CNN Host Calls Out Hollywood Leaders “Sitting in Your Mansions and Doing Nothing” Amid...
Don Lemon said he had been receiving texts and tweets from famous faces who were afraid to "hurt [their] business" by speaking up.
Chuck’s Classics, featuring Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry kept everyone rockin’ and dancing in 1957 with School Days!
SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. May 31st
IT WAS MAY 31st … when the first Canadian TV signal on the prairies took to the air as CBWT Winnipeg signed on…
When the weekly Odessa Texas TV show featuring Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings boasted Elvis Presley as their singing guest…
When Bobby Darin appeared on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show singing his two top pop singles “Mack the Knife” and “Dream Lover.” And Canada’s Wayne & Schuster did a takeoff on TV crime shows…
..and when Mel Cooper (pictured) received approval to acquire 71% of Victoria’s CFAX 1070 from Clare Copeland. Cooper kept CFAX at the top of the Victoria radio ratings for the next 30 years, before selling to CHUM in 2004.
ALL the milestones for May 31st INSIDE.
ABC, TV Academy Nearing Decision on Fate of Emmys Telecast
The COVID-19 pandemic led the TV Academy to push back the first-round voting period to July and the nominations announcement by two weeks, to July 28. But the actual Primetime Emmy awards remained scheduled for Sept. 20 — and the event is still moving forward, as planned.
CBC reacts! RCMP drags conservative reporter out of Justin Trudeau presser
This week, Keean Bexte was detained by the RCMP and physically manhandled after reporting in Ottawa. A couple days later, a CNN reporter was arrested in Minneapolis.
Microsoft sacks journalists to replace them with robots
Staff who maintain the news homepages on Microsoft’s MSN website and its Edge browser – used by millions of Britons every day – have been told that they will be no longer be required because robots can now do their jobs.
Atlanta Protestors Graffiti, Smash Windows at CNN Headquarters
CBS 46 in Atlanta reported that though the protest was primarily "peaceful" at the start, one protester threw a brick at the CNN headquarters' windows and others threw rocks.










