Industry News

IT WAS AUG. 16th .... when "Lights Out," Arch Oboler's "ultimate horror show," was heard for the last time on NBC Radio. It returned to the air three years later on CBS... When comedian Jack Paar replaced Walter Cronkite as host of CBS-TV's "The Morning Show" .. at least for 14 months .... When radio station CFSL Weyburn, Saskatchewan, signed on with 250 watts on 1340 KHz... ..and when the sitcom "The Debbie Reynolds Show" premiered on CBS-TV. It lasted just one season. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Hey all, just wanted to confirm that I am indeed leaving CKNW after 14 fantastic years. I'm changing careers after 25 years in radio altogether-figured I should try to learn something new before I turn 50 (which is just a few years away).

IT WAS AUG. 15th .. when CBS inaugurated the first nightly TV news broadcast, a 15-minute feature with anchorman Douglas Edwards reporting the day's events. At first it was seen only in five cities in the Eastern Time zone... When Peck's bad boy of Vancouver radio Jack Cullen (pictured) made the move from CKMO to CKNW, taking his Owl Prowl program with him... When Vancouver radio station CKWX moved from 980 to 1130 on the AM dial where it still resides as News 1130... ..and when the CBC locked out 5500 employees coast to coast, all members of the Canadian Media Guild. The labour dispute was not resolved until October. ALL the milestones for Aug. 15th INSIDE.

Larry and Susan Patrick (pictured) are very well known throughout the industry, highly respected, and well liked. They are successful at both brokering and station ownership,

Former CKNW Talk Show host Bill Good to join News 1130 this fall

IT WAS AUG. 14th ... when Garry Moore (pictured) joined NBC radio with a new morning show in an attempt to knock off the dominant Arthur Godfrey on CBS ... When the end of WWII was marked on the CBS radio series, "Columbia Presents Corwin," as Orson Welles did a special reading about the fall of Japan titled, "Fourteen August"... When five UK pirate radio stations shut down, leaving only Radio Caroline to rock out for another nine months... ..and when radio's "Ma Perkins" began its 27 year run on the air as a local production of WLW Cincinnati. ALL the milestones for Aug. 14th INSIDE.