Puget Sound Radio

Happy Birthday to Dame Maggie Smith, Denzel Washington, Seth Myers, Martin Milner, Nichelle Nichols and John Legend. The last episode of 'Ding Dong School' with Miss Frances aired on NBC-TV; trumpeter Hugh Masekela (pictured) guested on CBS-TV's 'To Tell the Truth'; Prime Minister Trudeau gave a year's end interview to CTV; 'The Edge of Night' wrapped up its 28 year run on CBS and later NBC-TV; CNN boss Ted Turner was named TIME Magazine's Man of the Year; and Ed Bradley interviewed an emotional Michael Jackson on CBS-TV's 60 Minutes. Dec. 28th obits include Clayton Moore (TV's Lone Ranger), Jerry Ohrbach of 'Law & Order,' William Demarest ('My Three Sons'), music men Billy Taylor and Freddie King, and singer/comedienne Kaye Stevens. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

since he was a teenager, raised on a steady diet of rock radio via 630 CHED (another Corus property, it was a music station back in the day). Come Inside and Read about Clayton Bellamy...

Happy Birthday to broadcast journalists Savannah Guthrie, Cokie Roberts and Arthur Kent. It's also the date when the late Sydney Greenstreet and Oscar Levant were born. 'The Glenn Miller Show' began its 3-year, 3-times a week run on CBS radio; C-ISL AM 650 became Vancouver's Oldies Station, and CKKS became 'JACK FM.' Don McNeill's 'Breakfast Club' ended its 35 year run on ABC Radio; 'Howdy Doody Time' (pictured) started its 13 year run on NBC-TV; the prime time soap 'Knot's Landing' debuted on CBS-TV, and The Doors played 'Light My Fire' on CBS-TV's 'Jonathan Winters Show.' Among those departing forever Dec. 27th were Vancouver's first TV anchorman, Tom Robinson, and music men Hoagy Carmichael, Freddie King and Chris Gage. ALL the milestones for Dec. 27th INSIDE;

On a single day back in February, the board had quickly shut down its own mini-scandal when it accepted resignations from both former commissioner Tom Perlmutter and Ravida Din, general director of English-language production and the woman Perlmutter had allegedly been dating when he promoted her. Come Inside and Read More...

Boxing Day saw the birth of funny men Steve Allen and Alan King, actors Jared Leto and Eden Sher, musicians Ronny Prophet and Chris Daughtry, and 'America's Most Wanted' host John Walsh. The WSM Barn Dance began a Saturday night tradition on Nashville radio, soon becoming the 'Grand Old Opry.' 'Big Sister' ended its 16 year run as a daytime soap on CBS Radio; Victoria's 107.3 switched off the Christmas music, and introduced KOOL-FM, with 'Today's Best Music'; 'The Shadow' ended its 24-year radio run; and 'Search for Tomorrow' ended its 35 year run on first CBS-TV, and for the last five years, NBC. Obits Dec. 26th include Jack Benny, Jason Robards, Nigel Hawthorne, Fontella Bass, wrestler Gorgeous George (pictured), and LA sportscaster Stu Nahan. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

According to a report from Nielsen, Country is America’s number one overall format (ages 12 and over) in the 48 Portable People Meter (PPM) markets

A perennial all-Christmas station, KRWM rose to the top from a tie at #4 (4.9-6.2) but that wasn’t quite up to last year’s lofty 7.5 share.