Sean Leslie’s ‘Changing Careers’ Post on Facebook
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).
Mark Summers presents Radio Jingles – Montage 7
https://youtu.be/GZJW08OM5jk
Radio Jingles - Montage 7 has more radio jingles from different stations from around the world. Enjoy
SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Aug. 15th
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.
How to Compete — And Win — Against Radio’s Mega Companies
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,
Higher Network $$ Demands Put Apple’s Live TV Service on Year-Long...
by Peter Burrows/Lucas Shaw/Gerry Smith, Bloomberg.com
August 13, 2015
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Apple Inc. customers waiting for the company to revolutionize live television as it did for music and phone...
FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. Aug. 14th
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.
Jim Goddard talks with Brian ‘Frosty’ Forst about the Koenigsfest departure
https://youtu.be/3B2sedo7Goo
Talk Digital Network's Jim Goddard of the Goddard Report talks with Vancouver radio icon Brian Frosty Forst about what is going on in the...
Matthew McBride’s CKPM gets four year renewal from CRTC
Good news for Matthew McBrides Port Moody radio station CKPM-FM which was given a short term (4 years) license renewal today by the CRTC.
Ian Slipp now possesses the keys to Victoria’s ZONE
Ian Slipp has returned to the Victoria airwaves...