Sunday in Broadcast History .. August 4th

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IT WAS AUG. 4th … when the first tennis match on radio was aired on Pittsburgh’s KDKA, the first US commercial station… When the CBC carried out Canada’s first television transmission from a helicopter… When the Everly Bros. sang ‘Wake Up Little Susie’ on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show … When the Federal Communications Commission voted 4-0 to rescind the so-called ‘Fairness Doctrine’… ..and when two on-camera stars of Vancouver's BCTV, Ron Morrier and Robert Malcolm (pictured), signed off forever. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

RIP Pamela Burge

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Pamela, the former Tim Burge, died Friday in Kelowna. She was 79

Radio Mans fave with Sly and the Family Stone

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Sly and the Family Stone was an American band originating from San Francisco, California

Saturday in Broadcast History .. August 3rd

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IT WAS AUG. 3rd … when 36-year-old announcer Frank Blair (pictured) became news anchor of the NBC-TV Today Show, a job he would keep for the next 22 years!… When CBS-TV war correspondent Morley Safer sent out a Vietnam report showing American troops using their Zippo lighters to set fire to thatched huts in a Vietnamese village … When ‘Tonight Show’ host Johnny Carson graced the cover of the Burbank telephone directory… ..and when the ABC-TV news magazine Primetime Live debuted, with Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer headlining. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE

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

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[DS] Sleepers [Pro] Shift To [Nay], FBI,CISA Warn Of DDos Attacks During Election – X22 Report

Radio Mans fave with The Searchers

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The Searchers are an English Merseybeat group who emerged during the British Invasion of the 1960s

Friday in Broadcast History .. August 2nd

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IT WAS AUG. 2nd .. when the TV station now known as KCPQ (FOX 13) in Tacoma-Seattle, began broadcasting as KMO-TV Tacoma… When Canadian-born CBS correspondent Morley Safer (pictured) sent the first TV report from Vietnam indicating the US was losing the war… When CHUM-owned TV stations in Victoria, London, Barrie, Wingham, Windsor and Ottawa became A-Channels… …and when radio station WHTZ-FM, Newark, New Jersey (serving New York City and environs) – signed on as “Z100” with Scott Shannon and the “Morning Zoo”. It went from “worst to first” in just a few months. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.