Chuck’s Classics, featuring Nat ‘King’ Cole

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There was a country rock version of Mona Lisa in 1958 by Conway Twitty, but the top one was Nat “King”Cole’s version in 1950.

FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. June 5th

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IT WAS JUNE 5th .. when after 22 years, Canada’s longest running radio program, “The Happy Gang,” was heard for the last time… When Toronto newsman Gordon Sinclair wrote and first broadcast one of the most popular spoken-word recordings of all time: “The Americans”… When CBS-TV premiered the summer replacement show “The Bobbie Gentry Happiness Hour”…. ..and when Edmonton’s CISN-FM signed on with 100,000 watts on 103.9 MHz as “Kissin’ Country”. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE>

MLB’s TV, radio broadcasters would not hit the road to start 2020 season

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MLB has advised its 30 teams that home TV and radio broadcasters will not travel with the club, and instead will be expected to call road games off TV monitors in their home cities.

‘Sharp and relentless’: CBC’s Julie Van Dusen retires from Ottawa beat after more than...

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“I can’t tell you how many mornings I walked up the stairs to the House of Commons and [Julie Van Dusen] appeared out of nowhere with a camera,” tweeted former Harper-era cabinet minister Lisa Raitt. “Sharp and relentless. But equally warm and genuine.”

Stingray swings to $8.5M quarterly loss as COVID-19 slams radio revenue

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The Montreal-based company says it lost 11 cents per diluted share for the period ended March 31. That compared with a profit of six cents per share or $3.9 million a year earlier.

David Bray’s PPM analysis for Calgary .. May 2020

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101.5 Today Radio is popular with women, taking #1 spot for F25-54 delivering a 14.8% share (up from 9.5%).  For M25-54, X92.9 rules with a 12.1% (up from 10.2%).

David Bray’s PPM Analysis for Edmonton .. May 2020

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NOW! Radio takes top spot for F25-54, delivering a 16.8% share (up from 15.7 %). The Bear tops the list for M25-54 with a 14.2 % share (up from 13.2%).