First Dates is a reality series so cute you’ll want to...
Each episode is set in a restaurant of singles in Vancouver, people who have been paired up for a real first dinner date with someone they’ve never met.
CNN Staffers Complain About Obsessive Trump Coverage
Pproducers complained to CNN boss Jeff Zucker about the obsessive coverage the network has given the GOP frontrunner, including airing full campaign rallies and an endless number of segments dedicated to Trump.
Joseph Planta and the CTV’s On Your Side’s Ross McLaughlin
Canadian born Ross McLaughlin CTV Vancouvers new On Your Side Man talks about his new gig, the days working with Linda Steele at ITV Edmonton and coming home to Canada after working south of the border for many years...
All Access Offers Podcasts Featuring Radio Leaders
The series, which features interviews recorded at WORLDWIDE RADIO SUMMIT 2015 in HOLLYWOOD, CA, this past APRIL 22-24, is hosted by SETH RESLER, the Digital Dot Connector for JACOBS MEDIA and the author of ALL ACCESS "Next Steps" column.
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 10th
IT WAS SEPT. 10th ... when vaudeville star Jimmy Durante made his first radio appearance on Eddie Cantor's "Chase and Sanborn Hour" on NBC...
When Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King took to the radio to announce that Canada was now at war with Germany (WWII)....
When comedian/singer Eddie Cantor moved from radio to television, as he hosted the Colgate Comedy Hour on NBC TV...
..and when Seattle's KING TV introduced the first local TV newscast west of Minneapolis and north of Los Angeles, anchored by Charles Herring (pictured).
ALL the milestones for Sept. 10th INSIDE!
Harvard Broadcasting Welcomes Back Chris Myers to Edmonton
Needless to say the Harvard Radio Group in Edmonton hasn't had the best of luck or success in regards to retaining a PD for both CRUZ and HOT FM.... Until NOW.... Great News is the return of Chris Myers... come inside and read more...
RIP Richard Loney, Canucks’ Anthem Singer
Richard Loney sang the anthem at the first Canucks NHL game in 1970, going on to sing for the team for the next 40 years. He also sang for the the Lions, Whitecaps, Giants and at Safeco Field for the Blue Jays.
Bill Good talks with Joseph Planta of the Commentary…
an excellent interview with Bill Good who just launched his A Minute with Bill Good on NEWS 1130 (CKWX)
Rich Terfry aka Buck 65 talks with Joseph Planta
The musician and broadcaster Rich Terfry a.k.a. Buck 65discusses his new book, Wicked and Weird: The Amazing Tales of Buck 65 (Doubleday, 2015), with Joseph Planta
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 9th
IT WAS SEPT. 9th .. when the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) was formed as a broadcasting service of the Radio Corporation of America, with partners General Electric & Westinghouse. 26 stations made up the US's first national radio network ...
When the 1st broadcast of the long-running TV soap "Love of Life" aired on CBS...
When 54 million viewers (82.6 percent of the U.S. television audience) turned their TV dials to the 'Ed Sullivan Show' on CBS to see 21-year-old Elvis "The Pelvis" Presley ...
.. and when NBC-TV's "Huntley-Brinkley Report" (pictured), their evening newscast, expanded from 15 to 30 minutes, as had the CBS News (with Walter Cronkite) a week earlier.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE!