November 13 Radio History

➦In 1906...Lee de Forest, who coined the term "radio", patented Audion tube.

Lee de Forest

De Forest was interested in wireless telegraphy and invented the Audion in 1906. He then developed an improved wireless telegraph receiver.

On 25 October 1906, de Forest filed a patent for diode vacuum tube detector, a two-electrode device for detecting electromagnetic waves, a variant of the Fleming valve invented two years earlier. One year later, he filed a patent for a three-electrode device that was a much more sensitive detector of electromagnetic waves. It was granted US Patent 879,532 in February 1908. The device was also called the de Forest valve, and since 1919 has been known as the triode. De Forest's innovation was the insertion of a third electrode, the grid, between the cathode (filament) and the anode (plate) of the previously invented diode. The resulting triode or three-electrode vacuum tube could be used as an amplifier of electrical signals, notably for radio reception. The Audion was the fastest electronic switching element of the time, and was later used in early digital electronics (such as computers). The triode was vital in the development of transcontinental telephone communications, radio, and radar until the 1948 invention of the transistor.

In 1904, a De Forest transmitter and receiver were set up aboard the steamboat Haimun operated on behalf of The Times, the first of its kind.  On July 18, 1907, De Forest broadcast the first ship-to-shore message from the steam yacht Thelma. The communication provided quick, accurate race results of the Annual Inter-Lakes Yachting Association (I-LYA) Regatta. The message was received by his assistant, Frank E. Butler of Monroeville, Ohio, in the Pavilion at Fox's Dock located on South Bass Island on Lake Erie. DeForest disliked the term "wireless" and chose a new moniker, "radio."

De Forest is credited with the birth of public radio broadcasting when on January 12, 1910, he conducted experimental broadcast of part of the live performance of Tosca and, the next day, a performance with the participation of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso from the stage of Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

➦In 1913...actor/narrator Alexander Scourby was born in Brooklyn.  His deep resonant voice was developed in radio drama of the 1940’s.  He became one of TV’s most in-demand narrators, notably on Victory at Sea, the CBS series The Body Human, and the National Geographic specials.  He died Feb 22, 1985 at age 71.

Jack Gale

➦In 1925...Legendary radio broadcaster Jack Gale was born.  During his remarkable career he has been a radio performer, programmer, owner, voice-over talent, music publisher, manager and record producer spans more than 50 years.

Born in Baltimore, Gale started in radio prior to the emergence of rock 'n' roll and the Top 40 format.



He was heard on WSRS in Cleveland, WTMA in Charleston S.C., WITH in Baltimore, and WMEX in Boston before joining Stan Kaplan in 1965 at BIG WAYS in Charlotte, N.C., where the station and "Jack Gale the Morning Glory" achieved #1 ratings in 36 North and South Carolina counties.

Gale died in January 2018.



➦In 1937...The National Broadcasting Company, (NBC) formed the first full-sized symphony orchestra for the sole purpose of broadcasting on the radio. Arturo Toscanini worked as its conductor for the first 17 years



➦In 1956...Dickie Goodman and Bill Buchanan (known as novelty records duo Buchanan and Goodman) appear in a New York City court to begin untangling the thicket of lawsuits brought on by their hit "Flying Saucer," which utilizes any number of "drop-ins" of other artists' hit records for comedic effect.  This novelty song reached #3 on Billboard in 1956.

➦In 1965...The Album Charts..After 35 weeks, the Soundtrack to "The Sound of Music" reached #1 on the album chart.  That album toppled Help! by the Beatles while the Ramsey Lewis Trio dropped with The In Crowd.  Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass moved back up with Whipped Cream & Other Delights and Bob Dylan was down after peaking at #3 with Highway 61 Revisited.

The rest of the Top 10:  Look At Us from Sonny & Cher, Out of Our Heads by the Rolling Stones, the Soundtrack to "Mary Poppins", Barbra Streisand was emphatic with My Name Is Barbra and Herman's Hermits dropped to #10 with Herman's Hermits On Tour.

➦In 2001...Yankees Radio Broadcaster Frank Messer died.

An Asheville, North Carolina native, Messer was a member of the Marines during World War II in the South Pacific. After the war, he worked as a broadcaster in minor league baseball in the 1950s.

