Triple-double (volleyball) typically combining assists, digs, and either kills or blocks. A triple-double is a rare event, and indicates outstanding all-around individual performance. Triple-double (volleyball) Triple-double is defined as an individual performance in which a player accumulates a double digit number total during one match in three of five statistical categories: Aces, kills, blocks, digs, and assists. The expression probably came from similar basketball jargon; the term "triple-double" was coined by former Los Angeles Lakers public relations director Bruce Jolesch in order to showcase Magic Johnson's versatility. The most common way for a player to achieve a triple-double is with kills, blocks,
Owned-and-operated television stations in the United States opened up a new spectrum of frequencies on the UHF dial (channels 14–83) for terrestrial television. As an incentive for companies to operate UHF stations, the FCC relaxed the ownership limit for a given entity from five to seven stations, provided that no more than five were on the VHF dial. With this opportunity to expand its roster of O&Os, NBC bought WBUF-TV (channel 17) in Buffalo in 1955 and WKNB-TV (channel 30) in New Britain, Connecticut (near Hartford) in 1957, and changed WKNB's call letters to WNBC-TV (the present-day WNBC in New York City used the WRCA-TV callsign from