Puget Sound Radio

Alvin Lee (born Graham Anthony Barnes; 19 December 1944 – 6 March 2013) was an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was best known as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After.

The pioneering sci-fi series ‘The Outer Limits’ aired for the final time on ABC-TV. CBS-TV’s Ed Sulllivan Show featured songs by Mike Douglas and The Lettermen, with comedy by impressionist Frank Gorshin, and Vancouver’s Mimi Hines teamed with husband Phil Ford. After 15 years in the spot Terry Reid left the QM/FM morning show. Five years after he retired polls declared CBS anchorman emeritus Walter Cronkite to STILL be the ‘most trusted man in America.’ And America’s 6th national TV network UPN (Universal-Paramount Network) began telecasting. ALL the milestones for Jan. 16th INSIDE.

In the 1950s & 60s, the station was owned by entertainers Danny Kaye & Frank Sinatra. And during it’s Rock & Roll years, some legendary names graced the KJR microphones.

Stone Poneys (also The Stone Poneys. Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys, and The Stone Poneys With Linda Ronstadt) were a folk rock trio formed in Los Angeles, consisting of Linda Ronstadt on vocals, Bobby Kimmel on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Kenny Edwards on lead guita

One of the great drummers of the big band era Gene Krupa was born in Chicago. Canadian-born Art Linkletter starred on the CBS radio debut of “House Party”. in 1958, Elvis Presley was in a studio in West Hollywood to record “Hard Headed Woman,” “New Orleans,” “Trouble,” “Crawfish” and “King Creole. in 1959, CJDC TV went on the air in Dawson Creek, BC On this day in 1969, New Westminster radio station CKNW moved its studios & offices from Columbia Street to a former Safeway store at 815 McBride Boulevard. 

Nabil Karim is continuing to make waves south of the border.

"My Ding-a-Ling" is a novelty song written and recorded by Dave Bartholomew. It was covered by Chuck Berry in 1972 and became his only number-one Billboard Hot 100 single in the United States.