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Boz Scaggs recorded a blues album for Atlantic, famously featuring an undiscovered Duane Allman

IT WAS MAY 28th ... when The Temptations headlined CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show, along with pop singers Robert Goulet and Jane Morgan ... When The Association made their TV debut on CBS's "Smothers Bro

Jolene is much-loved, both on-air and within the staff, and will be missed by the family she helped build at The Rock. She leaves having created Seattle’s top-rated nighttime show.

More companies are producing television content, while fewer are producing radio content. Seth Resler opines.

While the change is not news to the industry – it was announced in December 2013, the beginning of carriers offering a maximum of two year contracts – there is anecdotal evidence, according to Business News Network, that carriers are willing to negotiate some unprecedented deals with high-value customers leading up to June 3.

IT WAS MAY 27th ... when Frank Sinatra (pictured) made his TV debut as he guested on NBC's "Star-Spangled Review," hosted by another show biz legend, Bob Hope... When Toronto's CHUM AM 1050 became the first Canadian fulltime top-40 radio station and published its first hit record chart... When the final episodes of the sitcoms "Mork and Mindy," "Punky Brewster" & "Bosom Buddies" aired on ABC-TV... ..and when Jim & Tammy Bakker appeared on ABC's "Nightline" following their evangelical TV scandal. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Rafe Mair weighs in about the political debates with the upcoming federal election....