Puget Sound Radio

IT WAS MAY 19th ….when the 20th Annual Emmy Awards gave top honours to Get Smart, Mission Impossible & best actress Barbara Bain … When NBC-TV celebrated the 50th anniversary of Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater with the 2-hour special “Motown Returns To The Apollo”… When the final episode of LA Law aired on NBC, after a wildly successful 8 year run… When Rosie O'Donnell and Tom Selleck sparred over gun control on Rosie's syndicated TV talk show ... ..and when the final episode of Angela Lansbury’s “Murder, She Wrote” aired on CBS, after 12 seasons. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Don O’Neill, who for 13 years had the afternoon show on KIRO-FM with longtime partner Ron Upshaw, says they’ll start doing a weekly one-hour podcast at RonAndDonRadio.com.

The radio station based out of University of the Fraser Valley has become the first such station in Canada to be approved to broadcast on multiple frequencies in multiple municipalities.

Olivia still going strong since 1963. A four time winner of Grammys. Married twice. Her career soared after starring the Broadway musical Grease.

IT WAS MAY 18th … when radio’s espionage adventure drama Counterspy premiered on the Blue Network, beginning a 15-year run… When 18-year-old singer Jackie DeShannon made her network television debut on CBS-TV’s Jackie Gleason Show… When the final episode of “Baretta” aired on ABC TV, and the last of the original “Murphy Brown” series ran on CBS … ..and when after 50 years with the station Jack Cullen aired his final “Owl Prowl” on CKNW as it moved to a fulltime news/talk format. ALL the milestones for May 18th INSIDE.

Cameron was visiting his cottage in northern Ontario when he suffered a heart attack while walking in the woods.