C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb retires
For 40 years C-SPAN has aired live footage of Congress—“your unfiltered view of government.” For the past 30 years, Mr. Lamb has hosted a Sunday night program, interviewing everyone from Richard Nixon to the leftist historian Howard Zinn. Mr. Lamb says he hasn’t missed a week since 1989.
Bell’s $150 Million Claim against Quebecor an ‘Abuse of Process’
Quebecor called the court filing a “maneuver to evade the substantive issue” in the ongoing dispute over TVA’s specialty channels.
Chuck’s Classics, featuring Tommy Dorsey
Dorsey was known as the “Sentimental Gentleman of Swing” with his big band. One hit was The Huckle Buck in 1949.
SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. April 28th
IT WAS APRIL 28th … when Bill Drake installed ‘Boss Radio’ as the soon-to-be-dominant Top 40 format on KHJ AM 930 in Los Angeles …
When Mike Wallace first became a Sunday evening TV star as host of the syndicated ‘Mike Wallace Interview’ across the US…
When Arthur Godfrey concluded a decade of TV stardom as his weekday show returned to CBS radio only status…
and when sportscaster Ted Reynolds (pictured) passed away after decades of playbyplay (& Olympics) broadcasting first at CFJC & CJVI and then with the CBC in Vancouver.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
PROSALESGUY Dave Warawa reviews Canadian Media book by Richard Stursberg
Dave Warawa just reviewed a book on Canadian Media, by Richard Stursberg, who believes the industry is in Serious Financial Jeopardy...
Meet the New Saskatchewan Roughriders Play-by-Play Guy Derek Taylor
Derek is about as fluent in football analytics as anyone in this country — he made a cottage industry out of it with his ‘Details’ segment on TSN — but he also brings a true joy and excitement for the CFL game.
Rhino Records’ Gary Stewart, Master of the Compilation Reissue, Dies at 62
Stewart worked behind the counter from the mid-‘70s at Rhino Records’ store on Westwood Boulevard, a music hub not unlike the one depicted in the book and film “High Fidelity.” He was an archetypal “record store guy” who loved little more than “turning people on” to music or films that he thought they would love.