Coalition calls on CRTC to force expansion of broadband access
In 2013, Rogers Communications Inc. began offering broadband service for $9.99 a month to residents of Toronto Community Housing.
Victoria Times-Colonist Drops Cartoonist Raeside After 36 Years
The Victoria paper said it no longer has the money to employ Adrian Raeside for even occasional cartoons.
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. July 15th
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.
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Cosby Show Actor Declares, ‘Of Course Bill Cosby is Guilty!’
Joseph C. Phillips, who played the Huxtables' son-in-law, recalls his conversation with the woman who claimed the scandal-plagued comedian violated “both her trust and her body.”
The Much Lamented Michael Grey Returns to Grand Rapids Sportstalker
GREY is returning to CUMULUS Sports WBBL/GRAND RAPIDS as 6-9a morning show host,
Tom Harrison’s New Book on Vancouver’s Rock & Roll Roots
A History of Vancouver Rock ’n’ Roll looks back at the pioneers, visionaries and mavericks who started the local recording industry.
New HOT 103.7 Seattle Snares Deanna Cruz for Mornings
Ms. CRUZ has been doing mornings at WWKX (HOT 106)/PROVIDENCE, RI, where she’s been a key personality for over eight years.
CBS Radio Reduces Staff
CBS Radio began a nationwide lay-off of staffers. According to insiders, the total number of CBS Radio employees released on Monday (plus a handful from earlier this month), is around 200.
Sandmeyer & Churchill Fired from Seattle’s AM 1090 THE FAN
THE FAN's only local programming is dead, after 3-6 pm program hosts STEVE SANDMEYER and JASON CHURCHILL were let go.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. July 14th
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.
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