Puget Sound Radio

It’s the day Frank Sinatra was born 102 years ago, and the evening Mae West got so suggestive on NBC Radio’s ‘Charlie McCarthy Show’ that she was banned from the network for 15 years. In Cleveland, Mike Douglas began a daytime variety TV show that went national for the next 21 years. And Marie Osmond debuted her prime time NBC variety show that was cancelled before the season was out. Robin Williams (pictured), Dionne Warwick, Clint Black and Denver Pyle all received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And Canada’s Bell Globemedia changed its name to CTVglobemedia. ALL the milestones for Dec. 12th INSIDE.

News update from our radio friend Chuck Benson of the Oceanside Media Club and organizer Jim Archibald...

In addition to being a frequent presence on CNN, Lizza had been The New Yorker's Washington correspondent since 2007. On Monday, seemingly out of the blue, the magazine announced Lizza's termination.

Starting Jan. 2, CBC's Stephen Quinn steps into the hosting chair of flagship morning show The Early Edition, while Gloria Macarenko helms the popular afternoon show On The Coast.

After a quarter of a century as Calgary’s favourite morning radio trio, Don Stevens, Joanne Johnson and Jamie (the Coach) Herbison are splitting up.

Wally Desjarlais has taken a medical leave and as a result we have made some line-up changes.

We lost a couple of very good ones in Edmonton over the past few weeks. If I listed all their accomplishments in this column I’d need the full Page 6 and likely half of Page 7, too. Chuck Chandler was one of Edmonton’s most colourful media guys … and he worked at several radio stations in town but his main claim to fame was working with the powerhouse 630 CHED in the heyday of Top 40 radio. Also Fil Fraser, (pictured)