Today in Broadcast History

IT WAS JULY 22nd ... when the British sitcom that gave rise to CBS-TV's 'All in the Family', 'Till Death Us Do Part' debuted on BBC-TV... When a UK floating pirate radio station, "Swinging Scotland", shut down for lack of funds... When The Doors were guests on ABC-TV's American Bandstand, performing "Crystal Ship" and "Light My Fire"... .. and when a license for Kelowna's second radio station CKIQ-1150 was approved by the CRTC. ALL the milestones for July 22nd INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 20th ... when NBC radio debuted 'G-Men' as a Saturday night feature. For most of its 20-year run the title was 'Gangbusters'... When "The Arthur Murray Party" premiered on ABC TV, featuring the man behind a nationwide chain of dance schools and his wife Kathryn. As it continued its 10-year run on the tube it would move to DuMont, CBS, & NBC... When UBC's student-operated radio station CiTR-FM broadcast in stereo for the first time.... ..and when Vancouver-born actor James Doohan (pictured), best known for playing Scotty on Star Trek, died at his home in suburban Seattle at age 85. ALL the milestones for July 20th INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 19th .. when Regina's pioneer radio station CKCK signed on with 2000 watts at 420 metres. .. When the BBC World Service began frequent playing of the first notes of Beethoven's 5th Symphony as Prime Minister Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign... When Our Miss Brooks, starring Eve Arden and Gale Gordon (pictured), began its 9-year run on CBS radio... ..and when Vancouver's CJNW-730 signed on with modern rock and no DJs, preparatory to introducing its ill-fated MOJO format, talk radio for males, three weeks later. ALL the milestones for July 19th INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 18th .... when Saskatoon got its pioneer radio station as CFQC Saskatoon signed on 400 metres with 200 watts of power.... When CKVU-TV was licensed as Vancouver's third television station. It signed on 14 months later. Today it is known as City-TV... When CBS radio introduced its experimental Columbia Workshop of the Air,.. ..and when obits included one-half of Canada’s favorite comedy team Johnny Wayne; and veteran NBC & PBS newsman Paul Duke. Details of ALL the July 18th milestones INSIDE.

Broadcast celebrities born July 17th include Canadians Art Linkletter (pictured) and Donald Sutherland, actress/singer Diahann Carroll and Baywatch’s David Hasselhoff. Disneyland opened its doors in California, John Chancellor debuted as host of NBC-TV’s Today Show, Anne Murray scored another #1 hit, and Rod Stewart released his first solo single, “Maggie Mae.” Obits for July 17th include broadcasters Walter Cronkite and Bernard Cowan, jazz greats Billie Holliday and John Coltrane, author Mickey Spillane, and actors Larry Haines and Geraldine Fitzgerald. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 16th ... when Diana Ross & the Supremes guest hosted NBC-TV's Tonight Show, while at the same hour Janis Joplin was the sole guest on ABC-TV's Dick Cavett Show.... When Los Angeles disc jockey Rick Dees (pictured) debuted his late night TV show "Into The Night with Rick Dees" on ABC-TV... When the Beach Boys appeared on NBC-TV's Today Show, on the 37th anniversary of their signing by Capitol Records... ..and when the domestic TV diva Martha Stewart was sentenced to 5 months in prison, ALL the milestones for July 16th INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 15th ... when "Music and the Spoken Word" debuted on KSL Salt Lake City. It is still heard today on 2,000 radio & TV stations worldwide... When radio station CKLN 1420 first went on the air in Nelson, B.C.... When 24-year old singer Patti Page made her TV debut in a summer replacement series for Perry Como.. ..and when cable news network MSNBC began operations in Secaucus, New Jersey, a joint project of Microsoft & NBC TV. ALL the milestones for July 15th INSIDE>

IT WAS JULY 14th ... when satirist Stan Freberg (pictured) debuted a weekly sketch comedy series on CBS Radio; it ran for 15 unsponsored weeks.... When one of the shock jock's early forays into TV, "The Howard Stern Summer Show" premiered on WWOR-TV in New York City... When TV trash-talk show host Jerry Springer officially filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate from Ohio... ..and when two distinguished network news anchors, CBS's Douglas Edwards and NBC's John Chancellor, were born. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 13th .. when KDBQ San Francisco changed its call letters to KYA, and soon became an iconic rock radio force... When BBC Radio banned "No One Is Innocent" by the Sex Pistols.... When sportscaster Howard Cosell said that he was "tired of being tied to the football mentality" and asked to be released from duties on ABC's Monday Night Football... ..and when Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler (pictured) announced he was leaving FOX-TV's American Idol after two seasons, to focus his attention back on the band. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.