SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. March 15th
IT WAS MARCH 15th... when BC got its second radio station operated by The Vancouver Sun, two days after The Province station debuted...
When future Montreal rock radio powerhouse CFOX hit the airwaves, under the ownership of Gordon Sinclair Jr...
When CBS television introduced its 'Morning Show' (pictured), hosted by future iconic news anchor Walter Cronkite...
and when CBS announced it was cancelling its Sunday night lynchpin 'The Ed Sullivan Show' after 23 seasons.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
The Low Down with Fiona Forbes & guest Drex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzFbG5FcM8g
Vancouver Shaw Cable TV's Fiona Forbes hosts a weekly show on Shaw called, The Low Down. Guests this week include Burnaby mayor Derek Corrigan, Producer/Actor Joely Collins and Drex from Drex Live on CKNW.
10 Questions for Seattle-raised PD Jon Ballard
Jon Ballard is afternoon guy & PD at 105.1 'THE BLAZE' Fresno Calif.
courtesy AllAccess.com March 10, 2015
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KISW/Seattle, KZZP/Phoenix, DC101/Washington, DC, BIG 100.3/Washington, D.C., ROCK 103/Columbus, GA (PD), 105-1 The Blaze/Fresno (PD)
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A tribute to Al McCann By Cam Tait
Long time Edmonton Journalist Cam Tait remembers and pays tribute to the man in Fridays Edmonton Sun
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SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. March 14th
It was March 13th when Pete Parker, on radio station CKCK Regina, called the world's first play-by-play of a complete professional hockey game, just days ahead of Foster Hewitt...
when comedians Fred Allen and Jack Benny (pictured) began their 12-year-long 'feud' in an NBC broadcast from the Hotel Pierre in New York City, attracting the second largest audience in the history of radio...
when Arthur Godfrey turned down the chance to sign Elvis Presley for his CBS TV Talent Scouts Show. Instead at the same audition he signed singer Pat Boone...
and when ABC-TV aired the final episode of Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
FCC Unveils Open Internet Order
No Blocking, No Throttling, No Paid Prioritization
Just the tip of the iceberg..
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Casualties in Edmonton Radio Wars!
This crazy business of radio continues this time in Edmonton... let me see now... Lochlin comes to CRUZ with Nicole, then Scott moves over to take Lochlins place at the Bear.... got that?
Here's a flashback Photo of Scott McCord @the Bear. A Homecoming...