Puget Sound Radio

If the media would get off Mulcair’s bandwagon long enough to ask him tough questions ...here’s a great one: Why does the NDP propose to make it easier to break up Canada ...with a mere 50% plus 1 vote in any referendum ... when the NDP’s own Constitution requires a TWO-THIRDS majority of their own dedicated NDP delegates (no opposing political ideologies/parties there!) to amend its own NDP Constitution????

IT WAS AUG. 10th ... when Allen Funt's "Candid Camera," a video version of his "Candid Microphone" radio show, debuted on ABC.... When Vancouver's CHQM-FM signed on for the first time at 103.5 MHz, initially as a straight mono simulcast of CHQM 1320 AM... When "Manhattan Transfer," the summer variety show starring the singing group of the same name, premiered on CBS-TV... .. and when 30-year-long CKNW sportscaster Al Davidson (pictured) died at age 66. ALL the milestones for Aug. 10th INSIDE.

CBC reporter Megan Batchelor was in Squamish doing a live hit for the network's 6 p.m newscast when video the network aired shows the man came up from behind, kissed her on the cheek and took a selfie.

Frank Gifford died suddenly Sunday morning of natural causes at his Connecticut home.

The service denied his grievance in March 2014, saying the right to access the material was not absolute and that banning the channels helped maintain a safe environment, especially for female correctional officers who expressed concern.

Design flaws continue to cause fires even with our Smart Meters.

IT WAS AUG. 9th ... when radio brought word of a 2nd atomic bomb explosion that would lead to Japan's surrender & the end of World War II... When the TV program "Ready Steady Go!" premiered on ITV in the UK. The show gave early exposure to such music luminaries as Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones... When two popular Toronto deejays John Spragge and Bob MacAdorey were fired from radio station CHUM... ..and when, following the enormous success of the "Motown 25" TV special two years earlier, NBC debuted the ill-fated "Motown Revue" variety series hosted by Smokey Robinson, which lasted only five weeks. ALL the milestones for Aug. 9th INSIDE.