Industry News

Another honour for the soon-to-be-retiring News Director of NL Broadcasting Ltd.

After 26 years with Newcap, Hilary (pictured) bids adieu

In the the weeks following his death, it was widely reported the 57-year-old has been abusing painkillers. It was also reported that Prince was scheduled to meet with an addiction specialist doctor on April 22.

Canada AM will deliver its final headlines and interviews when its last episode airs tomorrow, Friday, June 3 from 6 – 9 a.m. ET.

It didn’t matter if we lost a few points or slipped from second to fifth in the 12 plus numbers. We were the ones giving them effective ads, so high tide or low tide…they stayed by our side.

IT WAS JUNE 2nd … when TV broadcasting started in Canada as Radio Canada’s Channel 2 in Montreal began airing a test pattern… When the coronation of 27-year-old Queen Elizabeth II was broadcast around the world… When Barbara Walters interviewed the legendary Katharine Hepburn on TV and asked what kind of tree she would be… ..and when the final episode of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” aired in syndication. ALL the milestones for June 2nd INSIDE.

Kash Heed of Pulse FM talks with these hockey guys.... The biggest broadcast buzz in social media circles these playoffs has centred on a group who gather at Vancouver’s CITY-TV studio to call the game in Punjabi for OMNI.

Thanks to Feliks Banel of Northwest Radio Voices for this feature of Burl Barer telling a story about Charlie Brown and Pat O'Day . . .

IT WAS JUNE 1st .. when the first seeds of the CBC were sown as Canadian National Railways formed the CNR Radio Department under W.D. Robb.. When the soon-to-become-legendary Lux Radio Theater moved from New York City to Hollywood… When “The Mask of Medusa,” on ABC-TV’s Twilight Theater, featured the network-TV acting debut of New Westminster’s Raymond Burr (pictured), soon-to-be TV’s ‘Perry Mason’… When CNN first began broadcasting via US cable systems … ..and when the CBS/CBC Sunday night TV showcase which drew families together for 22 years, the Ed Sullivan Show aired for its final time. ALL the milestones for June 1st HERE.