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Pitman told KIRO Nights. “I will be moving there to become the new public address announcer for the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. I will also be joining the organization in their front office, in the prestigious Warriors studio. That is their in-house video production team.”

In a press briefing, public broadcasting was praised for playing "an important role in ALASKA, especially in our rural communities that have limited or no access to other forms of media," but added that "current funding levels for public broadcasting from the State can no longer be sustained,"

IT WAS AUG. 22nd … when the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began its first experimental TV broadcasting from London… When “Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy” became a three-times-a-week 30-minute feature on ABC radio, after 14 years as a daily quarter-hour strip… When Toronto’s CBLT-TV Channel 9 did its first test broadcast, covering the opening of the 73rd Canadian National Exhibition… ..and when Vancouver radio station CKLG AM730 scrapped it’s Middle-Of-The-Road programming and switched to a Top 40 format in direct competition with C-FUN 1410.. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Today the CRTC announced the withdrawal of all the various McBride items from the agenda for Sept. 5, "to be rescheduled at a later date." 

Al McCoy has become the Suns' equivalent of Chick Hearn, Ernie Harwell and Vin Scully, men whose voices became synonymous with the teams they covered.

John Sebastian thinks it can because he says of The Wow Factor. “The Wow Factor will attract multi-generational (family) listening, meaning that listeners both younger and older will find it appealing.”

The English debate will occur on Oct. 7, and the event in French is set for Oct. 10.

IT WAS AUG. 21st … that gave us career broadcasters Ken Carpenter, Chris Schenkel, Jack Buck, Harry Smith, and actor Billy Idelson of the Vic & Sade radio show … When The Four Preps and the Lionel Hampton Orch. were the musical guests on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show… When NBC News fired their Canadian-born TV reporter Arthur Kent (pictured), nicknamed ‘the scud stud’ for his reporting during the first Iraq war, after he refused an assignment to war-torn Croatia… ..and when the CRTC approved the sale of Victoria’s CKDA-AM and CFMS-FM, CKDA to the owners of The Q 100.3, CFMS to become ‘The Ocean’ under Rogers ownership. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE!

Two women journalist broadcasters are gone from their Vancouver newsrooms, while a leading Seattle news/talk radio station has lost a programming executive.

While Monica is now known for her warm presence on-air, she got her start at the station working as a library assistant in 1977. From there, she worked her way through various positions, learning every aspect of what goes into getting something on air.