Radio Mans fave with Elvis Presley
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
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..
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PSR’s 6pm Wednesday Night News with the News You Should Know…
DNC Ratings Plummet,Illusion Has Ended,Trump Refers To The Real Generals,Storm Is Coming – X22 Report
Mike McCardell retires at age 80
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...
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
New Radicals (stylized as Иew Radicals) was an American alternative rock band formed in 1997 in Los Angeles
Wednesday in Broadcast History .. August 21st
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.
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