Industry News

It was a March 9th nearly 100 years ago when Seattle’s KJR began radio broadcasting… when Edward R. Murrow on CBS-TV’s ‘See It Now’ exposed Senator Joseph McCarthy for the bullying fraud that he was… when New York’s WNBT broadcast the first local TV commercials in colour… when the Grand Old Opry aired its final Saturday night brodcast from the Ryman Auditorium … and when Dan Rather took over as CBS-TV anchorman, replacing Walter Cronkite. Specifics, and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Carl H Lambert was also a fulltime high school teacher for much of the time he was doing the playbyplay.

CJAY92's Jesse Modz recently flew home to be near his grandmother, Anne Bradbury, as she battles stage-four lung cancer.

It was March 8th when ”Transit Through Fire: An Odyssey of 1942,” the first opera commissioned by the CBC, was aired on radio coast-to-coast. When Vancouver's CKWX adopted a country music format. When CBS-TV’s General Electric Theatre featured the only joint television appearance by The Marx Brothers in an almost-silent 30-minute episode called “The Incredible Jewel Robbery.” When the UK’s Dave Clark 5 made their first appearance on CBS TV’s “Ed Sullivan Show,” performing “Glad All Over.” And when the last original episode of “The Brady Bunch” was televised on ABC. Details and many more milestones for the date INSIDE.

A Reuters report quotes “sources” saying Gray Television has made an $8.5 billion bid to buy Tegna. The Wall Street Journal then reported Apollo Global Management says it will match a $20 per share offer to buy Tegna.

It was a March 7th when radio station KARI 550 signed on the air from Blaine, Washington with a Christian-spoken word format… ..when the “Beatles” made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio in England. ..when ”Peter Pan”, with Mary Martin and Cyril Richard, was presented as a live TV special on NBC’s Producer’s Showcase. ..when Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin co-hosted the 82nd Academy Awards telecast .. ..and when Vancouver’s CKWX 1130 dropped its adult contemporary music and became a country music station. Specifics, and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

The company announced the retirement of president Jay Mehr from 9 April, after 25 years of service at the company. He will be succeeded by Paul McAleese.

On Sunday, March 8, Stingray country radio stations across Canada will proudly join in the International Women’s Day celebrations by spinning only songs by female artists or female led groups.

It was March 6th when the first US telecast from an airplane was aired from the skies over New York City… when NBC-TV aired the musical special “An Evening With Diana Ross” (pictured) …. when the 100th episode of “The Six Million Dollar Man” aired on ABC-TV… and when Walter Cronkite signed off the CBS Evening News for the final time, to be replaced by Dan Rather. Specifics, and many more March 6th milestones INSIDE.

101.5 Today Radio topped both demo breakouts for women. X 92.9 leads with younger men, XL103 is the favorite of men 25-54.