Puget Sound Radio

Total revenues for commercial radio stations were $1.6 billion in 2015, down 0.7% (-$11.6 million) compared to 2014

IT WAS APRIL 25th .. when the future iconic broadcast news pioneer Edward. R. Murrow (pictured) was born in North Carolina… When the New York experimental TV station that preceded WCBS aired the first circus on television…. When Vancouver’s CKST AM 1040 dropped its adult contemporary music format and began airing commercial free Classic Rock, enroute to adopting an all-sports format two weeks later… and when the TV-movie “Dukes Of Hazzard: Reunion!” aired on CBS, 12 years after the series left the air. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Larry Hennessey and Gord Lansdell having a good time at Red's RPM Luncheon last week.... come in and see all the pics...

Ottawa is ready to blow up the rules governing Canada’s $48-billion broadcasting, media and cultural industries, arguing that decades of technological changes and government inaction have left a broken system in need of a revolution.

IT WAS APRIL 24th .. when Jack Webb introduced his short-lived pre-Dragnet detective-adventure radio show 'Johnny Madero: Pier 23' on Mutual, with Gale Gordon and William Conrad in the cast … When Dick Powell (pictured) appeared for the first time as ‘Richard Diamond, Private Detective’ on NBC radio… When ‘X-Minus One’, a quality show for science fiction fans, was first heard on NBC radio, offering some of the best drama of the era… and when ‘Your Hit Parade’ ended after a nine-year run on NBC TV and many more years on network radio. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Growing up in small town Ontario, Tyler Middleton (Pictured) loved listening to the radio and when it came time to make some life decisions, he came to the conclusion radio was the best way to combine his love for comedy and music.

IT WAS APRIL 23rd .. when Lucille Ball made the first of her 34 appearances on the cover of TV Guide … When Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, and Vicki Carr, with comedian Bob Newhart were Glen Campbell’s guests on his weekly CBS-TV variety show… When NBC-TV aired the pilot of ‘Baywatch,’ the show that introduced the world to Ladysmith BC’s Pamela Anderson … and when Toronto-born conductor/composer Robert Farnon (pictured), who got his start in the 1930’s playing trumpet on CBC Radio’s “Happy Gang,” died in England at age 87. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.