http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl? http://www.eblah.com en http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1283781932/ http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1283781932/#num1 Monday September the 6th  

ON THIS DAY in 1902
radio newsman Morgan Beatty was born in Little Rock Arkansas.  For many years in the 1940's & 50's in particular, he was a senior news broadcaster for NBC Radio based in New York. "This is Morgan Beatty speaking for Alka Seltzer bringing you news of the world! and the news tonight is..." When TV arrived he became news anchor for the short-lived Dumont Network.  A great radio presence with natural gravitas in his voice, he died July 4 1975 at age 72.

In 1920, the first prizefight to be broadcast blow-by-blow was heard on WWJ Detroit.  Heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey KO'd Billy Miske in the third round.


In 1925, guitarist & blues singer Jimmy Reed was born in smalltown Mississippi. He became a major player in the field of electric blues. His lazy, slack-jawed singing, piercing harmonica and hypnotic guitar patterns were one of the blues' most easily identifiable sounds in the 1950s and 60s, and a major influence on the Rolling Stones. He died from the ravages of alcoholism & epilepsy Aug. 29 1976, just 8 days short of his 51st birthday.

In 1937, Benny Goodman and his orchestra recorded Sugar Foot Stomp on Victor Records. The tune was a Fletcher Henderson arrangement.

In 1942, actress/model Carol Wayne was born in Chicago.  She was the buxom blonde who appeared numerous times as the Matinee Lady in Johnny Carson Tonight Show skits. She was just 42 when she died Jan 13, 1985 in a drowning accident in Mexico.


In 1952, Canadian television debuted when the CBC began broadcasting from its Montreal station. CBFT broadcast in both French and English.  CBLT Toronto signed on two days later. At first both stations broadcast only 18 hours a week.

In 1956, Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood's hit single Canadian Sunset reached #1 on the Billboard big band chart.

In 1957, the first flexi-disc record was produced and used in a promotion for a Nestle chocolate bar.

Also in 1957, Paul Anka's hit single Diana reached #1 on the Billboard pop chart.

Still in 1957, in West Hollywood, Elvis Presley recorded "My Wish Came True," "Don't," "Here Comes Santa Claus," "White Christmas" and "Silent Night."


In 1958, actor Steve McQueen starred on the premiere of the CBS-TV series, "Wanted: Dead or Alive."  McQueen played bounty hunter Josh Randall. The western series, a spinoff of "Trackdown" with Robert Culp, continued for 2½ years and helped McQueen to become the first TV star to cross over to comparable status on the big screen.

In 1958, pop singer Georgia Gibbs sang The Hula-Hoop Song on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was the first national exposure for the Hula-Hoop craze.

In 1959, the hit radio sitcom "Fibber McGee and Molly" ended more the two decades on the air.  The series was launched in 1935 and starred Jim and Marian Jordan (below). For the final 2.5 years it was a series of 4-minute vignettes on NBC's weekend service "Monitor."


In 1961, Bob Dylan gave one of his first performances at the Gaslight Cafe in New York's Greenwich Village. The Gaslight was originally a 'basket house', where performers were paid from the contents of a basket that had been passed around.

In 1963, Jerry Lee Lewis' contract with Sun Records expired.

Also in 1963, Cilla Black signed a management contract with Beatles' manager Brian Epstein. Cilla changed her name to Black, (it was White), after a misprint in the music paper Mersey Beat.

In 1965, just over a week after a disasterous fire caused by lightning, radio station  CKVL Verdun, Quebec, had a new RCA 50,000 watt transmitter in place.


In 1967, Engelbert Humperdinck was at No.1 on the British singles chart with 'The Last Waltz.'

In 1968, Eric Clapton recorded the guitar solo for the Beatles "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."

In 1969, James Brown announced he would retire from live performances in July the following year saying 'I'm tired man'. Of course he came out of retirement more times than Frank Sinatra.

Also in 1969, David Bowie made his UK chart debut with "Space Oddity." The recording didn't chart in the U.S. until it was re-released in 1973.

In 1970, Jimi Hendrix made his final live appearance when he appeared at the Isle Of Fehmarn in Germany. The guitarist died 12 days later after choking on his own vomit.

In 1971, the No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit was "Go Away Little Girl,'' by Donny Osmond. Steve Lawrence had a top-seller with the song in 1963, making this the first tune in the rock era to be a No. 1 hit for two people.


In 1974, ex-Beatle  George Harrison launched his Dark Horse record label.

In 1975, Glen Campbell started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with his first smash 'Rhinestone Cowboy.' It had reached #1 on the Country chart two weeks earlier.

