Dustin McGladrey fills Position at CFWE
CFWE welcomes Dustin McGladrey is from the Nisga’a Nation in British Columbia and comes to us from The Eagle in Hinton where he hosted the afternoon drive show
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TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 10th
It was Feb 10th (88 years ago) when Toronto radio station CFRB was signed on by Ted Rogers, Sr.(pictured)
It was also Feb 10th when the Saturday morning TV series 'My Friend Flicka' (starring a 12 year old Canadian) debuted on CBS.
When the UK singing duo Chad & Jeremy played dramatic roles on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'
And when Vancouver actor Robert Clothier, who played the loveable rogue 'Relic' on the CBC series 'The Beachcombers,' died at age 77.
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To Survive, Brian Williams Needs to Stop Being so Old School
Brian Williams can’t slow-jam his way out of the mess he’s in, and he can’t serve up artfully written statements, hoping the power of his delivery–and a knowing smile veering ever so closely toward a smirk–will quiet the storm.
Global Newshour Ratings: the Sky IS Falling!
The sky IS falling at Global TV’s Newshour … or perhaps I should say continuing to fall ….
Come Inside and Read Harvey Oberfelds commentary
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Feb. 9th
It was a Feb. 9th when Vancouver's CHQM AM 1320 ended 34 years of nostalgic/easy listening music and morphed into all-Chinese-language CHMB.
When AM 730 switched from a MOJO talk radio format to become Vancouver's first All-Sports station.
When The Beatles made their first of three appearances on CBS-TV's 'Ed Sullivan Show' (pictured).
And when the 100th eoisode of 'Beverly Hills 90210' aired on FOX.
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Mark Summers presents Jingle Montage 5
Mark has another thirty minutes of the jingles you never heard on number four....
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Anchor Brian Williams’ Self-Serving “Exaggerations” Well Known at NBC News
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd writes that NBC was warned a year ago that Brian Williams was constantly inflating his biography. They were flummoxed over why the leading network anchor felt that he needed Hemingwayesque, bullets-whizzing-by flourishes to puff himself up, sometimes to the point where it was a joke in the news division.