Thursday in Broadcast History .. December 16th
Happy Birthday to Lesley Stahl, JB Smoove, Jon Tenney and ABBA’s Benny Andersson.
‘One Day at a Time’ began its 9-year run on CBS-TV; the same network aired the 50th episode of ‘All in the Family’;
Vancouver’s first TV station CBUT began transmitting from Mount Seymour;
Jack Webb’s ‘Dragnet’ got a sneak preview on NBC-TV’s ‘Chesterfield Sound Off Time’;
and Howard Stern did his last terrestrial broadcast before moving to Sirius Satellite Radio.
Obits Dec. 16 include Dan Fogelberg, the West Wing’s John Spencer, Kojak’s Dan Frazer, Arthur Godfrey’s Haleloke, plus actresses Madlyn Rhue, and Nicolette Larson.
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Premiere Nets and George Noory Launch Coast to Coast AM Paranormal Podcast Network.
George Noory, whose radio show “Coast to Coast AM” is the most-listened-to overnight radio program in North America, is giving people something to listen to around the clock.
Government’s own research shows Canadians oppose censoring the Internet
Canadians do not trust the Liberal government to regulate the Internet, according to research by the Privy Council Office released on Tuesday.
Radio Mans fave with Louis Armstrong
"What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss.
Wednesday in Broadcast History .. December 15th
Happy Birthday to Don Johnson, Michelle Dockery, Helen Slater, Dave Clark of the ‘Dave Clark Five’,and ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson.
‘Captain Midnight’ aired for the last time, after 10 years thrilling young radio audiences;
‘Davey Crockett Indian Fighter’ debuted on the Walt Disney Sunday night hour on ABC-TV;
Elvis Presley sang for the last time on the Shreveport radio program that first gave him wide exposure, ‘Louisiana Hayride’;
Joe Garagiola joined NBC-TV’s ‘Today Show’ as co-host and interviewer;
and Melissa Etheridge made her national TV debut on Dave Letterman’s late night NBC show.
Celebrities bowing out this date include Walt Disney (pictured), Jan Peerce, Fats Waller, Charles Laughton, Chill Wills, and televangelist Oral Roberts.
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Facebook Just Admitted in Court That its ‘Fact-Checks’ Are Just Third Party ‘Opinions’
Facebook (aka “Meta”) has admitted in court that the “fact-checks” used by the site to blacklist non-corporate media content are actually opinion-based labels which do not conduct any real fact-checking of information posted to the site
Radio Mans fave with The Rolling Stones
It was the band's third number-one single in the US and sixth in the UK. The song also topped charts in Canada and the Netherlands.










