SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. March 20th
IT WAS MARCH 20th … when the original Lucky Strike Hit Parade premiered on NBC radio, featuring the top 15 tunes of the week…
When Eugene Ormandy conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra on CBS in the first symphony concert to be televised in North America…
When a protege of Dick Clark Bobby Rydell (pictured) made his first TV appearance, during the second season of Clark’s daily “American Bandstand” on ABC…
and when Edmonton public radio station CKUA went dark for five weeks after it ran out of money.
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97.5 Big FM Welcomes Back Joe Aiello to Classic Rock
Veteran Winnipeg broadcaster Joe Aiello (pictured) is making a return to where listeners know him best — on a classic rock radio station
News 1130’s Tammy Moyer Succumbs to Cancer
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SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. March 19th
IT WAS MARCH 19th … when the first televised prize fight aired in ‘living color’ saw Joey Giardello knock out Willie Troy on NBC ….
When Vancouver’s C-FUN AM 1410 flipped to a Top 40 format ….
When singer Lesley Gore guest-starred on the last episode of the ABC-TV sitcom “The Donna Reed Show”…
And when the final episode of the iconic “Mary Tyler Moore Show” (pictured) aired on CBS-TV.
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Joseph Planta talks with Conrad Black on ‘The Commentary’
The historian and columnist Conrad Black discusses the American presidential primaries, Donald Trump, as well as Franklin Roosevelt and books, with Joseph Planta.
Nielsen Digital Audio Ratings Launches
“With the way people consume content in a continual state of change, it’s critical to capture all of the platforms where people are listening to audio, whether on the radio, computers or smartphones,” said Brad Kelly, Managing Director, Nielsen Audio.
Rockford Files Actor Joe Santos Dead at 84
The Brooklyn native played Becker, who had a love-hate relationship with Garner's Jim Rockford, on 112 episodes of The Rockford Files, which ran on NBC from 1974-80










