Thursday in Broadcast History .. May 8th
IT WAS MAY 8th .. when two Canadian musical superstars, Hank Snow and Don Messer, were born …
When a fire caused extensive water damage to New Westminster radio station CKNW, which was forced to use studios in downtown Vancouver while their building was renovated….
When the final episode of the hit TV sitcom ‘The Golden Girls’ aired on NBC…
When Bruce Springsteen (pictured) made his TV debut, singing three songs on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” …
and when Victoria radio stations The Q and The Zone were sold to Jim Pattison.
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PSR’s 6pm Wednesday Night News with the News You Should Know…
True Nature Of The [DS] System Cannot Be Fully Explained,It Must Be Experienced – X22 Report
Bryan Adams calls CanCon regulations an ‘archaic system’ that’s ‘really stupid’
Bryan Adams is reigniting his calls to repeal Canadian content regulations that have dictated radio station playlists for more than half a century.
Radio Mans fave with The Beatles
The song first appeared on the 1969 various artists' charity compilation album No One's Gonna Change Our World and later, in a different form, on their 1970 album Let It Be
Wednesday in Broadcast History .. May 7th
IT WAS MAY 8th … when V-E Day was celebrated, marking the end of WWII in Europe, and radio carried the news …
When the BBC banned the song “Such a Night” by Johnnie Ray after listeners complained about its “suggestiveness” ….
When radio station CKGO AM 1490 Hope BC went on the air with 250 watts…
..and when Edmonton’s CHQT was heard in its last live day as Cool 8-80, before switching twelve days later to All News as iNews880.com.
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PSR’s 6pm Tuesday Night News with The News You Should Know…
Marker [9] Confirmed, 11.11 Strategic Marker, America Unified Again, Justice, Think Nov 3 – X22 Report
Radio Mans fave with The Beach Boys
Endless Summer is a compilation album by American rock band the Beach Boys, released on June 24, 1974.