Roseanne Barr Rebuked by Drug Company after blaming Ambien for racist...
"It was 2 in the morning and I was Ambien tweeting — it was memorial day too-i went 2 far & do not want it defended — it was egregious Indefensible," Roseanne wrote. "I made a mistake I wish I hadn't but ... don't defend it please."
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. May 30th
IT WAS MAY 30th … when America’s Town Meeting debuted on NBC Blue (the predecessor to ABC radio). First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the debaters on the opener…
When the first major league baseball network telecast saw Cleveland down the Chicago White Sox 7-2…
When future Canadian superstar Anne Murray (pictured) signed a contract with C-B-C-TV’s “Singalong Jubilee.’ She would be paid between $71.50 and $99 per show …
When an early experiment with sports talk radio came to an end on Vancouver's AM 730 ...
..and when CKPG-AM (Prince George) and its news-talk format gave way at noon, to replacement FM station CKDV 99.3 “The Drive” with a classic rock format.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Surprise! Laura Ingraham’s Fox News Ratings are Up 16% Since Hogg’s...
Her first six weeks since the boycott have shown an improvement over the the previous six weeks in both overall viewers and in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 year-old demographic
‘Roseanne’ Cancelled by ABC After Ms. Barr’s Racist Tweets
ABC pulls Barr’s revived show and calls racist tweets towards ex-Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett ‘abhorrent and repugnant.’
Canada-born Voiceover Giant, ‘Deep End’ Host Nick Michaels Dies Suddenly
Based in Toronto, MICHAELS became one of Canada's top voiceover artists before moving to New York in 1977 and becoming the voice for many radio and television stations and shows as well as one of the more prolific commercial voices and narrators.
UPDATED: Morgan Freeman’s Lawyer: ‘CNN Must Retract Sex Harassment Story’
The 10-page legal letter, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, is addressed to Jeff Zucker, president of CNN, and claims the story has defamed and "inflicted serious injury" on Freeman's reputation and career.
The End of a dream… It’s Really Over! RoundHouse Radio Is...
Puget Sound Radio heard on Friday, equipment was being removed from the Railtown studios, so we sent our guy down to check it out today....
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. May 29th
IT WAS MAY 29th … when the soon-to-be #1 daytime soap ‘When a Girl Marries’ debuted on CBS Radio. It moved to NBC in 1941 and to ABC in 1951 for a total run of 18 years….
When Allen Funt’s “Candid Camera,” which began on radio as “Candid Microphone,” debuted on NBC TV….
When 20-year-old Barbra Streisand made an appearance on CBS TV’s “The Garry Moore Show”…
..and when 16-year-old Michael J. Fox (pictured) made his professional acting debut in the CBC TV series “Leo and Me.”
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Clint Walker, Dead at 91, Starred in TV Western Cheyenne
He beat out several big names for the role of Cheyenne, but he speculated that it was because he was already under contract to Warner Bros. for much lower pay than other actors would have demanded.
Longtime CBS Radio Journalist Bob Fuss Dies at 64 (Leukemia)
Fuss covered every presidential election from 1980 to 2012 for CBS Radio, but also was a fixture on the entertainment beat, covering 15 straight Academy Awards ceremonies.












