SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. April 4th
IT WAS APRIL 4th .. when Kate Smith began a new daily quarter-hour talk show in the noon hour at CBS radio...
When the ill-fated CBC-FM Network signed on, with connected stations only in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal...
When Johnny Carson quit The Tonight Show in a salary dispute with NBC. He returned three weeks later with an additional $30,000 a week!...
and when, after six years, the final episode of the WWII prison camp sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" aired on CBS TV.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Hired Staff, Volunteers Abandon Salt Spring Radio
Four paid programmers and a raft of volunteers hosts named March 31 as their official last day, although many had broadcast their final shows sometime earlier in the week.
Your Favorite Show is About to Be Cancelled … And It’s All Your Fault
Given that recent seasons have seen 42% of all scripted shows get the ax, another 20 or so can be expected to join the no-hopers that have already disappeared from the airwaves.
Cable Chaos: US Companies Grow Desperate as Over-the-Top Crisis Strikes
Direct-to-consumer offerings from content providers like HBO test the need for cable and satellite providers.
Ben Meisner Funeral Saturday in Prince George
Ben Meisner, known as the Voice of the North, has passed away following a short, and courageous battle with cancer...
GOOD FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. April 3rd
IT WAS APRIL 3rd ... when two staples of NBC radio made their debuts three years apart, 'Mr. District Attorney,' and 'People Are Funny'...
When the comedy team of (Dean) Martin & (Jerry) Lewis (pictured) began their own weekly series on NBC radio ...
When radio station CKSA Lloydminster had its official grand opening, with 1000 watts at 1450 KHz...
and when John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the The NBC Nightly News, to be succeeded by the team of Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw as coanchors.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Do You Know Glen “Robbie” Robitaille of Kamloops? He’s 97 .. and a...
Glen "Robbie" Robitaille is still alive and living here in Kamloops, and we're doing a story on his broadcasting career,