Also in 1975, Jefferson Starship went to No.1 on the Billboard album chart with 'Red Octopus'.

In 1976, the estranged team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were reunited by Frank Sinatra on Jerry's Labor Day telethon, after 20 years of going their separate ways.  

In 1978, record producer Tom Wilson died. Wilson had worked with Bob Dylan and Simon and Garfunkel.

In 1984, country superstar Ernest Tubb died at the age of 70. The ‘Texas Troubadour’ recorded 'I’m Walking the Floor Over You' and sold more than three million copies of the tune.


In 1985, singer Johnny Desmond, who sang with the big bands of Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa & Bob Crosby, and on Don McNeil's 'Breakfast Club' show on ABC Radio, died of cancer at age 65.

In 1986, all girl group Bananarama went to No.1 on the Billboard pop singles chart with 'Venus',

In 1987, SaskWest Television's Regina and Saskatoon stations became the first in Canada to put out two simultaneous air signals in two different cities (STV-Regina and STV-Saskatoon).

In 1988, 2,000 items of Elton John’s personal memorabilia including his boa feathers, 'Pinball Wizard' boots and hundreds of pairs of spectacles were auctioned at Sotheby’s in London.

In 1989, Paula Abdul and Madonna dominated the sixth annual MTV Awards. After the show, MTV apologized to viewers because of a performance by Andrew Dice Clay, who made remarks about overweight women and sex.


Also in 1989, Toronto rocker Neil Young won MTV's Best Video Award with 'This Note's For You' which the channel initially refused to air because it mocked commercials.

In 1990, guitarist with Creedence Clearwater Revival Tom Fogerty died due to complications from AIDS acquired during a blood transfusion.  He was just 48.

Also in 1990, actor Charlie Sheen (below), the star of CBS TV's Two-and-a-Half Men, left a rehabilitation center in Santa Monica, after nearly a month of treatment for alcohol abuse.


In 1993, Don Henley, Jimmy Buffett, Elton John, Sting and Aerosmith performed at a benefit concert in Boston for Walden Woods.

In 1997, an estimated three million mourners and onlookers in London, plus a worldwide TV audience, watched the funeral service for Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey.

Also in 1997, Vancouver's Fairchild radio station CHKG-FM Vancouver signed on for the first time at 96.1 MHz, becoming Western Canada's first multilingual FM station.


Also in 1997, Elton John recorded a new version of 'Candle In The Wind' after performing the song live at the funeral of Diana Princess of Wales. The track went on to become the biggest selling single of all-time.

Still in 1997, David Bowie launched a six-week tour of North America at The Plaza of Nations in Vancouver. The tour hit clubs, ballrooms, and theaters.

In 1999, Montreal sportscaster Rene Lecavalier (below) died at age 81.  For more than 30 years he did play-by-play of the Montreal Canadiens in French.


In 2000, a U.S. District Judge ruled that MP3.com had willfully violated copyrights and awarded Universal Music $118-250 million in damages.

In 2001, Earth Wind and Fire announced that Viagra would sponsor their forthcoming 30th anniversary American tour.

In 2002 at 6:00 p.m., Standard Broadcasting launched CIBK-FM Calgary as Vibe 98-5, at 98.5 MHz with 100,000 watts.


In 2007, operatic singer Luciano Pavarotti, a TV sensation as one-third of The Three Tenors, succumbed to pancreatic cancer at age 71.

In 2008, US rock band Great White whose pyrotechnics sparked a 2003 fire at a Rhode Island nightclub that killed 100 people, agreed to pay $1m to survivors and victims' relatives.  One band member, guitarist Ty Longley, was killed in the blaze.


Today's birthdays:

Comedienne JoAnne Worley (Laugh In) is 73.

Retired Vancouver deejay Brian "Frosty" Forst is 72.

Country singer David Allan Coe is 71.

Country singer Mel McDaniel is 68.

Singer-bassist Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 67.

Actress Swoosie Kurtz (Pushing Daisies, Sisters, Love Sidney) is 66.

Comedy actress Jane Curtin (3rd Rock, Kate & Allie, Sat. Night Live) is 63.

Country singer Buddy Miller is 58.

Actress Katherine Cannon (Beverly Hills 90210, Father Murphy) is 57.

Country drummer Joe Smyth of Sawyer Brown is 53.

Actor-comedian Jeff Foxworthy (Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, Blue Collar TV) is 52.

Spokane-born actor-comedian Michael Winslow (Police Academy: The Series) is 52.

Guitarist Pal Waaktaar of A-ha is 49.

