Birth of The Bridge: Remembering a Format Flip from Yesteryear

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Puget Sound Radio's Donovan Tildesley was there in 1994, listening to a local Vancouver radio station event when Jim Pattison's Rock Station CHRX 600 was going to flip to a christian music station, and this young blind man was also listening from the golf links with his dad... come inside, read and listen to the actual launch...

JACK CULLEN-Legendary Disc Jockey

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flashback to the days of legendary Jack Cullen with this youtube video.... come inside

RIP Alf Spence, Longtime CBC Vancouver Audio Tech

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Alf Spence, a 35 year man with the mother Corp, succumbed to cancer June 23 in Vancouver at age 90.

THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. June 26th

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It's the birthday of PSR's Michael Easton, along with Peter Lorre, Nick Offerman, Pat Morita, and the late Col. Tom Parker. Ted Rogers Sr. introduced the revolutionary A/C vacuum tube, Bill Hughes hosted Roving Reporter show #12,000 on CKNW, the Rolling Stones released their first #1 hit in Britain, and WNEW-FM was the 1st station anywhere to play the eight-minute version of Don McLean's 'American Pie.' Fred Allen hosted his last radio show under his own name, Edward R. Murrow carried out his 500th and final 'Person to Person' interview, and Baywatch star David Hasselhoff checked himself into rehab. All the milestones for June 26th INSIDE.

Corus Cuts Again … As On-Air Experience Gives Way to Corporate Ties in Canadian...

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Harvey Oberfeld Reviews What's been happening in the Black Tower and Bell Media with the latest dismissals ... Inside

Sexual Abuse Reporting mete’s out $2,500 fine to Victoria Blogger

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Victoria blogger becomes criminalized for publicizing clergy sexual abuse.

Diane Sawyer Stepping Down at ABC News in August

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ABC Tears Up The Network News Script The Huffington Post  | By Jack Mirkinson Posted: 06/25/2014 9:08 am EDT  Lou Rocco via Getty Images Diane Sawyer is stepping down as the anchor of ABC's "World News," the...