THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 17th
Happy Birthday to Canadians Gordon Lightfoot, Lorne Michaels and Rachel McAdams. Also born this date were the late Rock Hudson, Archie Campbell and Jack Lescoulie.
Calgary’s CHQR began broadcasting at 810 KHz with 10,000 watts; Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy became overnight sensations after guesting on NBC radio’s ‘Rudy Vallee Show’; Rush Limbaugh returned to the airwaves after a month in drug rehab;FOX-TV aired the US’ first condom ad; longtime CBS newsman Roger Mudd (pictured) began working for NBC News; and Elton John recorded his next album live on New York’s WABC-FM.
Passing away Nov. 17th were Chicago radio children’s favorite Ireene Wicker, big band singer Bob Eberly, announcer Bill Baldwin, and country music’s Don Gibson.
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Jerry Howarth — the voice of the Blue Jays — says...
Howarth, the Jays’ radio play-by-play announcer, said a biopsy failed to find any prostate cancer, but the growth was later detected by the MRI.
RED ALERT: Corporate Media’s War on ‘Fake News’ Is Being Used...
Reports about Facebook’s and Google’s nascent battle against purported “fake news” must be considered in solemn gravity — not because there are bogus articles circulating — but because, in actuality, it constitutes a war on legitimate, factual information and dissenting opinion.
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 16th
It’s the date of birth for Burgess Meredith, Daws Butler, Eddie Condon, Mary Margaret McBride, Guy Stockwell and Jim Jordan (of ‘Fibber McGee’ fame).
NBC began a two night showiing of ‘The Godfather,’ for which it paid $10 million; Creedence Clearwater Revival and Jerry Lee Lewis performed on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show; the 100th episode of ‘The X-Files’ aired on FOX; Walter Cronkite hosted ‘Sinatra: an American Original’ on CBS-TV; and David Bowie’s first TV special aired on NBC’s ‘Midnight Special.’
Tennessee Ernie Ford’s ‘Sixteen Tons’ began an 8 week run as the #1 song; Patsy Cline recorded her next Top 10 hit ‘I Fall to Pieces’; and The Beatles recorded their second performance for Radio Luxembourg.
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Radio host Mike Bullard charged with criminal harassment
The popular host and former standup comedian, who left his job at Newstalk 1010 following the charges, is accused of harassing City TV journalist Cynthia Mulligan, whom he had been dating.
Globe and Mail publisher joins Rebel Media in criticizing CBC digital...
"My colleagues and I in the industry do not support the notion that handing out more money to the CBC helps local or national newspapers," Crawley, who also serves as co-chair of The Canadian Press news agency, said Tuesday.
Music Therapy Ride Raises over $1 Million
The star studded event also enjoys media support from local TV and radio stations including Roundhouse Radio, Rogers Broadcasting, Corus, Bell Media, City TV, Pattison Broadcasting, Global TV, and Newcap.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 15th
Happy Birthday to Ed Asner, Judge Wapner, Sam Waterston, C.W. McCall, Kevin Eubanks, Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, newsman John Roberts, Shalene Woodley and Jack Burns.
The National Broadcasting Company began operations with 24 radio stations; Bellingham’s KVOS AM 1200 fired up with 100 watts; TV’s first remote occurred when the cameras of NBC New York’s W2XBT covered a fire; Edmonton’s CKRA-FM (‘Capital FM’) signed on to 96.3 MHz; ‘Dallas’ episode 100 was seen on CBS-TV; and the Rolling Stones made their first appearance on NBC-TV’s primetime ‘Hullabaloo.’
Obits this date include Lionel Barrymore, Enid Markey, Dennis Cole, former CBS owner Larry Tisch, Cincinnati baseball broadcaster Joe Nuxhall, and (pictured) John Morgan of the Royal Canadian Air Farce.
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Armed Revolution on the streets of America – Michael Rivero talks...
Michael Rivero, of WhatReallyHappen.com joins Talk Digital's Jim Goddard, as a follow up to last weeks U.S. election. Who's going to be filling the Trump Administrations cabinet?
Corner Gas Actress Janet Wright Dead at 71
Wright's character Emma was the wife of Oscar Leroy, played by Eric Peterson, and mother to Brent, portrayed by series creator and star Brent Butt.