TV newscaster/news magazine host Elizabeth Vargas (20/20) is 48.

Country singer Mark Chesnutt is 47.

Actress Rosie Perez (Lipstick Jungle) is 46.

Singer Macy Gray is 43.

Singer CeCe Peniston is 41.

Singer Darryl Anthony (Az Yet) is 41.

Singer Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) is 39.

Actor Dylan Bruno (Numb3ers) is 38.

Actress Anika Noni Rose (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency) is 38.

Actor Justin Whalin (Lois and Clark) is 36.

Singer Nina Persson (The Cardigans) is 36.  

Actress Naomie Harris (Blood & Oil, Poppy Shakespeare) is 34.

Rapper Noreaga is 33.

Rapper Foxy Brown is 32.
  

Chart Toppers - Sept. 6

1948
A Tree in the Meadow - Margaret Whiting
It’s Magic - Doris Day
You Call Everybody Darlin’ - Al Trace (vocal: Bob Vincent)
Bouquet of Roses - Eddy Arnold

1956
Hound Dog/Don’t Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
Canadian Sunset - Hugo Winterhalter & Eddie Heywood
Tonight You Belong to Me - Patience & Prudence
I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash

1964
The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
Because - The Dave Clark Five
Bread and Butter - The Newbeats
I Guess I’m Crazy - Jim Reeves

1972
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O’Sullivan
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - The Hollies
I’m Still in Love with You - Al Green
Woman (Sensuous Woman) - Don Gibson

1980
Upside Down - Diana Ross
Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones
All Out of Love - Air Supply
Lookin’ for Love - Johnny Lee

1988
Monkey - George Michael
Sweet Child o’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses
Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer
I Couldn’t Leave You if I Tried - Rodney Crowell]]> Mon, 6 Sep 2010 07:05:32 boredop http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1283740856/ http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1283740856/#num1 Happy Birthday CHEK TV!

It was just a year ago local Victoria television station CHEK TV looked like it was just about to bite the dust....

then miracles of miracles happened during the final minutes and CHEK was not only resurrected but saved for another day...
and now it's been a Year!

Happy Birthday CHEK!!!






.]]> Sun, 5 Sep 2010 19:40:56 Sam http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1283721595/ http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1283721595/#num1 FORMER member of the band Electric Light Orchestra, was killed when a nearly 318kg bale of hay rolled down a hill, flew out of a field and smashed into his van as he drove by.

http://www.theaustralian.com.a.....3dxity-1225914564718]]> Sun, 5 Sep 2010 14:19:55 QRK http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1283700247/ http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1283700247/#num1 Marty's Musings...


          Marty Forbes
WAB Broadcaster of the Year 2009

The Name Game

By Marty Forbes
   RadioWiseInc
    September 5, 2010

I was watching tennis this morning and thinking it's a good thing some of these players didn't play a 'team' game because their names are so long they'd go from elbow to elbow on their jerseys and the play by play guys would have a fit pronouncing them.

Then I got to thinking about how important your last name is.

On my last visit to see Mom in Toronto I asked her to sit down and tell me about her extended family. Her Mom. Her Father. Grandfather. Grandmother. Etc. Mom is over 80 years old so I was expecting a foggy memory but it was amazing how quickly and clearly she went back to her childhood and gave me some great insight into how she (I) got to our lives here in Canada.

My Dad died too young for me to be wise enough to ask that same question so I don't have that opportunity to search the other side of the clan.

Luckily he must have had some interest in it too because there was a Genealogy folder in his house when he passed away and it chronicled the "Forbes" legacy going back hundreds of years to Scotland. It's how I know the family credo "Grace Me Guide" and for my former interest in a certain local libation.

A scan through the 'tree' is a fascinating adventure and you can easily dream up some entertaining fantasy from hundreds of years ago that your family members were probably involved in.

I get two questions, mostly about my name.

1) Are you related to the Forbes Magazine family (answer: I wish) and
2) Are you related to Mugsy Forbes (no: but he gets the same one about me)

I'm happy to say the Forbes name carries a quality perception due to what my family has accomplished in our chosen industry.

My late father left us in 1981 and his legacy with CHED and Santa's Anonymous is being recognized in the building of the Jerry Forbes Centre for Community Spirit. http://www.jerryforbescentre.ca As I'm sure you can imagine his image in the business carried brothers Gord and Gerry to an expected height.

The two biggest compliments I ever received were:

1) "The name is as close to royalty in Canadian radio as possible.
2) "The name is synonymous with success."

Thank you gentlemen.

