CTV Calgary broadcast legend Darrel Janz dies at 83
Calgary broadcast legend Darrel Janz has died at the age of 83
Radio Mans fave with Gordon Lightfoot
He topped the US Hot 100 or Adult Contemporary (AC) chart with the hits "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974); "Carefree Highway" (1974), "Rainy Day People" (1975), and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976), and had many other hits that appeared in the top 40
Saturday in Broadcast History .. November 2nd
It’s the day that gave us Burt Lancaster, David Schwimmer, Paul Ford, Jay Black, k.d. lang, and early West Coast newscaster Sam Hayes.
The early radio soap opera Myrt & Marge (pictured) debuted on CBS;
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was created;
CFGP brought 100 watts of local radio service to Grande Prairie Alta,
and years later on this date, CFCW signed on with 250 watts in Camrose.
CBC-TV experimented unsuccessfully with a 9 pm newscast,
Ted Danson’s ‘Becker’ debuted on CBS-TV,
and NBC-TV aired the 100th episode of ‘Third Rock from the Sun.’
Three veteran TV character actors left us on this date, Leonard Stone, Sid Melton and vocalist Paul Frees.
ALL the milestones for Nov. 2nd INSIDE.
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Radio Mans fave with Al Green
Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. He was referred to on the museum's site as being "one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music".[3] He has also been referred to as "The Last of the Great Soul Singers"
Friday in Broadcast History .. November 1st
It’s the date that brought us Victoria’s David Foster (pictured), Bill Anderson, Lyle Lovett, Jenny McCarthy, Toni Collette, and the late Betsy Palmer,
Edmonton radio station CFRN was granted its first license;
Medicine Hat’s CHAT started up on 1270 kc.;
the first English language hockey telecast was called by Foster Hewitt on Toronto’s CBLT;
the Dave Clark Five performed on the Ed Sullivan Show;
‘The Lucy Show’ debuted on CBS-TV,
and a few years later the same network aired the 100th episode of the sitcom ‘Maude.’
Obits for Nov. 1 include Phil Silvers, Noah Beery Jr., Skitch Henderson, Yma Sumac, Canadian broadcast journalist and politician Rene Levesque, and North Vancouver’s contribution to Air Farce, Dave Broadfoot.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.










