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IT WAS JUNE 22nd ... when radio station KVL 1370/Seattle debuted on the air at 6:30pm with more than 6 hours of musical celebration featuring orchestras playing jazz, classical and Hawaiian music... When the final episode of "You Bet Your Life"/"The Groucho Show" aired on NBC-TV... When the 22-year old Barbra Streisand signed a 10-year contract with CBS-TV worth about $200,000 a year... ..and when the 134th & final episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess" aired in North America. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS JUNE 21st ... when the first telecast of a political convention took place, from the Republican Convention in Philadelphia ... When Nick Frost brought a brand new Kelowna radio station CILK FM (Silk FM) to the air at 101.5 with effective radiated power of 11,000 watts... When Victoria's CKXM FM 91.3 switched from a country station to modern rock under a new name "The [email protected] FM"... ..and when two years before WW2, the BBC televised the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time. ALL the milestones for June 21st INSIDE.

IT WAS JUNE 20th ... when American Bandstand celebrated its 20th anniversary with a 90-minute prime time ABC-TV special. Paul Anka, Neil Diamond, Frankie Avalon, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Little Richard, Three Dog Night, and Cheech & Chong were among the performers appearing.... When the last of the original CBC-TV-produced Don Messer's Jubilee shows aired, following a Saturday night hockey game... When "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington was knocked out when she was struck by a TV camera during a taping of the show at CBS Television City in Los Angeles... ...and when Howard Stern (pictured) began his 30-minute TV show, a digest version of his morning radio show, on the E! cable network. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Want to know WHY Harper is avoiding the election debates that would be nationally-televised on all the major networks?

IT WAS JUNE 19th ... when Gillette became the first-ever network TV sponsor on NBC-TV's coverage of the Billy Conn-Joe Lewis heavyweight boxing match,... When the Goodson-Todman game show 'I've Got a Secret' with Garry Moore as host, debuted on CBS-TV... When at the height of the folk music boom, the Kingston Trio debuted their own weekday show on CBS Radio... and when Roberta Flack hosted her ABC-TV musical special, "Roberta Flack... The First Time Ever," with the Blossoms and Seals & Crofts as guests. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS JUNE 17th ..when NBC's WNBT-TV, channel 4 in New York City, was granted the first construction permit to operate a commercial TV station in the United States... When 'Suspense.' radio's outstanding theatre of thrills, began its 20-year run on CBS... When Seattle's KOL-FM 94.1 switched from automated background music to "Progressive Rock"... ..and when "The Discovery Channel" first appeared on U.S. cable systems. First program was "Iceberg Alley." ALL the milestones for June 17th INSIDE.

IT WAS JUNE 16th .. when the first network TV news aired in the US on Dumont's "News from Washington"... When the sitcom 'My Little Margie' debuted on CBS-TV... When "The Dean Martin Summer Show" featuring the comedy team of Rowan & Martin, debuted on NBC-TV... ..and when the CRTC authorized the XM & Sirius satellite subscription-based radio/music services for Canadian consumers. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

One of my all time favourite Seattle radio personalities, and NewsGuy Dick Curtis joined up with Pat O'Day in the 60's to form Concerts West, a giant in the entertainment industry

IT WAS JUNE 15th .. when the first-ever radio broadcast of live music took place from Chelmsford, England, featuring Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba... When the rural TV comedy "Hee Haw" with Roy Clark and Buck Owens premiered on CBS as a summer replacement for the Smothers Bros... When Rev. David Mainse broadcast the first "100 Huntley Street" program out of its studios at the said address in downtown Toronto... ..and when 83-year-old Bob Barker's final appearance as emcee of CBS TV's"The Price Is Right" aired. He had hosted the game show for 35 years! ALL the milestones for June 15th INSIDE.