Former pirate Radio Caroline awarded broadcast licence

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The former ship-based pirate station, Radio Caroline, has been handed its first full-time AM broadcast licence

Harvard Study Reveals Huge Extent of Anti-Trump Media Bias

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A major new study out of Harvard University has revealed the true extent of the mainstream media’s bias against Donald Trump.

SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. May 20th

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IT WAS MAY 20th … when the Canadian Marconi Company station X-W-A, later CFCF, in Montreal aired a musical concert, the first scheduled radio broadcast in North America, and possibly the world… When CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show featured Peggy Lee, The Brothers Four (from Seattle), and retired baseball great Jackie Robinson …. When the 25th Emmy Awards gave top honors to The Waltons, All in the Family & Mary Tyler Moore… ..and when the final episodes of ‘Barney Miller’ and “Roseanne” aired on ABC-TV… and the “Cheers” finale was seen on NBC. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Fox News Fires (Token Liberal) Bob Beckel Over Racist Comment

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Beckel was axed for making an insensitive remark to an African-American employee.

FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. May 19th

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IT WAS MAY 19th ….when the 20th Annual Emmy Awards gave top honours to Get Smart, Mission Impossible & best actress Barbara Bain … When NBC-TV celebrated the 50th anniversary of Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater with the 2-hour special “Motown Returns To The Apollo”… When the final episode of LA Law aired on NBC, after a wildly successful 8 year run… ..and when the final episode of Angela Lansbury’s “Murder, She Wrote” aired on CBS, after 12 seasons. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Shep Smith of Fox News Tears Up Remembering ‘Complicated’ Roger Ailes (Video)

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Throughout the 12-minute long segment, Smith teared up several times, at one point having to stop to reach for tissues to wipe his tears.

David Letterman to be Awarded Mark Twain Prize This October

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Letterman reinvented late-night television with an ironic comic sensibility that ranged from his grabbing a phone on-air to call anybody, including his mother, or heading out of the New York studio to chat with souvenir shop owners.