Opinion: What the ‘Imminent’ Failure of Traditional TV will Mean for Canada
Traditional television is taking its last breaths. According to the venerable Nielsen ratings firm, U.S. TV viewership dropped by 12% in January, compared to the same month a year earlier. That’s the eighth consecutive double-digit decline and certainly not the last.
From MD at the Q 100.3 .. to GM for Rogers in BC: The...
Jim Blundell will retire from Rogers Radio March 1. Al Ford (pictured) will become GM for Rogers Radio in British Columbia effective upon Blundell’s departure.
THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 5th
84 years ago today comedian Eddie Cantor's illustrious radio career got underway as he made an appearance on Rudy Vallee's "The Fleischmann Hour" on NBC.
Two decades later the Fifth Emmy Awards gave top honors to I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell and Helen Hayes.
Also this date 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Show' debuted on CBS-TV, and the 200th episode of 'Married with Children' aired on FOX-TV.
ALL the milestones for Feb. 5th INSIDE.
1,000 Pages of Sex Assault ‘Disclosure’ Turned Over to Ghomeshi’s Lawyers
CBC rising star Jian Ghomeshi stands accused by six women of seven sexual assaults dating back to 2002. He also faces a separate charge of trying to overcome resistance by choking a woman. Actress Lucy DeCoutere is the only complainant who has consented to being identified publicly.
With No Credibility, NBC’s Brian Williams Must Resign
If credibility means anything to NBC News, Brian Williams will no longer be managing editor and anchor of the evening newscast by the end of the day Friday.
Art Bell to Return in July .. via the Interweb
Art Bell, host of all things weird, is returning to a five nights a week program this summer. Starting in late July, Dark Matter makes a return from 9 p.m. to midnight (Pacific). The show will be heard on DMRN, a stream that will be at a higher bit rate and FREE to all.
NBC Anchor Brian Williams Admits to False Iraq Expedition Report
The most-watched evening-news anchor on television today has acknowledged that he falsely claimed to have been on a helicopter that was shot down by enemy fire while on an NBC News reporting trip in Iraq in 2003.
