SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. May 25th
May 25th was the birthdate of publisher/TV panellist Bennett Cerf, singer Ginny Simms and sportscaster Lindsay Nelson. It saw the last first-run TV episode of "Home Improvement," and the last breath of "Match Game" legend Charles Nelson Reilly.
Also this date Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Jay Leno and Elton John made entertainment headlines.
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SATURDAY in Broadcast History .. May 24th
It's "Happy Birthday" today to Tommy Chong, Bob Dylan, Patty Labelle and Priscilla Presley. Nanaimo got its first radio station, CHUB AM 1570 on this date, while TV shows "Mad About You," " The Dean Martin Show" and "Designing Women" bid us adieu.
Also breathing their last on May 24th were bandleader Duke Ellington, comic Dick Martin, Canadian fiddling star King Ganam and British comic actress Hermione Gingold.
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CHED Radio Aircheck 3
Listen and enjoy CHED Disc Jockeys Chuck Chandler, Keith James, Billy Williams and Rob Christie from yesteryear
Peter Mansbridge’s Future Clouded .. with Rest of the CBC
It's a good read in the pages of the Toronto Star .. about the inconspicuous guy in his favorite diner who is only recognizable via his rumbling baritone.
Fascinating too is how Mansbridge was discovered in 1968 as a baggage handler in Churchill Manitoba, who was pressed into making a flight call on the airport PA .. and the next night was on CBC radio.
The budget shortfall, the termination of hundreds of CBC employees, and the uncertain future after the network loss of Hockey Night in Canada... that's what has Mansbridge worried.
Pattison Kelowna Cleans House
Pattison Kelowna has apparently cleaned house this morning...
