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Isn’t it amazing how our “leaders” would not bend to protests from citizens, motorists and media over the plan to close down the Burrard Bridge on International Yoga Day ....BUT as soon and First Nations’ leaders objected and threatened to also show up LOUDLY ... our “leaders” ran for the hills. (Harvey Oberfeld) Photo: "Aboriginal War Veterans monument (Close) Confederation Park, Ottawa, Canada " by I, Padraic Ryan

IT WAS JUNE 13th ... when the Rolling Stones made an appearance on ABC-TV's "Hollywood Palace," during their first tour of North America .... When John Lennon made his last TV appearance on an ABC-TV salute to UK entertainment mogul Sir Lew Grade that had been taped in April.... When NBC' late night TV host Tom Snyder interviewed serial killer Charles Manson on what has since become the most famous edition of his "Tomorrow" Show... ..and when Garrison Keilor, host and storyteller on the award-winning public radio series, A Prairie Home Companion, left the show and its delightful shores of Lake Wobegon for Denmark where he intended to spend his time writing (he returned to the U.S... and the program ... two years later). ALL the milestones for June 13th INSIDE.

The NHL will permit fans to watch their favourite teams play outside their home markets, without having to pay extra for a league-wide bundle of games, as part of a settlement of a class action antitrust lawsuit

Published June 12, 2015 courtesy FoxNews.com   March 25, 2015: Jim Ed Brown speaks during the presentation of the Country Music Hall of Fame inductees in Nashville, Tenn. (AP...

IT WAS JUNE 12th ... when pioneer Toronto radio station CFCA had its Grand Opening. Foster Hewitt broadcast his first hockey game on CFCA eight months later.... When Pittsburgh's KDKA became the first 50,000 watt radio staation... When the Sunday night TV extravaganza that would be must-see family viewing for the next twenty years, “Toast of the Town,” (later the Ed Sullivan Show), made its debut on CBS... ..and when the TV comedy “Mr Peepers” starring Wally Cox with Tony Randall, aired for the last time on NBC. ALL the milestones for June 12th INSIDE.

What are the chances of a station increasing share by 69% in four months? Pretty small. Right? And what if the station has been doing the same format since 1987 and hasn’t made any huge programming changes?