Puget Sound Radio

Happy birthday to Grace Slick, Henry Winkler, Kevin Pollak, Harry Hamlin, Glee's Matthew Morrison and Cash Cab's Ben Bailey. It's the day CBS radio listeners were terrified by Orson Welles 'War of the Worlds'; the 100th episode of 'Cheers' was aired on NBC-TV, and 4 years later the same network broadcast the 100th episode of 'Matlock.' Roy Orbison's 'Oh, Pretty Woman' became a Gold Record. and Frank Sinatra recorded 'My Way.' Leaving us on Oct. 30th were Steve Allen, Robert Goulet, Pert Kelton, John Houseman, and Vancouver-born actor John Drainie. ALL the milestones for this date INSIDE.

Unlike a movie actor, a host plays the part of an average guy surrounded by people more famous than he is, and when a host has a sex scandal—as Bob Barker, David Letterman, Jimmy Savile and many others have had before Jian Ghomeshi—it feels almost like a pal is in trouble.

In his 16 years at CKLG Vancouver George won many sales awards.

Don Shafer will be honoured for his achievements and longstanding career in broadcasting with the Allan Waters Broadcast Lifetime Achievement Award. The induction ceremony will take place during the Canadian Radio Music Awards luncheon being presented by Bell Media, on Friday, May 8, 2015 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel.

Oct 29th gave us musicians Neal Hefti and Zoot Sims, actors Richard Dreyfuss, Winona Ryder and Kate Jackson, plus singer/comedienne Fannie Brice, and DJ/recording star the Big Bopper. KTLA-TV in L.A. originated the first coast-to-coast telecast in HD; Canada's Astral Media completed its $1.8 billion purchase of Standard Radio; Bobby Helms recorded the now iconic 'Jingle Bell Rock'; The Huntley-Brinkley Report (pictured) debuted on NBC-TV, a few decades before Nell Carter's 'Gimme a Break' had ITS premiere; and CBS first used videotape to repeat its nightly 'Douglas Ewards & the News' for West Coast release. Obits include bandleaders Woody Herman and John Scott Trotter, plus guitarist Duane Allman, Kennedy satirist Vaughn Meader, Canadian actor Lloyd Bochner, and BBC TV presenter Jimmy Savile. You'll find ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

John Tory’s campaign to be Mayor of Toronto started five years ago with a text I sent him suggesting it was time to take me up on my offer to host a talk show on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto Come Inside and Read More...