THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Aug. 23rd
IT WAS AUG. 23rd …when singers Billy Jones and Ernie Hare, “The Happiness Boys”, first appeared on New York’s WEAF radio, sponsored by Happiness Candy stores.,,
When the BBC’s experimental TV service featured the first televised boxing match between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri, almost 15 years before the TV era began …
When Seattle radio station KKND “The End” FM 107.7 was born, billing its music as “The Cutting Edge of Rock.” The format helped give birth to Seattle’s famed Grunge movement…
..and when Richard Hatch was revealed as the winning castaway on the first season of CBS’ “Survivor.”
ALL the milestones for Aug. 23rd INSIDE!
Voice of NFL’s Indianapolis Colts ‘Retires’ After Using Racial Slur
"Bob (Lamey) does want to acknowledge that while repeating a story while off-the-air last week to a (black) friend at a local radio station, he used an inappropriate word that had been used in the story."
99.3 County FM seeks General Manager
Job Posting: General Manager
Location: 38 Cold Storage Road, Picton Ontario
Start Date: January 2, 2019
Position type: Full-time
Mission Statement: 99.3 County FM is a not-for-profit, volunteer driven, community funded radio station. Connecting the County, this essential...
JJ-365 Salutes Tamara Stanners
She was a bright young person full of energy and hope, and jumped at the chance to start over from her time in Edmonton
John Lithgow to Play Roger Ailes in Fox News Movie
He joins Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie who will play Megyn Kelly, Gretchen Carlson and an associate producer, respectively.
Jonathan West joins Matt Cundill on the ‘Sound Off’ Podcast
Jonathan West is a passionate about a few things, including two of our favourites, hockey and radio. We eliminated all the hockey talk from the podcast but I will bring him back at some point on "The Other" podcast to chat it up in February when the playoff races take hold
US TV Ratings: Video Music Awards Hit All-Time Low on MTV
The event falls short of the 2017 ceremony, which had the previous record-low audience.