Trudeau government wants to empower CBC to police journalists
The Trudeau government isn’t satisfied to simply spend $600 million dollars to pay off the entire media establishment in Canada, they want to monitor your news and use the CBC to “ensure quality in news coverage.”
Chuck’s Classics, featuring Johnny Cash
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Ring Of Fire
The man in Black, as he was sometimes known, sold more than 90 million records. Ring of Fire was one of them in 1963.
Johnny Cash
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Chuck Benson – Started his broadcast career in...
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Jan. 30th
This was the date ‘The Lone Ranger’ aired for the first time, from Detroit’s WXYZ radio.
Vancouver got its second TV station (first privately-owned) in CHAN, now known as Global TV.
NBC-TV introduced the anthology series ‘Robert Montgomery Presents’; the hour-long show would continue for 8 years.
Kevin Eubanks took over the band on Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight Show,’ while Kevin Newman left ABC News for Vancouver and the ‘Global National’ anchor slot.
And Mutual radio began airing ‘The Larry King Show’ from midnight to 5:30 am Eastern.
ALL the milestones for Jan. 30th INSIDE.
Independent panel calls for more Canadian streaming content & an ad-free CBC
Time to Act, the long-awaited report reviewing Canada's broadcast and telecommunications legislation, is an ambitious roadmap recommending updates to regulations written before the age of dial-up.
Bob Shane, Last Original Member of ‘The Kingston Trio,’ Dead at 85
Shane served as vocalist and guitarist on their biggest hits, including “Scotch and Soda,” “M.T.A.,” a rendition of the murder ballad “Tom Dooley,” and the traditional song “The Wreck of the John B.,” the latter of which directly inspired the Beach Boys’ “Sloop John B.”
BBC to cut an estimated 450 jobs in modernization plan
The cuts represent a substantial blow to the national public service broadcaster, which enjoys a worldwide reputation for the high quality of its news and entertainment programs.
Chuck’s Classics, featuring Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton was mainly a country singer, but did perform honky tonk and rockabilly. Sink The Bismarck hit the charts in 1960