Netflix Orders First Canadian Original Series
The homegrown drama will debut simultaneously on City, the Canadian TV network that developed the six one-hour drama, and in all Netflix territories outside of Canada. Also north of the border, Between will initially stream on Shomi.
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Oct. 20th
Happy Birthday to Tom Petty, MASH's William Christopher, 'The Office's John Kranski, country music's Wanda Jackson, plus the late Jerry Ohrbach, Arlene Francis, Grandpa Jones, Dr. Joyce Brothers (pictured) and Will Rogers Jr.
Lee DeForest demonstrated his major invention, the electric vacuum radio tube; radio's 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' debuted on the NBC Red network; ironman news anchor Robert Trout joined CBS radio;'Break the Bank' debuted on Mutual radio; Walter Cronkite debuted the CBS-TV documentary series, 'The Twentieth Century', and Canada's first private TV station signed on in Sudbury Ontario.
Signing off forever were actors Burt Lancaster and Jane Wyatt, plus country music's Merle Travis.
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WLS Radio Aircheck 1 with Fred Winston
Fred Winston, one of the most famous radio personalities in Chicago history. Winston splits his time between Chicago and his ranch in southern Michigan. Fred Winston, is a Chicago radio legend, who began his career on Chicago radio as an afternoon DJ spinning the hits on WLS back in 1971
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San Francisco Radio Waves w/Ben Fong-Torres
Finally, the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame got it right.
And they did it in about an hour and 40 minutes, substantially shorter than previous inductions at which, say, Ralph Barbieri, former KNBR host, took 24 minutes for his acceptance.
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SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. Oct. 19th
The birthday of Jim Reeves, the Kingston Trio's Dave Guard, actors Robert Reed and John Lithgow, Canada's Tommy Ambrose, Nashville's Charlie Chase, and TV builder extraordinaire Ty Pennington.
Arthur Godfrey fired singer Julius LaRosa (both pictured) live on CBS Radio; 'Big Town' starring Edward G. Robinson debuted on CBS radio; Henry Ford made his first speech on early radio; Florence Henderson joined NBC's Today Show, and CKEK signed on 570 kc. to give Cranbrook BC its own radio service.
Obits Oct. 19th include Phillips H. Lord who created radio hits 'Gangbusters' and 'Mr. District Attorney'; plus Tom Bosley, Martha Raye, Phyllis Kirk, and Noel Harrison.
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The ‘Connected Car’ Lives On by Eric Rhoads
I partnered Radio Ink with Jacobs Media and with connected-car consultant Valerie Shuman --
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Dr. Sport: Macdonald not alone in his fight with depression
Barry Macdonald returned to the airwaves with TSN 1040 this week for the first time in over a month.
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