He got his major-league break when he joined the Baltimore Orioles and worked alongside their noted longtime voice, Chuck Thompson. In 1966, the year Bill O’Donnell also joined the broadcast crew, the O’s won their first world championship. Messer also called Baltimore Colts football during the 1960s.

Messer’s next major-league break came after the 1967 season, when Joe Garagiola left the Yankees broadcast crew to concentrate on the network jobs he also had at NBC Sports and NBC News. Messer took Garagiola’s place for 1968, working with ex-Yankees Jerry Coleman and Phil Rizzuto.

Jerry Coleman, Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto

The Yankees’ longtime public-relations director Bob Fishel had urged team management to approve a traditional play-by-play sportscaster, which the Yanks had not had since the firing of Red Barber after the 1966 season.

Chicago Radio: PD Mary Ellen Kachinske EXITS The Mix

Mary Ellen Kachinske

Hubbard Radio has announced that it is looking for a new Program Director for its HotAC WTMX 101.9 FM as longtime programmer Mary Ellen Kachinske exits.

No reasons for Kachinske's departure was given; however Chicago Media Watcher Robert Feder notes  the move coincides with a recent dip in audience ratings for The Mix. In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, the station ranked fifth overall with a 4.6 percent share. Among listeners between 25 and 54, The Mix fell behind Univision regional Mexican WOJO 105.1-FM for the first time.

Kachinske was one of Chicago radio’s longest-tenured and most successful program directors and has been with Mix 101-9 for more than 18 years.

Jeff England, vice president and market manager of Hubbard Radio Chicago, told staffers Monday that Kachinske has left the company effective immediately.

“We thank Mary Ellen for her contributions to the success of Mix 101.9 and wish her the best for the future,” England said in a statement. “Our search for the next great programming leader for Mix 101.9 begins today.”

Nikki Chuminatto, music director of The Mix, will serve as interim program director.

Philly Radio: WISX Flips To Soft AC

iHeartMedia Philadelphia announced today the launch of 106.1 The Breeze, Philly’s Relaxing Favorites, effective immediately.

106.1 The Breeze will launch at 12 p.m. today by playing 10,000 commercial-free songs in a row. The new station will broadcast a soothing blend of music from artists such as Chicago, Whitney Houston, Air Supply and Adele. The full talent line-up for 106.1 The Breeze will be announced in the upcoming weeks.

“This is a sound that was long abandoned by other stations, said Nick Gnau, President of iHeartMedia Philadelphia Region. “Listeners can now hear relaxing Adult Contemporary genre music that hasn’t been played on the radio in years from their favorite artists.”

“There is a huge appetite in Philly for a softer, relaxed sound, especially during the workday, said Brian Check, Vice President of Programming for 106.1 The Breeze. “I’m happy to say we’re bringing “The Breeze” to Philadelphia.”

WISX 106.1 FM (22.5 Kw) Red=54dBu Coverage Area

As part of this move, programming on Real 106.1 changed on Friday November 9th to a Holiday music format and will now transition to 106.1 The Breeze.

Chicago Radio: WLS 890 Moving Ben Shapiro To Afternoons

Cumulus Media announces that it is bringing Westwood One nationally syndicated talk radio program The Ben Shapiro Show to WLS 890 AM afternoons.

The Ben Shapiro Show will move from its current 9pm-10pm slot on WLS-AM 890 to a new three-hour position weekdays from 2pm-5pm Central on January 7, 2019.

This new timeslot includes two LIVE hours of radio programming and one hour of the Ben Shapiro podcast airing on the radio.

The Ben Shapiro Show is a high-energy, action-packed program as host and podcast-to-broadcast innovator Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com, covers America’s most powerful political personalities, brutally breaking down the culture, while never giving an inch. The live radio show extension was recently announced on the heels of the success of syndicating The Ben Shapiro Show, the top conservative podcast in the nation in 60 U.S. markets.

Marv Nyren, Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Media-Chicago, said: “When the opportunity originally came up to be the first station in Chicago to carry The Ben Shapiro Show, we jumped on it. With the incredible success we’ve experienced in a short period of time, moving Ben into a prime daypart is the perfect addition to our star-studded lineup.”

Shapiro said: “I couldn't be more excited to join the WLS lineup for three hours per day. My parents grew up in Chicago; I'm personally a diehard White Sox fan (sorry, Cubbies!). The eyes of the nation are constantly on Chicago, and for good reason. I can't wait to bring conservatism to the Windy City.”

