CBS Names Margaret Brennan Anchor of ‘Face the Nation’
Brennan is only the second woman to hold the role in the more than 60 years that Face the Nation has been on the air. Lesley Stahl hosted the show from 1983 to 1991.
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 22nd
One of the oldest three-letter call signs in the US, radio station WOR went on the air from studios in Newark N.J.
The first presidential address on radio from the White House was delivered by Calvin Coolidge.
Vancouver’s CKLG AM 730 dropped its experiment in talk radio and returned to contemporary hit music.
And Sportscaster Al Michaels (pictured) was at the mike as the USA scored its ‘Miracle on Ice,’ upsetting the USSR, enroute to Olympic hockey Gold. Bernie Pascall called the game live to Canada.
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Radio’s Alltime #1 Evangelist, ‘America’s Pastor,’ Billy Graham Passes at 99
Graham counselled presidents and preached to millions across the world from his native North Carolina to communist North Korea during his 70 years in the pulpit.
Tavis Smiley Files Racially Charged Suit Against PBS
Smiley filed his lawsuit today, claiming that executives used the case as “a pretext to finally rid themselves of Mr. Smiley, who was not the ‘team player’ type of African American personality PBS preferred."
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 21st
The first TV soap opera ‘A Woman to Remember’ debuted on the shortlived Dumont network.
The 200th episode of “Perry Mason” (starring New Westminster’s Raymond Burr) aired on CBS TV.
Neil Diamond’s first TV special aired on NBC-TV.
The 200th episode of the hit sitcom 'The Jeffersons' was seen on CBS-TV.
Montreal's Leonard Cohen made a rare TV appearance guesting on NBC's 'Miami Vice.'
And David Letterman (pictured) returned to his CBS Late Show some five weeks after having emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery,
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Polygraph Anti-Polyanna’s Doug Williams interview with Drex on The Shift
Drex talks with Doug Williams the anti polygraph guy. Included in the interview is about the polygraph recently given to Patrick Brown.
50-year reunion for NAIT’s Radio and Television alumni by Marty Forbes
People like Daryl McIntyre, Chris Scheetz, Josh Classen, Su-Ling Goh, Meg Morrison, Bryan Mudryk and Natasha Staniszewski from TSN, Jason Gregor, and Cam Moon (play-by-play for the Red Deer Rebels) are all grads of the course
Fox News to Launch ‘Fox Nation’ Streaming Service
The streaming service will not require a cable television log-in to access, and the content will not overlap with the network's linear programming. The cost will be announced later.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 20th
It was a Feb. 20th when 8-year-old Ricky Nelson and his older brother David began portraying themselves on ABC Radio’s ‘Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet.’ Until then their roles had been played by actors.
When Vancouver’s CHQM AM 1320 dumped its ‘Lite 1320’ format for ‘Memory Music’ from the 1930s to the ’60s.
When The Platters made their only appearance on Dick Clark’s ‘American Bandstand.’
When the Dave Clark Five and The Supremes headlined CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show.
And when the original host of ABC’s ‘Good Morning America,’ David Hartman (pictured) left the daily program.
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KEXP’s ‘Sonarchy’ Ending as Seattle Music’s Champion of Weird Steps Down
For the past 22 years, Doug Haire has run the weekly radio show, which broadcasts hourlong live recordings from avant-garde Seattle musicians.













