NBC Anchor Brian Williams Admits to False Iraq Expedition Report
The most-watched evening-news anchor on television today has acknowledged that he falsely claimed to have been on a helicopter that was shot down by enemy fire while on an NBC News reporting trip in Iraq in 2003.
Reports Indicate Canada Has Caved on Copyright Term Extension in TPP...
By Michael Geist
www.michaelgeist.ca
February 4, 2015
.
Last month, there were several Canadian media reports on how the work of Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, had entered...
PSR/ProSalesGuy presents FREE Webinar Today @ 12 NOON!
Puget Sound Radio and ProSalesGuy Dave Warawa Webinar begins at HIGH NOON Today....
Come Inside for more details...
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 4th
Baseball's Jackie Robinson (pictured) signed a contract with NBC's New York radio & TV stations as Director of Community Activities, thus becoming the first black broadcast executive.
Elvis Presley made his second appearance on CBS-TV's 'Dorsey Brothers Stage Show.'
ABC-TV aired a 25th anniversary salute to Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand.'
And Katie Couric's "All Access Grammy Special" aired on CBS-TV, featuring interviews with Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Lil Wayne and Taylor Swift.
ALL the milestones for Feb. 4th INSIDE.
Canuck Ticket Prices Fall as Team Struggles to Fill Seats
Resale tickets to the Vancouver Canucks’ Tuesday game against the Winnipeg Jets dropped below USD $25 apiece Tuesday, as the team continues to struggle to fill seats.
Does Public Radio Sound Too White?
it's a question whispered but never boldly confronted
Come Inside and Read More...
Public Radio Apology for ‘Blasphemy’ in Prairie Home Companion Song
Country songwriter Robbie Fulks sang “Where I Fell” about 50 minutes into the nationally broadcast show Saturday evening at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, and with it the blasphemy that ends with the syllable “damn.” (Gawd AMM!)
Suge Knight Rushed to Hospital After ‘Not Guilty’ Plea in Hit...
The rap mogul was rushed to the hospital after the 'not guilty' pleadings for an unspecified “medical emergency,” according to an L.A. County Sheriff’s spokesperson.
Rod McKuen, who wrote ‘Seasons in the Sun’ (Terry Jacks), Dead...
Among McKuen’s commercial successes in the 1960s and '70s were his reworking of Jacques Brel’s song "Le Moribond" for the English-language version of “Seasons in the Sun,” later covered by Terry Jacks, and "Jean," the title song for the film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie."
Frank Sinatra recorded an album of McKuen songs in 1969 called “A Man Alone,” which included “Love’s Been Good to Me.”
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 3rd
The third of WXYZ Detroit's kids radio melodramas 'Challenge of the Yukon' debuted... for a Michigan audience only.
The comedy team of Abbott and Costello (pictured) joined the cast of CBS radio's 'Kate Smith Hour.'
The mischievous chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs became a regular on NBC-TV's 'Today Show.'
And Vancouver radio station C-ISL got the okay to move up the AM dial from 940 to 650 KHz and increase power to 10,000 watts.
ALL the milestones for Feb. 3rd INSIDE.
