Bay State (TV series) Bay State (TV series) Bay State is an ongoing television series broadcast on butv10 on the Boston University campus. Originated in 1991, "Bay State" is the longest-running continuously produced student soap opera in the United States. The series is set at the fictional Beacon Hill College and focuses on the sordid lives of the students there. The 150th episode of "Bay State" aired in January 2016. "Bay State" was created in 1991 by Delaina Dixon and Tom Rotolo, making it the longest-running continuously produced student soap opera in the United States. Dixon was inspired by a 1989 episode of "48
The St. Louis American The St. Louis American The St. Louis American is a weekly newspaper serving the African-American community of St. Louis, Missouri. The first issue appeared in March 1928. In 1930, the newspaper started a "Buy Where You Can Work" campaign. Donald Suggs along with two other investors purchased majority shares in the newspaper in 1981, and in 1984 Suggs became the majority stockholder and publisher. St. Louis' only African American newspaper continuously published since 1928, and the longest continuously published weekly newspaper in the St. Louis area, "The St. Louis American" newspaper has emerged as the single largest weekly newspaper in