Detroit Radio: Cadillac Jack Returns On WYCD

Tom Kapsalis

Entercom today announced Tom “Cadillac Jack” Kapsalis as Assistant Program Director and midday drive host for WYCD 99.5 FM in Detroit, effective November 19. Cadillac Jack will be heard on air weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.

“Cadillac Jack is a country radio legend with a long history in Detroit and we are excited that he is back,” said Debbie Kenyon, Senior Vice President and Market Manager, Entercom Detroit. “His love of country music makes him a great fit on WYCD and we look forward to the new energy he will bring to middays.”

“I am very excited about my return to the Motor City and the opportunity to work with such an amazing station and staff,” added Cadillac Jack.

“I can’t wait to bring our listeners a fun and engaging experience that they can turn to every day.”

WYCD 99.5 FM (17.5 Kw) Red=54dBu Coverage Area

The move marks a return to Detroit for Cadillac Jack, who began his radio career in Detroit at WWWW-FM in 1997. Kapsalis most recently held the roles of Assistant Program Director and afternoon drive host at Beasley Media's WQYK in Tampa, FL. He has also served as Assistant Program Director, Music Director and afternoon drive host for WXTU in Philadelphia and KCYE in Las Vegas, as well as evening host for WMZQ in Washington D.C.

Yankees Looking To Buy Back YES From Fox

The New York Yankees are in talks to buy back YES Network as Disney and Twenty-First Century Fox look to clear their $71.3 billion merger, The NYPost is reporting.

It amounts to “a foregone conclusion” the Bronx Bombers will exercise their right of first refusal to buy the 80 percent of YES they don’t own, according to a source familiar with the talks.

“They plan to own all 100 percent,” the source said, “and they’re already talking to strategic and financial parties about divvying up ownership again — much like the current relationship with Fox.”

The Yankees obtained their refusal right in 2014, when Fox upped its stake to 80 percent in a deal that allowed a buyback should it ever sell.

Its terms require Disney and the Yankees to agree to a YES buyback price — or accept one from an impartial third party, a source said.

YES, the “crown jewel” of the 22 regional sports networks that Disney must sell upon taking over the movie and TV assets of Fox, broadcasts games of the Yankees and Brooklyn Nets to more than five million New York area households.

Disney already owns ESPN, which feeds sports programming to 86 million subscribers.

To resolve Justice Department antitrust concerns, Disney agreed to sell all of Fox’s RSNs within 90 days of closing on its deal for the other Fox assets. Disney has said it wants to close all the deals by early next year.

The auction for the RSNs is already underway, with co-managers Allen & Co. and JPMorgan Chase receiving bids from more than 40 parties on Nov. 8, sources said. The co-managers are expected to reduce this field to a manageable number for a second round of bidding inside of three weeks.

Benztown, Saga Form Creative Branding Partnership

Benztown, a global leader in radio imaging, voiceover services, production libraries, programming and jingles, announces that it has entered into an agreement with Saga Communications, Inc. to provide custom creative audio imaging production and imaging production libraries to all Saga radio stations across the U.S. through a new companywide creative branding initiative launching on January 1, 2019.

Through its industry-leading innovative technology platform, Benztown will also provide to all Saga stations its technology assets to catalog and archive imaging elements.

Dave “Chachi” Denes, President, Benztown, said: “I have great admiration for Saga and Ed Christian’s leadership within our industry, not to mention his long service on the Radio Music License Committee, and Bob Lawrence’s extensive programming, branding, and research track record. They represent the very best of radio broadcasting. We are proud and excited to partner with them and with Saga professionals across the country to create great-sounding audio brands that listeners and communities love.”

Bob Lawrence, Vice President of Programming for Saga Communications, said: “When it comes to creative imaging and branding, Benztown is second-to-none. They have designed a platform that seamlessly interfaces with our own talented programming and production teams in every market and at every station. This just makes perfect sense for us on so many levels.”

Saga Communications is a broadcasting company whose business is devoted to acquiring, developing and operating broadcast properties. Saga owns or operates broadcast properties in 26 markets, including 75 FM and 33 AM radio stations and 75 metro signals.

