Tuesday in Broadcast History .. May 17th
IT WAS MAY 17th … when the quiz show for the intelligentsia “Information Please!” began its 10-year run on radio, the first 2.5 years on the NBC Blue Network…
When the final episode of Groucho’s radio/TV quiz show “You Bet Your Life” was taped …
When the Elton John TV special “Say Goodbye To Norma Jean And Other Things” aired on ABC…
When Barry Manilow guested on the season finale of ‘Murphy Brown’ on CBS-TV …
..and when NBC-TV paid $5 million for the rights to air the 1939 movie blockbuster “Gone with the Wind” just one time.
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PSR’s 6 o’clock Monday News with News behind the News and Much More…
Durham Is Ready To Expose It All, As We Prepare To Land, Please Fasten Your Seatbelt
Joe Rogan calls Justin Trudeau a “creepy f*cking dictator’ Slams him for his handling...
the disingenuous way that he communicated – it freaked me out, because I never thought that guy was like that,” said Rogan.
Dan Russell’s ‘Pleasant Good Evening’ to be released this week
Veteran Vancouver sportscaster Dan Russell has completed his Pleasant Good Evening – a Memoir
Free at Last: David Milgaard, by Byron Christopher
I knew David for more than 30 years — and knew of him for more than 50 years.
Radio Mans fave with Simon & Garfunkel
"The Boxer" is a song recorded by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water
Monday in Broadcast History .. May 16th
IT WAS MAY 16th … when the first radio broadcast of the Kentucky Derby was heard via Louisville’s WHAS …
When the popular radio thriller ‘The Whistler’ debuted on Columbia’s West Coast network, sponsored by Signal Oil …
When ‘Cross Canada Check Up,’ the national open line show, debuted on CBC Radio. It has continued for 55 years so far…
When ABC aired what turned out to be the final TV special from The Carpenters …
When the popular series ‘In the Heat of the Night,’ ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ and ‘Baywatch Nights’ ended their first runs on US national TV.
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