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IT WAS MAY 23rd .. when pioneering Seattle radio station KOL first signed on .... When CBS gave Johnny Carson a summer TV game show called 'Earn Your Vacation'... When 'Star Trek: the Next Generation,' 'Star Trek: Voyager,' and the ABC-TV sitcom 'Full House' aired their final episodes ... ,,and when Jordin Sparks (pictured), at age 17, became the youngest-ever winner of FOX-TV's American Idol on its season-ending telecast. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

What most of us will miss the most, of course, is not Dave the Symbol but Dave the Funny Guy. This is a debt that cannot be repaid, though many a recent guest has tried.

NW's 'Drex' talks with the Georgia Straights Adrian Mack about an article he wrote regarding The British police and intelligence agencies have monitored 'fans' of shows like Star Trek and The X-Files in the run-up to the Millennium “amid fears that British fans would go mad and kill themselves, turn against society or start a weird cult.”

The new owner, Universal Media Access, focuses on Asian, Indian, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Russian, German, Vietnamese and other developing ethnic markets.

The woman says she called the IRS for help and the agent was also on another line with STERN's show at the time, and the agent didn't realize he was on the air.

Mira was terminated from CTV's Victoria operation last November, and is now going to work for two high profile local sports teams.

IT WAS MAY 22nd ... when Jack Benny signed off his last live network radio broadcast after a run of 23 years... When the Seattle-based Brothers Four sang "Greenfields" on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show. And Canada's Wayne & Schuster did a skit from the Old West called "Frontier Psychiatrist" ... When New Westminster-born actor Raymond Burr starred in the title role as the last original Perry Mason episode titled 'The Case Of The Final Fade-Out' began filming.... ..and when ABC-TV's 'Hart to Hart', and the NBC-TV sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun' , as well as 'The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,' aired their finales. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Harper’s Conservatives say they will be a no-show at two federal political leaders’ debates announced by major Canadian broadcasters Thursday.

Only Media person partaking in this years Tour de Rock, Coast FM's Hilary Eastmure takes up the challenge

digital technology is driving growth in newsgathering, editing and distribution at radio and television stations