FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. May 2nd

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ON THIS DAY in 1902 actor Brian Aherne was born in Worcester England. In 1945, he played sleuth Simon Templar in the CBS radio series, The Saint. He also appeared in a dozen TV series, including G E...

Sarah Christie To Fresh FM Winnipeg

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Sarah Christie, announcer for Vista's 2DAYFM in Niagara Falls will make the move further west to Fresh FM in Winnipeg Sarah will be the new co-host of the morning show with Matt Sutton.

Harvey Oberfeld ‘May Day’ Acknowledgments

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May Day: Workers of the World … Celebrate Quebec’s Election Results! By Harvey Oberfeld May 1st, 2014  OK … maybe a bit much to expect workers of the entire world to rejoice in the recent Quebec election results...

Cancer Claims Lee Marshall, voice of Kellogg’s Tony the Tiger

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Lee Marshall, voice of Kellogg’s Tony the Tiger, at age 67 Michael Stark, owner of L.A. Radio Studio located at Ports O’ Call in San Pedro, broke the sad news: Legendary broadcaster and newsman Lee Marshall...

THURSDAY in Broadcast History… May 1st

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ON THIS DAY in 1892, conductor Howard Barlow was born in Plain City Ohio.  After 15 years as conductor of the Columbia Symphony Orchestra (CBS) he joined the NBC program Voice of Firestone in 1943, and remained with...

Is Bell Media Going Solo TV News Anchors?

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Bell Media's CTV Edmonton has decided not to fill Carrie Doll's 6:00 anchor position after all. An in-house  announcement was made last Friday by the stations GM, telling the crew Daryl McIntyre will be the solo...

Peter Maher Retires as Voice of Calgary Flames

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Canadian Press April 29, 2014, 1:10 PM CALGARY — Peter Maher has called his last game for the Calgary Flames. Maher, the radio voice of the Flames since they moved to Alberta from Atlanta in 1980, announced...