Tuesday in Broadcast History .. December the 8th…

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Happy Birthday to Kim Basinger, Teri Hatcher, Wendell Pierce, Sinead O’Connor and Jerry Butler. FDR (pictured) gave his iconic ‘Date that will live in infamy’ address one day after the Pearl Harbor attack; Americans coast-to-coast heard Red Barber call the first NFL championship game via Mutual radio ; Ringo Starr hosted ‘Sat. Night Live’ on NBC-TV; the last ‘Wiseguy’ episode aired on CBS-TV; and the Bravo channel debuted on US cable systems. Canadian radio stations CJAD Montreal and Edmonton’s Magic 99 signed on. John Lennon was shot dead by Mark Chapman; other Dec. 8th deaths include singers Marty Robbins, Martha Tilton, and John Mills Sr. of ‘The Mills Brothers,’ plus actors Robert Prosky, Howard Rollins Jr., Luther Adler, Slim Pickens and Anne Seymour. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Global News Adds Free Okanangan, Lethbridge, Peterborough and Kingston News Streams To Global TV...

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GLOBAL NEWS ADDS FREE OKANAGAN, LETHBRIDGE, PETERBOROUGH AND KINGSTON NEWS STREAMS TO GLOBAL TV APP

Radio Man’s Favourite Flashback with Nirvana…

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Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Founded by lead singer-songwriter and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, the band went through a succession of drummers before recruiting Dave Grohl in 1990

Chuck’s Classics, featuring Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass..

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Herb Alpert, very popular in the 1960’s. A Taste Of Honey is one of his hits from 1965.

Monday in Broadcast History .. December the 7th…

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Dec. 7th gave us radio’s king of horror writing Arch Oboler, Mary Tyler Moore’s TV newsman Ted Knight, music men Tom Waits and Harry Chapin, and actors Rod Cameron and Ellen Burstyn. Radio brought us the news of Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor; KCTS signed on on Seattle channel 9 bringing Public Television to the Northwest; CHPQ AM1370 in Parksville signed on; some 35 years later KSQM 91.5 Sequim Wash. signed on; Instant Replay was used for the first time on CBS-TV’s telecast of the Army-Navy football game; the Christmas special ‘Frosty the Snowman’ (pictured) debuted on CBS-TV; and The Beatles were seen for the first time on North American television. ALL the milestones for Dec. 7th INSIDE.

Radio Man’s Favourite Flashback with AC/DC…

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AC/DC (stylised as ACϟDC) are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish-born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young.[1] Although their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock, and heavy metal,[2] the band themselves call it simply "rock and roll"

Chuck’s Classics, featuring Leonard Cohen…

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As a singer, songwriter, poet and novelist, Quebecer Leonard Cohen did very well. He passed on in 2016 at age 82. One of his memorable hits was the 1984 Hallelujah.