Jean-Marie Heimrath joins Matt Cundill on the ‘Sound Off’ Podcast
Jean-Marie Heimrath became interested in podcast sometime in November 2016. He has always been fascinated by the business side of the entertainment industry he has worked in
CBS Names Margaret Brennan Anchor of ‘Face the Nation’
Brennan is only the second woman to hold the role in the more than 60 years that Face the Nation has been on the air. Lesley Stahl hosted the show from 1983 to 1991.
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 22nd
One of the oldest three-letter call signs in the US, radio station WOR went on the air from studios in Newark N.J.
The first presidential address on radio from the White House was delivered by Calvin Coolidge.
Vancouver’s CKLG AM 730 dropped its experiment in talk radio and returned to contemporary hit music.
And Sportscaster Al Michaels (pictured) was at the mike as the USA scored its ‘Miracle on Ice,’ upsetting the USSR, enroute to Olympic hockey Gold. Bernie Pascall called the game live to Canada.
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KUOW 94.9 (NPR) Grows Atop Seattle 6+ PPM Radio Book
KISW 99.9 continues its year-long climb, landing in a tie for 3rd with Warm 106.9, just behind Movin' 92.5 in 2nd.
Radio’s Alltime #1 Evangelist, ‘America’s Pastor,’ Billy Graham Passes at 99
Graham counselled presidents and preached to millions across the world from his native North Carolina to communist North Korea during his 70 years in the pulpit.
Tavis Smiley Files Racially Charged Suit Against PBS
Smiley filed his lawsuit today, claiming that executives used the case as “a pretext to finally rid themselves of Mr. Smiley, who was not the ‘team player’ type of African American personality PBS preferred."
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 21st
The first TV soap opera ‘A Woman to Remember’ debuted on the shortlived Dumont network.
The 200th episode of “Perry Mason” (starring New Westminster’s Raymond Burr) aired on CBS TV.
Neil Diamond’s first TV special aired on NBC-TV.
The 200th episode of the hit sitcom 'The Jeffersons' was seen on CBS-TV.
Montreal's Leonard Cohen made a rare TV appearance guesting on NBC's 'Miami Vice.'
And David Letterman (pictured) returned to his CBS Late Show some five weeks after having emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery,
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