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Worked on Nashville radio station reading the news
After winning Nashville's Miss Fire Prevention contest, a radio station that sponsored the event, offered Winfrey a job reading the afternoon headlines on air. -
Youngest person to co-anchor the news for WTVF
At 19, she becomes anchor of Nashville's WTVF-TV station and leaves Tennessee State University to be the first female African-American news anchor in Nashville. -
Hosts TV chat show "People are Talking"
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Hosts AM Chicago (renamedThe Oprah WInfrey Show in 1985)
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Debuted inThe Color Purple
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress -
The Oprah Winfrey Show is placed nationally on 120 channels
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Established Harpo Productions
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Stared in ABC's The Women of Brewster Place
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Stars in Beloved with Danny Glover
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Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century
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Gets 7th Emmy as Outstanding Talk Show Host
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Gets 9th Emmy for The Oprah Winfrey Show
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Co-founds Oxygen Media
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Launched O, The Oprah Magazine
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Oprah's book club became the largest book club in the world
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Recieved Association of American Publishers' AAP Honors Award
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Interviewed Whitney Houston
What Oprah called, "the best interview she's ever done" -
The Oprah Winfrey Show's final season
25th and final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show -
OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) launched on New Years Day
