Monday in Broadcast History .. January 24th
longtime Chicago baseball announcer Jack Brickhouse was born in Peoria Illinois. Benny Goodman and his Orchestra recorded one of the all-time big band greats, “Stompin’ at the Savoy”, CKWX AM 980 radio opened its new 5,000 watt transmitter on Lulu Island, Canadian broadcaster and author Peter Gzowski (Pictured)died on this day in 2002. Country singer Lynn Anderson was arrested for shoplifting. Birthday Milestone and Much More Inside
Radio Mans fave with Rod Stewart
Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 250 million records worldwide
Sunday in Broadcast History .. January 23rd
The outstandingly popular miniseries “Roots” by Alex Haley debuted on ABC and ran for 8 consecutive nights.
Radio station WOR moved from Newark New Jersey to New York City.
What would become an iconic police station sitcom, ‘Barney Miller’ premiered on ABC-TV.
Mr. T became a TV action celebrity as ‘The A Team’ began its 5-year run on NBC.
The ‘Donny & Marie’ variety show debuted on ABC-TV.
The sitcom ‘about nothing’ Seinfeld’ began a nine-year run on NBC-TV.
And it’s the date we lost TV superstars Johnny Carson and Bob Keeshan (Capt.Kangaroo.).
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No home show, by Dr. Sport Greg Douglas
When the Aquilini Group moved the Canucks radio broadcasts from CKNW to Team 1040 in 2006, the cost to the station was a reported $3.7 million per season.
Radio Mans fave with John Fred and His Playboy Band
His group, John Fred and the Playboys, was formed in 1956 when Fred was 15; their first charting single was March 1959's "Shirley". He appeared on Alan Freed's show, but when Dick Clark asked him to sing on American Bandstand,
Saturday in Broadcast History .. January 22nd
CKNW threw the switch boosting power from 250 to 1,000 watts on 1320 KHz.
One of Irna Phillips’ early daytime dramas ‘The Right to Happiness’ moved from the NBC Blue network to CBS radio.
The hilarious ‘Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In’ began as a weekly series on NBC -TV.
And New Westminster’s Raymond Burr starred for the 1st time as Captain Lee Quince in the debut of “Fort Laramie” on CBS radio.
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Meat Loaf Dead At 74
Meat Loaf, the larger-than-life singer whose bombastic rock opera "Bat Out of Hell" is one of the best-selling albums of all time, has died at age 74,










