Today in Broadcast History

IT WAS JULY 18th .... when Saskatoon got its pioneer radio station as CFQC Saskatoon signed on 400 metres with 200 watts of power.... When CKVU-TV was licensed as Vancouver's third television station. It signed on 14 months later. Today it is known as City-TV... When CBS radio introduced its experimental Columbia Workshop of the Air,.. ..and when obits included one-half of Canada’s favorite comedy team Johnny Wayne; and veteran NBC & PBS newsman Paul Duke. Details of ALL the July 18th milestones INSIDE.

Broadcast celebrities born July 17th include Canadians Art Linkletter (pictured) and Donald Sutherland, actress/singer Diahann Carroll and Baywatch’s David Hasselhoff. Disneyland opened its doors in California, John Chancellor debuted as host of NBC-TV’s Today Show, Anne Murray scored another #1 hit, and Rod Stewart released his first solo single, “Maggie Mae.” Obits for July 17th include broadcasters Walter Cronkite and Bernard Cowan, jazz greats Billie Holliday and John Coltrane, author Mickey Spillane, and actors Larry Haines and Geraldine Fitzgerald. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 16th ... when Diana Ross & the Supremes guest hosted NBC-TV's Tonight Show, while at the same hour Janis Joplin was the sole guest on ABC-TV's Dick Cavett Show.... When Los Angeles disc jockey Rick Dees (pictured) debuted his late night TV show "Into The Night with Rick Dees" on ABC-TV... When the Beach Boys appeared on NBC-TV's Today Show, on the 37th anniversary of their signing by Capitol Records... ..and when the domestic TV diva Martha Stewart was sentenced to 5 months in prison, ALL the milestones for July 16th INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 15th ... when "Music and the Spoken Word" debuted on KSL Salt Lake City. It is still heard today on 2,000 radio & TV stations worldwide... When radio station CKLN 1420 first went on the air in Nelson, B.C.... When 24-year old singer Patti Page made her TV debut in a summer replacement series for Perry Como.. ..and when cable news network MSNBC began operations in Secaucus, New Jersey, a joint project of Microsoft & NBC TV. ALL the milestones for July 15th INSIDE>

IT WAS JULY 14th ... when satirist Stan Freberg (pictured) debuted a weekly sketch comedy series on CBS Radio; it ran for 15 unsponsored weeks.... When one of the shock jock's early forays into TV, "The Howard Stern Summer Show" premiered on WWOR-TV in New York City... When TV trash-talk show host Jerry Springer officially filed papers to run for the U.S. Senate from Ohio... ..and when two distinguished network news anchors, CBS's Douglas Edwards and NBC's John Chancellor, were born. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 13th .. when KDBQ San Francisco changed its call letters to KYA, and soon became an iconic rock radio force... When BBC Radio banned "No One Is Innocent" by the Sex Pistols.... When sportscaster Howard Cosell said that he was "tired of being tied to the football mentality" and asked to be released from duties on ABC's Monday Night Football... ..and when Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler (pictured) announced he was leaving FOX-TV's American Idol after two seasons, to focus his attention back on the band. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 12th .. when the Toronto Daily Star's pioneering radio station CFCA had its Grand Opening. Foster Hewitt broadcast his first hockey game on CFCA seven months later. .. When The Adventures of Sam Spade was heard for the first time, on ABC Radio. Howard Duff (pictured) starred as the San Francisco detective in the summer replacement series which quickly won a year-round following ... When PBS began airing concerts by the Boston Pops Orchestra... ...and when the daytime game show "Family Feud" premiered on ABC-TV with Richard Dawson as host. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Actors Tab Hunter and Sela Ward, announcer Harry Von Zell (pictured)l and Canadian guitarist Liona Boyd were born on July 11th. Elvis had his final Sun Records session, Mac Davis debuted his summer CBS-TV variety show, Rupert Holmes hosted NBC-TV’s Midnight Special, and Frank Sinatra married for the 4th time. Obits this date include Vancouver talk radio host Gary Bannerman, composer George Gershwin, singers Helen Forrest and Frances Langford, actors Laurence Olivier and Ray Collins, and iconic New York Yankee P.A. announcer Bob Sheppard. All the milestones for July 11th are INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 10th ... when a radio show of international intrigue 'The Man Called X,' debuted on CBS radio, beginning an 8-year run on the networks .... When New York's WINS Radio announced the hiring of pioneer rock deejay Alan Freed to be the host of their "Rock 'n' Roll Party'... When the short-lived "Gladys Knight & the Pips'' Summer Series premiered on NBC-TV... .. and when Victoria's first radio station CJVI AM900 cut costs by dropping its talk shows and went back to playing popular music of the 60s, 70s and 80s. ALL the milestones for July 10th are found INSIDE.

IT WAS JULY 9th ... when 26-year old Dick Clark debuted as host of the daily "Bandstand'' on Philadelphia T-V station WFIL... When Calgary's CKRY-FM signed on at 105.1 MHz with 100,000 watts as "Country 105"... When NBC-TV aired the sitcom "A Different World" for the final time, concluding its 6 year run... ..and when ABC aired a rare interview with CBS' late night star David Letterman on the premiere of their new magazine show "Up Close." ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.