TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 3rd
The third of WXYZ Detroit's kids radio melodramas 'Challenge of the Yukon' debuted... for a Michigan audience only.
The comedy team of Abbott and Costello (pictured) joined the cast of CBS radio's 'Kate Smith Hour.'
The mischievous chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs became a regular on NBC-TV's 'Today Show.'
And Vancouver radio station C-ISL got the okay to move up the AM dial from 940 to 650 KHz and increase power to 10,000 watts.
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Pam Coulter Headed To CBS White House Post
CBS radio journalist Pam Coulter White House bound...
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Small Solace for Seahawk Fans: Most Watched Super Bowl Ever
Super Bowl XLIX surged to break multiple records on Sunday night, raking in 114.4 million viewers to become the most-watched telecast in U.S. history. That easily tops the previous record, set in 2014, of 112.2 million.
Casey Kasem’s Daughter Wants Wife Jean Arrested
Jean Kasem removed Casey, along with his surgically implanted feeding tube, from a hospital on May 7. She took him to Seattle where he died June 15. Then she took his body to Montreal and Oslo, where it sat in a freezer for months until he was buried in an unmarked grave in December.
Bubba the Love Sponge Flips Florida Station to ‘No Rules Radio’
The music, BUBBA told listeners this morning, will be “anything that I like. Seriously… that’s the format… it’s me. It’s what I like.' He said that other stations are programmed by corporate people, “we have ownership in this radio station. What we sez, goes.”
MONDAY in Broadcast History – February the 2nd
The parlour game 'Twenty Questions' began its 8-year run on the Mutual radio network.
Radio station CKLG signed on at 1070 KHz licensed to serve Vancouver's North Shore.
'What's My Line' (pictured) began a 17 year run Sunday nights on CBS-TV.
NBC-TV debuted the 90-minute 'Midnight Special,' which would run for almost nine years in the late Friday 1 am slot following Johnny Carson.
And Britney Spears was both the host and performing musical guest on NBC's 'Saturday Night Live.'
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Financial Post Columnist Raps CRTC Super Bowl Decision
Four months after listening to hours of gloomy testimony from Canada’s top broadcasting executives about how broken they think the country’s revenue model for local television is, the federal regulator made an announcement focusing its attention instead on something entirely else: ensuring Canadians will finally see flashy U.S. commercials during the Super Bowl.
