Nov. 7, 1943: Canadian folksinger, Joni Mitchell was born in Fort MacLeod, Alberta.
Nov. 7, 1954: "Face the Nation" debuts on CBS and is still on the air after 55 years.
NEWS:
** CFUN (Talk 1410) is now TEAM 1410, the new home of the B.C. Lions and ESPN Sports Radio. Announcement here.
Featured this week on SOUNDATHON 09
WEBSITE NEWS: As the Olympic torch parades throughout Canada, it is time to look back to July, 1976 as Montreal hosts the Olympics. For the first time, there was all-day coverage. CBC has the broadcast rights and CTV was allowed a 1-hour highlight package each evening. CBC Radio also had all-day coverage. ABC's coverage was prime-time only and the Opening Ceremonies. Check out opening day on July 17, 1976 at the bottom of the page.
"RECORD RECORDS" Most of these songs have had some sort of record chart achievement on various music charts from Billboard as well as others from all around the world. Others may have been pioneers in their particular genre. A different song every day. Keep checking back.
Featuring:
**#1 for a record of number of weeks on a music chart.
Lithuanian flag 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZy2xq1DTNo
TODAY: ALL GOOD THINGS (COME TO AN END) by NELLY FURTADO
#1 FOR 9 WEEKS IN LITHUANIA making it the second biggest hit in chart history.
Lithuanians love Nelly's music.
Featured so far: *Canadian
Adult Contemporary Chart (Billboard): You'll Be in My Heart/Phil Collins (19 weeks) (tie)
*Because You Loved Me/Celine Dion (19 weeks) (tie)
Austria: Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Elton John (18 weeks)
ARC Top 40 (US): I Will Always Love You/Whitney Houston (11 weeks)
Belgium: The Ketchup Song/Las Ketchup (12 weeks) (tie)
Axel F/Crazy Frog (12 weeks) (tie)
Billboard Top 100 (rock era): One Sweet Day/Boyz II Men & Mariah Carey (16 weeks)
Canada: Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight/Elton John (45 weeks)
Cashbox: I Will Always Love You/Whitney Houston (13 weeks)
France: Mambo #5/Lou Bega (20 weeks)
Indonesia: *My Heart Will Go On/Celine Dion (14 weeks) (tie)
I Will Always Love You/Whitney Houston (14 weeks) (tie)
Hung Up/Madonna (14 weeks) (tie)
Lithuania: *Say It Right by Nelly Furtado (10 weeks)
*All Good Things (Come to an End) by Nelly Furtado (9 weeks)
New Zealand: Rivers of Babylon/Boney M (14 weeks)
Norway: Love Hurts/Nazareth (18 weeks) (tie)
You're the One That I Want/John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (18 weeks) (tie)
Sailing/Rod Stewart (18 weeks) (tie)
Romania: Hung Up by Madonna (12 weeks) (tie)
*Say It Right by Nelly Furtado (12 weeks) (tie)
South Africa: I Can See Clearly Now/Johnny Nash (13 weeks)
Sweden: The Ketchup Song/Las Ketchup (17 weeks)
Switzerland: Whenever Wherever/Shakira (17 weeks)
U.K.: *Everything I Do (I Do it for You)/Bryan Adams (16 weeks)
SOUNDATHON 09
3 PM Nov. 6-3 PM Nov. 13: On July 1, 1987 the world's first all-sports radio station launched as THE FAN in New York City. Since then, all-sports radio stations have popped up all over North America. On Nov. 5, CFUN 1410 became Vancouver's second all-sports station. Remember MOJO? CFUN is now TEAM 1410 and the folks at TEAM 1040 say that TEAM 1410 will complement their service. Tonight's B.C. Lions football game is on TEAM 1410 with the pre-game show at 5 pm.
Click LISTEN LIVE and look for the link to listen to TEAM 1410.
My name is Brian
Walks.
This website
is dedicated to the history of radio and
television surrounding Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This
includes the Lower Mainland area from Hope to Powell River and Whistler
BC, all of Vancouver Island and stations in Blaine, Bellingham and
Lynden, Washington, USA. This website is not meant in any way to
compete with any individual websites or radio or TV websites that
service this area. In fact, I welcome your input. You can
e-mail me at my HOTMAIL
account and
title each correspondence "Vancouver Radio Museum".
brianwalks@hotmail.com or try my new
e-mail address: brian.walks@gmail.com.
Featured in the Vancouver Radio Museum:
The Time Tunnel:
The Time Tunnel is a chronological history of radio and television
in the Greater Vancouver area.
Updated: Nov.
6, 2009
RADIO
STATION GALLERIES:
CJOR Updated: May 21, 2009
CISL Updated: May 19,
2009
CBU AM
Updated Sept. 8, 2008
CKLG Updated:
Oct. 21, 2008
Fraser Valley Radio Updated
Oct. 21, 2008
CJVI
Updated Oct. 22, 2008
CKNW Updated:
Sept. 4, 2008
CFAX Updated Oct. 21, 2008
CKWX Updated:
Feb. 22,
2006
CKDA Updated Oct. 22, 2008
CHQM
Updated: Oct. 7, 2008
CFUN Updated: Sept. 3, 2008
CFMS-CIOC Updated
Nov. 4, 2005
CFOX Updated:
Dec. 3,
2005
CFMI
Updated: Feb. 26,
2009
CBU FM
Updated: Dec. 1, 2005.
TV STATION GALLERIES:
CHEK TV Updated: Aug. 21, 2009
CHAN/BCTV Updated:
Aug. 8, 2009
CKVU TV Updated Oct.
21, 2009
The
Pioneer Years now has
its own
page with 34 photos from
Vancouver Radio's early years 1922-1950.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2005.
A big thank you to Gord
Lansdell, Chuck Davis
and Christopher Walks
for their support and encouragement in launching this website. Also
thanks for contributions to Jack
Bennest, Alan Newberry, Joseph Planta, Wilf Ray and
Major Pash for their
contributions.
VANCOUVER CLASSIC TV FEATURE: Update every Saturday morning.
THE VANCOUVER HISTORIC CLASSIC TV GRIDS from Dec. 1, 1956-May 2, 1986.
From now on, a look at special local, national and international dates in TV history as covered on local television. This week: The opening of the Olympics in Monreal July 17, 1976.
LOCAL PROGRAMMING:
3:00 (6) Wrestling
(12) Children's Show
3:30 (8) Pete's Place
(12) Outlook
4:00 (12) News Conference
4:30 (12) Funorama
5:30 (2,6) Klahanie
(8) Rolf Harris
6:00 (8) Wrestling
6:30 (12) Ch. 12 Special
7:00 (12) Children's Show
11:15 (2) Night Final
