Puget Sound Radio

A’s President Dave Kaval insists he will have a radio partner when the team starts the 2019 season. The team is looking at several apps to carry the broadcasts.

Another of the duo’s many hits from 1957: Bye Bye Love.

The daytime soap opera. ‘The Guiding Light,’ began its 72-year broadcast run on this date on NBC radio, later moving to CBS-TV. Vancouver’s CBR 1130 moved down the dial & became CBU AM 690. B.J. Thomas sang his current Top 20 hit “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” on CBS-TV’s ‘Ed Sullivan Show.’ President John F. Kennedy’s first press conference became the first such event to be carried live on radio & TV. ALL the milestones for Jan. 25th INSIDE.

Word on the street in Victoria is that Paul Allen and Heather Palak were fired from Bell Media's KOOL FM breakfast show this morning. Anyone know more?

They were the husband & wife duo that had I Got YOU Babe on the charts in 1965, and became the biggest hit of their career. Sonny & Cher ended their act in 1976

Vancouver radio station CKWX (AM980) opened a new 5,000 watt transmitter on Lulu Island (now Richmond.) The UK’s ‘The Animals’ and ventriloquist Shari Lewis headlined CBS-TV’s ‘Ed Sullivan Show.’ The short-lived Norman Lear sitcom, “Hot-L Baltimore” debuted on ABC TV. The O.J. Simpson murder trial got underway, making CNN must-see TV for the next 8 months. It was also Jan. 24th when legendary Canadian broadcaster and author Peter Gzowski (pictured) lost his battle with emphysema at age 67. ALL the milestones for Jan. 24th INSIDE.

KIRO-FM drops to 5th, while Movin' KQMV 92.5 moves up into 3rd. KUOW remains 2nd.