Most TV and film production shut down in Metro Vancouver due to COVID-19

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One local insider tells NEWS 1130 out of 51 film projects in B.C., 48 have been shut down.

Chuck’s Classics, featuring Eddie Fisher

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Eddie Fisher known for marrying beautiful women such as Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Connie Stevens just to mention 3. Fisher had a number of hits, including Oh My Pa-Pa in 1954

SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. March 14th

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It was March 14th when Pete Parker, on radio station CKCK Regina, called the world’s first play-by-play of a complete professional hockey game, just days ahead of Foster Hewitt… when comedians Fred Allen and Jack Benny (pictured) began their 12-year-long ‘feud’ in an NBC broadcast from the Hotel Pierre in New York City, attracting the second largest audience in the history of radio… when Arthur Godfrey turned down the chance to sign Elvis Presley for his CBS TV Talent Scouts Show. Instead at the same audition he signed singer Pat Boone… and when ABC-TV aired the final episode of the original Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Radio In The Time Of Pandemic

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There is already a disruption of listening patterns taking place, particularly for any listeners who qualified for radio’s “92%-of-all-adults listen weekly” stat, but only by dint of in-car listening during a commute. Many will now be working from their homes — 32% of which do not currently have an AM/FM radio.

Warm 106.9 Offers Listeners ‘Virtual Vacation’ from Eye of the Pandemic

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The station partnered with DISNEY, AULANI RESORT AND SPA to give their audience a virtual vacation while encouraging listeners to enter to win their very own legendary Hawaiian vacation.

COVID-19 Fallout: Sports TV Networks Grapple with No Games to Air

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Sports TV networks are facing sudden drops in ad revenue and viewership as leagues cancel games due to worries about the novel coronavirus pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Kid Carson’s New Z95.3 Show will feature a Comedian Sidekick

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“Jordan McCloskey and I met in Grade 10, so the history between us runs very deep,” said Carson. “I think we’re going to take radio listeners to a place they haven’t been before and we’re so excited to join the team at Z95.3.”