The longest saliva stone is 37 mm (1.45 in) and was removed from a 43-year-old male patient by Doctor Kyprianos Kakouris at the Evangelistria Medical Centre in Nicosia, Cyprus, on the 20 November 2006. The saliva stone weighed 3.597g and had a width of 9.7 mm. It was removed from the patient’s left submandibular salivary gland.
The longest salad bar measures 209.742 m (688 ft 1.56 in) in length and was achieved by Jensen Jewelers (USA) at the Saladbowl Bash in Hudsonville, Michigan, USA, on 27 July 2013. The salad weighed 1,077.99 kg (2,376.56 lb) and contained lettuce, carrot, onion, radish, cabbage, zucchini, celery, cucumber and peppers as well as a selection of dressings.
Women’s magazine, The People’s Friend, is the longest running women’s magazine, having been first published in 1869. The magazine celebrates its 140th anniversary in January 2009.
The longest-running radio programme by the same host is Folksong Festival hosted by Oscar Brand (Canada, b 7 February 1920) which was first broadcast on 9 December 1945 on WNYC Radio and continues to do so today airing on Saturday evenings from 10-11pm on AM 820. Oscar has never missed a week and has been cited by every mayor of New York since the show’s inception. ‘Folksong Festival’ has also been rebroadcast all over the world, including through Armed Forces Radio. The show was
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The longest running weekly factual radio programme is 68 years old and was achieved by Voci del Grigioni italiano, a regional news magazine programme, broadcast on Rete Uno, in Chur, Switzerland that has been running in its current format since 25 November 1941 until 10 April 2009. The programme actually began on 28 October 1939 but was only a 15 minute slot and was called Il Quarto d’ora del Girgioni italiano. The current programme broadcasts for 30 minutes from 7pm to 7.30pm. The main audience
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The longest running weekly interview on a newspaper has been published uninterruptedly by journalist Stefano Lorenzetto on the Italian newspaper Il Giornale from 23 June 1999. On 20 June 2010 the newspaper celebrated the 500th interview with an interview to the newspaper Editor in Chief Vittorio Feltri. All interviews are featured in a single or double spread in the Sunday Edition of the paper. On 10/6/2011 the number of interviews rose to 546.
The longest running vault-to-vaulted handstand is 2.22 m (7 ft 3 in) and was achieved by Scott Fidgett (UK) at Basingstoke Active Life Centre, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, on 8 September 2010. Scott is a member of the parkour team, 3Run. He vaulted a gymnastic vault and landed on another in a handstand position.
The longest running vault to vault (standing) is 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in) and was achieved by Michael Wilson (UK) at Basingstoke Active Life Centre, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, on 8 September 2010. The longest running vault to vault (standing) is 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in) and was achieved by Sam Parham (UK) at Basingstoke Active Life Centre, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, on 8 September 2010. Michael and Sam members of the parkour team, 3Run.
It was announced in 2009 that As the World Turns (CBS, 1956–) would be cancelled by September 2010, meaning that the UK’s Coronation Street (ITV, 9 December 1960–) would become the world’s longest-running soap opera. Actor William Roache (UK) would then become the longest-serving soap actor, having debuted as Ken Barlow in episode 1. The last episode of As the World Turns aired on 17 September 2010 on CBS.
NBC’s News interview series Meet the Press (US) has been on the air since 6 November 1947 (and had originated on radio two years earlier in 1945)