Puget Sound Radio

“The relationship I have with SEATTLE-area listeners has gone on for some 30 years,” said DELILAH. “This is a special opportunity - the birth of a great radio station at 94.1 THE SOUND, and the chance to connect with those listeners both at night and during the day. How fun is that going to be? I’m so looking forward to spending time with my SEATTLE family.”

Puget Sound Radio has learned George Kelso passed away quite unexpectedly at home in Courtenay, on Vancouver Island, last Thursday morning.  He was 78.  

Victoria’s former CJVI (AM900) changed from playing Top 40 music to the ‘Jack FM’ format, ‘playing what we want’ on 103.1 MHz. Veteran CKNW beat reporter George Garrett retired after 43 years in radio. Lionel Barrymore was conscripted to host CBS’s ‘Lux Radio Theatre’ after star host/producer C.B. DeMille refused to join the performer’s union. Gossip columnist Walter Winchell made his first appearance on radio. The ‘Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour’ premiered on CBS-TV. And the ‘Crook & Chase’ talk show debuted on cable TV’s Nashville Network. ALL the milestones for Jan. 29th INSIDE.

CBS said that it has ordered 13 episodes of the sitcom for its 2018-19 season.

Garry Moore (pictured) was the MC as ‘Beat the Band’ debuted on NBC Radio. The very first Emmy Awards were handed out in Los Angeles. The zany ‘Goon Show’ ended its 9-year run on BBC Radio. ‘Barnaby Jones’ starring Buddy Ebsen began its 8 season run on CBS-TV. Correspondent/anchor Roger Mudd left NBC News after seven stormy years. And ‘Fantasy Island’ began its 6-year-long Saturday night run on ABC-TV. All the milestones for Jan. 28th INSIDE.

The former CBC Radio host best known for the program Basic Black, says he has just months to live.

I first met Bob when going to St Lawrence College in Kingston in 1974. CKLC was the main station I listened to, and it was remarkable. Awesome tunes and cool jocks, this was a small market station that sounded bigtime. Bob was one of the greatest jocks I ever heard