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From sterile studios to a hermetically sealed “fortress,” unscripted TV pros are working to improve production values amid COVID-19 restrictions.

Still active today after starting out in 1954, Pat Boone made the charts in 1961 with Moody River.

IT WAS MAY 24th .. when the Canadian Parliament passed a bill establishing the CBC as a national broadcasting system … When Nanaimo BC got its own 250 watt radio station, CHUB 1570, with the first day featuring live coverage of the Empire Day Parade … When Randy Bachman and his Canadian band the Guess Who made their U.S. television debut on ABC’s “American Bandstand”… ..and when Dean Martin (pictured with The Golddiggers) concluded his 9-year run as star of a weekly variety show on NBC-TV. ALL the milestones for May 24th INSIDE.

At the age of 16 Baglo was hired at Vancouver radio station CKMO. In 1944, when CKNW radio was established, he was asked to be their first music director, and felt privileged to be a key member of their original staff.

Dick was part of the production team for CBC Vancouver programs Cariboo Country (1960), The Education of Phyllistine (1964), The Beachcombers (1972-1990), Canadian Gardener (1989) and Spilled Milk (1995).

Real People founder John Barbour is going to tell you the real story…

Taking the role of VP/GM at KIRO, effective July 1, is Pat Nevin, who held the same spot at Nexstar's KOIN-6.

107.7 THE END SEATTLE will reminisce about the good ol’ days, before quarantine, with the "TOP 107 SONGS OF LAST DECADE, BECAUSE THIS ONE SUCKS" countdown beginning SATURDAY, MAY 23rd at 4p.

By the end of 1970, CKLW was neck-and-neck with Chicago’s WLS as North America’s second-most-listened-to radio station, behind New York City’s WABC. “The Big 8” was the top station across the river in Detroit and ranked as the most-listened-to in markets stretching as far east as Cleveland.

IT WAS MAY 23rd .. when pioneering Seattle radio station KOL first signed on …. When CBS gave Johnny Carson a summer TV game show called ‘Earn Your Vacation’… When ‘Star Trek: the Next Generation,’ ‘Star Trek: Voyager,’ and the ABC-TV sitcom ‘Full House’ aired their final episodes … When ABC televised its third Barry Manilow Special, with John Denver as special guest ... ,,and when Jordin Sparks (pictured), at age 17, became the youngest-ever winner of FOX-TV’s American Idol on its season-ending telecast. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.