CANADA DAY in Broadcast History .. Fri. July 1st

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IT WAS JULY 1st .. when Prime Minister Mackenzie King dedicated Ottawa’s Peace Tower carillon in the first Trans-Canada radio network broadcast hookup over telephone and telegraph lines… When Hall of Fame sportscaster Jim Robson at age 17 (pictured) broke into radio at CJAV Port Alberni … When an apparently sanitized Elvis Presley appeared on NBC- TV’s ‘The Steve Allen Show’ in a tuxedo and sang ‘Hound Dog’, to a real live Hound Dog… …and when Toronto CTV flagship CFTO-TV transmitted the first colour television in Canada. ALL the milestones for July 1st INSIDE.

Terry Moore Retiring from C-FAX, Will Continue as Sub Host

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Terry Moore has given up his 3-6 pm talk show on Victoria's C-FAX 1070, turning the time period over to Mark Brennae,

Broadcast Dialogue to Continue Under New Management

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Howard Christensen, Publisher of Broadcast Dialogue - Canada's broadcast industry publication of record - announced today that Broadcast Dialogue will, in fact, resume publishing on July 21, under the stewardship of Vancouver-based Momentum Media Marketing, Inc.

Transform your AD into a TEST-DRIVE by Ryan Ghidoni

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Once a person can picture how much better their lives will be with your product…the purchase is imminent

THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. June 30th

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IT WAS JUNE 30th … when CBS-TV debuted “The Guiding Light,” a daytime serial that had been on radio already for 15 years… When CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show featured The Everly Brothers singing their debut hit “Bye Bye Love”… When “The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour,” starring Jack Burns & Avery Schreiber debuted as a 10-week summer replacement series on ABC TV… ..and when Richmond (BC)’s CISL moved up the dial from 940 to 650 KHz. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

David Berner ‘Pick Up the Pickle’ joins Joseph Planta on The Commentator

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Former CKNW talk radio host David Berner joins Joseph Planta in person to talk about recent travels, his Pick Up the Pickle video posts, shares anecdotes from his years of broadcasting, affordability in Vancouver, drug use, and more.

Global pulls plug on investigative news program 16x

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Hosted by Carolyn Jarvis (Pictured), 16x9 recently wrapped up its eighth season and the show was on its regular summer hiatus when staff begin reporting stories for the coming season. Global also won’t renew the contract of Liza Fromer, a host on The Morning Show, when it expires at the end of June, according to Globalnews.ca. The company would not discuss other dismissals due to confidentiality concerns.