Industry News

Alix Michaels (Pictured) of 94.3 The Drive was the winner of the March 11 Lotto Max Maxmillions draw, in which there were 18 winners.

Rock KVRQ (ROCK 98-9) is launching with a 12,000-song commercial-free kick-off, which is expected to take about 30 days.

KQMV Movin maintains its grip on all demographic categories.

IT WAS MARCH 16th … when the president’s daughter, Margaret Truman (pictured), made her professional singing debut in an ABC Radio broadcast from Detroit that attracted 15 million listeners …. When the big winners at the Emmy Awards were The Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young and Loretta Young … When the musical headliners on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show were singers Janis Joplin and Ed Ames, plus Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and Boots Randolph… And when Bell Canada acquired another 84 radio stations and 35 cable TV channels from Astral Media for $3.38 billion …. Details and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

KJR-FM (95.7 The Jet) rises to second place in the overall 6+ chart.

“The nation’s focus shifts to the political playground of Florida this week — the state the country turns to for all things bizarre,” said Program Director John Brennan.

CEO Les Moonves said the company would begin to official explore strategic options for CBS Radio unit as a whole.

IT WAS MARCH 15th… when BC got its second radio station operated by The Vancouver Sun, two days after The Province station debuted… When future Montreal rock radio powerhouse CFOX hit the airwaves, under the ownership of Gordon Sinclair Jr… When CBS television introduced its ‘Morning Show’ (pictured), hosted by future iconic news anchor Walter Cronkite… and when CBS announced it was cancelling its Sunday night lynchpin ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ after 23 seasons. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

It was March 14th when Pete Parker, on radio station CKCK Regina, called the world’s first play-by-play of a complete professional hockey game, just days ahead of Foster Hewitt… when comedians Fred Allen and Jack Benny (pictured) began their 12-year-long ‘feud’ in an NBC broadcast from the Hotel Pierre in New York City, attracting the second largest audience in the history of radio… when Arthur Godfrey turned down the chance to sign Elvis Presley for his CBS TV Talent Scouts Show. Instead at the same audition he signed singer Pat Boone… and when ABC-TV aired the final episode of Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

93.1 The One has an immediate opening for a Producer based in Leduc, Alberta. Commercial creative and production is a big part of our overall sound and are looking for someone who will be dedicated to producing the best commercials possible and who aspires to be a big part of the creative process.