CNN Boss Jeff Zucker Strikes Back at Critics
“Everyone said we were getting out of news — we doubled-down on news,” Jeff Zucker tells TheWrap.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 17th
Johnny Cash was Ralph Edwards' surprised guest of honor on NBC-TV's 'This Is Your Life' (pictured).
After five years on Minnesota radio only, Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" was first broadcast nationally on NPR.
Aerosmith were the musical guests on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live.
And FOX-TV attracted 40 million viewers for its finale of the reality series 'Joe Millionaire.'
ALL the milestones for Feb. 17th INSIDE.
Morality Clause in Brian Williams’ NBC Contract, Could Do Him In
The contact reportedly says Williams could be dismissed if he offended “a significant portion of the community,” or brought himself “public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule.”
Lesley Gore, ‘It’s My Party’ Singer-Songwriter, Dies At 68
Lesley Gore died of cancer at New York University Langone Medical Center in Manhattan. She was 68.
Dean Bear’s Saskatchewan radio story
Parts One and Two
By Dennis Rimmer
February 16th, 2015
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Part One
For veteran Saskatchewan broadcaster Dean Bear, who may now be heard world wide on LtdRadio.com, one of his most memorable radio adventures took place way back...
Oberfeld: Our Freedoms Are Shrinking
Freedom and democracy is not only under attack from the outside … in many places, it is actually shrinking from the inside.
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 16th
It was Feb. 16th when Foster Hewitt broadcast his very first hockey play-by-play, Toronto Argonauts vs. the Kitchener Greenshirts, over the Toronto Star's pioneer radio station CFCA.
When Vancouver's (predecessor to CBU Radio) CRCV increased power from 500 to 5,000 watts, and moved into new studios in the new Hotel Vancouver,
When for the first time host John Daly presided over an early TV Sunday night institution, 'What's My Line?' It lasted 17 years!
And when John Lennon began a week co-hosting the syndicated 'Mike Douglas Show,' and sang two duets with his hero, Chuck Berry.
ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.
