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Happy Birthday to Larry King, Dick Cavett, Ted Turner, Alan Young, Allison Janney, Meg Ryan and Jodie Foster. On this date the first mass market transistor pocket radio was introduced; the cartoon series 'Rocky & his Friends' debuted on ABC-TV; Linda Ronstadt appeared as herself on FOX-TV's 'The Simpsons'; a six-hour Beatles Anthology began airing on North American radio; NBC aired the 100th episode of their hit drama 'ER'; Vancouvers X-FM 104.9 switched to All Christmas music, and a year later Victoria's CHBE107.3 did the same. Ending their stay with us Nov. 19th were US sportscaster Bill Stern, songwriter Bobby Russell, producer Terry Melcher, Dick Wilson of Charmin toilet tissue ad fame, and Toronto-based classical actor John Neville. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

It's the date that brought us Linda Evans, Elizabeth Perkins, Owen Wilson, Imogene Coca, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Collins, and Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelly. Edward R. Murrow's acclaimed documentary series 'See It Now' debuted on CBS-TV; 'As It Happens' started it's nearly 50 year run on CBC Radio; the first CanCon rules for TV were announced; CKNW Radio boosted its power to 5,000 watts at 1320 KHz; ABC-TV aired Britney Spears' first TV concert; and Fats Domino sang 'Blueberry Hill' on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show. Nov. 18th claimed the lives of bandleaders Ted Heath and Cab Calloway, singers Dorothy Kirsten and Hal Dickenson (The Modernaires), composer Cy Coleman and actor Harold J. Stone. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

It's the date of birth for Burgess Meredith, Daws Butler, Eddie Condon, Mary Margaret McBride, Guy Stockwell and Jim Jordan (of 'Fibber McGee' fame). NBC began a two night showiing of 'The Godfather,' for which it paid $10 million; Creedence Clearwater Revival and Jerry Lee Lewis performed on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show; the 100th episode of 'The X-Files' aired on FOX; Walter Cronkite hosted 'Sinatra: an American Original' on CBS-TV; and David Bowie's first TV special aired on NBC's 'Midnight Special.' Tennessee Ernie Ford's 'Sixteen Tons' began an 8 week run as the #1 song; Patsy Cline recorded her next Top 10 hit 'I Fall to Pieces'; and The Beatles recorded their second performance for Radio Luxembourg. ALL the milestones for Nov, 16th INSIDE.

Happy Birthday to Ed Asner, Judge Wapner, Sam Waterston, C.W. McCall, Kevin Eubanks, Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, newsman John Roberts, Shalene Woodley and Jack Burns. The National Broadcasting Company started operations with 24 radio stations; Bellingham's KVOS AM 1200 fired up with 100 watts; TV's first remote occurred when the cameras of NBC New York's W2XBT covered a fire; Edmonton's CKRA-FM ('Capital FM') signed on to 96.3 MHz; 'Dallas' episode 100 was seen on CBS-TV; the Rolling Stones made their first appearance on NBC-TV's primetime 'Hullabaloo'; and the Bay Area got its third TV station when KRON 2 signed on. Obits this date i nclude Lionel Barrymore, Enid Markey, Dennis Cole, former CBS owner Larry Tisch, Cincinnati baseball broadcaster Joe Nuxhall, and John Morgan of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. ALL the milestones for Nov. 15th INSIDE.