R.I.P. John Saxon, A Nightmare on Elm Street Actor Dies at 83

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John Saxon, veteran actor who fought both Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon and Freddy Krueger in three A Nightmare on Elm Street films, passed away in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on Saturday, July 25th. He was 83 years old

Calling baseball games from afar

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With runners on first and second base in the bottom of the third inning on Friday, Dave Sims sat in a familiar spot. The Mariners’ broadcaster for ROOT Sports was perched in a booth directly above home plate at T-Mobile Park.

Radio Man’s Favourite Flashback by The Who!

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The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964.

Chuck’s Classics, featuring The Playmates

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From the late 1950’s the Playmates were very popular. The three members one big hit in 1958 was Beep Beep, lasting on the charts for 12 weeks.

Sunday in Broadcast History .. July 26th…

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IT WAS JULY 26th .. when the Abe Burrows Show premiered on CBS radio, as the comedy writer got his own 15 minute program… When UBC radio station CiTR was approved for operation on 650 KHz via AM carrier current, to cover the Point Grey campus only…. When the ABC-TV daytime soap General Hospital taped its 7,000th episode… ..and when legendary radio personality Don Percy (pictured) did his last morning show on Vancouver’s oldies station CISL AM 650, before returning to Winnipeg. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

George Elroy Boyd, Canada’s first Black national news anchor, dies at 68

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Boyd was one of the original anchors on CBC Newsworld in 1989

Regis Philbin, Legendary Television Host, Dies at 88

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We are deeply saddened to share that our beloved Regis Philbin passed away last night of natural causes, one month shy of his 89th birthday