WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Dec. 17th
Happy Birthday to Eugene Levy, Bill Pullman, Chris Mathews, Tommy Banks, Art Neville of The Neville Bros., and Julia Meade of the 50's and 60's live commercials.
'The Simpsons' began their 25 year run on FOX; Edgar Bergen made his national debut with Charlie McCarthy, as pictured, on NBC radio; Moose Jaw's only radio station got official 'commercial' status as CHAB, after 11 years in the experimental stage; Wayne & Shuster and Paul Anka were headliners on CBS-TV's 'Ed Sullivan Show';and Tiny Tim & Miss Vicky were wed to much national acclaim on Johnny Carson's 'Tonight Show.'
Obits include Don Chevrier, Dana Andrews, Rex Allen Sr., performance artist Captain Beefheart and muckraker Jack Anderson.
Details and ALL the Dec. 17th milestones INSIDE.
C-FOX Jeff O’Neil Show Simulcast on NW Backfires: Apology Issued, Show...
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This Fall’s Real TV Winner: The DVR
CBS’s ‘Elementary’ , NBC's 'Parenthood' are seeing bigger percentage gains from DVR playback than any other shows on broadcast.
CRTC gives nod to Pattison purchase of Rawlco radio stations
Edmontons NOW and up! under the Jimmy Pattison Group ownership
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Bob Rivers has Today’ Advent Calendar of Laughter
Try as I might, its difficult to drum up 24 different Christmas
novelty songs by 24 different artists
Donovan Tildesley delivers more in the festive spirit...
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Dec. 16th
Happy Birthday to Steven Bochko, Lesley Stahl, JB Smoove, Jon Tenney and ABBA's Benny Andersson.
'One Day at a Time' began its 9-year run on CBS-TV; the same network aired the 50th episode of 'All in the Family' (pictured); Vancouver's first TV station CBUT began transmitting from Mount Seymour; Jack Webb's 'Dragnet' got a sneak preview on NBC-TV's 'Chesterfield Sound Off Time'; and Howard Stern did his last terrestrial broadcast before moving to Sirius Satellite Radio.
Obits Dec. 16 include Dan Fogelberg, the West Wing's John Spencer, Kojak's Dan Frazer, Arthur Godfrey's Haleloke, Madlyn Rhue, and Nicolette Larson.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
CBC Finds it Tough Replacing Jian Ghomeshi at ‘Q’
I’m not knocking the contributions of the early fill-in hosts — nice people, I’m sure, and not without talent. But listening to them ingratiate themselves with your audience has been like watching Katy Perry sing “Yesterday” on the Grammy tribute to the Beatles: stilted, awkward, painful.
Bill Cosby’s Wife: ‘There’s No Vetting of My Husband’s Accusers’
“An accusation is published, and immediately goes viral,” Camille Cosby says.
