MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 28th
William S. Paley, the founder of CBS was born this date, as was Ed Sullivan, the awkward host of early TV's Sunday night blockbuster on CBS.
Sept. 28th saw the first color telecast of a World Series game; The Giselle Mackenzie Show, Miami Vice, Hazel, and Dr. Kildare all made their debuts on NBC-TV, while the same network aired the finale of The Shari Lewis Show (with Lambchop.) CBS-TV aired M*A*S*H episode 100, and John Lennon was a guest deejay on New York's WNEW-FM.
Foster Hewitt described Paul Henderson's summit-clinching goal against the Soviets, and The Beatles were heard for the first time in North America on the Murray the K radio show.
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Brian Brenn, longtime Anchor at Vancouver’s News 1130, Loses Battle with...
Brian Brenn, a non-practising lawyer and holder of three university degrees, anchored news at News1130 from 1996-2008 before retiring to host weekend morning news. He stepped down from his final gig as co-host of the weekend morning news in early July.
Ex-News 1130 Staffer Jeff Palmer Recovering from 3 Heart Attacks
Palmer was participating in the Cops for Cancer ride when he first went into full arrest.
SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 26th
This date gave us Marty Robbins, Julie London, Olivia Newton John, Kent McCord, and Linda Hamilton.
Vancouver's CKWX opened a newly-built state-of-the-art radio facility on Burrard Street; Paul Anka and Roseanne Barr had their stars unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.; the first Nixon-Kennedy Presidential Debate was staged; ‘Beverly Hillbillies’, ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ ‘Jake and the Fatman’ and the original ‘Hawaii Five-Oh’ began their runs on CBS;’The Brady Bunch’ debuted on ABC-TV. and ‘Knight Rider’ began its run on NBC.
Obits Sept. 26th include actors Richard Mulligan (of ‘Empty Nest’) and Charles Correll (of radio’s ‘Amos ‘n’ Andy’), bandleader Billy Vaughn, singer Robert Palmer, and the boop-boop-a-doop girl Helen Kane.
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Voltair 2.0 is Ready
Voltair will be the subject of two opposing panels at the Radio Show in Atlanta next week
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 24th
It’a the date of birth for Seattle radio legend Pat O’Day (pictured), Jim Henson of the Muppets, Canadian Phil Hartman, TV business anchor Lou Dobbs, sportscaster Jim McKay, and Three’s Company’s Audra Lindley.
Making their series debut on ABC were The Odd Couple, The Donna Reed Show, The Mod Squad, Growing Pains and The Love Boat.
Judy Garland made her TV debut in a Ford special on CBS; 60 Minutes, The Munsters and Petticoat Junction also had their premieres on CBS; and in Canada the CTV National News began in a late night quarter hour format.
Elvis Presley appeared on the televised Louisiana Hayride on KRKH Shreveport; and one of the great announcers of bigtime US radio, Harlow Wilcox, took his final breath.
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Consumers Want Relationships Online By Mark Ramsey
Being online isn't simply about pushing our stuff out to audiences in new ways. Nor is it about dragging them back to our stations so we can monetize...
Study: Most Wouldn’t Miss AM Radio
46 percent of listeners would miss FM a lot, 29 percent somewhat and 18 percent a little. Just 7 percent said they wouldn’t miss FM at all.
Union Says CBC Plans to Sell Off All Its Property
“The decision to close down production centres is of great concern for our members as it should be for all Canadians, and seriously jeopardizes the CBC’s ability to do meaningful production in the future."
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 23rd
TV stars Jason Alexander and Chi McBride were born on this date, along with Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen, Julio Iglesias and John Coltrane.
Hank Williams made his final recordings, 'That'll Be the Day' by Buddy Holly & the Crickets was #1, pay-TV got started with the Rocky Marciano/Jersey Joe Walcott fight; Matlock and Marcus Welby MD debuted on ABC, arettynd two Ken Burns epics (The Civil War and The War) debuted on PBS.
Leaving this 'vale of tears' Sept. 23rd were Canadians Henry Champ and Chief Dan George, actors Cliff Arquette and Mary Frann, country music's Jimmy Wakely and broadcaster Bill Ballance.
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