Radio Mans fave with Thompson Twins
The band's name was based on the two bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson (who are close doubles not twins) in the English-language version of The Adventures of Tintin.
Sunday in Broadcast History .. January 19th
Joe Chesney (pictured) got his own Langley (BC) radio station CJJC on the air at 850 KHz.
The first episode of the soon-to-be-iconic ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ was filmed.
68% of all US TV sets were tuned in as Lucy gave birth on CBS-TV’s ‘I Love Lucy.’
Two years later, CBS-TV debuted ‘The Millionaire” with Marvin Miller.
And three decades later, that same network introduced the first edition of the newsmagazine show ’48 Hours.’
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Trump and the patriots countered a [FF]. Trump has called off the inauguration and will have it in the rotunda. There will be fireworks only and everyone will be safe.
Radio Mans fave with Talk Talk
Talk Talk were an English band formed in 1981, led by Mark Hollis (vocals, guitar, piano), Lee Harris (drums), and Paul Webb (bass)
Saturday in Broadcast History .. January 18th
This was the date that Canadian content music quotas first came into effect for AM radio stations.
Victoria’s second radio station CKDA started broadcasting, some 27 years after the first station debuted.
Lee Majors’ starring vehicle, ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’ premiered on ABC-TV.
CBS-TV aired the 100th episodes of both the sitcom ‘Good Times’ and ‘Northern Exposure,’ 17 years apart.
And prolific producer Norman Lear scored yet another sitcom spinoff as ‘The Jeffersons’ (as pictured) debuted on CBS-TV.
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PSR’s 6pm Friday Night News with the News You Should Know…
Steel News With Ann Vanderseel: with Maxime Bernier, leader of the Peoples Party of Canada
BIG105 marks 25 years on the air in Red Deer
Peter Michaels, who was hired a week before launch to host the six to midnight shift, also recently marked 25 years on air in Red Deer, and can still be heard from 2-6 p.m. on sister station, 106.7 REWIND Radio. That station marks its 20th anniversary this fall.