NewsRadio first went on the air

March 21, 1995
We all get to spend Dave Nelson’s first day at WNYX when NewsRadio, starring Dave Foley, Phil Hartman, Maura Tierney and Andy Dick premiered on NBC-TV, on this date.

Jon Lovitz appeared as three different characters in the series: 1. A guest appearance as a mental patient who befriends Bill McNeal, 2. A guest appearance as a suicidal man perched on the ledge outside Dave’s window, 3. As Max Lewis, a radio DJ who had several dozen jobs in his past, but who was hired to replace the late Bill McNeal, largely because he had once worked alongside him. Lovitz said that he took the role to honor the memory of his good friend, the late Phil Hartman.

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