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IT WAS JULY 18th .... when Saskatoon got its pioneer radio station as CFQC Saskatoon signed on 400 metres with 200 watts of power.... When CKVU-TV was licensed as Vancouver's third television station. It signed on 14 months later. Today it is known as City-TV... When CBS radio introduced its experimental Columbia Workshop of the Air,.. ..and when obits included one-half of Canada’s favorite comedy team Johnny Wayne; and veteran NBC & PBS newsman Paul Duke. Details of ALL the July 18th milestones INSIDE.

Broadcast celebrities born July 17th include Canadians Art Linkletter (pictured) and Donald Sutherland, actress/singer Diahann Carroll and Baywatch’s David Hasselhoff. Disneyland opened its doors in California, John Chancellor debuted as host of NBC-TV’s Today Show, Anne Murray scored another #1 hit, and Rod Stewart released his first solo single, “Maggie Mae.” Obits for July 17th include broadcasters Walter Cronkite and Bernard Cowan, jazz greats Billie Holliday and John Coltrane, author Mickey Spillane, and actors Larry Haines and Geraldine Fitzgerald. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

from country to more country, Jenn hangs onto her cowboy hat and elevates to PD in Red Deer More Inside...

ESPN made an aggressive bid to keep Cowherd, sources say. But ultimately lost out to Fox Sports, which has been on a spending spree since the launch of its cable networks two years ago.

CNN hasn’t yet described Major Garrett as a racist

IT WAS JULY 16th ... when Diana Ross & the Supremes guest hosted NBC-TV's Tonight Show, while at the same hour Janis Joplin was the sole guest on ABC-TV's Dick Cavett Show.... When Los Angeles disc jockey Rick Dees (pictured) debuted his late night TV show "Into The Night with Rick Dees" on ABC-TV... When the Beach Boys appeared on NBC-TV's Today Show, on the 37th anniversary of their signing by Capitol Records... ..and when the domestic TV diva Martha Stewart was sentenced to 5 months in prison, ALL the milestones for July 16th INSIDE.

CINDY ORD/GETTY IMAGES JULY 15, 2015 | 02:14PM PT Contributor role offered, but she has yet to decide whether she'll continue Ramin Setoodeh, Variety.com Film Editor, New York After just one...

The company added 3.3 million new streaming members during the second quarter.

It’s getting worse!!! Local tv news is not only falling short journalistically, but now the promos are taking over ...more and more pap on air pushing products, places and promos ... no doubt pleasing potential advertisers more than viewers. (Harvey Oberfeld)

There are some managers who believe Voltair enhances the radio station signal so the Portable People Meter picks up the station where perhaps the PPM missed it.