FCC Sets Vote to End NFL TV Blackout Rule
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
by Ted Johnson, Variety.com
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler (pictured above) has scheduled a vote for Sept. 30 on a proposal to end the near 40-year-old sports blackout rules, which he says “make no sense at...
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 10th
Born this date were broadcasters Charles Kuralt and Bill O'Reilly, singers Jose Feliciano and Joe Perry, actors Colin Firth and Jennifer Tilly, and 'Your Hit Parade' musical director Raymond Scott.
Vancouver's CJVB became BC's first station airing in AM stereo, Jimmy Durante made his radio debut on NBC's Eddie Cantor show, KING-TV and Charles Herring introduced Seattle's first TV newscast, Campbell River got its first local radio station, CFWB at AM 1490; the Rolling Stones appeared on CBS-TV's 'Ed Sullivan Show,' and 'Gunsmoke' starring James Arness began its more than 20 year run on CBS-TV.
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Analyst Sees US Talk Radio Fading to Black
EXCLUSIVE: Jerry Del Colliano says format’s days are numbered, cites recent moves
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By Brian Maloney, Media Equalizer, September 8th, 2014
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It was a move that sent shudders through an already-nervous radio industry: Pittsburgh’s WPGB-FM suddenly dumped its talk format, switching...
Cross-Border Punjabi Stations Face CRTC Cease-and Desist Order
Three radio stations broadcasting predominantly South Asian-language programming widely available in the Vancouver market are heading for a showdown with the CRTC – and Canadian companies who advertise on those stations could also take a hit in the process.
TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 9th
Born on this date were Michael Buble, Hugh Grant, Tom Wopat, Adam Sandler and Cliff Robertson.
NBC radio began operations with 26 stations, Calgary's CFCN-TV began programming, 'Welcome Back Kotter' aired for the first time on ABC-TV, 'Love of Life' began its nearly 3 decades of daytime storytelling on CBS-TV,
82% of US viewers watched Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show, and NBC-TV's 'Huntley-Brinkley Report' expanded to 30 minutes nightly.
Leaving us on Sept. 9th were actors Burgess Meredith and John McGinley, musicians Bill Monroe and Norrie Paramor, and big band singer Helen O'Connell.
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CRTC ‘Let’s Talk TV’ Hearings Started Monday: Being Streamed Live
courtesy BroadcasterMagazine.com
2014-09-08
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission proceedings, part of Let's Talk TV: A Conversation with Canadians about the future of the television system, will be held in Gatineau, Quebec all this week.
The...
Is Too Much Advertising Killing Talk Radio?
Conservative talk radio is in peril because of conservative greed
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