Bill Cosby Slapped with Defamation Lawsuit
The lawsuit says model Janice Dickinson has suffered defamation and emotional distress as the result of Cosby’s reps denying her claims that the comedian had sexually assaulted her.
Politics: On the death of a dynasty in Alberta by Derek Fildebrandt
The 2015 election thus heralds the end of the one party state in Alberta and the rise of a competitive two-party (plus?) system. There is a clear democratic-socialist option on the left represented by the NDP, accompanied by the remnants of a morbid Liberal party and plucky young Alberta Party on the centre-left. Likewise, a clear libertarian-conservative option now dominates the right and centre-right in the form of the Wildrose.
iHeart Media Fined $1 Million for Fake Emergency Alerts
Nationally syndicated Nashville radio personality Bobby Bones played an EAS tone during a show last year, which resulted in a $1 million fine for his parent company, iHeart Media (the former Clear Channel) .
Tim Goodman: A Critic/Fan Gives Letterman a Fond Farewell
I’ve watched these Letterman farewell episodes and done plenty of tearing up in the process, plus marveled not only at his legacy and endurance and influence – all the obvious things we say when someone like Letterman retires – but also how much people really do love him and will miss him.
PD Appointments – NL Broadcasting
NL Broadcasting Limited, Kamloops. B.C.
Media Release
May the 19th, 2015
NL Broadcasting Ltd. in Kamloops, B.C. is proud to welcome 3 new Program Directors to the company:
Manitoba native T.J. Connors makes his return...
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. May 20th
IT WAS MAY 20th ... when the Canadian Marconi Company station X-W-A, later CFCF, in Montreal aired a musical concert, the first scheduled radio broadcast in North America, and possibly the world...
When CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show featured Peggy Lee, The Brothers Four (from Seattle), and retired baseball great Jackie Robinson ....
When the 25th Emmy Awards gave top honors to The Waltons, All in the Family & Mary Tyler Moore...
..and when the final episodes of 'Barney Miller' and "Roseanne" aired on ABC-TV... and the "Cheers" finale was seen on NBC.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
BCAB Awards of Excellence 2015
For more than 50 years, the BCAB has been recognizing the “Best in Province” for radio and television commercials, station imaging, community service and news reporting.