Contemporary Christian Radio Host Guilty of Creating Child Pornography
STEVE BALYO , formerly with WCSG Grand Rapids Michigan, to enter guilty pleas. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years up to a maximum of 50 years in prison.
FRIDAY in Broadcast History .. July 25th
It's the date of birth for actors Walter Brennan, Matt LeBlanc and Jack Gilford, and CTV's Lisa Laflamme.
Schenectady New York got the world's 1st 50,000 watt radio station, Capitol Records got its first #1 hit,
and Roy Orbison's first hit 'Only the Lonely' reached #2 on the charts.
Martin & Lewis began their 10 year partnership, CBC-TV used a Montreal Royals baseball game as its first experimental telecast, and Roseanne Barr was booed from a San Diego baseball stadium after her wretched rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
All these and scores more milestones for July 25th INSIDE.
Clear Sky applies for Country station for Strathmore, Alberta
Clear Sky makes application for new fm radio station east of Calgary
Jon Stewart wants YOUR Help to Buy CNN
The funnyman urged viewers to visit Letsbuycnn.com to donate, offering silly rewards, such as taking molly with Fareed Zakaria and hosting a CNN Hunger Games fight to the death, for the donation.
JD Lewis Joins Forbes & Friends
CJAY's midday guy JD Lewis will be joining CJAY's long running morning show Forbes & Friends from mid August
Sacramento TV Experiments with Anchors Doing Commercials
Remember that wall we used to talk about between the newsroom and the folks on the other side of the building who sell the advertising that keeps us employed? Perhaps you’ve noticed the wall seems a lot less solid these days. In an age of sponsored content, advertiser branding popping up on weather forecasts and sports reports, and news talent often raving about good service from airlines and restaurants on social media, why not have anchors do a few commercials, right?
