Puget Sound Radio

IT WAS MARCH 17th when Kate Smith (pictured) came out of vaudeville to begin a 3-decade radio career with Kate Smith Sings, a quarter-hour several times a week on NBC. When, the live country TV program “Five Star Jubilee” premiered on N-B-C… And when CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show featured singers Paul Anka, the Chad Mitchell Trio and the McGuire Sisters. ALL the milestones for St. Patrick’s Day INSIDE.

Sinatra Jr. died unexpectedly Wednesday of cardiac arrest while on tour in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Alix Michaels (Pictured) of 94.3 The Drive was the winner of the March 11 Lotto Max Maxmillions draw, in which there were 18 winners.

Rock KVRQ (ROCK 98-9) is launching with a 12,000-song commercial-free kick-off, which is expected to take about 30 days.

KQMV Movin maintains its grip on all demographic categories.

IT WAS MARCH 16th … when the president’s daughter, Margaret Truman (pictured), made her professional singing debut in an ABC Radio broadcast from Detroit that attracted 15 million listeners …. When the big winners at the Emmy Awards were The Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young and Loretta Young … When the musical headliners on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show were singers Janis Joplin and Ed Ames, plus Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and Boots Randolph… And when Bell Canada acquired another 84 radio stations and 35 cable TV channels from Astral Media for $3.38 billion …. Details and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

KJR-FM (95.7 The Jet) rises to second place in the overall 6+ chart.