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Bieber's Comedy Central roast was a mostly hilarious affair, until the very end when the 21-year-old pop star took a moment to reflect on his troubles in recent years.

IT WAS MARCH 15th... when BC got its second radio station operated by The Vancouver Sun, two days after The Province station debuted... When future Montreal rock radio powerhouse CFOX hit the airwaves, under the ownership of Gordon Sinclair Jr... When CBS television introduced its 'Morning Show' (pictured), hosted by future iconic news anchor Walter Cronkite... and when CBS announced it was cancelling its Sunday night lynchpin 'The Ed Sullivan Show' after 23 seasons. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzFbG5FcM8g Vancouver Shaw Cable TV's Fiona Forbes hosts a weekly show on Shaw called, The Low Down. Guests this week include Burnaby mayor Derek Corrigan,...

Long time Edmonton Journalist Cam Tait remembers and pays tribute to the man in Fridays Edmonton Sun More Inside...

It was March 13th when Pete Parker, on radio station CKCK Regina, called the world's first play-by-play of a complete professional hockey game, just days ahead of Foster Hewitt... when comedians Fred Allen and Jack Benny (pictured) began their 12-year-long 'feud' in an NBC broadcast from the Hotel Pierre in New York City, attracting the second largest audience in the history of radio... when Arthur Godfrey turned down the chance to sign Elvis Presley for his CBS TV Talent Scouts Show. Instead at the same audition he signed singer Pat Boone... and when ABC-TV aired the final episode of Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

No Blocking, No Throttling, No Paid Prioritization Just the tip of the iceberg.. Come Inside and Read More....

This crazy business of radio continues this time in Edmonton... let me see now... Lochlin comes to CRUZ with Nicole, then Scott moves over to take Lochlins place at the Bear.... got that? Here's a flashback Photo of Scott McCord @the Bear. A Homecoming...

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It was a March 13th when the radio era officially began hereabouts as the Vancouver Province newspaper started testing its new 2000 watt radio service with music .. and a newscast at 8:30 pm... ...when the Manitoba Givernment Telephone service put Winnipeg's CKY radio on the air for the first time .... ...when Edward R. Murrow (pictured) was first heard on radio, reporting for CBS from Vienna... ..when UK pop singer Tom Jones made his TV performing debut on the BBC .... ..and when the Merv Griffin TV Show made its debut in daytime syndication across the US. In Southwest BC it was seen in prime time via KVOS-TV Bellingham. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.