The unfortunate part for the Forbes clan now is that I have two daughters who, when they marry, will most likely drop the Forbes name. Brother Gerry has been banned from having children (I Jest) and that's a good thing. Brother Gord also has a daughter and thankfully a son (Joel) who carries the name. We indeed will put great pressure upon him to have 12 children - all boys - (I don't mean it in a sexist way) so that they can carry the Forbes torch into the next century and so that his children can sit down one day and wonder why a European tennis player would use a hyphenated name that had a letter count well into the 20 digit area and also so that his kids can share a little historical pride in his heritage too.

Your name has 'great' importance and the more you know about it the more it rewards you.

I'm damn proud of the Forbes name and hope you are of yours too.

Ask your Mom and Dad the same question - Grampa and Granny if you can too - and I'm sure their faces will well up with pride when they unfold your interesting path from the past.

http://radiowiseinc.blogspot.com/2010/09/name-game.html?zx=1b28564e7ec283ec

.]]> Sun, 5 Sep 2010 08:24:07 B Control http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1283699682/ http://www.pugetsoundradio.com/cgi-bin/forum/Blah.pl?m-1283699682/#num1 Game face on
Tumour, stroke can't keep Mike Walker from his job as Seals announcer
By Sharie Epp,
Victoria Times Colonist
September 5, 2010  

                  
                      Mike Walker at work in the broadcast booth during a Golden Baseball League game
                   between the Victoria Seals and Edmonton Capitals at Royal Athletic Park yesterday. The Seals lost 7-1.  
                                                                 Photograph by: Adrian lam, Times Colonist

Up in the press box at Royal Athletic Park, Mike Walker pulled off his headset, joking that from now on, he was blaming any broadcasting gaffs on his brain tumour.

At 22 years old, dealing with some devastating health issues, Walker was one upbeat guy.

"It's a terrible situation, but for the immediate future, nothing's going to change," Walker said.

Wisecracking as usual, between breaks, Walker was on the job last night, doing the Internet play-by-play of the Victoria Seals fan appreciation night against the Edmonton Capitals, which began with Tim Rodriguez doing backflips all the way from the Seals dugout to the outfield.

Unable to get their bats working on a chilly evening that didn't faze the boys from Northern Alberta, the Seals lost 7-1. The Caps, who downed the Seals 8-5 in the first game of the four-game series, fielded a crackerjack defence, and racked up eight doubles at the plate.

The Golden Baseball League regular season winds up today and tomorrow at RAP, starting at

1:30 p.m. both days, and Walker is looking for a winter job, preferably in hockey. Telling prospective employers you've suffered a stroke and have a brain tumour, however, gets dicey.

It's not something that was fathomable a month ago.

"It was like something you see on TV," he said. "It's bizarre."

Walker was just getting out of his car at home in Burnaby, when he felt a numbness in his foot and hand, and his speech slurred. Luckily, his girlfriend Amanda Eyolfson was with him. Doctors at the hospital diagnosed a small stroke, and discovered a tumour intertwined with brain matter -- both conditions apparently unrelated.

Walker took eight days off, then returned to the broadcast booth and told listeners about the stroke and tumour to avoid speculation.

"I'm not permanently disabled, I'm not in a wheelchair, I'm not bedridden," he said. "I needed to get back to normal."

Normal, for Walker, is compiling stats, writing press releases, doing player interviews and, above all, being a broadcaster. His work days run eight or nine hours, or maybe 12 or 14.

"Some days hanging around the ballpark feels like a day off," he said. "I get as excited when the Seals win as the guys on the field do."

Walker's off-season will begin with more tests, but the tumour is slow-growing, one he might have had since childhood. It will be carefully monitored. The stroke is a question mark.

"Right now, they're not sure why it happened, or where it came from," he said, adding the Seals have been incredibly supportive. "It's nice to know you've kind of got a second family."

Despite being afraid of the baseball in Little League, Walker figured out he wanted to be a sports announcer in high school at Lambrick Park. Working with Mavericks baseball, he did everything from public address announcements to groundskeeping.

When the Victoria Salmon Kings came to town, Walker called the hockey team "100 times" to talk them into a job. He made his play-by-play debut at 18.

"I put the headset down, and thought, 'This is what I want to do.'"

After two years with the Salmon Kings, Walker convinced the Seals he was a good hire, while finishing the broadcasting and communications course at BCIT.

The big time -- the NHL or Major League Baseball -- is Walker's ultimate goal.

sepp@tc.canwest.com]]> Sun, 5 Sep 2010 08:14:42 clockwatcher