THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Oct. 2nd
Born this date were Groucho Marx, Bud Abbott, Kelly Ripa, Don Maclean, Lorraine Bracco, and movie critic Rex Reed.
The Lutheran Hour debuted on radio, as did The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (w/Basil Rathbone), The Cisco Kid, and the predecessor to the longrunning daytime soap Pepper Young's Family.
The Aldrich Family began a 4-year run on NBC-TV, Combat and Ben Casey had their premieres on ABC-TV, while The Twilight Zone and Edward R. Murrow's celebrity interview show, Person to Person, got their starts on CBS-TV.
Obituaries include Rock Hudson, Frank Lovejoy, Gene Autry, Lon Clark, Nipsey Russell, Harriet Nelson and Canadian bandleader Denny Vaughan.
More milestones for Oct. 2nd INSIDE.
Kelowna’s CKKO-FM Denied Transmitter Change “to Better serve West Kelowna”
The CRTC says the change would have made the station well received in Penticton, and would have turned K96.3 Classic Rock into a regional station.
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. October 1st
A huge date in Canadian broadcasting, as the CTV network was born with stations from Vancouver to Halifax. CBC-FM also went coast to coast for the first time, and the CBC's Montreal station produced Canada's first colour telecast. Much More Music debuted on the country's cablesystems; Vancouver's CJOR moved down the dial to its longtime home at 600 KHz; Duncan BC got its own radio station as CKAY AM1500 debuted; the second national CBC radio network (The Dominion network) went dark as more national advertising migrated from radio to TV. STAR FM debuted with two transmitters in the Fraser Valley, and Calgary's CFXL AM1140 (successor to Top 40 powerhouse CKXL) transitioned to FM. In Nanaimo, CKEG AM 1570 moved from a country format to 'Feelgood Oldies.'
And it's the birthday of radio tycoon Jimmy Pattison.
Details of these, and Johnny Carson's first hosting of NBC's 'Tonight Show,' indeed ALL the October 1st broadcast milestones INSIDE.
Seattle Radio PPM’s … Sept. 2014
More good news for KQMV Movin' in the #1 spot, and for KIRO and its AM sister station 710 ESPN, both of which benefitted from their carriage of the NFL champion Seattle Seahawks.
And a big jump for non-commercial Classical KING-FM. Now where did that come from?
Apology to Justin Trudeau for Levants remarks
Ezra Levant show narrator reads apology to Justin Trudeau for host’s on-air rant
Over NFL Protests, FCC Unanimously Eliminates TV Blackout Rule
The NFL has warned that if the blackout rule is ended, it could mean even more games will move from free broadcast TV to pay TV; but opponents of the rule point out pro football games on broadcast remain highly rated and the licensing rights are extremely lucrative for the league and its 32 teams.
Casey Kasem’s Final Resting Place STILL Unresolved
Norwegian Funeral Home Refuses Wife Jean's Burial Request
courtesy AllAccess.com September 29, 2014
KERRI KASEM has notified her TWITTER followers that a funeral home in NORWAY has refused to bury the remains of legendary DJ CASEY KASEM. The...
