To Play King of Pop or not? A ‘Delicate Situation’ for Radio
"We’re not in the business of censorship and we’re not in the business of being the moral compass for the community standards. We try to be reflective of those things, not a dictator of them.”
Vancouver Sun: Feature Story re George Garrett Autobiography
“It was a lot of luck, but I guess also I might have had an intuition on some things. Others were just pure serendipity that I happened to be there at the right time.”
Chuck’s Classics, featuring Jo Stafford
Jo was a sometime actor, but most of her time was spent singing and making the charts, like Shrimp Boats in 1951.
SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. March 9th
It was a March 9th (more than 9-and-a-half decades ago) when Seattle’s KJR began radio broadcasting…
when Edward R. Murrow on CBS-TV’s ‘See It Now’ exposed Senator Joseph McCarthy for the bullying fraud that he was…
when New York’s WNBT broadcast the first local TV commercials in colour…
when the Grand Old Opry aired its final Saturday night brodcast from the Ryman Auditorium …
and when Dan Rather took over as CBS-TV anchorman, replacing Walter Cronkite.
Specifics, and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Jussie Smollett Indicted on 16 Felony Counts by Chicago Grand Jury
"Jussie Smollett knew that at the time … there was no reasonable ground for believing that such (hate crime) offenses had been committed,” according to section of the indictment cited by CBS Chicago News.
Jan-Michael Vincent, Star of ‘Airwolf’ and ‘The Mechanic,’ Dies at 74
The actor passed away on Feb. 10.
Chuck’s Classics, featuring Roger Williams
Roger was active from 1955 to 2011 when he died at the age of 87. Autumn Leaves was a #1 hit for him in 1955.