Rob’t. Fulford: Television Enters an Age of Women
The writers of Dicte, a watchable, sharp and credible series available on Netflix, may have given the heroine more troubles than the story needed.
Sorry Bell, Accessing U.S. Netflix is Not Theft
Netflix launched in Canada less than five years ago, yet reports indicate that it now counts 40 per cent of English-speaking Canadians as subscribers - (Michael Geist)
CTV News wins RTNDA ‘Best Newscast,’ Top Digital Award
For the fourth consecutive year, “CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme” took home the Bert Cannings Award for Best Network Television Newscast.
CJME Regina Wins Best Radio Newscast in Canada
A story about the Regina Beach natural gas explosion led off that winning newscast broadcast on Dec. 3
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. June 8th
IT WAS JUNE 8th .. in the earliest experimental days of television when WGY-TV in Schenectady, NY revamped its regular program schedule. While continuing to broadcast three days a week, there were only two times each day that viewers could watch TV: 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. and 11:30 to Midnight...
When Lassie debuted on ABC radio. It was a 15-minute show about an extraordinary collie...
When the future 'Mr. Television' Milton Berle made his debut as host of NBC-TV's 'Texaco Star Theatre'....
..and when the show that introduced us to John Travolta, "Welcome Back, Kotter" aired its final episode on ABC TV.
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CBC’s Shelagh Rogers to be Sworn as U-Vic Chancellor Monday
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June 6, 2015 10:18 PM
Shelagh Rogers, the University of Victoria's next chancellor. Photograph By Adrian Lam, Times Colonist
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SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. June 7th
IT WAS JUNE 7th ... when NBC radio presented The Lux Radio Theatre for the final time. For almost all of its 21 years it had brightened the CBS Radio schedule ...
When children's puppet show stars Kukla, Fran Allison and Ollie (at right), along with the Boston Pops Orchestra, were stars of the first network TV broadcast shown in "compatible color"...
When the "Johnny Cash Show" debuted as a summer series on ABC-TV ...
..and when bandleader Ricky Minor jumped from FOX-TV to NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno," replacing Kevin Eubanks.
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Where Are All The Female Program Directors?
I believe that the dominant male factor orginated in broadcasting during the 40s and 50s and ever since then it has been a tough nut for women to crack in terms of the work culture.
The Little Station that Could: the CHEK-TV Story
They pooled their money, found other investors and convinced Canwest and its bondholders to hand over the station for a toonie, plus $2.5 million to cover operating losses while CHEK rebuilt its programming schedule from scratch.
SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. June 6th
IT WAS JUNE 6th ... in fact D-Day on the beaches of Normandy, when 44-year-old Toronto Star reporter Gordon Sinclair (pictured) began a daily series of popular broadcasts on CFRB Radio, that continued until his death...
When CBC TV aired the first program in the long-running news-panel show "Front Page Challenge." It continued for 38 years...
When after 23 years The Ed Sullivan Show left CBS-TV. Gladys Knight & The Pips and singer Jerry Vale appeared on the final show...
..and when CHUM 1050 Toronto, the station with North America's longest-running hit record chart, abandoned its Top-40 format for a mixture of soft rock and oldies.
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