Report: CNN May Sue TWH Over Acosta Ban

CNN may be gearing up for a legal battle over the Trump administration's revocation of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's permanent press credentials.

The Washington Examiner reports former ABC News reporter and anchor Sam Donaldson appeared Sunday on CNN's "Reliable Sources" and said he believed a lawsuit had already been filed.

"I hope I'm not mistaken, but it's my understanding that CNN and Acosta have sued, that there will be a court hearing on Tuesday on this very matter that we've been discussing," Donaldson said.

Host Brian Stelter replied that he was not aware of such a case.


A CNN spokesperson told the Washington Examiner that a lawsuit has not been filed yet. "No decisions have been made. We have reached out to the White House and gotten no response," the spokesperson said.

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced last week that Acosta's hard pass was suspended until further notice over a heated press conference encounter he had with President Trump during which a White House intern tried to wrestle the microphone from the journalist.

Acosta has denied "placing his hands" on the young woman as some have alleged, and a video tweeted out by Sanders of the incident has garnered controversy related to whether it was doctored to make it look more intense.

Donaldson — who, like Acosta, had confrontational interactions with administrations he covered for ABC News during his decades-long career — said he had spoken with the CNN correspondent about the furor.

NYC Radio: Esiason Talks About Carton's Conviction

Esiason & Carton

Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason opened Boomer and Gio Friday with his reaction to the news of his former WFAN 660 AM / 101.9 FM co-host Craig Carton's conviction on federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and securities fraud.

Carton's lawyers said they planned to appeal the verdict, and sentencing was set for Feb. 27.

The 49-year-old Carton was Esiason's on-air partner for years on WFAN's Boomer and Carton. He left the program after his arrest last year.

L-I Radio: Local Resident To Acquire WLNG Sag Harbor

WLNG 92.1 FM, the Sag Harbor radio station that became famous for its reverb sound and oldies music, its stubborn defiance of consultants’ bleak view of its unique format, and for surviving a battering from Hurricane Sandy to keep airing live reports, seems poised to hurdle yet another challenge.

According to the East Hampton Star, the family trust that has overseen WLNG and its parent company, Main Street Broadcasting, since the 2009 death of the owner Robert King has agreed to sell the station to Sandra Foschi, a Sag Harbor resident and owner of Health SOS, a chain of physical therapy businesses in New York, Long Island, and Connecticut.

But loyal listeners concerned about the fate of the 55-year-old station need not worry. No sweeping changes are planned to WLNG’s mix of hyperlocal content, music playlists, and longtime on-air personalities like Gary Sapiane, Brian (the Cannon) Bannon, and the overnight host Big Tom Lawler. It’s an idiosyncratic combination that prompted Edison Research to call WLNG “one of the oddest success stories around” when 22 stations in the local market were first measured in 2005 and WLNG impressively finished number three.

WLNG 92.1 FM (5.3 Kw) Red=60dBu Coverage Area

The $3.9 million purchase of WLNG will be made by Ms. Foschi under her limited liability company Bark Out Loud Dogs Media. The sale includes $3.2 million for the station’s waterfront site on Redwood Road in Sag Harbor, $525,000 for WLNG’s license and assets, and $125,000 for the station’s Millstone Road tower.

In addition to hometown touches like community news, birthday shout-outs, and airing local residents’ funeral arrangements, WLNG is also famous for playing hits from the 1950s to the ’70s and its library of jingles, another throwback favored by Mr. Sidney that continues today, along with the reverb (or echo chamber) sound.

Discovery To Rebrand A Channel For Chip & Joanna Gaines

One of America’s most popular television couples — Chip and Joanna Gaines of “Fixer Upper” fame — are returning to television to launch a new TV network in partnership with cable programming giant Discovery, reports The LA Times.

The Texas couple’s HGTV show ended earlier this year just before the birth of their fifth child. On Friday night’s episode of NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” Chip Gaines dropped the news of the new venture.

“We’re coming back to television,” Gaines said, to cheers from the studio audience. “We're actually going to have a network, and I think we're going to really carve it out in a way that makes sense to us and our family.”

Their HGTV show ended its five-year run in April, which prompted the couple to take a break from television to spend more time with their growing family. On Fallon’s show, the couple discussed the wear-and-tear of being stars of a popular home renovation show. However, during the last few months, the couple developed a rapport with Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav, who has been making frequent trips to Texas in a campaign to lure the couple back to television.


