Puget Sound Radio

IT WAS APRIL 21st .. when the quiz show with a top prize of $64, ‘Take it or Leave it” made its debut on CBS radio … When ten-year old Leonard Ross became TV’s youngest big money prize winner with $100,000 won on NBC-TV's“The Big Surprise”… When Canada lost the original voice of hockey as Foster Hewitt died … When the Beach Boys (pictured) appeared on ABC-TV’s pop music showcase “Shindig!” performing “Help Me Rhonda” and “Do You Wanna Dance”.. and when the final episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati” aired on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Chuck Berry kept everyone rockin’ and dancing in 1957 with School Days!

IT WAS APRIL 20th … when Radio Specialties Ltd opened the predecessor to Vancouver’s C-FUN & CKMO using 40 watts of power on 450 meters (666 khz). The studios of CFCQ were at 791 Dunsmuir…. When “Your Hit Parade” debuted on NBC Radio as a one-hour Saturday night program, featuring 15 of the week’s top songs… When “The Big Show” with hostess Talullah Bankhead (pictured) completed its two year run on NBC Radio… and when the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave approval for FM stereo broadcasting. ALL the broadcast milestones for the date INSIDE.

The CRTC held a hearing Wednesday to hear Quebecor's justifications for scrambling the signal of TVA Sports to Bell subscribers on the first night of National Hockey League playoffs before a Quebec judge forced it to restore the signal last Friday.

Ian Howarth taught in Montreal for many years, and one of his passions was radio. He knew one day he would want to write a book about all those wonderful moments and sounds that emanated from great radio stations like 1490 CFOX, 980 CKGM, and later CHOM 97.7 once AOR became a thing in the early 70's

AMI said it had reached an agreement in principle to sell the title's US and UK editions, along with the Globe and National Examiner.

Bill Haley and the Comets were formed in 1952. From 1954 to 1956 they placed 9 singles in the Top 20 including this one in 1954. Originally Haley was a country performer. He changed musical direction that became known as rock and roll.