CHEK Chooses Andy Neal to Host 10 pm News

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For more than a year Neal has been host of the station's morning news which was available only on-line.

‘The National’ Ratings Tanking

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While The National averaged 401,000 viewers, CTV National News had more than double that number, with 993,000 tuning in.

Chuck’s Classics, featuring Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Lead vocalist was John Fogerty, and others in the group included his brother Tom, plus Tom Cook and Doug Clifford. They recorded many albums and singles, including this hit from 1969. The original group rarely reunited since their breakup in 1973.

WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. July 24th

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IT WAS JULY 24th .. when U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (pictured) stopped in the middle of his 4th ‘Fireside Chat’ on national radio and asked for a glass of water, which he then sipped… When the melodramatic serial “Romance of Helen Trent” debuted on US midwest regional radio before becoming a CBS network staple three months later, and running daily for the next 27 years!… When NBC correspondent Edwin Newman became news anchor of the TV network’s ‘Today Show’…. ..and when the independent sales of three BC radio stations.. CJAT Trail. CJAV Port Alberni, and CKAY Duncan .. were approved by the CRTC. ALL the milestones for July 24th INSIDE.

David Hedison, Captain in ‘Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’, Dies at 92

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Hedison joined Roger Moore in the 1973 James Bond film “Live and Let Die” as well as Timothy Dalton in 1989 with “License to Kill,” becoming the first actor to play CIA agent Felix Leiter twice. In the 1980s and 1990s, he worked on shows such as “Another World,” “T.J. Hooker,” “Dynasty,” “The Love Boat,” “Who’s the Boss” and “The Colbys.”

RIP Bill Luxton, Ottawa TV Pioneer, of ‘Willy & Floyd’

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Best-known as the first half of the Willy and Floyd comedy team, Luxton was found lifeless at the bottom of his backyard pool on Brierwood Avenue in Highland Park on Saturday evening. He was 92.

Chuck’s Classics, featuring Bert Kaempfert

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German orchestra leader, music producer, arranger and songwriter. This instrumental was a big hit in 1960. Bert passed on at age 56 June 1980