Tim Brooks is an American television

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 and radio

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 historian

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, author

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 and retired television executive. He is credited with having helped launch the Sci Fi Channel

Syfy

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 in 1992 as well as other USA Network

USA Network

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 projects and channels.

Comments made by Brooks regarding the Sci Fi Channels name being changed in 2009 to Syfy

Syfy

Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...

 lead network president Dave Howe to publicly distance himself and his network from Brooks' comments.

Publications and awards

• Co-author of The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, published in 1979, which won an American Book Award in 1980.
• Author of Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, published in 2004 with a related double-CD by the same name which won a Grammy Award in 2007.
• ARSC's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.

External links

• Tim Brooks Home Page