‘The Sopranos’ Creator Finally Reveals Tony Soprano’s Fate
Show creator David Chase finally revealed that titular character Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) lived through the controversial and intentionally open-ended 2007 “Sopranos” series finale, according to a lengthy piece published Wednesday on the website Vox.
Susan Bonner Named Next Anchor of CBC Radio’s ‘World At Six’
Susan brings a wealth of reporting and hosting experience to her new role. She has reported from across Canada and recently finished a four-year assignment at CBC News’ Washington, D.C. bureau.
Andrew Chang on Changes He’s Bringing to CBC TV Vancouver News...
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Andrew Chang, the former host of CBC News Montreal will start heading up CBC...
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. August 27th
Born this date were actresses Sarah Chalke, Tuesday Weld and MacKenzie Phillips, plus Martha Raye, Tommy Sands, Paul Reubens and Daryl Dragon.
CBC Toronto's CBLT moved up the dial from channel 9 to 6. The Beatles visited Elvis Presley for the one and only time. Boyz II Men started a 14 week run at #1 on the charts, Connie Francis was the celebrity mystery guest on CBS-TV's What's My Line, and Diane Sawyer started her 5 year run on CBS-TV's 60 Minutes.
Obits for Aug. 27th include Gracie Allen, Bennett Cerf, Sam Levinson, Jack Dennett, Greg Morris, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Brandon Tartikoff.
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Canucks, Lions Broadcaster Rick Ball Leaves for Flames TV Job
Rick Ball — who does play-by-play for the sports radio station’s B.C. Lions and Vancouver Canucks broadcasts — will be leaving Vancouver to take on a similar position with Rogers Sportsnet in Calgary, where he’ll call the Flames TV games in the coming season.
Rogers, Shaw Announce New Streaming Service to Challenge Netflix
shomi, a new subscription video-on-demand service, ups the ante in entertainment with the latest, most exclusive shows and selections personalized. shomi will be available starting the first week of November at a suggested retail price of $8.99 per month.
Corus Winnipeg Cleans House as Ratings Near
Corus HouseCleaning continues in Winnipeg...
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TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. August 26th
This date gave us singers Valerie Simpson, Vic Dana and Canada's own Juliette, plus actors Melissa McCarthy and Macaulay Culkin, and radio innovator Lee DeForest.
Ted Rogers Sr. manufactured the first A/C vacuum tube, Red Barber did the play-by-play for the very first televised baseball game, The Board of Broadcast Governors took over Canada's radio regulating from the CBC, Calgarians first heard the radio call letters CFAC, and the Bachman-Turner overdrive released their best selling LP, 'Not Fragile.'
The lives of broadcasters Art Baker, Larry Keating, Knox Manning, and pretend broadcaster Ted Baxter (aka Ted Knight) ended this date.
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KGO’s Ronn Owens Reveals He Has Parkinson’s
Longtime KGO/San Francisco host Ronn Owens goes public that he has Parkinson's disease