Puget Sound Radio

IT WAS JULY 3rd ... when "Hawaii Calls" began its 60 years of radio broadcasts from the Moana Hotel on the beach at Waikiki. At its peak it aired on 600 radio stations around the world... When the comic strip character, Blondie was first heard on CBS radio, starring Penny Singleton & Arthur Lake ... When the legendary comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello debuted their own network radio show on NBC... ..and when "The Andy Williams Show" debuted as a summer replacement series on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

AM700 The Light Calgary, with a 50,000- watt daytime signal and owned by Touch Canada Broadcasting, launched June 29, six years after receiving CRTC approval.

It was the date the 1st million-dollar prizefight (Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier) aired on US radio. “The Aldrich Family,” “The Adventures of the Thin Man” and the satire of “Bob and Ray” had their premieres on NBC radio. Morning radio star Arthur Godfrey (pictured) signed to host a weekly prime time show. Lawrence Welk debuted his new dance show on ABC-TV. Elvis recorded “Hound Dog” and “Don’t Be Cruel,” Dean Martin recorded “Houston,” and Andy Williams recorded “Canadian Sunset.” Obits on July 2nd include James Stewart, Betty Grable, Lee Remick, Fred Gwynne and Jan Murray. Details of all the anniversaries for this date INSIDE.

The Dukes of Hazzard originally aired on CBS from 1979-1985.

The year was 1995, Welcome to a Day in the Life for many of us behind the scenes folks who work in the multi-faceted world of Radio Advertising Production. "The Greaseman" aka Douglas A. Tracht

Did the smooth jazz format not encode properly for the PPM devices to properly detect?