Puget Sound Radio

MARCH 31st … was the birthdate of legendary radio entertainers Arthur Godfrey (pictured) and Henry Morgan. It was the date Quebec City FM radio station CJMF was ordered off the air by the CRTC for playing contemporary hit music in contravention of the terms of its licence. And when Madonna’s appearance on “Late Show With David Letterman” caused headaches for C-B-S censors. The network deleted 13 offending words from the audio track before the show aired. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

The application goes beyond the listening capabilities already provided by current cable TV services supporting local radio by adding both album cover art and social media posts from the band currently playing on the station.

In a classy move of forgive-and-forget, Bell Media has hired experienced radio executive Rob Farina (Pictured) as a senior advisor for the launch of iHeartRadio in Canada

A heart warming story about our friend and PSR contributor Donovan Tildesley whose dad Hugh died two weeks ago...

IT WAS MARCH 30th … when Bette Davis starred on the premiere of the anthology series ‘Academy Award’ on CBS Radio… When the TV game show ‘ Jeopardy,’ developed by Merv Griffin, began an 11 year daytime run on NBC… When the final episode of “Police Woman” starring Angie Dickenson aired on NBC-TV… and when the season-ending episode of CBS-TV’s ‘The Waltons’ featured the return to the household of Grandma after a stroke that had left her (actress Ellen Corby, pictured) virtually speechless. ALL the milestones for March 30th INSIDE.

iHeart’s woes go back to 2008 and a leveraged buyout valued at $27 billion, one of the largest LBOs in history... and there's supposed to be an iHeart launch in Canada?

Our friend Martin Strong of Roundhouse Radio talked with Christie Blatchford (Pictured) from The National Post on Thursday about the Jian Ghomeshi verdict and it got a bit heated (she did anyway)