Dick Orkin, Barry Farber, Agnes Moorehead, Jon Miller Among HOF Inductees
A full house at CICADA (11/09) in LOS ANGELES as the NATIONAL RADIO HALL OF FAME induction ceremony moved from its traditional home in CHICAGO for this year's induction of eight of radio's best during a live radio broadcast and dinner show.
CRTC Will Not Attempt to Impose Tax or Cancon Quotas on Netflix
The CRTC may simply be bowing to political realities. Earlier proposals to force U.S. companies to subsidize Canadian content were slammed as a “Netflix tax,” while Netflix and Google have been emphatic they will not be regulated like traditional TV.
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 10th
It's the day of birth for Miranda Lambert, Tracy Morgan, Mackenzie Phillips, plus the late Richard Burton, Jane Froman, Billy May, and (pictured) announcer George Fenneman.
'The Magnificent Montague' debuted on NBC as the last original sitcom of the network radio era; Canada's Board of Broadcast Governors was created to replace the CBC as the industry regulator; 'Sesame Street' debuted on the predecessor to PBS in the US; Canada's national 10-station radio news network closed down, bankrupt; and singer Jose Feliciano appeared in a dramatic role on NBC-TV's 'MacMillan and Wife.'
Leaving this mortal coil were Seattle's voice of baseball Dave Niehaus , actors Jack Palance, Laraine Day and Chuck Connors, and BC broadcaster and station owner Joe Chesney,
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Enabler to a media hatchet job
the job cuts have been almost too frequent to keep track of – they seem to come as often as snowstorms in a Montreal winter.
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Al Ford Moves to PD at Vancouver’s Jack-FM
Al Ford spent his early years in Victoria with the Q and the Zone
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SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 9th
Born on this date were Ed Wynn, Hedy Lamarr, Tommy Dorsey (pictured), Mary Travers, Nick Lachey and Tom Fogerty.
'This is Your Life' debuted on NBC radio; Soundgarden played on Conan's late night TV show, the same nght that Bon Jovi were guests on David Letterman; John amd Yoko met for the first time, BriaN Epstein saw The Beatles play for the first time; David Bowie sang on Cher's prime time CBS-TV hour; and Donna Reid joined the cast of the CBS-TV show 'Dallas'.
Obits for Nov. 9th include '60 Minutes' Ed Bradley, Art Carney of 'The Honeymooners,' and deep voiced radio leading man Gerald Mohr.
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Red Robinson Marks 60 Years in Vancouver Radio
“In those days I would buy my R & B records, wrapped in brown paper as if they were pornographic,” Red Robinson notes. “Of course, they were mostly songs by black performers and called ‘Race’ records"