Trying To Make Sense Of Radio Format Trends
To get an accurate picture of the health of a format we have to look at all markets, not just the biggest ones.
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Meet the Canucks’ New Radio Voice
Jon Abbott is the newly adopted British Columbian who is living his childhood dream as a hockey play-by-play announcer for the Vancouver Canucks.
Fresh FM Morning man Pat Staron to leave industry
Our friend Edmonton broadcaster Pat Staron calls it quits... moving into the Insurance business...
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BJ Doyle: from CJJC Langley to 1410 CFUN
BJ Doyle, now Account Manager at 101.5 Whistler FM digs down deep into his Oldie Doyle collection of reel to reel...
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Legendary hockey coach Pat Quinn dies at 71
November 24th, 2014
The Vancouver Giants announced Monday that co-owner and former NHL coach Pat Quinn passed away on Sunday night at Vancouver General Hospital after a lengthy illness.
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Ferguson Riot Police Viciously Attack Reporters and Protestors
Journalist Arrested In Ferguson
Joe Biggs documents a journalist being arrested on http://www.ustream.tv/realalexjones . Apparently he was standing on the side walk when this occurred
MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 24th
Happy Birthday to Katherine Heigl, Colin Hanks, Sarah Hyland, Billy Connolly, Pete Best, and the late Howard Duff.
It was the day JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald himself was shot dead by Jack Ruby; radio station KVI started serving Tacoma with 50 watts at 1280 KHz; CBC Vancouver opened its new radio-TV headquarters on Hamilton Street; the private eye show 'Simon & Simon' debuted on CBS-TV; Dusty Springfield and The Muppetts were featured on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show; and Frank Sinatra ended 2 years in retirement with the NBC-TV special 'Old Blue Eyes is Back'.
The music world lost Freddie Mercury, Big Joe Turner, and Kiss drummer Eric Carr, and actors Richard Carlson and Pat Morita also passed.
Details and ALL the Nov. 24 milestones INSIDE.