Radio Man’s Favourite Flashback with Iron Maiden…
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.
Christmas Classic with Jose Feliciano…
Everyone knows how to say Merry Christmas in Spanish thanks to this classic penned by Puerto Rican musician and composer José Feliciano.
Saturday in Broadcast History .. December the 12th…
ON THIS DAY in 1893
actor Edward G. Robinson was born Emmanuel Goldenberg in Bucharest, Romania. He starred as newspaperman Steve Wilson for the first 5 years of...
Radio Man’s Favourite Flashback with Jackson Browne…
Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States.[1] Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne has written and recorded songs such as "These Days", "The Pretender", "Running on Empty", "Lawyers in Love", "Doctor My Eyes", "Take It Easy", "For a Rocker", and "Somebody's Baby".
Christmas Classic with Bobby Helms…
Although this song released in 1957, it hit the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 chart in January 2019 at number eight. The song broke the record for longest wait time to get into the top 10 at over 60 years since its release.
Friday in Broadcast History .. December the 11th, …
Happy Birthday to Brenda Lee, Jermaine Jackson, Rita Moreno, Donna Mills, Teri Garr and comedienne Mo’Nique.
Radio around the world carried the abdication speech of the UK’s King Edward VIII;
Alan Waters purchased Totonto’s CHUM 1050;
Victoria’s CFMS was transformed into ‘The Ocean 98.5’;
the CBC announced the cutting of 378 jobs;
ABC-TV aired the first of Bing Crosby’s 17 Christmas TV Specials;
and Tom Selleck was seen for the first time as the original ‘Magnum PI’ on CBS-TV.
Notable obits include sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, radio & TV host Robert Q. Lewis, and Canadian TV vocalist Wally Koster,
Details and ALL the Dec 11th milestones INSIDE.
Drex: Lowering DREXpecations – ‘Sound Off’ Podcast
It's been a long year. Humanity has spent nine months in a pandemic and six of them without Drex on the radio. He left his position at Corus last June where he did a late night talk show across the country. He is now the morning host at Jack 96.9 in Vancouver along with Lena Schulman and No Fun Bob.
David Bray Analysis Vancouver, Edmonton & Calgary PPMs
Vancouver: CKNW grabs the #1 spot for A12+ with a 14.6% share of hours tuned (up from 13.5%)Calgary: News Talk 770 leads the way for A12+ with an 9.6% - Edmonton: UP 99.2 takes #1 with A12+, posting an 8.1% share of hours tuned -
Radio Man’s Favourite Flashback with Mike and the Mechanics…
Mike and the Mechanics (stylised as Mike + the Mechanics) is an English rock supergroup formed in Dover in 1985 as a side project of Mike Rutherford, the bassist/guitarist in Genesis.
Christmas Classic with Dean Martin…
There are countless versions of "Jingle Bells," but Dean Martin's rendition is a holiday staple.
