Ron Maclean Officially Back, But He Can’t Cure All at HNIC
Sportsnet confirmed Monday that the veteran broadcaster will replace George Stroumboulopoulos in the main chair of Hockey Night in Canada next season, returning to a role he held for nearly 30 years.
Joseph Planta talks with Judi Tyabji about her latest book on BC Premier Christy...
The author and former politician Judi Tyabji (Pictured) discusses her biography of the Premier of British Columbia, Christy Clark: Behind the Smile (Heritage House, 2016), with Joseph Planta.
JRfm Turns 30! by Gerry Siemens
Veteran Broadcaster Gerry Siemens looks back over the years while he was at the helm of JR Country, and before. He shares some great stories about going up against Jimmy Pattison, who was applying for the license at the time and what Harvey Gold said to Gerry's group before the license had even been granted. So much history...
Also thanks to Ted over at Radio West for supplying us with an aircheck of the launch of JRfm....
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. June 27th
JUNE 27th is the birthdate of Captain Kangaroo and Khloe Kardashian, and also gave birth to an ABC-TV soap called “Loving.”
Red Robinson held his first rock concert at the Kerrisdale Arena starring Bill Haley, Elvis began taping his first TV special, and Billy J. Kramer guested on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Hugh Grant was arrested for ‘lewd behaviour’ with an L.A. prostitute, and John Lennon was finally granted his Green Card.
Gale Storm and Don Grady and Canadian teen idol Terry Black breathed their last, as did the TV shows Miami Vice, The Flip Wilson Show (pictured), and the NBC Matinee Theatre.
Details of these and dozens more milestones for June 27th INSIDE.
Harvey Oberfeld talks with Jim Goddard about Brexit
Harvey joins Jim Goddard of the Goddard Report on the Talk Digital Network
SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. June 26th
IT WAS JUNE 26th … when Ted Rogers Sr. invented the alternating-current tube which facilitated plug-in batteryless radios. Until then, all radios had been battery operated…
When comedian Fred Allen ended his 17-year run as host of his own radio show. Allen was (unsuccessfully) attempting a transition to TV…
When Canadian folksinger/songwriter Joni Mitchell guested on ABC’s Mama Cass TV special from Los Angeles…
..and when CKNW ‘s Bill Hughes (pictured, right) qualified for the Guiness Book of World Records as he broadcast the 12,000th edition of “Roving Mike.”
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
CTV Vancouver, C-FAX 1070 Win National Murrow Awards
courtesy BroadcasterMagazine.com June 24, 2016
CTV News and Bell Media Radio are proud to be honoured with prestigious national Edward R. Murrow Awards from the U.S. arm of the Radio Television...









