Medicine Hat Hockey Voice Bob Ridley in Another Hall of Fame; Also Winnipeg’s Boyd...

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The only voice the Medicine Hat Tigers have ever had was named to the Western Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame Thursday, following up his induction into the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame earlier this month.

Chuck’s Classics, featuring The Fleetwoods

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9ceb6uzG3I Mr. Blue Fleetwoods a couple of #1 hits including Mr. Blue from 1959. 1959 The Fleetwoods ... Chuck Benson – Started his broadcast career in 1960 as a writer at CKYL, Peace River, AB, where in 1965 he won...

SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. April 27th

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IT WAS APRIL 27th … when Seattle radio station KIRO first began broadcasting as 50-watt KPCB at 521 meters (580 khz.)… When the first broadcast of (pictured) Canadian director Fletcher Markle’s drama anthology ”Studio One’ aired on CBS radio… When NBC TV’s “Today” show went abroad for the 1st time .. to Paris France… When, after a lengthy career as Peck’s Bad Boy of Vancouver radio, Jack Cullen passed away… and when the final episode of “Green Acres” aired on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

WABC graduate Sydney McEvoy now graces the airwaves of My 96

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Sydney McEvoy hits the airwaves with the "hot hits"

Chuck’s Classics, featuring Ray Charles

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In 1961 the number one hit was Hit The Road Jack by the talented Ray Charles

FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. April 26th

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IT WAS APRIL 26th … when the Ozarks comedy ‘Lum & Abner’ was broadcast for the first time on Arkansas radio station KTHS… When the daytime drama ‘Lorenzo Jones’ debuted on NBC radio… When ‘The Prince and the Pauper’ appeared in prime time on NBC-TV, starring former Beatle Ringo Starr… When John Wayne, Bob Hope, and Tom Jones were guests of Raquel Welch on her NBC-TV special ... .. and when the 200th episode of ‘The Simpsons’ aired on FOX-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Canuck-themed Episode of ‘The Simpsons’ Airs Sunday

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"I thought Bart was sort of like America: brash, unreflective, much more sure of himself. And Lisa was sort of the intellectual, quiet, thoughtful, rational one. And I've always felt like that was sort of the relationship between America and Canada, too." So when it came to this Sunday's Canadian-themed episode, it felt natural to make Lisa the one who spends time on this side of the border.