John Barbour Reads From His Book Episode 2
Hi, everyone. For this 2nd reading from my book i tried to pick something interesting for men & women. It's about when I discovered women. At 11!!! Enjoy???
Glacier Media Shelves the 112-year old ‘Vancouver Courier’
The temporary shutdown comes during a brutal period for newspapers, which are coping with the closure of so many local businesses during the pandemic.
The Courier has been hit especially hard because it relies heavily on flyers to generate revenue.
Spokane Loses its Last Local Sports Talk Show
An era ended Friday night. The plug was pulled at 700 ESPN on Patchin and Lukens, the last surviving show in what was once a semi-thriving Spokane radio sports-talk world.
SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. April 5th
IT WAS APRIL 5th … when less than five months after the first NBC network broadcast from New York, the Pacific Coast-based NBC ‘Orange’ network aired its first programmming from temporary studios in San Francisco….
When 19-year old Barbra Streisand (pictured) made her first network television appearance on NBC’s late night “Jack Paar Show” with guest host Orson Bean…
When the final episode of the original ‘Hawaii Five-0’ aired on CBS-TV…
and when the FOX Broadcasting Company debuted coast-to-coast in the US with two Sunday night comedy shows, Married..With Children and The Tracey Ullman Show.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Canadian Pioneer In Digital Web Radio Set To Launch The Canadian...
Allan Holender hosted the first internet broadcast in Canada in 1997. Since then he has successfully built six digital online radio networks.
Former 106.1 KISS FM host stepping up to pay a Seattle...
Bender of "The Bender Nation" has partnered with Oberto Specialty Meats to pay the mortgage or rent of one Washingtonian every Friday of April.
SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. April 4th
IT WAS APRIL 4th .. when Kate Smith began a new daily quarter-hour talk show in the noon hour at CBS radio…
When the ill-fated CBC-FM Network signed on, with connected stations only in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal…
When Johnny Carson quit The Tonight Show in a salary dispute with NBC. He returned three weeks later with an additional $30,000 a week!…
and when, after six years, the final episode of the WWII prison camp sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” aired on CBS TV.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Coquitlam’s Logan Williams, actor on’The Flash,’ Dies Suddenly at 16
According to the grieving mom, the ongoing coronavirus crisis has made it difficult for the family to mourn. “I am not able to hug my parents who lost their only grandchild,” Mrs. Williams said. “It’s hard.”
Lloydminster’s Real Country 95.9 Lays Off 20 year vet Kurt Price
We fear he is not the last career broadcaster who will end up on the outside until the coronavirus emergency eventually ends.













