Bob Robertson Memorial Video

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Bob's laugh-filled life ended suddenly and unexpectedly in Nanaimo March 9th at the far-too-young age of 71.

SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 24th

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It’a the date of birth for Seattle radio legend Pat O’Day (pictured), Jim Henson of the Muppets, Canadian Phil Hartman, TV business anchor Lou Dobbs, sportscaster Jim McKay, and Three’s Company’s Audra Lindley. Making their series debut on ABC were The Odd Couple, The Donna Reed Show, The Mod Squad, Growing Pains and The Love Boat. Judy Garland made her TV debut in a Ford special on CBS; 60 Minutes, The Munsters and Petticoat Junction also had their premieres on CBS; and in Canada the CTV National News began in a late night quarter hour format. Elvis Presley appeared on the televised Louisiana Hayride on KRKH Shreveport; ...and one of the great announcers of bigtime US radio, Harlow Wilcox, took his final breath. ALL the milestones for Sept. 24th INSIDE.

SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 23rd

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TV stars Jason Alexander and Chi McBride were born on this date, along with Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen, Julio Iglesias and John Coltrane. Hank Williams made his final recordings, ‘That’ll Be the Day’ by Buddy Holly & the Crickets was #1, pay-TV got started with the Rocky Marciano/Jersey Joe Walcott fight; Matlock (pictured) and Marcus Welby MD debuted on ABC, and two Ken Burns epics (The Civil War and The War) debuted on PBS. Leaving this ‘vale of tears’ Sept. 23rd were Canadians Henry Champ and Chief Dan George, actors Cliff Arquette and Mary Frann, country music’s Jimmy Wakely and broadcaster Bill Ballance. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Four more today! So far, 12 this week have been let go by JP...

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eight staffers let go the other day, then four more yesterday from the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group

Jason Barrett of Barrett Sports Media joins Matt on the ‘Sound Off’ Podcast

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This week Jason Barrett from Barrett Sports Media joins us after a tumultuous summer that saw Sports and Politics further collide

CTV MORNING LIVE VANCOUVER delivers a 20th anniversary special Today

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CTV Vancouver marks a major milestone this week, as the station celebrates its 20th anniversary on the air on Friday, Sept. 22.

Bell Media Winnipeg staff honoured at recent BAM awards

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Our friend Troy Scott,  pd at Bob and Virgin in Winnipeg wanted to share the news of two of their employees who were honoured at the recent Broadcasters Association of Manitoba (BAM) meeting, when 99.9 BOB FM's Beau and 103.1 Virgin Radio's Mandy Shew were presented their awards