Ontario judge declines to hear Faith Goldy v. Bell Media

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An Ontario Superior Court judge has declined to hear Toronto mayoral candidate Faith Goldy’s complaint against Bell Media for refusing to run her election ads

Longtime Voice of WSU Cougars Bob Robertson Retires

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ROBERTSON, 89,  began calling COUGARS football as radio play-by-play voice in 1964, moving to analyst in 2012; He called 589 COUGARS games in that stretch. 

Michaela Pereira Among Several Hosts Turfed in HLN Retrenchment

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Pereira, who got her TV start at Victoria's CHEK-TV, will leave the network, along with Ashleigh Banfield and Carol Costello.

TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Oct. 16th

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Happy Birthday today to Angela Lansbury, Suzanne Somers, Merilee Rush, John Mayer, Kellie Martin and Tim Robbins. Vancouver deejay Jack Cullen (pictured) aired his first ever ‘Owl Prowl’ on CKMO AM 1410;’ The Right to Happiness,’ a longrunning quarter hour daytime drama, debuted on the NBC Blue radio network; ‘The Bob Newhart Show’ aired its 100th episode on CBS-TV; The Vancouver-produced ‘Smallville’ debuted on the WB network; and the last episode of ‘Max Headroom’ aired on ABC-TV. Among the celebrity deaths for Oct. 16th are Shirley Booth, Ken Carpenter, Barbara Billingsley, Lister Sinclair, Jean Shepherd, Ella Mae Morse, Gene Krupa, and Dan Dailey. Details, and ALL the milestones for this date INSIDE.

Ann Curry to Produce & Anchor a New Unscripted Medical Series

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The two-hour weekly event will tap into the worldwide phenomenon of medical crowdsourcing, with Curry reporting true stories of medical mysteries and crowdsourcing for doctors.

Paul Allen, Microsoft Co-Founder & Owner of Seahawks, Trail Blazers, Dies at 65

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Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and chaired Vulcan Inc., died Monday in Seattle from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Rogers Media second broadcaster to ban Faith Goldy election ads

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Rogers Media is the second broadcast outlet to reject election ads from Toronto mayoral candidate Faith Goldy.