Today in Broadcast History

IT WAS MAY 4th .... when radio station KNX Los Angeles, the longtime West Coast flagship of the Columbia Broadcasting System, signed on for the first time... When ABC-TV debuted the weekly "Alan Freed's Rock 'n' Roll Revue," which was cancelled after 4 episodes... When Canada's Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster (pictured) made their first of a record 67 appearances on CBS TV's Ed Sullivan Show... ..and when two long-running daytime TV dramas debuted on the same day. "Another World" on NBC, "As the World Turns" on CBS. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS MAY 3rd... when National Public Radio began operations in the US with 112 affiliates .... When President Ronald Reagan began a series of 5-minute Saturday morning radio broadcasts, which successive presidents have continued. They are now streamed worldwide on the internet... When the final episode of the original prime time TV soap opera "Dallas" aired on CBS... and when the British group Gerry & the Pacemakers made their US TV debut, performing "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show. ALL the milestones for May 3rd INSIDE.

IT WAS MAY 2nd ... when comedian Jack Benny (pictured) made his radio debut as star of 'The Canada Dry Program' on NBC Blue ... When radio station WLS Chicago (AM 890) switched its format from Country to Top 40... When Phil Donahue taped the final episode of his syndicated TV talk show... and when Ed Sullivan abandoned his vow not to have this British rock group back, and allowed Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones to make a second appearance on his popular Sunday night showcase on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for this date INSIDE.

IT WAS MAY 1st ... when Edmonton got its first radio station. The Edmonton Journal's CJCA broadcast on 450 metres with 50 watts.... When Vancouver's CKMO moved down the dial from 730 kilocycles to its longtime home at 1410... When Brooklyn’s Larry Zeiger made his first radio broadcast in Miami after his boss renamed him Larry King... and when country comedienne Minnie Pearl (pictured) was the surprised honoree on NBC-TV’s This Is Your Life. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS APRIL 30th ... when television was demonstrated for the first time in the US, as President Roosevelt spoke at the opening of the New York World's Fair .... When after 27 years, the final broadcast of 'Arthur Godfrey Time' aired on CBS Radio, a decade after most network entertainment radio had ended .... When host Jack Bailey (pictured) introduced the so-called daily agony show “Queen For a Day” on Mutual radio... and when the 208th & final episode of “The Cosby Show” was seen on NBC-TV. ALL the milestones for the last day of April INSIDE.

IT WAS APRIL 29th .... when Toronto radio station CFRB aired its first program from the Columbia Broadcasting System in the US .... When the enduring nighttime soap “One Man’s Family” debuted as a weekly 30-minute radio series in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle ... When the 15-minute daytime drama "Young Dr. Malone" began its 21-year run on CBS radio ... and when 'Wide World of Sports' began its remarkable 37-year long Saturday afternoon run on ABC-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS APRIL 28th ... when Bill Drake installed 'Boss Radio' as the soon-to-be-dominant Top 40 format on KHJ AM 930 in Los Angeles ... When Mike Wallace first became a Sunday evening TV star as host of the syndicated 'Mike Wallace Interview' across the US... When Arthur Godfrey concluded a decade of TV stardom as his weekday show returned to CBS radio only status... and when sportscaster Ted Reynolds (pictured) passed away after decades of playbyplay (& Olympics) broadcasting first at CFJC & CJVI and then with the CBC in Vancouver. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS APRIL 27th ... when Seattle radio station KIRO first began broadcasting as 50-watt KPCB at 521 meters (580 khz.)... When the first broadcast of (pictured) Canadian director Fletcher Markle's drama anthology ''Studio One' aired on CBS radio... When NBC TV's "Today" show went abroad for the 1st time .. to Paris France... and when the final episode of "Green Acres" aired on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS APRIL 26th ... when the Ozarks comedy 'Lum & Abner' was broadcast for the first time on Arkansas radio station KTHS... When the daytime drama 'Lorenzo Jones' debuted on NBC radio... When 'The Prince and the Pauper' appeared in prime time on NBC-TV, starring former Beatle Ringo Starr... and when the 200th episode of 'The Simpsons' aired on FOX-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS APRIL 25th .. when the future iconic broadcast news pioneer Edward. R. Murrow (pictured) was born in North Carolina... When the New York experimental TV station that preceded WCBS aired the first circus on television.... When Vancouver's CKST AM 1040 dropped its adult contemporary format and began airing commercial free Classic Rock, enroute to adopting an all-sports format two weeks later... and when the TV-movie "Dukes Of Hazzard: Reunion!" aired on CBS, 12 years after the series left the air. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.