Newcap celebrates ‘Canada’s Music Director’ Wayne Webster
Newcap Radio celebrated "Canada's Music Director" a couple of nights ago. A finer gentleman you will not meet but you knew that already.
Despite Year of Turmoil, Fox News Stays on Top (& MSNBC Tops CNN)
Host schedule changes have not diminished the network’s ratings, which appear to be immune from the scourge of scandal.
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Dec. 20th
It’s the birthdate of Jonah Hill, Uri Geller, Irene Dunne, John Hillerman, Pamela Austin, and the late MP and CKWX (later CBC) Open Liner Judy Lamarsh.
Radio Australia began shortwave transmission, identified by the cry of the Kookabura bird;
Vancouver’s CKWX was approved for an FM sister station, C-JAZ (it is now JACK FM at 96.9);
Kelowna’s CILK FM was approved for sale to Standard Radio (later Astral, now Bell);
and NBC-TV experimented with no announcers on a Jets-Dolphins football telecast. It was not considered a success.
Bowing out forever on Dec. 20th were Carl Sagan, Foster Brooks, Arnold Stang, Brittany Murphy, Steve Landesberg, and the first black anchor on a network (ABC) newscast, Max Robinson.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
Roundhouse Radio Picks up Coast to Coast AM with George Noory beginning Christmas Day
C2C is excited to announce our new affiliates in several Canadian cities: CIRH (Roundhouse Radio) in Vancouver, CFKR 1150AM in Kelowna (starting 1/15/18) and...
Surprise! Audio is Making a Huge Comeback!
From Audible’s new Canadian store to Pacific Content’s branded podcasts, listeners are lending their ears to new media.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Dec. 19th
Happy Birthday to Cicely Tyson, Alyssa Milano, Elaine Joyce, Jennifer Beals, and illusionist Cris Angel.
Pioneer Vancouver radio station CNRV was hooked up nationally via the CNR network;
the BBC inaugurated shortwave radio service;
New Westminster’s CKNW moved into new studios at 227 Columbia;
the CBS-TV movie ‘The Homecoming’ first introduced America to ‘The Waltons’;
and the musical special ‘The Carpenters: a Christmas Portrait’ aired in prime time on ABC-TV.
Obits this date include Mike Clarke of ‘The Byrds’, Page Cavanaugh of ‘The Page Cavanaugh Trio,’ radio actor Les Tremayne and TV actress Hope Lange.
ALL the milestones for Dec. 19th INSIDE.
Pittsburgh News Radio KQV to go Silent at Year’s End
"I just can’t sustain the business model. We’re an independent, labor-intensive format, and we were happy to take it on as long as we could financially do it.”