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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

Letterman's 11:30 p.m. Late Show outrated all primetime telecasts for the night.

IT WAS MAY 21st ... when Kamloops B.C. got its first FM station as CFFM 98.3 signed on ... When CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show aired from Montreal’s Expo 67, and featured Petula Clark and The Seekers, with comedian Alan King... When after a 5 year run, the final episode of 'Miami Vice' aired on NBC-TV... .. and when after 8 seasons the finale of the sitcom 'Newhart' was seen on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

The lawsuit says model Janice Dickinson has suffered defamation and emotional distress as the result of Cosby’s reps denying her claims that the comedian had sexually assaulted her.

The 2015 election thus heralds the end of the one party state in Alberta and the rise of a competitive two-party (plus?) system. There is a clear democratic-socialist option on the left represented by the NDP, accompanied by the remnants of a morbid Liberal party and plucky young Alberta Party on the centre-left. Likewise, a clear libertarian-conservative option now dominates the right and centre-right in the form of the Wildrose.

Nationally syndicated Nashville radio personality Bobby Bones played an EAS tone during a show last year, which resulted in a $1 million fine for his parent company, iHeart Media (the former Clear Channel) .

I’ve watched these Letterman farewell episodes and done plenty of tearing up in the process, plus marveled not only at his legacy and endurance and influence – all the obvious things we say when someone like Letterman retires – but also how much people really do love him and will miss him.

          NL Broadcasting Limited, Kamloops. B.C.   Media Release May the 19th, 2015   NL Broadcasting Ltd. in Kamloops, B.C. is proud to welcome 3 new Program...

IT WAS MAY 20th ... when the Canadian Marconi Company station X-W-A, later CFCF, in Montreal aired a musical concert, the first scheduled radio broadcast in North America, and possibly the world... When CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show featured Peggy Lee, The Brothers Four (from Seattle), and retired baseball great Jackie Robinson .... When the 25th Emmy Awards gave top honors to The Waltons, All in the Family & Mary Tyler Moore... ..and when the final episodes of 'Barney Miller' and "Roseanne" aired on ABC-TV... and the "Cheers" finale was seen on NBC. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.