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AM700 The Light Calgary, with a 50,000- watt daytime signal and owned by Touch Canada Broadcasting, launched June 29, six years after receiving CRTC approval.

It was the date the 1st million-dollar prizefight (Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier) aired on US radio. “The Aldrich Family,” “The Adventures of the Thin Man” and the satire of “Bob and Ray” had their premieres on NBC radio. Morning radio star Arthur Godfrey (pictured) signed to host a weekly prime time show. Lawrence Welk debuted his new dance show on ABC-TV. Elvis recorded “Hound Dog” and “Don’t Be Cruel,” Dean Martin recorded “Houston,” and Andy Williams recorded “Canadian Sunset.” Obits on July 2nd include James Stewart, Betty Grable, Lee Remick, Fred Gwynne and Jan Murray. Details of all the anniversaries for this date INSIDE.

The Dukes of Hazzard originally aired on CBS from 1979-1985.

The year was 1995, Welcome to a Day in the Life for many of us behind the scenes folks who work in the multi-faceted world of Radio Advertising Production. "The Greaseman" aka Douglas A. Tracht

Did the smooth jazz format not encode properly for the PPM devices to properly detect?

IT WAS JULY 1st .. when Prime Minister Mackenzie King dedicated Ottawa's Peace Tower carillon in the first Trans-Canada radio network broadcast hookup over telephone and telegraph lines... When Hall of Fame sportscaster Jim Robson at age 17 broke into radio at CJAV Port Alberni ... When an apparently sanitized Elvis Presley appeared on NBC- TV's 'The Steve Allen Show' in a tuxedo and sang 'Hound Dog', to a real live Hound Dog... ...and when Toronto CTV flagship CFTO-TV transmitted the first colour television in Canada. ALL the milestones for July 1st INSIDE.

Legendary Washington State Cougar broadcaster Bob Robertson has been calling college football games longer than any other radio announcer in the country.