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How Quid Pro Quo is a necessary evil in today’s media

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Steve Kowch ran two of Canada’s largest newstalk radio stations in Montreal and Toronto for more than 14 years. He is the author of 99 Things You Wish You Knew Before Making It BIG In Media Come Inside and Read More...

Pioneering NY Talk Radio Host Joe Franklin Dead at 88

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The last two weeks were the first time he ever missed a broadcast in over 60 years. Details INSIDE.

‘Seattle is different. So KEXP is different.’

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“A great radio station is the Town Square for the city, where people come to see what’s going on in the music world,” Come Inside and Read More...

SUNDAY in Broadcasting History .. Jan 25th

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The daytime soap opera. 'The Guiding Light,' began its 72-year broadcast runon this date on NBC radio, later moving to CBS-TV. Vancouver's CBR 1130 became CBU AM 690. B.J. Thomas sang his current Top 20 hit "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" on CBS-TV's 'Ed Sullivan Show.' President John F. Kennedy's first press conference became the first such event to be carried live on radio & TV. ALL the milestones for Jan. 25th INSIDE.

Seattle PPM’s: KRWM’s All-Christmas Dominates Holiday Listening

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"Warm 106.9' almost doubles #2 station, 'Movin' 92.5.' The 6+ totals for all 34 area radio stations INSIDE.

Another Decision Tuesday on those Point Roberts Radio Towers

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Residents on both sides of the border are expected to pack the Whatcom County council chambers in Bellingham next Tuesday night to hear a decision on the contentious radio towers proposal.

Former CBC Host Jo-Ann Roberts Seeks Federal Green Party Nom. in...

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courtesy THE CANADIAN PRESS  JANUARY 24, 2015 03:55 PM. Former CBC host Jo-Ann Roberts poses with Green Party party leader Elizabeth May in Victoria on Saturday...

Rumours from the slopes

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Reporting high atop the Mountain of Whistler and some changes and debuts in the works Come Inside for More...

SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Jan. 24th

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Vancouver radio station CKWX (AM980) opened a new 5,000 watt transmitter on Lulu Island (now Richmond.) The UK's 'The Animals' and ventriloquist Shari Lewis headlined CBS-TV's 'Ed Sullivan Show.' It was also Jan. 24th when legendary Canadian broadcaster and author Peter Gzowski lost his battle with emphysema at age 67. ALL the milestones for Jan. 24th INSIDE.

Millennials Don’t Trust Media, Or Anything Else

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“The rejection of traditional media as inauthentic comes part-and-parcel with the trend of Millennials discarding other norms accepted by previous generations Come Inside and Read More...