Puget Sound Radio

Terrestrial music stations have a major cultural opportunity right now, but employees say a muddied strategy is standing in the way.

ipps Inc. a disco funk group from Minnesota. Another “one hit wonder” in 1980, Funky Town. The band disbanded in 1985

IT WAS APRIL 22nd … when the Army-McCarthy hearings became a big hit in the daytime for peviously little-watched ABC-TV…. When Barbara Walters was officially named a co-host of NBC-TV’s Today Show, after doing the job without the title for 5 years… When the final episode of the “All in the Family” spinoff, “Maude” aired on CBS-TV… and when Johnny Carson gave advance notice that he intended to retire from NBC-TV’s “Tonight Show” the following year. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

In spite of the strong period, CEO Reed Hastings hit a somber note in his letter to shareholders. "In our 20+ year history, we have never seen a future more uncertain or unsettling," he wrote. "The coronavirus has reached every corner of the world and, in the absence of a widespread treatment or vaccine, no one knows how or when this terrible crisis will end."

Carol lived with unremitting pain for the last 20 years, and yet, most people involved with her were unaware of this. They saw a beautiful, vibrant and brilliant woman with an easy laugh that would captivate them.

Although Whitcomb’s only major chart appearance came some 55 years ago, he remained active in the music business into his last years, as a performer specializing in often comedic, old-timey songs. He was also an actor who appeared in numerous films and television shows.