USA Women’s Win in Vancouver Sets Soccer TV Record
the game set a new record 15.2 rating among metered markets, the highest ever for a single network telecast of a soccer game in the U.S.
Apple didn’t reinvent radio. It went back to the basics
“A global super-station is really exciting,” says Tommy McFly, host of the morning show on 94.7 Fresh FM in Washington. “But people come to radio because they want that local feel.
Bob Dylan-1 by Dick Curtis
Our friend Dick Curtis last shared about his time as Frank Sinatra's road manager, a story of so much wealth and mystique living among the elitists of artists.... Today Dick presents his next assignment, that as Bob Dylan's road manager....
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. July 6th
IT WAS JULY 6th ... when Canadian soprano Sarah Fischer sang 30 minutes of excerpts from Carmen in the first opera telecast by the BBC...
When following on years in supporting radio roles with Rudy Vallee, Paul Whiteman and Edgar Bergen, Judy Canova (pictured) began her own weekly comedy-and-music show on CBS...
When a hidden microphone eavesdropped on unsuspecting people for the first time, as Candid Microphone hit the ABC radio airwaves. Allen Funt was the host...
..and when Karen & Richard Carpenter hosted the debut of their summer series, Make Your Own Kind of Music, on NBC-TV.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
BBC Faces $1.01 Billion Bill as UK Gov’t Shifts Welfare TV...
JULY 4, 2015 | 10:19PM PT
by Leo Barraclough, Variety.com
The BBC is facing the prospect of absorbing £650 million ($1.01 billion) in lost income as the U.K. government seeks to...
SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. July 5th
IT WAS JULY 5th ... when Ann Southern starred on CBS Radio as Maisie for the first time, beginning a six-year run ....
When "My Favorite Husband", starring Lucille Ball (pictured), debuted on CBS Radio, laying the groundwork for the redhead's later superstardom on TV...
When Anne Murray hosted "The Midnight Special" on NBC-TV, singing five songs including "You Won't See Me," "Robbie's Song For Jesus" and "He Thinks I Still Care"....
..and when the pilot episode of the landmark TV comedy"Seinfeld" aired on NBC.
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Report Finds 16% of Canadians have Cut the Traditional TV Cord
With the prevalence of TV content on the Internet and Netflix, Canadians are seeing less need to have a TV subscription.
Veteran Vancouver Radio Newsies Brian Brenn & Terry Donnelly Hang Up...
Brian Brenn has given up his weekend co-hosting duties at News 1130, the station where it all began 51 years ago. And Terry Donnelly has retired from CBC Radio Vancouver where he has been a fixture for nearly 40 years.
Prince George’s Community Radio Station Grows Up
A new transmitter has been installed on a tower with the help of the Prince George Amateur Radio Club, so the signal got boosted to 500 watts. The whole city can now pick up CFIS on home and vehicle FM radios.
Prime Time Sports host Bob McCown ‘is a little bit bored,’...
Colleagues are skeptical he will cut the cord