Discovery bought the parent company of HGTV and Food Network in March, giving it control of the channels. And Discovery executives recognized that the Gaineses’ star power was undeniable. In a politically polarized country, Chip and Joanna Gaines remain big hits with rural and urban viewers alike.

Discovery plans to rebrand one of its smaller TV outlets — such as DIY, Great American Country Channel or Destination America — into the Chip and Joanna Gaines channel. While the channel doesn’t have a name just yet, its title could involve Magnolia, which is the Gaineses’ lifestyle brand.

CNN Analyst: Trump Media Attacks From Supremacist's Playbook

CNN political analyst Kirsten Powers asserted Friday night that President Trump's recent attacks against black public figures and members of the news media are "out of the white supremacist playbook."

Kirsten Powers

Powers argued during an appearance on CNN that there was a "racial component" to Trump's pushback earlier in the day against CNN reporter Abby Phillip, saying his response to her question was "disproportionate."

Trump slammed Phillip, saying she asks "a lot of stupid questions" after she asked whether new acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was going to try to rein in special council Robert Mueller's investigation.

"I don't think that it's a coincidence that he talks about — whether it's [CNN anchor] Don Lemon having a low IQ or [Rep.] Maxine Waters [D-Calif.] has a low IQ, or LeBron James has a low IQ," said Powers, who is a USA Today columnist and former Fox News contributor.

Michael Caputo

"And now we’re supposed to believe Abby Phillip is asking a stupid question. There’s a constant theme here. It’s frankly out of the white supremacist playbook. This is classic white supremacy," she said.

Cooper brought in Republican strategist and Trump supporter Michael Caputo and asked if he agreed with Powers.

"I don’t. The president is a equal opportunity abuser," Caputo maintained. "When it comes to the media, I don’t believe the president is anti-black anymore than I believe that [CNN chief White House correspondent] Jim Acosta is anti-woman because he was mean to [press secretary Sarah Huckabee] Sanders or treated a White House intern with disrespect during the press conference."

"The president treats all media the same way. Especially those who attack him," Caputo said. "The president was, grew up and came of age in the New York City media market. That’s a brutal place. He’s always been punching back at reporters for decades. And I think this is, the idea it’s white supremacy or he’s a racist, it’s just another trope."

IMPORTANT THREAD.

Trump is not an 'equal opportunity offender.' His attacks on African American women are racist and out of the white supremacist playbook that black people are stupid and have 'low IQ's' -- a favorite argument of Richard Spencer, David Duke and 'alt-right.' https://t.co/X4hEoFguSX

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) November 10, 2018

Twitter Cracks Down On Suspicious Followers

Twitter has substracted millions of suspicious followers again after first removing them in July this year. according to The Drum.

As a result of the company's crackdown on fake users, singer Katy Perry lost about 861,000 followers, according to social measurement firm Social Blade and Twitter’s own account lost 2.4 million followers.

According to Twitter, it discovered a bug where some of these accounts were briefly added back, which led to misleading follower counts for “very few accounts."

In July, Twitter said: "As part of our ongoing and global effort to build trust and encourage healthy conversation on Twitter, every part of the service matters. Follower counts are a visible feature, and we want everyone to have confidence that the numbers are meaningful and accurate.

"Over the years, we’ve locked accounts when we detected sudden changes in account behavior. In these situations, we reach out to the owners of the accounts and unless they validate the account and reset their passwords, we keep them locked with no ability to log in. This week, we’ll be removing these locked accounts from follower counts across profiles globally. As a result, the number of followers displayed on many profiles may go down."

November 12 Radio History

➦In 1917...singer Jo Stafford was born in Coalinga Calif.  As a member of The Stafford Sisters she had a gig at LA radio station KHJ, then joined The Pied Pipers, who became part of the Tommy Dorsey performing family.  Her solo hits include Shrimp Boats Are A-Comin’, Jambalaya, Long Ago and Far Away, You Belong to Me, & Make Love to Me.

She died July 16 2008 at age 90.

➦In1931…In London, the Abbey Road recording studios were opened by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of the British music company EMI, its current owner.

