WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. June 24th
IT WAS JUNE 24th ... when 'A Date With Judy' starring Louise Ericson aired for the first time on NBC radio as a summer replacement for Bob Hope...
When "The Steve Allen Show" was seen for the first time on NBC-TV, while "Ed Sullivan's 8th Anniversary Show" captured the ratings for CBS-TV...
When the iconic early sitcom "I Love Lucy" aired its last original episode in CBS-TV prime time, before beginning a record number of reruns in syndication...
... and when Front Page Challenge (pictured) debuted on CBC as a 13-week summer replacement program. It would eventually become North America's longest-running game-interview TV show.
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Calgary Foundation donates $3 million to NMC & CKUA Radio
The Foundation has donated $2 million dollars to NMC and $1 million to CKUA Radio to create the “Calgary Foundation CKUA Studio” which will find its home in the restored King Eddy Hotel wing of the Centre
Canadian Broadcasters Secretly Used New Technology to Boost Ratings
The secret is out ... five of Canada's biggest radio groups used Voltair to boost 2015 Spring PPM rating results. (Steve Kowch)
‘Eight is Enough’ Star Dick Van Patten Dead at 86
While Van Patten first rose to fame as family dad Tom Bradford on the 1977-81 hit show Eight is Enough, he had been acting since he was a child, first appearing on Broadway at age 7.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. June 23rd
IT WAS JUNE 23rd ... when Chilliwack's first radio station CHWK signed on at 1210 KHz with 5 watts. At first it only broadcast an hour or two a day...
When Don McNeill took over as host of Chicago's 'Pepper Pot' program, and renamed it 'The Breakfast Club' which ran on the networks for 35 years...
When 'The Jimmy Durante Show' concluded its run on NBC-TV, and 'The Pat Boone Show' ran for the last time on ABC-TV...
...and when 'The David Letterman Show' began its torturous 4-month run on NBC-TV daytime.
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Art Bell’s new Internet show offered to AM/FM, with ad load restrictions
The new show will launch July 20, as a live-streamed, no-charge, three-hour program. Episodes will be archived and available to paying subscribers.
CBC Radio Two $1.1Million in Ad Sales Fall Well Short of Expectations
by The Canadian Press June 22, 2015 11:32 AM
TORONTO - The CBC's experiment with paid advertising on CBC Radio 2 and Espace Musique raised $1.1 million in revenue in 2014, well below the $10...









