Terry Moore’s last day at CFAX Was Thursday

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Could Terry be retiring? More news from CFAX 1070

Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley Guitarist, Dead at 84

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Moore, who had been in poor health in recent months, died at his home in Nashville.

WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. June 29th

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IT WAS JUNE 29th … when just the second daytime serial on network radio, ‘Vic & Sade’ made its debut on NBC Blue. Paul Rhymer’s scripted sly humour made the series unique for almost 20 years … When radio’s “show with a heart” made its debut. “Strike It Rich” became a weekly Sunday night favorite on CBS radio… When the radio version of “The Life of Riley,” starring William Bendix, ended its 7-year run on NBC Radio… ..and when Neil Diamond made his TV debut on ABC’s “American Bandstand,” performing his first Top Ten hit “Cherry, Cherry.” ALL the milestones for June 29th INSIDE.

Calgary’s newest AM radio station celebrates one year

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Calgary's Christian AM Radio station is celebrating a birthday.

Rafe Mair weighs in on Brexit and Ian Jessop’s firing on the Goddard Report

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Veteran broadcast/Journalist former politician Rafe Mair joins Jim Goddard on the Goddard Report. From Brexit to Quebec and Vancouver Island separation to the firing of Ian Jessop.....

If they don’t like you, you’re screwed by Paul Kaye

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When we like someone or something we have a favourable opinion about them. It’s human nature. We have many predispositions hard wired into us. We are biased toward certain things. Although, there is one cognitive bias that we need to be aware of in particular if we want to be successful; the liking bias. Sometimes it’s referred to as the similarity bias. It has an immense influence over our thinking.

TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. June 28th

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IT WAS JUNE 28th … when an old favorite of radio audiences ‘Amos ‘n’ Andy’ made the switch to TV. Two years later, criticism from the NAACP about ‘stereotyping’ forced CBS-TV to drop the show… When ‘The Quiz Kids’ began a 13-year run on radio as a summer replacement for the blind piano virtuoso Alec Templeton… When ‘The Alan Young Show’ debuted on NBC radio featuring the Vancouver-raised comedian. He would later be the human star of the talking horse TV show, ‘Mr. Ed’… ..and when “The Helen Reddy Show” debuted as an eight-week summer replacement series on NBC-TV, with Flip Wilson, The Pointer Sisters, and Seals & Croft as guests. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.