Law & Order: SVU Episode Based on Roger Ailes, Airs Wednesday
In an episode entitled “The Newsroom,” Lieutenant Benson makes an appearance on a cable news network show to talk about a headline-making rape case she’s working on. But, suddenly the conversation takes a dramatic turn when one of the anchors makes an on-air accusation of assault — against her boss.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. April 25th
IT WAS APRIL 25th .. when the future iconic broadcast news pioneer Edward. R. Murrow (pictured) was born in North Carolina…
When the New York experimental TV station that preceded WCBS aired the first circus on television….
When Vancouver’s CKST AM 1040 dropped its adult contemporary music format and began airing commercial free Classic Rock, enroute to adopting an all-sports format two weeks later…
and when the TV-movie “Dukes Of Hazzard: Reunion!” aired on CBS, 12 years after the series left the air.
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Bill O’Reilly Returns Today via Podcast, and we’ve got the Link!
The new podcast, the first time we’ll hear from O’Reilly since leaving his show for an abrupt vacation two weeks ago, is scheduled to go live on his website Monday at 7 p.m. Only subscribers will have access.
Research Director Inc. Analysis of Seattle Radio PPM’s (March 2017)
HUBBARD Top 40/M KQMV (MOVIN) continued to dominate the 6+ space (and pretty much everything else).
iHeartradio US Parent Warns it May Not Survive Another Year
"The company has almost $350 million of debt coming due this year, part of a massive $20 billion debt load it took on as part of a $24 billion leveraged buyout of then Clear Channel Communications Inc."
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. April 24th
IT WAS APRIL 24th .. when Jack Webb introduced his short-lived pre-Dragnet detective-adventure radio show ‘Johnny Madero: Pier 23’ on Mutual, with Gale Gordon and William Conrad in the cast …
When Dick Powell (pictured) appeared for the first time as ‘Richard Diamond, Private Detective’ on NBC radio…
When ‘X-Minus One’, a quality show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC radio, offering some of the best drama of the era…
and when ‘Your Hit Parade’ ended after a nine-year run on NBC TV and many more years on network radio.
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Erin Moran, of ‘Happy Days’ and ‘Joanie Loves Chachi,’ Dead at...
EMTs were called at 4 p.m. Saturday Eastern time to an Indiana home to tend to an “unresponsive female.”
SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. April 23rd
IT WAS APRIL 23rd .. when Lucille Ball made the first of her 34 appearances on the cover of TV Guide …
When Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, and Vicki Carr, with comedian Bob Newhart were Glen Campbell’s guests on his weekly CBS-TV variety show…
When NBC-TV aired the pilot of ‘Baywatch,’ the show that introduced the world to Ladysmith BC’s Pamela Anderson …
and when Toronto-born conductor/composer Robert Farnon (pictured), who got his start in the 1930’s playing trumpet on CBC Radio’s “Happy Gang,” died in England at age 87.
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Voice of UW Huskies Bob Rondeau to Retire after “One More...
He will retire as the second-longest tenured football play-by-play radio broadcaster in the Pac-12.
SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. April 22nd
IT WAS APRIL 22nd … when the Army-McCarthy hearings became a big hit in the daytime for peviously little-watched ABC-TV….
When Barbara Walters was officially named a co-host of NBC-TV’s Today Show, after doing the job without the title for 5 years…
When the final episode of the “All in the Family” spinoff, “Maude” aired on CBS-TV…
and when Johnny Carson gave advance notice that he intended to retire from NBC-TV’s “Tonight Show” the following year.
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