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MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 23rd

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It was Feb 23rd when The Beatles made their third appearance in as many weeks on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show, When The Fifth Dimension guested on ABC-TV's action series 'It Takes a Thief.' When the first Juno Awards were handed out, celebrating the best in Canadian music. (The first year they were 'The Gold Leaf Awards.) And when 65 million Americans tuned in to NBC-TV for the Spielberg movie 'Schindler's List' with minimal commercials. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Mark’s Media TV Ads from Edmonton’s past years

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ITV, now Global Edmonton with a familiar tv face... K-97 and Bruce Kenyon were promoting their wares on tv too!

San Fran Radio Waves: KGO is Talking Again

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The talk show additions will give KGO 16 hours of talk on weekdays — about the same as it had before its ill-fated format change.

Ellington, Basie Sideman Clark Terry of ‘Tonight Show’ Band, Dead at...

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Clark Terry had been in failing health for several years due to advanced diabetes and entered hospice earlier this month,

SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 22nd

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One of the oldest three-letter call signs in the US, radio station WOR went on the air from studios in Newark N.J. The first presidential address on radio from the White House was delivered by Calvin Coolidge. Vancouver's CKLG AM 730 dropped its experiment in talk radio and returned to contemporary hit music. And Sportscaster Al Michaels was at the mike as the USA scored its 'Miracle on Ice,' upsetting the USSR, enroute to Olympic hockey Gold. ALL the milestones for Feb. 22nd INSIDE.

Why young DJ’s are prisoners of small market radio stations

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Working with talent could be the single most important part of a programmer’s job - Steve Kowch Read More Inside...

Legendary Late Night TV Producer Peter Lassally Retires at 82

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A man who worked with the likes of Arthur Godfrey, Johnny Carson and David Letterman, Peter Lassally, has retired after 64 years in the TV business.

North Easton’s ‘My Favourite Tragedy’ latest…

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Gotta check this new song in North Easton's 6th of his 7 Day release...

SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 21st

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The fiirst TV soap opera 'A Woman to Remember' debuted on the shortlived Dumont network. the 200th episode of "Perry Mason" (starring New Westminster's Raymond Burr) aired on CBS TV. Neil Diamond's first TV special aired on NBC-TV. And David Letterman (pictured) returned to his CBS Late Show some five weeks after having emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery, ALL the milestones for Feb. 21st INSIDE.

NL Broadcasting presents the All New 97-5 The River

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The River in Kamloops has been making changes... New morning hosts Jeff Molnar and Heather Adams...