Puget Sound Radio

IT WAS JULY 23rd … when the Telstar communications satellite made possible the first live TV broadcast from the US to Europe… When Toronto-born rocker Neil Young (pictured), at age 17, held his first recording session in the studios of Winnipeg radio station CKRC… When the FCC approved the AM stereo radio system; KTSA in San Antonio was the first to go stereo… ..and when the three-year old television network FOX-TV topped ABC, NBC and CBS in the ratings for the 1st time, thanks to “America’s Most Wanted.” ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE. Also, on this day in 2011, Amy Whitehouse died.

CUMULUS Alternative WKQX/CHICAGO APD/MD/night-timer WALTER FLAKUS is moving to ENTERCOM Alternative KNDD (107.7 THE END)/SEATTLE effective AUGUST 6th.

CKNW AM 980 will air its 75th Anniversary Broadcast from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. August 15th live on location from Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St., New Westminster.

Diana from 1956, the song that began the career of Paul

IT WAS JULY 22nd … when the British sitcom that gave rise to CBS-TV’s ‘All in the Family’, ‘Till Death Us Do Part’ debuted on BBC-TV… When a UK floating pirate radio station, “Swinging Scotland”, shut down for lack of funds… When The Doors were guests on ABC-TV’s American Bandstand, performing “Crystal Ship” and “Light My Fire”… .. and when a license for Kelowna’s second radio station CKIQ-1150 was approved by the CRTC. ALL the milestones for July 22nd INSIDE.

The 10-year radio partnership broke up so Tony Peyton can retire and David Larsen can take another on-air radio job out of town.

Another chart topper in 1959 for Connie: Lipstick On Your Collar. 1959