SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Oct. 22nd
It’s the date MARIE OSMOND (pictured) fainted during a live telecast of ABC’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’; Alan Freed brought his all-star rock ‘n’ roll show to Portland; and the Kingston Trio guested on NBC-TV’s WWII drama ‘Convoy.’
Tommy Edwards scored his biggest selling #1 ‘It’s All in the Game,’ and ten years later to the day, passed away. The Beach Boys released their next Chart Topper ‘Good Vibrations,’ while Chubby Checker did ‘The Twist’ on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Happy Birthday to Vancouver breakfast broadcaster Kim Seale and to Howard Stern’s mother, while at the other end, obits for Oct. 22 include Soupy Sales, Cleavon Little, Mary Wickes, Melfort Sask.’s Arthur Hill, sportscaster Red Barber, and CBS Newsman Robert Pierpoint.
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FULL: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Speech at Prestigious Catholic Dinner
Trump the Roastmaster General.
He reached out to shake Hillary's hand twice.
She shook hands, but was not happy !
Vancouver Sun and Province combine newsrooms as part of Postmedia downsizing
The two newspapers have been sharing content for a while, but this is the first time that there's word of an actual shared newsroom.
Widespread Internet Outage KO’s Reddit, Twitter, Netflix etc.
A government official said the U.S. is "looking at all possible scenarios including possible cyber activity."
New Voice Over Showcase with Ross Huguet
Ross checks in to let us know what kind of activity and voice production his recently been involved with
Mr. Pro, all the way, thanks for sharing Ross.
FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. Oct. 21st
Happy Birthday to Kim Kardashian, Judge Judy, Manfred Mann, Carrie Fisher and the Honeymooner’s Joyce Randolph. Also born this date were the late ROBERT CLOTHIER (pictured) of ‘The Beachcombers,’ Dizzy Gillespie and Hy Averbach.
The UK’s Cliff Richard appeared on CBS-TV’s ‘Ed Sullivan Show.’ Elton John received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Johnny Mathis scored a #1 hit with ‘Chances Are,’ and Chuck Berry topped the charts with ‘My Ding-a-Ling.’ Bob Dylan finished his first album for Columbia, Carl Perkins taped a special for US cable in London, and the new owners of BC radio stations in Powell River and Courtenay changed formats.
Passing on this date were BC broadcasters Bob Hall and Daryl Duke, musicians Edmundo Ros and Bill Black, WWII pinup Marie McDonald, Fred Berry of ‘What’s Happening,’ and Canadian patent medicine pitchman Gilbert Templeton.
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Michael Rivero- US Election Rigging Confirmed By Court Cases
we learn from CNN, its illegal for us to read the Wikileaks files, because CNN claims they are the only one who can tell you about the truth …. this sounds more like roman catholic doctrine, which doesn’t match the Holy Bible scriptures
Global News Hour to be Simulcast on CKNW AM980
Starting Nov. 7, CKNW listeners will be able to hear Chris Gailus, Sophie Lui, Kristi Gordon and Squire Barnes every weeknight at 6 p.m. on the radio.
KING-TV Announces New Evening News Anchor Lineup
The schedule went into effect this week after David Espinosa-Hall joined the station earlier this month and all the anchors got back from vacation.
Campbell River to get First Nations Radio Station
The station will feature 126 hours of local weekly programming with a minimum of six hours in the K’omoks language, and with 10 per cent of its music to be performed or composed by Aboriginal artists.
