United Broadcasting Company - Revision history

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	'''United Broadcasting Company''' ('''UBC''') is a United States television network on [[Earth (1980)\|Earth]] based in [[w:California\|California]]. Its main building is located in [[Century City]], California.		'''United Broadcasting Company''' ('''UBC''') is a United States television network on [[Earth (1980)\|Earth]] based in [[w:California\|California]]. Its main building is located in [[Century City]], California.

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	'''United Broadcasting Company''' ('''UBC''') is a United States television network on [[Earth (1980)\|Earth]] based in [[w:California\|California]]. Its main building is located in [[Century City]], California.		'''United Broadcasting Company''' ('''UBC''') is a United States television network on [[Earth (1980)\|Earth]] based in [[w:California\|California]]. Its main building is located in [[Century City]], California.

	[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] ~~("[[~~Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I~~]]", "[[~~Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II~~]]")~~.		[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}}.

	Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}} and [[Hal Fredricks]] {{G80\|Spaceball}}, in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.		Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}} and [[Hal Fredricks]] {{G80\|Spaceball}}, in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.
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	In the ''[[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)\|Galactica Discovers Earth]]'' novelization, the company is called the '''United Broadcasting Corporation''', and [[Dana Anderson]] is its West Coast News Director. Jamie Hamilton initially gets a job at UBC given her connection to [[Alfred Mortinson]] and the two "terrorists", having been offered a 3 year contract upon her success of getting an interview with Mortinson<ref>{{cite_book\|last=Resnick\|first=Michael\|authorlink=Michael Resnick\|authorlinkurl=\|year=1981\|title=[[Battlestar Galactica 5: Galactica Discovers Earth]]\|publisher=Berkley Books\|location=\|id=\|pages=50-52}}</ref>; however, after Anderson believes her to be sympathetic to the terrorists, she quits<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 158-160</ref> and joins Troy and Dillon in their adventures<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 168</ref>.		In the ''[[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)\|Galactica Discovers Earth]]'' novelization, the company is called the '''United Broadcasting Corporation''', and [[Dana Anderson]] is its West Coast News Director. Jamie Hamilton initially gets a job at UBC given her connection to [[Alfred Mortinson]] and the two "terrorists", having been offered a 3 year contract upon her success of getting an interview with Mortinson<ref>{{cite_book\|last=Resnick\|first=Michael\|authorlink=Michael Resnick\|authorlinkurl=\|year=1981\|title=[[Battlestar Galactica 5: Galactica Discovers Earth]]\|publisher=Berkley Books\|location=\|id=\|pages=50-52}}</ref>; however, after Anderson believes her to be sympathetic to the terrorists, she quits<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 158-160</ref> and joins Troy and Dillon in their adventures<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 168</ref>.☀Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I
			[[File:G80 - GDE2 - UBS Truck.jpg\|thumb\|Mr. [[Brooks]] outside of a United Broadcasting Station van, hoping to capture [[Donald Mortinson]] on film {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}}.


			Note the "UBS" logo that is later changed to "UBC" in the series run. ]]

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

	* In a version of [[bsp:Galactica Discovers Earth\|script for]] "[[Galactica Discovers Earth]]", this company is referred to as the Trans-World Broadcasting Company.		* In a version of [[bsp:Galactica Discovers Earth\|script for]] "[[Galactica Discovers Earth]]", this company is referred to as the Trans-World Broadcasting Company.
			* A camera van features '''Universal Broadcasting Station''' signage using a "UBS" variant of the "UBC" logo later featured in ''[[Galactica 1980]]''<nowiki/>'s run.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	'''United Broadcasting Company''' ('''UBC''') is a United States television network on [[Earth (1980)\|Earth]] based in [[w:California\|California]]. Its main building is located in [[Century City]], California.		'''United Broadcasting Company''' ('''UBC''') is a United States television network on [[Earth (1980)\|Earth]] based in [[w:California\|California]]. Its main building is located in [[Century City]], California.

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	[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] ("[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]", "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]").		[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] ("[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]", "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]").

	Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] ~~([[~~Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II~~]])~~ and [[Hal Fredricks]] {{G80\|Spaceball}}, in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.		Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}} and [[Hal Fredricks]] {{G80\|Spaceball}}, in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.

	== Novelization depiction ==		== Novelization depiction ==

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	[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] ("[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]", "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]").		[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] ("[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]", "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]").

	Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]) and [[Hal Fredricks]] ~~([[~~Spaceball~~]])~~, in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.		Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]) and [[Hal Fredricks]] {{G80\|Spaceball}}, in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.

	== Novelization depiction ==		== Novelization depiction ==

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	[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] ("[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]", "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]").		[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] ("[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]", "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]").

	Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]) and [[Hal Fredricks]] ([[Spaceball]]), in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] ~~([[~~Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I~~]])~~.		Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]) and [[Hal Fredricks]] ([[Spaceball]]), in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.

	== Novelization depiction ==		== Novelization depiction ==

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	== References ==		== References ==

	~~<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>~~		{{reflist}}

	[[Category:A to Z]]		[[Category:A to Z]]

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	[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] ("[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]", "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]").		[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] ("[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]", "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]").

	Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]) and [[Hal]] ([[Spaceball]]), in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]).		Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]) and [[Hal Fredricks]] ([[Spaceball]]), in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]).

	== Novelization depiction ==		== Novelization depiction ==

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	'''United Broadcasting Company''' ('''UBC''') is a United States television network on [[Earth (1980)\|Earth]] based in [[w:California\|California]]. Its main building is located in [[Century City]], California.		'''United Broadcasting Company''' ('''UBC''') is a United States television network on [[Earth (1980)\|Earth]] based in [[w:California\|California]]. Its main building is located in [[Century City]], California.

	[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] ~~("[[~~Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I~~]]", "[[~~Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II~~]]")~~.		[[Jamie Hamilton]] manages to obtain employment with the network as the on-camera news reporter for ''Instant News'', despite her new adventures with the mysterious [[Troy (1980)\|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}}.

	Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}} and [[Hal Fredricks]] {{G80\|Spaceball}}, in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.		Mr. [[Brooks]] is the studio manager. Also employed with UBC is are cameraman named [[Dave]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}} and [[Hal Fredricks]] {{G80\|Spaceball}}, in addition to van driver and sound operator named [[Al]]. Also manning Brooks' office is a secretary named [[Anne]] {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.
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	In the ''[[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)\|Galactica Discovers Earth]]'' novelization, the company is called the '''United Broadcasting Corporation''', and [[Dana Anderson]] is its West Coast News Director. Jamie Hamilton initially gets a job at UBC given her connection to [[Alfred Mortinson]] and the two "terrorists", having been offered a 3 year contract upon her success of getting an interview with Mortinson<ref>{{cite_book\|last=Resnick\|first=Michael\|authorlink=Michael Resnick\|authorlinkurl=\|year=1981\|title=[[Battlestar Galactica 5: Galactica Discovers Earth]]\|publisher=Berkley Books\|location=\|id=\|pages=50-52}}</ref>; however, after Anderson believes her to be sympathetic to the terrorists, she quits<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 158-160</ref> and joins Troy and Dillon in their adventures<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 168</ref>.		In the ''[[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)\|Galactica Discovers Earth]]'' novelization, the company is called the '''United Broadcasting Corporation''', and [[Dana Anderson]] is its West Coast News Director. Jamie Hamilton initially gets a job at UBC given her connection to [[Alfred Mortinson]] and the two "terrorists", having been offered a 3 year contract upon her success of getting an interview with Mortinson<ref>{{cite_book\|last=Resnick\|first=Michael\|authorlink=Michael Resnick\|authorlinkurl=\|year=1981\|title=[[Battlestar Galactica 5: Galactica Discovers Earth]]\|publisher=Berkley Books\|location=\|id=\|pages=50-52}}</ref>; however, after Anderson believes her to be sympathetic to the terrorists, she quits<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 158-160</ref> and joins Troy and Dillon in their adventures<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 168</ref>.☀Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I
			[[File:G80 - GDE2 - UBS Truck.jpg\|thumb\|Mr. [[Brooks]] outside of a United Broadcasting Station van, hoping to capture [[Donald Mortinson]] on film {{G80\|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}}.


			Note the "UBS" logo that is later changed to "UBC" in the series run. ]]

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

	* In a version of [[bsp:Galactica Discovers Earth\|script for]] "[[Galactica Discovers Earth]]", this company is referred to as the Trans-World Broadcasting Company.		* In a version of [[bsp:Galactica Discovers Earth\|script for]] "[[Galactica Discovers Earth]]", this company is referred to as the Trans-World Broadcasting Company.
			* A camera van features '''Universal Broadcasting Station''' signage using a "UBS" variant of the "UBC" logo later featured in ''[[Galactica 1980]]''<nowiki/>'s run.

	== References ==		== References ==

United Broadcasting Company - Revision history

Joe Beaudoin Jr. at 22:10, 13 October 2025

Joe Beaudoin Jr. at 22:10, 13 October 2025

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "[[Category:1980" to "{{indicator|1980}}[[Category:1980"

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "[[Image:" to "[[File:"

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "(Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II)" to "{{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II}}"

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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "(Spaceball)" to "{{G80|Spaceball}}"

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "(Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I)" to "{{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}"

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DrWho42: Linking to Hal Fredricks

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