Cumulus Media’s new CEO can’t stop company’s slide
After months of watching the stock sink, Cumulus’s biggest shareholder, Crestview’s Jeffrey Marcus, pushed out founder Lew Dickey as CEO
Boomers: Maybe Not As Mobile As You Think
A new study reported today by eMarketer.com should be of interest to News/Talk and Sports/Talk stations — formats that rely heavily on Baby Boomer audiences
Donovan Tildesley talks with the legendary Don Percy
Whistler FM's noontime feature is the Eclectic Lunch. A takeoff of
Rock101's Electric Lunch, but with a AAA flavor
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 2nd
It’s the day that gave us Burt Lancaster, David Schwimmer, Paul Ford, Jay Black, k.d. lang, and early West Coast newscaster Sam Hayes.
The early radio soap opera Myrt & Marge (pictured) debuted on CBS; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was created; CFGP brought 100 watts of local radio service to Grande Prairie Alta, and years later, CFCW signed on with 250 watts in Camrose.
CBC-TV experimented unsuccessfully with a 9 pm newscast, Ted Danson’s ‘Becker’ debuted on CBS-TV, and NBC-TV aired the 100th episode of ‘Third Rock from the Sun.’
Three veteran TV character actors left us on this date, Leonard Stone, Sid Melton and vocalist Paul Frees.
ALL the milestones for Nov. 2nd INSIDE.
Fred Thompson, Former US Senator & ‘Law & Order’ TV D.A., Dead at 73
Fred Thompson died in Nashville after a recurrence of lymphoma.
Crash and Mars before NOW
https://youtu.be/f-wQXiVTz2g
Thanks to Mark Summers for posting this video of a TV promo of Crash & Mars from Q99 Radio in Grande Prairie. They are both at Now Radio in Edmonton









