FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. June 27th
It's the birthdate of Captain Kangaroo and Khloe Kardashian, and also gave birth to an ABC-TV soap called "Loving."
Red Robinson held his first rock concert at the Kerrisdale Arena starring Bill Haley, Elvis began taping his first TV special, and Billy J. Kramer guested on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Hugh Grant was arrested for 'lewd behaviour' with an L.A. prostitute, and John Lennon was finally granted his Green Card.
Gale Storm and Don Grady and Canadian teen idol Terry Black breathed their last, as did the TV shows Miami Vice, The Flip Wilson Show, and the NBC Matinee Theatre.
Details of these and dozens more milestones for June 27th INSIDE.
CBC plans massive staff cuts as it shifts to mobile-first strategy
The public broadcaster’s president and CEO, Hubert Lacroix, unveiled the new five-year plan to staff in a tense town hall Thursday afternoon. Dubbed “A space for us all,” the strategy includes cutting 1,000 to 1,500 jobs by 2020, scaling back some local evening newscasts from 90 minutes to 30, and shifting more resources from TV and radio to web broadcasting.
Birth of The Bridge: Remembering a Format Flip from Yesteryear
Puget Sound Radio's Donovan Tildesley was there in 1994, listening to a local Vancouver radio station event when Jim Pattison's Rock Station CHRX 600 was going to flip to a christian music station, and this young blind man was also listening from the golf links with his dad... come inside, read and listen to the actual launch...
JACK CULLEN-Legendary Disc Jockey
flashback to the days of legendary Jack Cullen with this youtube video.... come inside
RIP Alf Spence, Longtime CBC Vancouver Audio Tech
Alf Spence, a 35 year man with the mother Corp, succumbed to cancer June 23 in Vancouver at age 90.
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. June 26th
It's the birthday of PSR's Michael Easton, along with Peter Lorre, Nick Offerman, Pat Morita, and the late Col. Tom Parker.
Ted Rogers Sr. introduced the revolutionary A/C vacuum tube, Bill Hughes hosted Roving Reporter show #12,000 on CKNW, the Rolling Stones released their first #1 hit in Britain, and WNEW-FM was the 1st station anywhere to play the eight-minute version of Don McLean's 'American Pie.'
Fred Allen hosted his last radio show under his own name, Edward R. Murrow carried out his 500th and final 'Person to Person' interview, and Baywatch star David Hasselhoff checked himself into rehab.
All the milestones for June 26th INSIDE.
Corus Cuts Again … As On-Air Experience Gives Way to Corporate...
Harvey Oberfeld Reviews What's been happening in the Black Tower and Bell Media with the latest dismissals ... Inside
Sexual Abuse Reporting mete’s out $2,500 fine to Victoria Blogger
Victoria blogger becomes criminalized for publicizing clergy sexual abuse.
Diane Sawyer Stepping Down at ABC News in August
ABC Tears Up The Network News Script
The Huffington Post | By Jack Mirkinson
Posted: 06/25/2014 9:08 am EDT
Lou Rocco via Getty Images
Diane Sawyer is...
L.A. Ratings Recall Illuminates PPM Problems
Not sure if many of you caught wind of what happened with the recent PPM's in Los Angles... Inside please...
