Burl Barer, Kevin O’Brien, Gary Shannon KJR Reunion
KJR FM Seattle has a KJR-AM Channel 95 Reunion
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SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 2nd
It's the day that gave us Burt Lancaster, David Schwimmer, Paul Ford, Jay Black, k.d. lang, and early West Coast newscaster Sam Hayes.
The early radio soap opera Myrt & Marge (pictured) debuted on CBS; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was created; CFGP brought 100 watts of local radio service to Grande Prairie Alta, and years later, CFCW signed on with 250 watts in Camrose.
CBC-TV experimented unsuccessfully with a 9 pm newscast, Ted Danson's 'Becker' debuted on CBS-TV, and NBC-TV aired the 100th episode of 'Third Rock from the Sun.'
Three veteran TV character actors left us on this date, Leonard Stone, Sid Melton and voicist Paul Frees.
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I want to be a broadcast engineer. What will my salary...
Challenges: Aside from having to do more with less as a result of media consolidation, the biggest challenge for broadcast engineers is keeping stations on the air, 24/7, no matter what.
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CBC Struggles to Move Ahead in Wake of Ghomeshi Firing
Jian Ghomeshi’s show, which is heard on 180 U.S. public radio stations, as well as a handful of U.S. TV stations, was one of the few bright spots for a broadcaster beset in recent years by federal budget cuts, changing audience habits and attacks by partisan critics
I can’t take it anymore… by Veteran Radio man John Rook
During radio's heyday a good programmer understood nothing got on the air without it being both entertaining and creating success for an advertiser
Turn the Clocks Back .. TONIGHT
It's the end of Daylight Saving Time .. being the first Sunday in November.
It's easy to remember the time switching rule, coinciding with the...
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.
