Radio Mans fave with Elvis Presley

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Presley's energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, brought both great success and initial controversy.

Thursday in Broadcast History .. August 22nd

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IT WAS AUG. 22nd … when the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began its first experimental TV broadcasting from London… When “Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy” became a three-times-a-week 30-minute feature on ABC radio, after 14 years as a daily quarter-hour strip… When Toronto’s CBLT-TV Channel 9 did its first test broadcast, covering the opening of the 73rd Canadian National Exhibition… ..and when Vancouver radio station CKLG AM730 scrapped it’s Middle-Of-The-Road programming and switched to a Top 40 format in direct competition with C-FUN 1410.. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

PSR’s 6pm Wednesday Night News with the News You Should Know…

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DNC Ratings Plummet,Illusion Has Ended,Trump Refers To The Real Generals,Storm Is Coming – X22 Report

Mike McCardell retires at age 80

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At age 80, after 62 years in the news business, legendary Vancouver storyteller Mike McCardell is retiring

MORGAN: Charles Adler sold his reputation and soul for a comfortable retirement in the...

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The Canadian Senate has always been a plum used by federal governments to dangle as a reward for loyal supporters

Radio Mans fave with New Radicals

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New Radicals (stylized as Иew Radicals) was an American alternative rock band formed in 1997 in Los Angeles

Wednesday in Broadcast History .. August 21st

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IT WAS AUG. 21st … that gave us career broadcasters Ken Carpenter, Chris Schenkel, Jack Buck, Harry Smith, and actor Billy Idelson of the Vic & Sade radio show … When The Four Preps and the Lionel Hampton Orch. were the musical guests on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show… When NBC News fired their Canadian-born TV reporter Arthur Kent (pictured), nicknamed ‘the scud stud’ for his reporting during the first Iraq war, after he refused an assignment to war-torn Croatia… ..and when the CRTC approved the sale of Victoria’s CKDA-AM and CFMS-FM, CKDA to the owners of The Q 100.3, CFMS to become ‘The Ocean’ under Rogers ownership. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE!