Puget Sound Radio

Featuring Victoria, British Columbia and Columbia recording artist Tom Middleton

It was March 4th a decade before radio as we know it got going, when Lee De Forest conducted an experimental broadcast from New York City. It’s the date when Edmonton first heard the signal of CHED radio at 1080KHz … …when Shirley Temple (pictured) starred in the first episode of ‘Junior Miss’ on CBS radio… and when CBS-TV aired the 200th episode of the classic sitcom ‘All in the Family.’ Details and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Jack Webster was one of the great influences on my career. Jack started at CJOR about the time I began to spin records in 1954.

Kansas is an American rock band that became popular in the 1970s initially on album-oriented rock charts and later with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind"

It was March 3rd when Detroit was first introduced to radio station WWJ. When Elvis Presley made his TV debut on the syndicated ‘Louisiana Hayride’ (pictured). When Vancouver’s CKWX AM 1130 published its last Top 40 Survey, relinquishing the field to CFUN 1410. When Andy Griffith first introduced the character ‘Matlock’ on NBC-TV, and four years later the same network aired the 100th episode of ‘Alf.’ And when ‘Nova’ began its 46 year (so far) run on PBS. Details and many more milestones for March 3rd INSIDE.

With the recent Bell Media cuts, Victoria's 1070 CFAX has also dropped programs like the ever popular 'Coast to Coast'

In his 36 years as the beloved radio voice of the Blue Jays, Jerry Howarth learned far more than the power and allure of the medium.