SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. June 28th
IT WAS JUNE 28th ... when an old favorite of radio audiences 'Amos 'n' Andy' made the switch to TV. Two years later, criticism from the NAACP about ‘stereotyping’ forced CBS-TV to drop the show...
When 'The Quiz Kids' began a 13-year run on radio as a summer replacement for the blind piano virtuoso Alec Templeton...
When 'The Alan Young Show' debuted on NBC radio featuring the Vancouver-raised comedian. He would later be the human star of the talking horse TV show, 'Mr. Ed'...
..and when "The Helen Reddy Show" debuted as an eight-week summer replacement series on NBC-TV, with Flip Wilson, The Pointer Sisters, and Seals & Croft as guests.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Amazing: Trudeau Has Finally Impressed Oberfeld!
OPINION:
By Harvey Oberfeld
Keeping it Real...
June 27, 2015
I’m not sure …maybe it’s because the parade of Conservatives through the Courts is more like watching The Godfather TV series than seeing our federal government at work...
How U.S. Politicians Personally Profit Monies/Bonuses….
The U.S. Politicians get paid (Bribed) either way they vote... John Boehner (R-OH) received $5.3 million for a "yea" vote and was the highest paid legislator. Joe Crowley (D-NY) received 1.3 million for a "yea" vote and only $72,550 for a "nay" vote and he still voted against TPA.
Joni Mitchell Health Update: ‘She is Not Speaking Yet’
“And she’s going to have to struggle back from it the way you struggle back from a traumatic brain injury,” says singer David Crosby
SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. June 27th
It’s the birthdate of Captain Kangaroo and Khloe Kardashian, and also gave birth to an ABC-TV soap called “Loving.”
Red Robinson held his first rock concert at the Kerrisdale Arena starring Bill Haley, Elvis began taping his first TV special, and Billy J. Kramer guested on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Hugh Grant was arrested for ‘lewd behaviour’ with an L.A. prostitute, and John Lennon was finally granted his Green Card.
Gale Storm and Don Grady and Canadian teen idol Terry Black breathed their last, as did the TV shows Miami Vice, The Flip Wilson Show, and the NBC Matinee Theatre.
Details of these and dozens more milestones for June 27th INSIDE.
Jimmy Fallon Hospitalized with Hand Injury
Although the network will be airing a repeat while Fallon recovers, an NBC spokesman assured that the comedian is fine, otherwise.
Where have you been Barry Bowman?
PSR recently heard from our long time radio pal Barry Bowman. Barry was very much a part of the make up of CFAX 1070 during his 28 years working for Mel Cooper as 'The Morning...
