Puget Sound Radio

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.’ ALL the milestones for Jan. 19th INSIDE.

One of the first shows will be a four- to seven-minute daily newscast featuring reporting from BuzzFeed journalists across the globe. Spotlight will only be available to customers in the U.S. at first.

Chris Scheetz spent his first 18 years in Edmonton radio as a dedicated listener. He spent his hours on his family farm in Thorsby, Alberta listening to CISN country 103.9 while driving tractor

The tiny volunteer-run, community station that broadcast to the Cowichan Lake area using the amount of power in a light bulb, closed as of Dec. 31, 2017, because it simply ran out of volunteers to run it.

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. ALL the milestones for Jan. 18th INSIDE.

Scores of women looking for radio play and professional opportunities say they've been subjected to harassment during station visits, conventions.

A full page newspaper ad heralded C-FUN AM1410’s move to 1900 West 4th Avenue. Robert Blake starred as ‘Baretta’ debuted on ABC-TV. Garth Brooks’ first TV special aired in NBC prime time. ‘Larry King Live’ gave way to a notable CNN failure, ‘Piers Morgan Tonight.’ The journalistic series ‘Frontline’ made its first appearance on PBS. And after 29 years on the air, Phil Donahue (pictured) announced that his syndicated talk show would end at the end of the season. ALL the milestones for Jan. 17th INSIDE.