Puget Sound Radio

Radio legends like Don Prentice, Brian “Frosty” Forst and the late Bob Harkins began their broadcast careers at the station

Kath Thompson PD of The Peak Calgary let go last week....Mike Shannon now running both Pattison stations there. Kath was one of the most awarded MD's for several years at CMW.

Approximately 200 positions will be impacted, representing 4% of our workforce at Rogers Media. These changes will begin in February and will conclude as soon as possible.

It was because of Moyra Rodgers’ belief in her that Michaela auditioned and met CHEK veteran Gordie Tupper, with whom Pereira hosted the magazine show CHEK Around for years.

Putting together a great radio ad campaign takes time BUT…your creative department doesn’t have enough time to build a spec campaign for all your new leads.

The daytime soap opera. ‘The Guiding Light,’ began its 72-year broadcast runon this date on NBC radio, later moving to CBS-TV. Vancouver’s CBR 1130 became CBU AM 690. B.J. Thomas sang his current Top 20 hit “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” on CBS-TV’s ‘Ed Sullivan Show.’ President John F. Kennedy’s first press conference became the first such event to be carried live on radio & TV. ALL the milestones for Jan. 25th INSIDE.

If I owned a news outlet and put all my material online, tweeting key stories even before I printed or broadcast them, posting whole stories before they get printed or broadcast, why would anyone watch or read material on my main outlet when and how I want them to?