Puget Sound Radio

"There are now as many non-subscribing households (46 million) as there were pay TV subscribers in 1988."

Sometimes When We Touch in 1978 was a huge hit for the Toronto native Dan Hill. He started performing in 1975, and still entertaining audiences today.

IT WAS MAY 8th … when V-E Day was celebrated, marking the end of WWII in Europe, and radio carried the news … When the BBC banned the song “Such a Night” by Johnnie Ray after listeners complained about its “suggestiveness” …. When radio station CKGO AM 1490 Hope BC went on the air with 250 watts… ..and when Edmonton’s CHQT was heard in its last live day as Cool 8-80, before switching twelve days later to All News as iNews880.com. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Nevin Grant was the ‘heart and soul’ of AM 1150 CKOC and supported and championed new Canadian artists like Hamilton’s own Ray Materick. Also, great acts like Crowbar. Lighthouse, Keith Hampshire, Tranquility Base, and Peter Foldy.

Barry Farber hosted a conservative talk show for decades in New York City and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1977.

Humanity is imprisoned by a killer pandemic. People are being arrested for surfing in the ocean and meditating in nature. Nations are collapsing. Hungry citizens are rioting for food. The media has generated so much confusion and fear that people are begging for salvation in a syringe.

“He was the kindest person I’ve ever met,” said Susan Andreassen, Morelli’s daughter. “Besides that, he would never want fanfare about anything. He was very, very modest.”