Bob McCord Aircheck after 630 CHED
More of Mark Summers Airchecks - 630 CHED's Bob McCord accepts an invitation from GM Rod Stevens to hit the airwaves spinning country
It’s Winnipeg’s Turn! CKY 58 Aircheck
Mark Summers dives into his treasure chest of mouldy oldies. Here's an earlier Don Percy...
CJME Aircheck 1
Mark Summers moves over to Saskatchewan and Regina's Super Giant CJME from the 70's
Veteran CBC News Anchor/Executive Knowlton Nash Dead at 86
Knowlton Nash, a decorated Canadian journalist who went from selling newspapers as a boy in Toronto to serving a decade as anchor of CBC's The National, has died at age 86. Details INSIDE. (Click on the headline.)
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.
Details of these, and dozens more anniversaries, when you CLICK ON THE HEADLINE.
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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