TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 16th
It's the date that gave us Amy Poehler, Jennifer Tilly, Ed Begley Jr., Lawrence Dobkin. Allen Funt, B.B. King and Maverick's Jack Kelly.
Starting their TV runs Sept. 16th were 'Miami Vice', 'Frasier', and 'The Dean Martin Show' on NBC; 'Shindig' and 'The Outer Limits' on ABC,
and 'Wiseguy' and 'The Bob Newhart Show' on CBS.
Canadian-born Jenny Jones began a syndicated talk show that lasted 12 years. and the CBC introduced 'The Fifth Estate' which has now been a key network feature for 40 years.
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Labor Board Orders CNN to Rehire 100 Fired Employees
The National Labor Relations Board has ordered CNN to rehire 100 workers and compensate 200 others for a labor dispute that originated in 2003.
Tamagi goes for two in row…. Congratulations Mark!
The CRTC released the Public Hearing date to review the application to bring Ponoka it first and only FM Radio station
Nielsen streaming radio measurement in the wings
Jeff Wender: “Measuring digital audio is one of our biggest priorities.
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Mark Tamagi scores again with ‘The One’
The Commission approves an application by Blackgold Broadcasting Inc. for a broadcasting license to operate an English-language commercial FM radio station to serve Spruce Grove and Stony Plain.
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A veteran. A returnee. A newbie. All share a passion for...
When Lorie Lindsay started in the biz almost three decades ago, management didn’t want women in radio to use their real last name because “it would be a big security risk,”
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 15th
Old Time Radio hosts Jack Bailey, Jimmy Wallington and John Conte were born on this date, along with Penny Singleton, Hoagy Carmichael, Tom Conway, josh Charles and Cannonball Adderly.
Several popular TV shows aired for the first time on Sept. 15, including NBC's' L.A.Law', 'Columbo', 'Lost in Space' and 'The Martin Short Show'; 'Green Acres' and 'Bachelor Father' on CBS-TV, and 'The Lone Ranger' on ABC-TV.
'L.A.Law' and 'Murphy Brown' were big winners at the Emmys, Elvis Presley's 'Don't Be Cruel' began a 5-week run as the #1 song, and Barbra Streisand's 'Happening in Central Park' aired on CBS-TV.
Obits this date include 'Match Game's Brett Somers, announcer Andre Baruch, pianist Bill Evans, Canadian Tv journalist Warner Troyer, prolific radio & TV actress Virginia Gregg, and broadcast evangelist Garner Ted Armstrong.
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CRTC Under Pressure to Shut Down Punjabi Pirates from US
After the recent heated radio application process in Surrey which ended with the Badh family backed South Fraser Broadcasting getting a Surrey FM station, the CRTC is looking to shut down the “pirate” Punjabi stations from across the border, ironically one of them owned by the Badhs.
San Francisco Radio Waves w/ Ben Fong-Torres
The Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame will formally induct nine new members Saturday. Well, as formally as you can at a seafood restaurant (Spenger’s in Berkeley). The luncheon event will also reconfirm the naming of KSAN-FM, in its progressive rock years, as the Hall of Fame’s Legendary Station of the year.
SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 14th
The TV Lone Ranger, Clayton Moore, actor Sam Neill, actress Joey Heatherton and baseball announcer Jerry Coleman were born this date.
'Mork & Mindy', 'F- Troop', and the third season of 'The Flintstones' debuted on ABC-TV; Richard Boone's 'Have Gun Will Travel' and 'The Waltons' got started on CBS-TV; the radio soap opera 'Big Sister' debuted on CBS, while 'Ironside', 'The Golden Girls' and the short-lived 'My Mother the Car' debuted on NBC-TV.
'Entertainment Tonight' started its 30 year run in syndication, and Chubby Checkers' 'The Twist' was song #1.
Signing out and taking their final bows Sept. 14th were Patrick Swayze, Laugh In's Henry Gibson, Vancouver's Winston Reckart, Barbara Jo Allen of 'Vera Vague' fame, Latin bandleader Prez Prado, and Gertrude Berg of 'The Goldbergs.'
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