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Award-winning pioneer radio and television broadcaster Glen Robitaille died today (june 21) in Kamloops at age 97. He began his career as a transmitter operator,...

IT WAS JUNE 22nd ... when radio station KVL 1370/Seattle debuted on the air at 6:30pm with more than 6 hours of musical celebration featuring orchestras playing jazz, classical and Hawaiian music... When the final episode of "You Bet Your Life"/"The Groucho Show" aired on NBC-TV... When the 22-year old Barbra Streisand signed a 10-year contract with CBS-TV worth about $200,000 a year... ..and when the 134th & final episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess" aired in North America. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

He worked many years at his first love, radio, as an announcer in various stations, including CKXL Calgary, CJCA Edmonton, CHNL Kamloops, CFUN Vancouver and CISL in Richmond.

Listening to the radio was once a shared experience, with families gathered in their living room to hear the latest drama or hockey match. Today, radio listening is an individual exercise.

IT WAS JUNE 21st ... when the first telecast of a political convention took place, from the Republican Convention in Philadelphia ... When Nick Frost brought a brand new Kelowna radio station CILK FM (Silk FM) to the air at 101.5 with effective radiated power of 11,000 watts... When Victoria's CKXM FM 91.3 switched from a country station to modern rock under a new name "The [email protected] FM"... ..and when two years before WW2, the BBC televised the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time. ALL the milestones for June 21st INSIDE.

IT WAS JUNE 20th ... when American Bandstand celebrated its 20th anniversary with a 90-minute prime time ABC-TV special. Paul Anka, Neil Diamond, Frankie Avalon, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Little Richard, Three Dog Night, and Cheech & Chong were among the performers appearing.... When the last of the original CBC-TV-produced Don Messer's Jubilee shows aired, following a Saturday night hockey game... When "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington was knocked out when she was struck by a TV camera during a taping of the show at CBS Television City in Los Angeles... ...and when Howard Stern (pictured) began his 30-minute TV show, a digest version of his morning radio show, on the E! cable network. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Here's one for Victoria's latest radio stations KISS 103.1 in the way of PR stunts all from a Bridge...

To determine the impact of Voltair on the unnamed talk show’s ratings, Harker Research compared listenership for two weeks in 2014 and the same two weeks in 2015. (Richard Harker - photo)

"Sorry, @NBC. #BrianWilliams STILL seems to be equivocating. When given an interview chance to come clean, he still retreats into vagueness."

IT WAS JUNE 19th ... when Gillette became the first-ever network TV sponsor on NBC-TV's coverage of the Billy Conn-Joe Lewis heavyweight boxing match,... When the Goodson-Todman game show 'I've Got a Secret' with Garry Moore as host, debuted on CBS-TV... When at the height of the folk music boom, the Kingston Trio debuted their own weekday show on CBS Radio... and when Roberta Flack hosted her ABC-TV musical special, "Roberta Flack... The First Time Ever," with the Blossoms and Seals & Crofts as guests. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.