Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) were iconic dance partners who made motion pictures together from 1933 to 1949. They made a total of 10 films, nine of them with RKO Radio Pictures from 1933 to 1939, and one, "The Barkleys of Broadway", with M-G-M in 1949, their only color (Technicolor) film. Many years later, they became known by the portmanteau nickname of "Fringer", popularised by Australian entertainer Dave Gorr. Astaire started dancing in the early 1900s as a child on stage
Keith Rogers 10-watt station, 10AS, from his living room in 1924. On Aug. 10, 1925 Rogers was informed that a commercial license had been issued to him (the first commercial license in Eastern Canada) for a station that became CFCY. After achieving success in radio he was preparing to launch television on Prince Edward Island, prior to his death in 1954. His family carried out his plan with the launch of CFCY-TV on July 1, 1956. CFCY-TV which had been a CBC affiliate was sold to the CBC in 1966. Radio station CFCY which had been a locally owned CBC affiliate was