CRTC Gives Thumbs Up to Shaw/Corus Deal
courtesy London, Ontario / (CFPL AM) AM 980
March 23, 2016 04:37 pm
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Canada’s regulator of radio and television has given the greenlight to an acquisition...
Brayden Haydamack joins Virgin Edmonton
Brayden, a Vancouver native and graduate of BCIT started his radio career doing traffic for Corus's AM 730
Trudeau’s Restoration of CBC Funding Applauded
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WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. March 23rd
IT WAS MARCH 23rd .. when the Vancouver World newspaper launched the BC city’s third radio station…
When 20-year old Foster Hewitt (pictured) called his first hockey game over the Toronto Star’s pioneer radio station CFCA…
When Elvis Presley auditioned (unsuccessfully) for Arthur Godfrey’a Talent Scouts on CBS radio & TV…
When after 15 years Hugh Downs hosted the final NBC episode of the daytime quiz show ‘Concentration’…
and when the 30-minute daytime drama “The Bold & the Beautiful” had its premiere on CBS-TV.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Don Cherry Remembers Rob Ford as ‘a good one’
I couldn’t believe the hate towards Rob from those left wing kooks. He was the people’s mayor and a great guy.
Sarah Palin to Star in ‘Judge Judy’-style Courtroom Show
Despite Palin’s political experience, she has never practiced law nor does she have a law degree.
CTV News in Halifax Fined $4,000 for Violating Youth Criminal Justice...
Crown attorney Terry Nickerson says the faces of the two youths were clearly shown without attempts to block their identities during the 6 p.m. news broadcast on Aug. 24
Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Dies…
The former mayor of Toronto has died of cancer, 18 months after doctors discovered a tumour in his abdomen. The illness forced him to withdraw from his bid for re-election as mayor.
George McLean, Longtime Host of CBC’s ‘The National,’ Passes at 92
McLean joined the CBC in the 1950s. He would go on to host The National for nearly three decades.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. March 22nd
IT WAS MARCH 22nd when NBC Radio’s “Voice of Firestone”, a 30-minute showcase of semi-classical music, became the first commercial radio program to be carried simultaneously on both AM and FM stations…
When Vancouver’s CFMI 101.1 FM signed on with an automated rock/country hybrid format …
When Barry Manilow made his first television appearance, performing “Mandy” and “It’s A Miracle” on ABC’s “American Bandstand”…
and when two disparate music acts Bob Dylan and Liberace played NBC-TV’s Late Night with David Letterman.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.