Puget Sound Radio

We just heard of the switch this morning. Bell Media's Sun FM in Kelowna has now become Virgin 99.9 FM 

Elvis continued to hit the top of the charts with hits like Return To Sender from 1962.

The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated. On this day in 1938, rocker Eddie (Ray Edward) Cochran was born. On this day in 1951, “The Giants win the pennant! Also this day in 1955, Walt Disney premiered “The Mickey Mouse Club” which ran for 30 minutes late weekday afternoons on ABC-TV. Much More, including birthdays and hit songs from the past. (Inside)

770 CHQR announced today that Andrew Schultz has joined the morning show as new co-host, alongside Sue Deyell.

We’re seeing more and more of this from former on-air hosts who’ve been fired from their jobs. Especially from hosts who’ve been in the business for years and have accumulated a loyal following

Born this date were Groucho Marx, Bud Abbott, Kelly Ripa, Don Maclean, Lorraine Bracco, and movie critic Rex Reed. The Lutheran Hour debuted on radio, as did The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (w/Basil Rathbone), The Cisco Kid, and the predecessor to the longrunning daytime radio soap Pepper Young’s Family. The Aldrich Family began a 4-year run on NBC-TV, Combat and Ben Casey had their premieres on ABC-TV, while The Twilight Zone and Edward R. Murrow’s celebrity interview show, Person to Person, got their starts on CBS-TV. Obituaries include Rock Hudson, Frank Lovejoy, Gene Autry, Lon Clark, Nipsey Russell, Harriet Nelson and Canadian bandleader Denny Vaughan. More milestones for Oct. 2nd INSIDE.