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The Jason and Kari morning show on up! 99.3 is No More... Corey Kimm/Amy Amato scenario in Toronto. Both quit their gigs last week, yet/can’t announce where they will be going until next week

IT WAS AUG. 11th .. when New York's WCBS-TV became the first station to televise a baseball game in color..in fact, two games between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves.... When CBS-TV's Sunday night variety showcase, The Ed Sullivan Show featured Buddy Knox singing his two rockabilly hits 'Party Doll' and 'Hula Love'... When the folksinging Kingston Trio signed in as the "mystery guests" on CBS-TV's "What's My Line?"... ..and when Edmonton radio station CJAX-FM began operations on 92.5 MHz with 100,000 watts. The call letters are now CKNG FM, with a branding of 92.5 Fresh FM. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Google will be overhauled and become a subsidiary of a new publicly traded company run by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

FINLEY hosted and anchored at KGO-A and KCBS-A/SAN FRANCISCO, XETRA-A/SAN DIEGO, WNIS-A/NORFOLK, and CKNW-A (1972-73) and CJOR-A/VANCOUVER (1981-86).

IT WAS AUG. 10th ... when Allen Funt's "Candid Camera," a video version of his "Candid Microphone" radio show, debuted on ABC.... When Vancouver's CHQM-FM signed on for the first time at 103.5 MHz, initially as a straight mono simulcast of CHQM 1320 AM... When "Manhattan Transfer," the summer variety show starring the singing group of the same name, premiered on CBS-TV... .. and when 30-year-long CKNW sportscaster Al Davidson (pictured) died at age 66. ALL the milestones for Aug. 10th INSIDE.

CBC reporter Megan Batchelor was in Squamish doing a live hit for the network's 6 p.m newscast when video the network aired shows the man came up from behind, kissed her on the cheek and took a selfie.

Frank Gifford died suddenly Sunday morning of natural causes at his Connecticut home.

The service denied his grievance in March 2014, saying the right to access the material was not absolute and that banning the channels helped maintain a safe environment, especially for female correctional officers who expressed concern.

IT WAS AUG. 9th ... when radio brought word of a 2nd atomic bomb explosion that would lead to Japan's surrender & the end of World War II... When the TV program "Ready Steady Go!" premiered on ITV in the UK. The show gave early exposure to such music luminaries as Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones... When two popular Toronto deejays John Spragge and Bob MacAdorey were fired from radio station CHUM... ..and when, following the enormous success of the "Motown 25" TV special two years earlier, NBC debuted the ill-fated "Motown Revue" variety series hosted by Smokey Robinson, which lasted only five weeks. ALL the milestones for Aug. 9th INSIDE.

Adler’s broadcast career has taken him from stints in Montreal, London, Hamilton and Toronto, as well as a nationally syndicated radio show out of Tampa, Florida.