Canada Loses a Legendary Broadcaster
One of Canada’s broadcast legends passed away on Tuesday, 28 September 2012. Radio reporter Ed Mason worked at a number of top stations across Canada — in an era when radio was king.
Radio Mans Fave with Wink Martindale
Wink Martindale perform on stage with his world famous "Deck Of Cards". The original single was released in December 1959 in the UK. It hit No 5 in the charts and stayed for massive 29 weeks run. This clip features Wink many years later, in colour and superb audio sound.
Wednesday in Broadcast History .. September 29th
Born this date were Gene Autry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bryant Gumbel, Gwen Ifill, Madeline Kahn and MASH’s Larry Linville.
The daytime radio game show Double or Nothing got its start on Mutual; Lowell Thomas (pictured) began his 46-year career of nightly radio news broadcasts; and the Adventures of Sam Spade began its Sunday night run on CBS Radio.
Sgt. Preston of the Yukon, a radio hit, got its start on CBS-TV. Also premiering on the Tiffany network were the TV hits Designing Women, My Favorite Martian, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Alice, and The Judy Garland Show.
Sept. 29th was also the date a number of ABC-TV hits debuted, including Love American Style, My Three Sons, Make Room for Daddy, thirtysomething, Macgyver and Grace Under Fire.
And CBR-FM signed on for the first time at 102.1 on Calgary’s radio dial.
ALL the milestones for this date INSIDE.nions” by Booker T & MG’s at #3. On this day in 2012, KZOK Seattle radio personality Donny Bonaduce received a painful bite on the cheek from a female fan who had asked for a kiss.
KISS Classic Featured In Hilarious TV Ad For Toronto radio station ! 107 “Born...
A new TV spot incorporates the KISS song, "I Was Made For Lovin' You", featured on the band's 1979 album, Dynasty
Sad loss of Dennis O’Neill
This one hurts personally: longtime friend and BCIT Broadcast and Media Communications faculty member Dennis O’Neill passed away at his home on Friday September 24th at the age of 63.
Tara Sands: A Voice for Everything – Matt’s Sound Off Podcast
Her work extends well beyond FM, into some of the things you might hear like cartoons and commercials, but also in Anime, Audiobooks and now Podcast. If there's audio to be recorded, she is likely recording it.
Radio Mans Fave with Bubble Puppy – another One Hit Wonder!
Bubble Puppy is an American psychedelic rock band originally active from 1967 to 1972. They are best remembered for their Top 20 hit, "Hot Smoke & Sasafrass"










