Joe Kobluk long time CJAT radio man passes…
He became a full-time announcer in 1944 and rose to be general manager in 1960 and Managing Director in 1965
Chuck McCoy Returns to PSR on June 21st…
Chuck and his wife Kim are currently visiting children and grandchildren back in New Jersey. They return home to Portland later this week and Chuck and ‘Memories to Remember’ will be back on Monday June 14th…
Radio Mans Fave with Looking Glass…
Looking Glass is an American pop rock group of the early 1970s that was part of the Jersey Shore sound. Their 1972 song "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" was a #1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 charts, remaining in the top position for one week
Monday in Broadcast History .. June 7th…
IT WAS JUNE 7th … when NBC radio presented The Lux Radio Theatre for the final time. For almost all of its 21 years it had brightened the CBS Radio schedule …
When children’s puppet show stars Kukla, Fran Allison and Ollie (at right), along with the Boston Pops Orchestra, were stars of the first network TV broadcast shown in “compatible color”…
When the “Johnny Cash Show” debuted as a summer series on ABC-TV …
..and when bandleader Ricky Minor jumped from FOX-TV to NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” replacing Kevin Eubanks.
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Former Vancouver broadcaster Cam Cathcart passes…
He was with CBC for 25 years as a reporter, foreign correspondent, producer and host
Radio Mans Fave with Faces…
Faces were an English rock band formed in 1969 by members of Small Faces after lead singer/guitarist Steve Marriott left that group to form Humble Pie. The remaining Small Faces—Ian McLagan (keyboards), Ronnie Lane (bass guitar, vocals), and Kenney Jones (drums and percussion)—were joined by Ronnie Wood (guitar) and Rod Stewart (lead vocals), both from the Jeff Beck Group, and the new line-up was renamed Faces.
Sunday in Broadcast History .. June 6th…
IT WAS JUNE 6th … in fact D-Day on the beaches of Normandy 76 years ago today, when 44-year-old Toronto Star reporter Gordon Sinclair (pictured) began a daily series of popular broadcasts on CFRB Radio, that continued until his death…
When CBC TV aired the first program in the long-running news-panel show “Front Page Challenge.” It continued for 38 years…
When after 23 years The Ed Sullivan Show left CBS-TV. Gladys Knight & The Pips and singer Jerry Vale appeared on the final show…
..and when CHUM 1050 Toronto, the station with North America’s longest-running hit record chart, abandoned its Top-40 format for a mixture of soft rock and oldies.
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