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A time line of A.A. communication
The ways A.A's carry the message have changed over the years. The message
hasn't.
1935: Bill W. & Dr. Bob meet face to face in Akron.
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 begins a 13-part syndicated radio 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 as AA's meeting in print.
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 The 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: An all-AA TV program, Mr. Hope, an actual closed meeting of masked AA
members, debuts in Detroit. AA HQ in Detroit is besieged by telephone calls
and letters from people wanting more information.
1956: Bill W. and Eve M. from general service are anonymous guests on the
popular radio show Martha Deane on WOR.
1960: Broadcast of a radio show called 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 staffers before
its release.
l963: 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 two states hold the first telephone conference-call
meeting.
1970: KUAT in Tucson, AZ, 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, online meetings, and chat rooms appear.
1986: Q-Link, one of the first online AA groups, begins meeting, growing to
200 members nationwide in two years.
1988: GSO begins compiling a list of online AA groups.
1989: ABC-TV broadcasts 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 featuring daily readings from the "Twelve and Twelve."
1990: Connecticut' s public radio show, Open Air New England, puts open AA
meetings on the air.
1992: Thirteen 1-hour AA meetings airing 3 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.
From the AA Grapevine with addition:
2003-2004: Today there are literally thousands of Cyberspace Recovery sites
and domains, AA chats, bulletin boards and meetings, a number of which are
live voice meetings regularly scheduled 24 hours around the clock, and in
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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~~~Anais Nin
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