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WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Aug. 24th

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IT WAS AUG. 24th .. when the CBC’s CBX AM1010 signed on with 50,000 watts at Lacombe Alberta, in an ultimately failed attempt to serve both Edmonton and Calgary with one transmitter … When Montreal-born William Shatner appeared for the first time on the cover of TV Guide, with fellow Star Trek actors Deforest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy … When a spinoff of the sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” “The Facts of Life” debuted on NBC-TV, starting a nine year run…. ..and when NBC TV’s Jay Leno was the host as Microsoft officially rolled out their Windows 95 operating system in the Seattle suburb of Redmond. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE!

RIP Law & Order Actor Steven Hill, 94, ‘One of the...

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Starting with the show's debut on NBC in 1990, the Seattle-born Hill anchored the legal side of the long-running procedural for its first 10 seasons.

Former Fox News Host Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit, Names Roger Ailes,...

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"Behind the scenes, Fox News operates like a sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult, steeped in intimidation, indecency and misogyny,” suit says

CHEK TV is Hiring!

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Three Job Openings in Victoria at CHEK Television

Is your show funny? by Paul Kaye

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Fun means enjoyment or light hearted pleasure whilst being funny means causing laughter. Fun creates the environment and being funny creates an action. Fun creates a satisfying feeling but being funny actually causes an audience to react to what is unfolding in front of them. Funny is – and always will be - more important than fun, despite what any programmer or consultant may tell you.

TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Aug. 23rd

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IT WAS AUG. 23rd …when singers Billy Jones and Ernie Hare, “The Happiness Boys”, first appeared on New York’s WEAF radio, sponsored by Happiness Candy stores.,, When the BBC’s experimental TV service featured the first televised boxing match between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri, almost 15 years before the TV era began … When Seattle radio station KKND “The End” FM 107.7 was born, billing its music as “The Cutting Edge of Rock.” The format helped give birth to Seattle’s famed Grunge movement… ..and when Richard Hatch was revealed as the winning castaway on the first season of CBS’ “Survivor.” ALL the milestones for Aug. 23rd INSIDE!

Positive Trump Polls Hidden By US Corporate Media. Michael Rivero

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https://youtu.be/y7JAg9akKs4 Michael Rivero visits with Jim Goddard on WhatsReallyHappening.com

MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Aug. 22nd

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IT WAS AUG. 22nd … when the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began its first experimental TV broadcasting from London… When “Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy” became a three-times-a-week 30-minute feature on ABC radio, after 14 years as a daily quarter-hour strip… When Toronto’s CBLT-TV Channel 9 did its first test broadcast, covering the opening of the 73rd Canadian National Exhibition… ..and when Vancouver radio station CKLG dropped it’s Middle-Of-The-Road programming and switched to a Top 40 format in direct competition with C-FUN. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

CRTC Orders US Super Bowl Ads to be Seen in Canada

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Canadians may be able to watch U.S. ads — the CRTC dubbed these an “integral element of the event” — during the Super Bowl for the first time next year.

SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. Aug. 21st

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IT WAS AUG. 21st … that gave us career broadcasters Ken Carpenter, Chris Schenkel, Jack Buck, Harry Smith, and actor Billy Idelson of the Vic & Sade radio show … When The Four Preps and the Lionel Hampton Orch. were the musical guests on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show… When NBC News fired their Canadian-born TV reporter Arthur Kent (pictured), nicknamed ‘the scud stud’ for his reporting during the first Iraq war, after he refused an assignment to war-torn Croatia… ..and when the CRTC approved the sale of Victoria’s CKDA-AM and CFMS-FM Victoria, CKDA to the owners of The Q 100.3, CFMS to become ‘The Ocean’ under Rogers ownership. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE!