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It's got massive scale because Apple is behind it -- it broadcasts live to 100 countries. Numbers have not been released, but there's no question that it's by far the most widely listened-to streaming radio station ever.

IT WAS JULY 7th .. when 'Flashgun Casey' debuted on CBS radio. It evolved into 'Casey, Crime Photographer' and ran for 12 years!.. When 'Escape' was heard for the first time on CBS. The critically-acclaimed anthology series continued on an erratic and largely sponsorless schedule (18 different time slots!) through 1954... When Jack Webb's 'Dragnet' was first heard on NBC radio. The program was the first to dramatize cases from actual police files... ..and when a live summer replacement for Dinah Shore, "The Eddy Arnold Show" debuted on NBC-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

He came out of New York in the early 60s with nothing but his wit and charm and wild desire to experience all life has to offer. He ended up with the fame and wealth and property and the rest of it, but mostly the man had friends. He knew everyone.

Matti Antilla remembers 'Ruby'.... Very few broadcasters called a game with as much passion as Ruby. RIP Dave. (Cam Drew - Drew family once owned CKAY)

“A global super-station is really exciting,” says Tommy McFly, host of the morning show on 94.7 Fresh FM in Washington. “But people come to radio because they want that local feel.

Our friend Dick Curtis last shared about his time as Frank Sinatra's road manager, a story of so much wealth and mystique living among the elitists of artists.... Today Dick presents his next assignment, that as Bob Dylan's road manager....

IT WAS JULY 6th ... when Canadian soprano Sarah Fischer sang 30 minutes of excerpts from Carmen in the first opera telecast by the BBC... When following on years in supporting radio roles with Rudy Vallee, Paul Whiteman and Edgar Bergen, Judy Canova (pictured) began her own weekly comedy-and-music show on CBS... When a hidden microphone eavesdropped on unsuspecting people for the first time, as Candid Microphone hit the ABC radio airwaves. Allen Funt was the host... ..and when Karen & Richard Carpenter hosted the debut of their summer series, Make Your Own Kind of Music, on NBC-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

  JULY 4, 2015 | 10:19PM PT by Leo Barraclough, Variety.com The BBC is facing the prospect of absorbing £650 million ($1.01 billion) in lost income as the U.K. government seeks to...