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Broadcast Journalist/Blogger Harvey Oberfeld looks over the Vancouver Radio Rankings released last week, only to discover all these young 20's faces with hair coming in with the new...

The RTDNA Canada Awards honour the very best in programming, stations and newsgathering organizations in radio, television and on digital platforms.

This date gave birth to Les Paul, Cole Porter, Jackie Wilson and Jackie Mason, not to mention TV journalist Marvin Kalb. The novelty hit Purple People Eater reached #1 on the charts, Bobby Darin played his first date in Las Vegas, Tony Bennett played Carnegie Hall; and comedian Richard Pryor suffered life-threatening burns while freebasing cocaine. Departing this vale of tears on June 9th were quizmaster Allen Ludden, Carol Burnett's ex Joe Hamilton, Penticton-born actress Alexis Smith, and UK orchestra leader Frank Chacksfield. Details of these and scores more June 9th anniversaries INSIDE.

TSN Winnipeg to increase its coverage of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Jason Manning is off to Winnipeg for his newest role. He most recently was PD at The Ocean 98.5 and Jack FM for Rogers in Victoria.

As different as they may not sound, radio station jingles serve important purposes: to promote DJ shows, contests, station-produced concerts and, of course, the stations themselves. They are, essentially, commercials for the station, and they are known as “audio imaging and contesting elements,” or sweepers, according to Ron Hummel, who has been producing them for almost 40 years.

Getting to the bottom of BBM ratings puts 92 CITI on top

June 8th brought us actors Robert Preston, Kathy Baker and Penticton's Alexis Smith; comedians Joan Rivers and Jerry Stiller; and rapper Kanye West. Airing for the first time were radio's "Lassie" and Milton Berle's legendary Tuesday night TV show. Frank Sinatra played Vancouver, and Rod Stewart played Toronto. The finale of "Welcome Back Kotter" aired on ABC-TV, while actor Robert Taylor, singer Jimmy Rushing and hotliner Pat Burns breathed their last. Details of these and scores more anniversaries INSIDE.

In the late 70's Seattle Broadcast Legend Pat O'Day bought a radio station in Hawaii called KORL and hired the late Lan Roberts. Here' the two of them being interviewed Inside