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It was March 12th when the newly elected President of the US Franklin Roosevelt used radio to deliver his first Fireside Chat... ..when singer Fabian (picgtured) was named "Most Promising New Talent" in a poll of "American Bandstand" viewers... ..when Bob Dylan cancelled an "Ed Sullivan Show" television appearance after being told he could not sing "Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues" because it was too political... ..and when syndicated TV's venerable Entertainment Tonight aired its 3,000th show. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

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Long time Vancouver radio man Gerry Siemens steps down

He’s the top rainmaker in American radio, capable of generating hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenue for whomever employs him and his entourage of baroque sideshow performers known as the Wack Pack Much More Inside...

Virgin Radio Edmonton says Good Bye to morning hosts Pepper and Dylan More Inside...

CBC Radio One's award-winning daily arts, culture and entertainment program, 'Q' will have a fresh feel and a unique voice starting April 20th when it welcomes Shad (Shadrach Kabango) as the new permanent host.

It’s happening before our eyes. The cable business as we know it is in retreat and an a la carte world, streamed over-the-top, is dawning.

It was a March 11th when Charles Van Doren (pictured) finally lost on NBC-TV's rigged game show "21." He left with $129,000. The scandal over leaked answers to Van Doren had not yet erupted... When the FCC decreed that 8 to 11 pm would be TV's prime time controlled and programmed by ABC, CBS and NBC... When Aerosmith was featured on CBS-TV's 60 Minutes... and when talk show host Glenn Beck singled out Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA" as a perfect example of the progressive politics he said were destroying the country. Details and many more milestones for the date INSIDE.

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Gaye’s family had argued that the 2013 smash hit “Blurred Lines” copied their father’s 1977 song “Got to Give Up” in the high-profile case, and sued Thicke, Williams and Clifford Harris Jr., a.k.a. T.I.