Seattle AM Talk Radio Loses One Local Voice while Another Returns
Conservative talk host Kirby Wilbur is returning to 570 KVI while David Boze departs KTTH AM770.
Donald Trump Demands $5 Mill. from CNN or He Won’t Show...
In front of a Georgia crowd, Trump said, “How about I tell CNN, who doesn’t treat me properly, I won’t do the debate unless they pay me $5 million, all of which goes to Wounded Warriors or goes to vets.”
Victoria’s CIOC The Ocean 98.5 Goes All-Xmas
The Ocean becomes Victoria's Christmas music station. The switch occurred at 12:01am Dec 1st.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Dec. 1st
Born this date were Richard Pryor, Woody Allen, Dick Shawn, David Doyle, Mary Martin, Lou Rawls, Bette Midler, Treat Williams and Sarah Silverman.
Victoria's CHEK-TV signed on, becoming the first private TV station in Western Canada; Tom Brokaw (pictured) stepped down after two decades as anchor at NBC News; 'Edge of Night' became the first TV soap to switch networks, from CBS to ABC; CKWX became the first radio station in Western Canada to afiliate with a US network (Mutual- Don Lee); Gene Autry took a job at WLS radio in Chicago, singing for $35 a week;'The Abbott and Costello Show' began its 52-episode run in syndicated TV; and 'The Mike Douglas Show' began its 20-year run as a popular US daytime variety show.
Details and ALL the milestones for Dec. 1st INSIDE.
CBC Suspends Online Comments on Indigenous Stories
The suspension comes after CBC editors determined that too many comments were being posted that were deemed “off the mark” or “racist.”
Is your skin thick enough to be yourself?
It’s hard to be yourself but once you are all those communication skills you were born with come back to you - Boyd Leader (pictured)
‘Hammer Time’ @ KGO And KSFO
Lee Hammer (pictured) has been instrumental in leading KGO and KSFO over the past year
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 30th
It’s a day that brought us a wealth of talent, Dick Clark, Richard Crenna, Ben Stiller, Colin Mochrie, Mandy Patinkin, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Brownie McGhee, Kaley Cuoco, Allan Sherman and Johnny Horton.
CBS-TV first used videotape for the West Coast delayed airing of the Evening News; after 74 straight wins Ken Jennings lost on ‘Jeopardy’; Eric Sevareid retired from CBS News; the critically-acclaimed ‘Brian’s Song’ (pictured) was the Movie of the Week on ABC; David Bowie dueted with Bing Crosby on CBS-TV on a Christmas special taped before Crosby’s death 6 weeks earlier; and Whistler BC got its own FM station, CISQ debuting at 104.9.
Taking a final bow were Evel Knievel, Pierre Berton, Tiny Tim, and the Phillip Morris poster boy, Johnny Roventini.
ALL the milestones for Nov. 30th INSIDE.
CTV Regina news director Carl Worth is retiring
Worth moved in 1974 to Yorkton’s CJGX, then to Regina’s CKCK Radio when it dominated the local radio waves.