Today in Broadcast History

ON THIS DAY in 1909, down East fiddler/leader Don Messer was born at Tweedside, New Brunswick. In 1929 he started his own radio show on CFBO Saint John....

ON THIS DAY in 1880 the first telephone service in British Columbia was established as the Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone Company. In 1895, Archbishop/broadcaster Fulton J. Sheen was born in Fulton...

ON THIS DAY in 1885   grizzled character actor(George) Gabby Hayes was born in Wellsville New York. He was sidekick to both Hopalong Cassidy & Roy Rogers in...

ON THIS DAY in 1912 actor Bill Quinn was born in New York City.  He is best remembered as barfly Mr. Van Ranseleer on TV's All in the...

It's CINCO DE MAYO! ON THIS DAY in 1899, radio actor Freeman Gosden (pictured, left) was born in Richmond, Virginia. He was "Amos" on the famed, longrunning "Amos 'n'...

ON THIS DAY in 1928 soul singer James Brown was born in Augusta, Ga. Billboard ranked Brown as the most successful R&B performer of all time with 17...

ON THIS DAY in 1902 actor Brian Aherne was born in Worcester England. In 1945, he played sleuth Simon Templar in the CBS radio series, The Saint. He...

     It's Wednesday ON THIS DAY in 1908 actress Eve Arden was born Eunice Quedens in Mill Valley Calif. She won an Emmy for her star-making turn as "Our Miss Brooks",...