SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. Dec. 3rd

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Born this date were Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Connee Boswell, Jaye P Morgan, Daryl Hannah and Ozzie Osbourne, ‘The Voice of Firestone’ started a 35 year run on radio; Paul Harvey News & Comment began a 58 year run on ABC Radio; CTV’s Harvey Kirck (pictured) became the frst 20-year man anchoring a Canadian network newscast; the late New York disk jockey Alan Freed was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; and CBS-TV aired the 200th episode of ‘Knots Landing.’ Fraser Valley transmitters on the AM band fell silent, as the original stations in Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Hope completed their transfer to the FM band, Details and ALL the milestones for Dec. 3rd INSIDE.

ABC Suspends Brian Ross Four Weeks Without Pay for Massive ‘FAKE’ News Report about...

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Late Saturday, ABC News announced it was suspending network investigative reporter Brian Ross (Pictured) four weeks without pay for an inaccurate report that aired Friday

The Dirty Little Secrets That Keep Morning Radio Thriving in Seattle

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Gregr (Pictured) —who bills himself as a “nerdy” host and focuses on subject matter like gadgets, Star Wars news, and other entertaining geek-out territory—says he tries to connect his audience with what’s going on in the world via short bursts of information. “Basically, my job comes down to this: Read More Inside...

SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Dec. 2nd

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Born this date were Britney Spears, Nelly Furtado, Lucy Liu, Cathy Lee Crosby, Ray Walston and Hy Gardner. ‘The Adventures of Charlie Chan’ debuted on radio’s NBC Blue network; Don Imus brought his shock-jock radio schtick from Cleveland to New York’s WNBC; Jungle Jay Nelson (pictured) did his first morning show on Toronto’s CHUM radio; NBC-TV’s ‘This is Your Life’ surprised their subject of the week Bobby Darin; after nearly half a century the amazing Alan Waters stepped down as head of CHUM broadcasting; and Brian Williams took over the anchor chair at NBC’s Nightly News. Celebrity deaths include folksinger Odetta, actors Robert Cummings and Desi Arnaz, jazz star Bob Haggart, actresses Gail Fisher and Roxie Roker, as well as Canada’s Fifi D’Orsay and broadcast magnate Ted Rogers Jr. Details and ALL the milestones for Dec. 2nd INSIDE.

Seattle PPM Demographic Breakouts Courtesy Research Director Inc.

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Movin' 92.5 is still dominant in the important demos for November.

Treena Wood Leaving News 1130 for CBC Vancouver

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Treena has been the News 1130 News Director since 2010. She leaves to join CBC Vancouver in January.

Obit: BCTV programming VP Lloyd Colthorp, 87

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Lloyd started at CHAN-TV as traffic manager in 1960, and worked his way up to programming VP which he remained until his retirement in 1987, 30 years ago.