HAAM, an international fellowship of AA ham radio operators, is established.
1953:
Art Linkletter interviews a masked woman member of AA on his TV show.
1954: The Grapevine asks for the signals of amateur radio operators who would like to communicate via the airwaves.
1956: Bill W. and Eve M. from general service are anonymous guests on the popular radio show Martha Deane on WOR.
1960: Broadcasts of radio show Alcoholism – The Problem and the Hope, featuring Marty Mann and a GSO staff member.
1962: The Betty Furness radio program features a show on International AA.
1963: The movie Days of Wine and Roses is previewed by GSO staff members before its release.
1963: WNBC begins broadcasting an AA radio program called Ask an Alcoholic.
1966: AA creates a 60 second TV spot for distribution by public information committees.
1966: Five groups in different states hold the first telephone conference call meeting
1970: KUAT in Tucson, Arizona, launches AA-of-the-Air, a radio show for homebound AAs.
1973: David Suskind interviews 5 women AAs on his TV show.
1976: Members of AA. Al Anon, and Alateen are interviewed on the John Gentry Radio show on WGCH in Greenwich, CT.
1979: The 29th General Service conference views and approves Alcoholics Anonymous – An Inside View, a 28-minute color film produced by AA.
1980s: First AA bulletin boards, on line meetings, and chat rooms appear.
1986: Q-link, one of the first online AA groups, begins meeting, growing to 200 members nationwide in 2 years.
1988: GSO begins compiling a list of online AA groups.
1989: ABC-TV broadcast: My name is Bill W.
1990s: TDD (text telephone) technology helps hard of hearing AAs talk with other AAs.
1990: Kansas Area public information establishes AA Message of the Day, a telephone service feature daily readings from the “Twelve and Twelve”.
1990: Connecticut’s public radio show, Open Air in New England, puts open AA meetings on the air.
1992: Thirteen 1-hour AA meetings airing several times a week are broadcast on cable TV stations in Portland, OR
1995: Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous (OIAA) is established
2002: The Queensland Young People in AA Convention is netcast worldwide from Australia
2002: Online AA reps meet, hoping to establish a service conference for AA in cyberspace.
~AA Grapevine October 2002
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In 1943, it spread to Australia and an A.A. group was formed in Sydney. In the same year, an Irishman, Conor F. from the West of Ireland, joined A.A. in Philadelphia. Those two happenings led to the start of A.A. in Ireland and the formation of the first A.A. group of native Europeans, run by themselves, in Dublin...........Thank God
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1953: HAAM, an international fellowship of AA ham radio operators, is established.
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