SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Jan. 5th
Radio’s longrunning mystery show ‘The Shadow’ began its 22 year run on the networks.
Vancouver’s Alan Young (pictured) starred in episode 1 of TV’s talking horse show ‘Mr. Ed.’
Pat Boone signed in as the mystery guest on CBS-TV’s ‘What’s Mty Line’;
And the ABC daytime drama ‘All My Children’ debuted.
ALL the milestones for Jan, 5th INSIDE.
All-Xmas KRWM Doubles Listenership to Dominate Seattle PPM
Two news/talk outlets, KUOW (NPR) and news/talk KIRO FM are second and third in the 6+ chart.
Der Spiegel media scandal proves that corporate-run media celebrates journalists who...
What do you have to do to earn accolades as a journalist and win awards? The less disillusioned among us might say you need to be a good and engaging writer who secures authentic sources and shares exhaustively confirmed information with readers
FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. Jan. 4th
It’s the date that NBC debuted one of radio’s first variety shows, ‘The Dodge Victory Hour’ starring Will Rogers and Al Jolson.
Bob Hope (pictured) made his first national radio appearance on NBC’s ‘The Intimate Review.’
Victoria’s CHEK-TV left the CBC and became a fulltime CTV affiliate;
and several lengthy TV runs came to a close on CBS Jan. 4th, ‘Rawhide’ (which introduced Clint Eastwood) and ‘The Twentieth Century,’ hosted by Walter Cronkite.
Come INSIDE for ALL the milestones.
Montreal Radio’s Nat Lauzon is in a Battle Against her own...
The host of Feel Good Weekends on The Beat 92.5 in Montreal, Lauzon suffers from vertigo, tinnitus and hearing loss. But a hearing aid and some research are helping her fight back.
Gene Okerlund, WWE wrestling interviewer, dead at 76
The wrestling world has been rocked by the death of "Mean" Gene Okerlund, the veteran interviewer who was as much a part of WWE as Spandex and chokeholds.
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Jan. 3rd
Happy Birthday to Dabney Coleman, Van Dyke Parks, Mel Gibson and Stephen Sills.
On this date William S Paley (pictured) incorporated the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS.)
And a future General Manager of the station Hal Davis joined CKNW as Chief Copywriter.
The 100th episode of ‘The Jeffersons’ aired on CBS, and ABC telecast the 100th episode of ‘Hart to Hart.’
ALL the milestones for Jan. 3rd INSIDE.
Daryl Dragon, Captain of The Captain and Tennille, Dies at 76
Dragon came from a musical family. His father was an Academy Award-winning composer and conductor and his mother was a singer who worked on Bing Crosby recordings among many others.
So much for the dying days of Virgin Radio in Canada
Adam Wylde and TJ O'Halloran are the new morning show which started this morning at Virgin Toronto
Okanagan Oldies goes Soft Rock!
New Year brings a fresh feel to Okanagan Oldies – we’re now “SOFT 103.9, familiar favourites.
