SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. Sept. 6th
Born this date were funny women Joanne Worley and Carol Wayne, actresses Swoozie Kurtz and Rosie Perez, broadcasters Frosty Forst of Vancouver, Elizabeth Vargas of ABC-TV, and NBC radio's Morgan Beatty, plus rocker Roger Waters and comic Jeff Foxworthy.
Canada's first TV station, CBFT, signed on in Montreal, radio station Vibe 98.5 signed on in Calgary, 'Fibber McGee and Molly' signed off NBC radio after nearly 25 years, Steve McQueen debuted his hit CBS-TV series 'Wanted: Dead or Alive,' Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were reunited on the latter's Labor Day Telethon, and 16 year-old Paul Anka hit#1 with his first hit 'Diana.'
Obits fpr Sept. 6 include singers Johnny Desmond, Luciano Pavarotti, and Ernest Tubb, CCR's Tom Fogerty, and the longtime voice of the Montreal Canadiens, Rene Lecavalier.
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TV Ratings: Crushing Seahawk Victory Crushes Viewing Competition
NBC’s “NFL Kickoff Game” Thursday earned a 16.8 household rating, according to Nielsen metered-market numbers, up 4 percent from last year and the third-highest “Kickoff” ever in the metered markets. Among the local markets, Milwaukee (in the home territory of the visiting Green Bay Packers) drew a 44 rating and 64 share, while Seattle (the host city for Thursday's game) posted a 42.2 rating and an impressive 73 share.
Vista’s 89.7 Sun FM (CJSU Duncan BC) flips
Vista's first ever radio station purchased back in 2005, CJSU in Duncan BC has flipped names and formats.
Wall Street Journal: ‘Radio Remains King of the Road’
courtesy AllAccess.com September 5, 2014 at 7:08 AM (PT)
Good news for radio -- even if the article calls us "old," as THE WALL STREET JOURNAL writes, "People increasingly get their music through services like PANDORA or...
CRTC Releases 2014 Report on the State of Broadcast Industry
courtesy BroadcasterMagazine.com 2014-09-04
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission today released information on the broadcasting sector from the 2014 Communications Monitoring Report.
The latest edition of this annual report indicates that Canadians are watching television programming across...