NEVER Forget Geoff Fisher: He Died Bringing YOU the News!
Geoff was a BCTV microwave truck/camera operator. And it was on the morning of this day ten years ago that Geoff was setting up the BCTV microwave truck outside Delta Secondary School so I could do a “live hit” into the Noon News, when something went tragically wrong.
Winnipeg’s Clear FM Rebrands to Kiss 102.3
From Clear to Kiss in Winnipeg
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Broadcast History for FRIDAY the 13th (of February)
Jack Webb's (pictured) first popular radio series, 'Pat Novack for Hire,' went national on ABC, following a successful West Coast run.
The pre-school children's show 'Mr. Dressup' with Ernie Coombs began a nearly 30 year run on CBC-TV.
ABC-TV announced it had renewed 'NYPD Blue' for a tenth seaason.
And campus radio station CJSF FM 90.1 signed-on from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.
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Sun News Network Shutting Down Friday, 200 Jobs Lost
CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Thursday, February 12, 2015
Sun News Network will go off the air Friday morning, CTV News has confirmed.
Quebecor’s cable news television channel will permanently shut down at 5 a.m. Friday, leaving some 200...
CBS News Veteran Bob Simon Also “Loved Radio”
The 73-year old newsman is best known for his war reporting for the network, from Vietnam to Iraq
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Former CFOX Jocks Neil Morrison & Danger team up with Podcast
Life after CFOX for Neil Morrison and Darren 'Danger' Grieve
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THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 12th
It's the date that Calvin Coolidge made the first US presidential political speech on radio.
When Winnipeg's CKY moved up the dial from 910 KHz to 780.
When Vancouver's CKWX was authorized to increase power from 100 watts to a whopping 1,000 watts.
When the comic strip superhero 'Superman' made his first appearance on radio via New York's WOR.
And when actor Nicholas Colasanto (pictured), who played Coach on NBC-TV's Cheers, died of a heart ailment partway through the the third season of the sitcom at age 61.
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