Shame on CBC brass for debate failures
There’s one more debate in this campaign, Friday night from Montreal, hosted and broadcast by the biggest French-language privately-owned network in the country, TVA. But CBC will skip that one, too.
Research Director, Inc. Analyzes Seattle Radio PPM’s + Demo Leaders
KJR-FM & KIRO-FM have made big gains, but Movin has a great story in the Demo breakouts.
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Oct. 1st
A huge date in Canadian broadcasting, as the CTV network was born with stations from Vancouver to Halifax. CBC-FM also went coast to coast for the first time, and the CBC’s Montreal station produced Canada’s first colour telecast. Much More Music debuted on the country’s cablesystems; Vancouver’s CJOR moved down the dial to its longtime home at 600 KHz; Duncan BC got its own radio station as CKAY AM1500 debuted; the second national CBC radio network (The Dominion network) went dark as more national advertising migrated from radio to TV. STAR FM debuted with two transmitters in the Fraser Valley, and Calgary’s CFXL AM1140 (successor to Top 40 powerhouse CKXL) transitioned to FM. In Nanaimo, CKEG AM 1570 moved from a country format to ‘Feelgood Oldies.’
And it’s the birthday of Western Canada radio tycoon Jimmy Pattison (pictured).
Details of these, and Johnny Carson’s first hosting of NBC’s ‘Tonight Show,’ indeed ALL the October 1st broadcast milestones INSIDE.
Bell Media Cuts includes Kevin Bell CTV Vancouver Island
There was a written release earlier from Bell Media indicating 'D'- DAY is Thursday October the 1st, 2015, and cuts are reported to be BIG!!!
Will PPM And Voltair Rumble @ The Radio Show?
“Clients who’ve previewed Voltair’s new capabilities can’t stop raving about the level of information it provides...
TV News … Faltering in the U.K. Too (Oberfeld)
I have written several times about the decline of TV news in BC and Canada ...and anyone who has watched TV news in the US could easily conclude it’s even worse there.
But the disease of shallow stories, reporting and glitz is also hurting viewership in the UK ...
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 30th
It’s the birthdate of Johnny Mathis, Angie Dickinson, Fran Drescher, Eric Stolz, Jenna Elfman, DJ Chuck Chandler and country music’s Marty Stuart.
The BBC finally started its own pop music station, and yet exactly five years later Radio Caroline resumed broadcasting it’s pirate radio servce. Vancouver’s 1410 AM radio station resumed using the C-FUN call sign it had given up for an ill conceived all-news service. The first World Series telecast was seen on the US East Coast, ‘Cheers’ and Red Skelton debuted on NBC-TV, ‘The Rifleman’, ‘The Flintstones’ and ‘Alias’ got started on ABC-TV; and ‘The Friendly Giant’ began its long run on CBC-TV.
Obits for Sept. 30th include James Dean, Edgar Bergen, Mary Ford, Freddy Martin, George Kirby. Al ‘Jazzbo’ Collins, and Barbara Ann Scott.
Come inside for the details and ALL the milestones for this date.
