TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. April 28th
IT WAS APRIL 28th … when Bill Drake installed ‘Boss Radio’ as the soon-to-be-dominant Top 40 format on KHJ AM 930 in Los Angeles …
When Mike Wallace first became a Sunday evening TV star as host of the syndicated ‘Mike Wallace Interview’ across the US…
When Arthur Godfrey concluded a decade of TV stardom as his weekday show returned to CBS radio only status…
and when sportscaster Ted Reynolds (pictured) passed away after decades of playbyplay (& Olympics) broadcasting first at CFJC & CJVI and then with the CBC in Vancouver.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Dodgers broadcasting legend Vin Scully released from hospital after fall
Scully called Dodgers games for 67 seasons, starting in 1950 in Brooklyn and concluding at the end of the 2016 campaign at the age of 88. His tenure was the longest with one franchise by a broadcaster in professional sports history.
Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts Set for Global Live Stream ‘The Call to Unite’ Event
Stars expected to participate in the Friday evening event include Alanis Morissette, Charlamagne tha God, Common, Daniel Dae Kim, Deepak Chopra, Eva Longoria, Josh Groban, Jennifer Garner, Mandy Moore, Maria Shriver, Naomi Campbell, Martin Sheen, George W. Bush and Quincy Jones
Chuck’s Classics, featuring Air Supply
Air Supply lists 30 past members! Unreal. Air Supply is a soft rock group consisting of Graham Russell (England) and Russell Hitchcock (Australia)
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. April 27th
IT WAS APRIL 27th … when Seattle radio station KIRO first began broadcasting as 50-watt KPCB at 521 meters (580 khz.)…
When the first broadcast of (pictured) Canadian director Fletcher Markle’s drama anthology ”Studio One’ aired on CBS radio…
When NBC TV’s “Today” show went abroad for the 1st time .. to Paris France…
When, after a lengthy career as Peck’s Bad Boy of Vancouver radio, Jack Cullen passed away…
and when the final episode of “Green Acres” aired on CBS-TV.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
This ‘Golden Age’ of TV Reruns Will Soon Be the Only Thing On
Old TV has never been more fashionable, and "Parks and Rec" is one of a small clutch of shows from the 2000s and early 2010s to achieve levels of success unthinkable during their original runs.
John Barbour Reads From His Book – Episode 5 – About His Son…
What a wonderful story of a fathers love. It brings back my love of our first born son










