Puget Sound Radio

This year’s 97-5 The River’s Toys For Kids Breakfast was an overwhelming success. Wednesday, December 7, 2016 The River and Hotel 540 hosted the 24th Annual Toy for Kids Breakfast.

CHED Moves ahead of NOW. Could this be because of the U.S. election coverage?

Newstalk 770 takes the lead, with Country 104 coming in 2nd

CBC leads, with NW and QM tying for second place

Happy Birthday to Kim Basinger, Teri Hatcher, Wendell Pierce, Sinead O’Connor and Jerry Butler. FDR (pictured) gave his iconic ‘Date that will live in infamy’ address one day after the Pearl Harbor attack; Americans cost-to-coast heard the first NFL championship game via Mutual radio ; Ringo Starr hosted ‘Sat. Night Live’ on NBC-TV; the last ‘Wiseguy’ episode aired on CBS-TV; and the Bravo channel debuted on US cable systems. Canadian radio stations CJAD Montreal and Edmonton’s Magic 99 signed on. John Lennon was shot dead by Mark Chapman; other Dec. 8th deaths include singers Marty Robbins, Martha Tilton, and John Mills Sr. of ‘The Mills Brothers,’ plus actors Robert Prosky, Howard Rollins Jr., Luther Adler, Slim Pickens and Anne Seymour. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Ron Polillo thanks Prince George in helping make this years 'Festival of Trees' such a great success!

Steve Kowch is a talent coach, radio consultant and ran two of the biggest News Talk stations in Canada for many decades; CJAD in Montreal and News Talk 1010 CFRB in Toronto.