Puget Sound Radio

IT WAS MAY 10th … when future legendary radio announcer & voice actor Gary Owens (pictured) was born in Mitchell South Dakota… When The Jackson Five made their second appearance on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show, together with comedians Don Rickles and George Carlin… When Top 40 formatted radio station WABC New York played its last record before adopting a Talk Radio format. It was John Lennon’s “Imagine”… When a long-anticipated wedding took place on NBC Radio’s ‘Great Gildersleeve’ … .. and when the last episode of “Laverne & Shirley” aired on ABC-TV. ALL the milestones for May 10th INSIDE.

Lorna Dueck, 60, has retired as CEO of Crossroads, a Canadian provider of faith and values content, and of Yes! TV, a commercial TV station dedicated to providing positive family-friendly entertainment.

Starting with “Tutti Frutti” in 1956, Little Richard cut a series of unstoppable hits – “Long Tall Sally” and “Rip It Up” that same year, “Lucille” in 1957, and “Good Golly Miss Molly” in 1958.

Madonna very successful as a singer. She also is an actor, record producer, dancer, film director, author, and Humanitarian. In 1985 she produced one of her bigger hits, Like A Virgin

IT WAS MAY 9th .. when two Canadian musical superstars, Hank Snow and Don Messer, were born … When a fire caused extensive water damage to New Westminster radio station CKNW, which was forced to use studios in downtown Vancouver while their building was renovated…. When the final episode of the hit TV sitcom ‘The Golden Girls’ aired on NBC… When Bruce Springsteen (pictured) made his TV debut, singing three songs on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” … and when Victoria radio stations The Q and The Zone were sold to Jim Pattison. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Among the cuts were two programming positions and a development position. In total, the station eliminated the equivalent of 4 1/2 full-time positions.

The parent company of Radio NL, is doing its part to help kick-start Canada’s economic recovery post COVID-19 with $15 million in radio advertising grants.