Saturday in Broadcast History .. December 23rd
It’s the day when Don McNeill of radio’s ‘Breakfast Club’ and James Gregory of TV’s ‘Barney Miller’ were born. As well it’s Happy Birthday to Harry Shearer, Susan Lucci, Patrick Watson and Eddie Vedder.
The BBC began regular daily radio newscasts;
NBC began programming its national radio network;
the first complete opera (Hansel & Gretel) was televised on WRGB Schenectady;
Swift Current got local TV service as CJFB signed on;
the daytime soap ‘The Young and the Restless’ premiered on CBS-TV;
and the ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ cartoon was televised for the first time.
Obits for Dec. 23 include Dragnet’s Jack Webb, Canadian jazzman Oscar Peterson, comic pianist Victor Borge and actor Charlie Ruggles.
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Gruff recalls that phone call way back when Greg Shannon phoned...
I was working a Saturday morning at 1310 CHLW St. Paul. Phone rings...and on the other end is a man who says he's from a country station in Medicine Hat & that they are looking for an announcer & would I be interested in applying
Claire Spencer gets into the holiday spirit with the Call Forward...
Claire wraps up the Pay It Forward contest in Airdrie
Radio Mans fave with Skylark
The title, "Wildflower", is not mentioned in the song. The closest line to the title occurs as the final line of the repeated chorus: "She's a free and gentle flower growing wild".
Friday in Broadcast History .. December 22nd
It’s the birthdate of actors Ralph Fiennes and Hector Elizondo, Diane Sawyer of ABC News, the late announcer and game show host Gene Rayburn, and singer Jordin Sparks.
Pioneer New York radio station WEAF aired the first-ever broadcast of a boxing match;
the first experimental TV signals were aired from the top of the Empire State Building, two decades before the TV era began;
Monty Hall presided over his last ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ on ABC-TV;
Archie Bunker became a grandfather on CBS-TV’s “All in The Family’;
and Conan O’Brien and Jack Black (pictured) engaged in a guitar duel on TBS’ late night ‘Conan.’
Among the obits for Dec. 22nd are bigtime (OTR) radio announcer Jimmy Wallington, legendary soap opera creator Irna Phillips, and the great Lone Ranger narrator/announcer Fred Foy.
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Radio Mans fave with Neil Diamond’s Greatest Hits FULL Album
It was released in 1968 by Bang Records after Diamond left Bang for Uni Records. Bang would eventually release four Neil Diamond compilation albums on top of the two original Diamond albums that Bang issued in 1966 and '67.
Thursday in Broadcast History .. December 21st
Sylvester ‘Pat’ Weaver was born in Los Angeles. As President of NBC-TV from 1950, he gave birth to both the Today and Tonight shows. On this day, 1940, rock singer and composer Frank Zappa (pictured) was born in Baltimore.. “Cry” by Johnny Ray & the Four Lads jumped to the #1 spot for 11 weeks on the Billboard Pop Music chart. Elvis dropped in on President Richard Nixon at the White House., much , much more including Birthdays, INSIDE
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