Originally a nine-bedroom Georgian townhouse built in the 1830s, the structure was used as an apartment building before its conversion to a recording facility.

After decades of officially being titled as EMI Studios, in 1970 EMI changed the name to Abbey Road Studios, the name by which they had been informally called throughout the 1960s when they were the venue for memorable recordings by the Beatles, Badfinger, and Pink Floyd, among others.

➦In 1947...KPO-AM San Francisco changed its call sign to KNBC. (Today the station is KNBR)

KNBR began life on April 17, 1922, as KPO, a 100-watt station owned by the Hale Brothers department store. In 1925, the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper bought half-interest in the operation.  Originally located in the Hale store at Market and 5th (now the site of Nordstrom), its horizontal wire antenna on the roof was so efficient it immediately attracted the attention of audiences all over the Pacific Coast.

In 1927, KPO became an affiliate of the new NBC radio network.

In 1933, KPO was sold to NBC's parent company, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA),  and its operation was consolidated into that of its co-owned KGO at the Hunter-Dulin Building, 111 Sutter Street. From there, NBC operated its West Coast network, feeding dozens of stations and operating a news bureau to serve NBC. As NBC's flagship station on the West Coast, it had a full-time orchestra, five studios, and produced many live shows. During the rise of Hollywood, NBC's radio operation was moved to Los Angeles.

In 1941, just before World War II, NBC constructed Radio City at 420 Taylor Street, considered one of the best radio facilities built during radio's golden age. However, with the network control having been moved to Los Angeles, the San Francisco NBC building was never fully utilized.

During World War II, KPO's news bureau was the major source for NBC of news about the war in the Pacific, and operated shortwave radio stations (transmitters located in Dixon) serving the world. It was at the KPO (RCA) shortwave facility that the message was received that Japanese emperor Hirohito had surrendered, ending World War II.

On November 12, 1947, the Federal Communications Commission approved NBC's application to change the call sign from KPO to KNBC, to shore up its reputation as an NBC station (and the only radio station NBC ever owned on the West Coast). This change lasted until 1962, when the network moved the call sign to its television station in Los Angeles and the radio station was renamed KNBR.

➦1955...Billboard begins its "Top 100" chart, with the first Number One listed as "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" by the Four Aces. The magazine wouldn't resolve all its pop charts into one until 1959.

➦In 1988...The Hot 100..The Escape Club had the new #1 song--"Wild, Wild West", taking over from the Beach Boys with "Kokomo".  Kylie Minogue's version of the song written by Stanley, Idaho's Carole King--"The Loco-Motion" took the opportunity to move up to #3 and Bon Jovi's "Bad Medicine" was right behind her.

The rest of the Top 10:  Whitney Houston and "One Moment iI Time", U2 and the live "Desire" was at #6, Phil Collins was on the way down with "Groovy Kind Of Love", Will to Power cracked the list with "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley", the fifth consecutive Top 10 song from George Michael's Faith album--"Kissing A Fool" moved from 15 to 9 and Inxs wrapped up the list with "Never Tear Us Apart".

➦In 1988...The Album Chart..1988:  U2 reached #1 on the Album chart with the Soundtrack to "Rattle and Hum" while Guns N' Roses had the #2 album after 64 weeks of release with Appetite for Destruction.  The previous #1--New Jersey by Bon Jovi was down to #3 and the "Cocktail" Soundtrack and Def Leppard's Hysteria were also bumped down a notch.

The rest of the Top 10:  Don't Be Cruel from Bobby Brown, Anita Baker moved from 22 to 7 in just her second week with the album Giving You the Best That I Got, George Michael was still at #8 with Faith after 52 weeks, Bobby McFerrin had Simple Pleasures and Cinderella jumped into the Top 10 with Long Cold Winter.

Singleton as Blondie with Arthur Lake

➦In 2003...Actress Penny Singleton, forever immortalized as Blondie in the movies & on radio, who was the voice of Jane Jetson on TV`s The Jetsons, died at age 95 after a stroke.

➦In 2005...Paul McCartney became the first musician to broadcast live music into space when a segment of his Anaheim concert was beamed, via NASA, to the International Space Station 220 miles above the Earth.

➦In 2012…Veteran Los Angeles media personality (KLAC-AM for 40 years, KTTV-TV)/commercial pitchman Sam Benson died at the age of 90.