SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 1st
It's the date that brought us David Foster, Bill Anderson, Lyle Lovett, Betsy Palmer, Jenny McCarthy and Toni Collette.
Edmonton radio station CFRN was granted its first license; Medicine Hat's CHAT started up on 1270 kc.; the first English language hockey telecast was called by Foster Hewitt on Toronto's CBLT; the Dave Clark Five performed on the Ed Sullivan Show; 'The Lucy Show' debuted on CBS-TV, and a few years later the same network aired the 100th episode of the sitcom 'Maude.'
Obits for Nov. 1 include Phil Silvers, Noah Beery Jr., Skitch Henderson, Yma Sumac, Canadian broadcast journalist and politician Rene Levesque, and TV game show announcer Charlie O'Donnell.
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Long Ignored Rape Allegations Starting to Affect Bill Cosby’s Career
Bill Cosby faced his first accuser in 2000, but was hit with the brunt of the rape allegations in 2004, when 13 women stepped forward to accuse the comedian of having improper relationships.
Younger Listeners Help Drive Country Music’s Success
The modern country music audience, which includes fans of artists such as CARRIE UNDERWOOD, RASCAL FLATTS and TAYLOR SWIFT, skews toward women under 49 years old.
FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. Oct. 31st
It's the date of birth of broadcasters Dan Rather and Jane Pauley, singers Dale Evans and Ethel Waters, actors Michael Landon, Barbara Bel Geddes, Ken Wahl and John Candy, and rapper Vanilla Ice.
Vancouver's CHAN-TV (now Global) signed on for the first time; NBC televised 'Carmen' as the first opera ever aired 'in living color'; the 100th episode of 'The Odd Couple' was seen on ABC; and Alive Cooper hosted 'The Monstrous Munster Mash' marathon on superstation WGN.
Bing Crosby's 'White Xmas' began an 11 week run at #1; the Rolling Stones played Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto; and Barry McGuire sang 'Eve of Destruction' on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show.
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Baxter’s Back On Bay Area Airwaves
Ed Baxter spent more than 30-years at crosstown KGO Radio, where he was heard in both afternoons and mornings during his long tenure
The 2014 Jack Webster Awards Winners and Finalist
Brian Coxford wins Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award and long time radio broadcast journalist Allen Garr wins City Mike Award...
Trailer Park Boys Actress First Named Ghomeshi Accuser
"Trailer Park Boys" actor Lucy DeCoutere has accused former CBC-Radio host Jian Ghomeshi of choking her "to the point she could not breathe" and slapping her "hard three times on the side of her head."
Jack Webster Revisited with Grace McCarthy and Mike Harcourt
The Royal BC Museum in Victoria has been collecting provincial radio and television shows and now have a Youtube channel for some real classics, including this one...
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Roundhouse Radio 98.3 Hires Director of Programming
Roundhouse Radio has hired Tracey Friesen as Director of Programming at Vancouver’s newest radio station, expected to go on the air Spring of 2015.
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Oct. 30th
Happy birthday to Grace Slick, Henry Winkler, Kevin Pollak, Harry Hamlin, Glee's Matthew Morrison and Cash Cab's Ben Bailey.
It's the day CBS radio listeners were terrified by Orson Welles 'War of the Worlds'; the 100th episode of 'Cheers' was aired on NBC-TV, and 4 years later the same network broadcast the 100th episode of 'Matlock.'
Roy Orbison's 'Oh, Pretty Woman' became a Gold Record. and Frank Sinatra recorded 'My Way.'
Leaving us on Oct. 30th were Steve Allen, Robert Goulet, Pert Kelton, John Houseman, and Vancouver-born actor John Drainie.
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