Puget Sound Radio

Melz on the MIC is the Assistant Program Director and midday host (12p-3p) at 103.1 Kiss FM in Killeen, Texas. Melz posted a picture of a newspaper article with the headline, "Local Man Gives Up Career to Pursue Job as a Radio DJ". After doing some listening, it was apparent that Melz had a lot more going on than just a local radio show

IT WAS JULY 12th .. when the Toronto Daily Star’s pioneering radio station CFCA had its Grand Opening. Foster Hewitt broadcast his first hockey game on CFCA seven months later. .. When The Adventures of Sam Spade was heard for the first time, on ABC Radio. Howard Duff (pictured) starred as the San Francisco detective in the summer replacement series which quickly won a year-round following … When PBS began airing concerts by the Boston Pops Orchestra… …and when the daytime game show “Family Feud” premiered on ABC-TV with Richard Dawson as host. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

KISW tumbles from #1 in the 6+ book to #5, while Movin' 92.5 reclaims top spot.

Despite the corporation coming under fire last year for its gender pay gap, the top 10 highest-paid stars are still all white men.

Actors Tab Hunter and Sela Ward, announcer Harry Von Zell (pictured)l and Canadian guitarist Liona Boyd were born on July 11th. Elvis had his final Sun Records session, Mac Davis debuted his summer CBS-TV variety show, Rupert Holmes hosted NBC-TV’s Midnight Special, and Frank Sinatra got married for the 4th time. Orson Welles debuted his Mercury Theatre players as a weekly prime time feature of CBS radio. Obits this date include Vancouver talk radio host Gary Bannerman, composer George Gershwin, singers Helen Forrest and Frances Langford, actors Laurence Olivier and Ray Collins, and iconic New York Yankee P.A. announcer Bob Sheppard. All the milestones for July 11th are INSIDE.

Following a career that spanned 60 years on the air, I'm told that Winnipeg radio legend Boyd Kozak has decided to retire

18 workers will be laid off at the end of September, but Unifor said it is negotiating with Glacier to improve severance packages and to secure jobs for its members in other areas at the newspaper.