THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. July 10th
It's the birthdate of The Waltons' Earl Hamner Jr., and TV stars Fred Gwynne, David Brinkley, and Mr. Wizard Don Herbert.
Victoria's CJVI Radio dropped talk and returned to playing music. Elvis recorded "Viva Las Vegas," Paul Anka's first hit "Diana" and The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" were first heard on radio. "Your Hit Parade" debuted on NBC-TV, "The Man Called X" premiered on CBS radio, and pioneering rock deejay Alan Freed left Cleveland for WINS New York.
Obits for July 10th include Jelly Roll Morton, Arthur Fiedler, John Hammond and Mel Blanc.
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Seattle-Tacoma Radio PPM Ratings .. June 2014
The two Hubbard Radio properties swapped places in the June 2014 Seattle-Tacoma PPM. Soft AC Warm KRWM-FM 106.9 moved up to first spot with a 6.3 share, while CHR MOViN KQMV-FM 92.5 dropped to second with 5.9. AC Spirit KCMS-FM 105.3 came in third with a 4.8 market share.
“Brock & Salk” Re-Team At 710 ESPN/Seattle
the Sports/Talk radio duo of Brock & Salk are back as 710 ESPN expands its live local programming into the breakfast hours.
Anchor-in-Waiting David Muir Scores Best ABC News Ratings Win in Six...
11:21 AM PDT 7/9/2014
by Michael O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter
Subbing for Diane Sawyer during the Fourth of July holiday week, Muir's first week at the...
Coach’s Corner: Getting Your Talent to Listen & Learn
By Sam Weaver
Editor, Urban/Urban AC Promotion, All Access Music Group
Shut-Up And Let Me Teach You
July 1, 2014
One afternoon last week, I called an OM...
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. July 9th
Actors Tom Hanks, Jimmy Smits, Vincent Edwards and Brian Dennehy were born this date, along with Courtney Love, Ed Ames and John Tesh.
The Grateful Dead gave their last concert in Chicago, Crosby Stills and Nash began their reunion tour,
Dick Clark took over as host of Philadelphia TV's "Bandstand," and Jim Morrison was buried.
Signing off forever were CBS correspondent Eric Sevareid, actor Rod Steiger and actress Isabel Sanford of TV's "The Jeffersons."
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How technology killed the radio star
Numbers have dropped by more than 20 percent in the past 17 years
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. July 8th
It's the day singers Steve Lawrence, Bill Eckstine, Toby Keith and Raffi took their first breaths.
Elvis's "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear," and Nat Cole's "Mona Lisa' were #1, Hank Ballard recorded "The Twist" and the Everly Brothers waxed "Lucille."
Taking their very final bows were actors Ernest Borgnine, Howard Duff and June Allyson, and comedian Phil Foster.
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Al Jazeera IS GUILTY of Bias: But Does That Make its...
Harvey Oberfeld responds in the comments section with an update that 23 of Al Jazeera staff have QUIT
