Susan Knight heads back to Victoria for a new gig with Rogers

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Word reached us a few days ago, Susan Knight (pictured), current PD and mid-day host with Pattison’s Q103 in Kelowna, will be not only be heading back to Victoria for a second time, but also returning to Rogers for a second time working at the Ocean, as the new PD, and pm drive host

MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 18th

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Robert Blake, Jason Sudeikis, Jack Warden, Jada Pinkett Smith, Fred Willard, Frankie Avalon, James Marsden and June Foray all were born on this date. ‘Roving Mike’ began its 50 year run on CKNW, Victoria’s CKDA moved up the dial to 1220 and doubled its power to 10,000 watts... CBS radio came into being with an initial 16 stations,...‘ Toast of the Town’ on CBS-TV became ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’... and ‘Wagon Train’ began its 8 year run on NBC-TV. Ken Burns opened his 18.5 hour documentary ‘Baseball’ on PBS... ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ and ‘Get Smart’ debuted the same evening on NBC-TV... and the sitcom based on a rock radio station, ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ had its premiere on CBS-TV. Details and ALL the Sept. 18th milestones INSIDE.

SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 17th

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It’s the date of birth for John Ritter, Kyle Chandler, Jerry Colonna, Hank Williams, Bill Black and Anne Bancroft… ABC debuted the TV series ‘Home Improvement’, ‘Spin City’, ‘The Fugitive’ and ‘Battestar Gallactica’; CBS premieres on Sept. 17th included ‘M*A*S*H’, ‘Bewitched’, ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ and ‘The Smothers Brothers Show’; while NBC-TV showcased the first episodes of ‘MacMillan & Wife’, ‘The Perry Como Show’ (pictured), and ‘Car 54 Where Are You’… ..and David Letterman hosted the first late-night TV talk show since the 9/11 terrorist attacks 6 days earlier. ALL the milestones for Sept. 17th will be found INSIDE.

Elliott Hurst of Socast joins Matt on the ‘Sound Off’ Podcast

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Sometime around 2007, it became about websites and monetizing them. The company I was working for started to remove the digital parts our station was using. Elliot Hurst (Pictured)

Indigenous radio station hitting Vancouver airwaves next summer

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An Indigenous radio station is set to hit Vancouver's airwaves next summer, one of five launching across Canada after receiving approval from the CRTC

SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 16th

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SEPT. 16th is the date that gave us Amy Poehler, Jennifer Tilly, Ed Begley Jr., Lawrence Dobkin. Allen Funt, B.B. King and Maverick’s Jack Kelly. Starting their TV runs this day were ‘Miami Vice’, ‘Frasier’, and ‘The Dean Martin Show’ on NBC; ‘Shindig’ and ‘The Outer Limits’ on ABC, and ‘Wiseguy’ and ‘The Bob Newhart Show’ on CBS. Canadian-born Jenny Jones (pictured) began a syndicated talk show that lasted 12 years. and the CBC introduced ‘The Fifth Estate’ which has now been the network’s key newsmagazine for more than 40 years. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE!

Harry Dean Stanton, Quintessential American Actor, Dead at 91

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Stanton was eerily creepy as evil polygamist and self-proclaimed Mormon prophet Roman Grant on HBO’s Big Love, and he partnered regularly with David Lynch.