Friday, November 14, 2025

Industry News

Radio Mans fave with Dan Hill

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Daniel Grafton Hill (born 3 June 1954) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter.

Friday in Broadcast History .. August 4th

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IT WAS AUG. 4th … when the first tennis match on radio was aired on Pittsburgh’s KDKA, the first US commercial station… When the CBC carried out Canada’s first television transmission from a helicopter… When the Everly Bros. sang ‘Wake Up Little Susie’ on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show … When the Federal Communications Commission voted 4-0 to rescind the so-called ‘Fairness Doctrine’… ..and when two on-camera stars of Vancouver's BCTV, Ron Morrier and Robert Malcolm (pictured), signed off forever. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Radio Mans fave with Jim Stafford

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James Wayne Stafford (born January 16, 1944)[1] is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and comedian.

Thursday in Broadcast History .. August 3rd

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IT WAS AUG. 3rd … when 36-year-old announcer Frank Blair (pictured) became news anchor of the NBC-TV Today Show, a job he would keep for the next 22 years!… When CBS-TV war correspondent Morley Safer sent out a Vietnam report showing American troops using their Zippo lighters to set fire to thatched huts in a Vietnamese village … When ‘Tonight Show’ host Johnny Carson graced the cover of the Burbank telephone directory… ..and when the ABC-TV news magazine Primetime Live debuted, with Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer headlining. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE

PSR’s 6pm Wednesday Night News with the News You Should Know…

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Trump Prepared For Election Interference, Think CISA, Judgement Day – X22 Report

Warren Dean laid off from CTV Vancouver Island secures government job

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Dean had been a weather anchor in Victoria since January 2021

Radio Mans fave with The Beatles

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"Yesterday" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.

PSR’s 6pm Tuesday Night News with the News You Should Know…

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The [DS] Is Being Tried By The Most Powerful Court In The Country, There Must Be A Reckoning - X22 Report

Radio Mans fave with Pilot

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Pilot were a Scottish rock group, formed in 1973 in Edinburgh by David Paton and Billy Lyall.

Tuesday in Broadcast History .. August 1st

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IT WAS AUG. 1st …when CKWX signed on from studios in Vancouver’s Belmont Hotel, after being known previously as CFDC Nanaimo … When Mutual radio debuted “The Goodwill Hour”, with its familiar phrase, “You have a friend and advisor in John J. Anthony”… When Victoria radio station CKDA 1340 moved to AM 1280 and increased its power from 250 watts to 5000 watts… When an era ended on Vancouver's CKNW as both Philip Till and Bill Good closed out their talk show careers .... When Kelowna’s AM 1150 switched from a country music format to Oldies…. ..and when “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour” launched on CBS-TV with a short summer run followed by three successful regular seasons.  CKAY-AM Duncan (B.C.) became SUN-FM on 89.7 MHz ALL the milestones for Aug. 1st INSIDE.