David Letterman to be Awarded Mark Twain Prize This October
Letterman reinvented late-night television with an ironic comic sensibility that ranged from his grabbing a phone on-air to call anybody, including his mother, or heading out of the New York studio to chat with souvenir shop owners.
FCC Begins Rollback of Net Neutrality
The decision was a body blow to the FCC’s 2015 “Open Internet” ruling......
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell Dead by Suicide at age 52
Cornell was found dead in the bathroom of his room at the MGM Grand Detroit hotel, after Cornell’s wife asked a family friend to check up on him
Former Fox News Chief Roger Ailes Dead at 77, Following a...
AILES left FOX NEWS CHANNEL last year in the wake of numerous allegations of sexual harassment.
BCAB: Day Two, with coverage by PSR’s Fraser McAlpine
Dressed for the occassion...
The rains didn't prevent BCAB President Kevin Gemmell from indulging in his golf game, not by a long shot!
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. May 18th
IT WAS MAY 18th … when radio’s espionage adventure drama Counterspy premiered on the Blue Network, beginning a 15-year run…
When 18-year-old singer Jackie DeShannon made her network television debut on CBS-TV’s Jackie Gleason Show…
When the final episode of “Baretta” aired on ABC TV, and the last “Murphy Brown” ran on CBS …
..and when 77-year old disk jockey Jack Cullen aired his final “Owl Prowl” on CKNW as the Vancouver station moved to a fulltime news/talk format.
ALL the milestones for May 18th INSIDE.
Rupert Murdoch Calls Special Meeting as Fox News Ratings Falter
The meetings come as the network has been rocked by a series of sexual harassment and racial discrimination lawsuits in recent months, culminating in last month’s departure of star anchor and one-time cable news ratings king Bill O’Reilly.
PURGED: CBC Fires “The National” Producer For Thought Crime
The “prize” was jokingly proposed by a former National Post editor, after the former editor of the Writer’s Union of Canada’s magazine Hal Niedzviecki said he didn’t believe in cultural appropriation.
RIP Seattle Newsman Milt Furness, 84
While a student, Milt worked at KIRO Radio as a DJ, and KING Radio as a news reporter. He worked for United Press International (UPI) in Olympia following his graduation, then joined KIRO TV as a news reporter, and finally KOMO-TV as a reporter/anchor.
Research Director Inc. Analyzes April PPM for Seattle-Tacoma
After three consecutive up books 25-54, KQMV finally hit a pothole.