Martin Milner, Star of ‘Adam 12’ and ‘Route 66,’ Dead at...
Adam 12 had a more realistic quality than previous cop shows: The partners, played by Milner and Kent McCord, on which the show narrowly focused, would patrol with no idea what they would encounter through the course of the day, and viewers got to witness the highs and lows in their lives.
Rawlco Radio’s Calgary station changes…
UP! Calgary keeps the same music, but with a name change....
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 7th
IT WAS SEPT. 7th ... when pioneer Vancouver radio station CKFC first took to the air from First Congregational Church...
When the final episode of the original "Dick Van Dyke Show" featuring Mary Tyler Moore, as well as the last "Beverly Hillbillies" episode, aired on CBS-TV...
When ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, made its debut on US cable TV as the world's first fulltime sports TV station...
.. and when CJRY-FM Edmonton signed on as Shine-FM, with 100,000 watts at 105.9 MHz.
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We Never Called It Content by Dick Taylor
Radio is an art form. When you remove the artists, there’s not much left. Larry Lujack (Photo)
SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept.6th
IT WAS SEPT 6th ... when the first prizefight to be broadcast blow-by-blow was heard on WWJ Detroit, as heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey scored a third-round knockout ...
When Lionel Barrymore introduced us to his latest crowd-pleasing character as 'Mayor of the Town' debuted on the NBC Red radio network...
When Canadian television debuted as Montreal's CBFT aired the drama 'Oedipus Rex' in French....
..and when the hit radio sitcom "Fibber McGee and Molly" ended after an almost 25 year run.
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Roundhouse to Launch early October
Puget Sound Radio received word from Don Shafer, the man behind Roundhouse Radio in Vancouver, telling us the launch date is set for the first week of October
Stay tuned...
Media Now Onto a Story Blog Readers Knew a Year Ago!...
In Rome, locals warn you not to ride the subway and take great caution on buses … to avoid the legions of pickpockets, who they say hail mostly from Romania, Albania etc.
YouTube Canada Teams with Rogers Radio Network to Create One-Hour Weekly...
Rogers says it’s the first radio collaboration in Canada for YouTube, a division of Google and one of the Internet’s biggest draws.
SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 5th
IT WAS SEPT. 5th .. when the populat daytime drama 'Life Can Be Beautiful' began its 16 year run on NBC radio...
When Frank Sinatra was instrumental in the reuniting of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin live on Jerry's Labor Day telethon...
When the US got its first network hour-long news show as the Public Broadcasting System's "MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour" expanded to 60 minutes...
..and when "American Bandstand," hosted by Dick Clark on ABC, was cancelled after 30 years on television.
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Predicted: Canadian Newspapers, Local Broadcasters to All But Disappear by 2025
Daily paid circulation as a percentage of Canadian households has fallen from just under 50 percent in 1995 to 20 percent in 2014.
