NBC, ABC, CBS Team for Star-Studded Global Special
The two-hour special April 18th will celebrate community health care workers and support the WHO's global fight to end COVID-19. Lady Gaga will curate the specia
Hollywood Reporter Editor Fired in Struggle Over Editorial Independence
According to one insider, the co-CEO's of the parent company have pushed the editorial staffs at its publications to not run stories, to spike unfavorable stories about friends and to overpromote Valence-owned businesses like Dick Clark Productions
Chuck’s Classics, featuring LaVern Baker
Lavern had a number of hits, including Tweedle Dee from 1955
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. April 7th
IT WAS APRIL 7th … when the first national rock and roll series, Alan Freed’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Party’, made its debut on the CBS Radio network…
When San Francisco deejay Tom Donahue turned KMPX-FM into what is considered to be America’s first alternative “free-form” radio station, playing non-commercial music by album-oriented bands…
When Rickie Lee Jones was the musical guest on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, performing her soon-to-be smash hit “Chuck E’s In Love”…
and when the 100th episode of “Married With Children” aired on Fox TV.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
EZ Rock Kelowna DJ called out on John Krasinski’s ‘Some Good News’ series
On Sunday, Krasinski kicked off Some Good News by hilariously calling out radio DJ Stephen Keppler from EZ Rock Kelowna.
KOMO’s New GM Chad Conklin is from Flint Michigan
Conklin has served as General Manager of Sinclair’s TV properties in Flint since 2011.
Vancouver’s Ryan Reynolds sweetens Hayley Wickenheiser’s ask for Covid medical supplies
Wickenheiser is in medical school after retiring from a decorated hockey career that includes four Olympic gold medals. The 42-year-old from Shaunavon, Sask., pled for masks, gloves and chemotherapy gowns.
