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It was Feb 10th (88 years ago) when Toronto radio station CFRB was signed on by Ted Rogers, Sr.(pictured) It was also Feb 10th when the Saturday morning TV series 'My Friend Flicka' (starring a 12 year old Canadian) debuted on CBS. When the UK singing duo Chad & Jeremy played dramatic roles on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.' And when Vancouver actor Robert Clothier, who played the loveable rogue 'Relic' on the CBC series 'The Beachcombers,' died at age 77. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Brian Williams can’t slow-jam his way out of the mess he’s in, and he can’t serve up artfully written statements, hoping the power of his delivery–and a knowing smile veering ever so closely toward a smirk–will quiet the storm.

The sky IS falling at Global TV’s Newshour … or perhaps I should say continuing to fall …. Come Inside and Read Harvey Oberfelds commentary

It was a Feb. 9th when Vancouver's CHQM AM 1320 ended 34 years of nostalgic/easy listening music and morphed into all-Chinese-language CHMB. When AM 730 switched from a MOJO talk radio format to become Vancouver's first All-Sports station. When The Beatles made their first of three appearances on CBS-TV's 'Ed Sullivan Show' (pictured). And when the 100th eoisode of 'Beverly Hills 90210' aired on FOX. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd writes that NBC was warned a year ago that Brian Williams was constantly inflating his biography. They were flummoxed over why the leading network anchor felt that he needed Hemingwayesque, bullets-whizzing-by flourishes to puff himself up, sometimes to the point where it was a joke in the news division.

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre and Consumers’ Association of Canada (PIAC-CAC) filed applications with the CRTC Friday complaining about the “tied selling” used by the two services.

It was a Feb 8th when President Warren G. Harding had the first radio installed in the White House. When Prince George got its first radio station... CKPG with 250 watts at 1230 KHz. When Seattle's KIRO TV channel 7 (CBS) began broadcasting. When Johnny Cash (pictured) made his one-and-only appearance on CBS-TV's 'Ed Sullivan Show.' And when 'The Dukes of Hazzard' ended its 6-and-a-half-year run on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Jenner did tell the authorities that photographers were nearby, as usual, but they didn’t play a factor in the accident.

Michaels needed to get station clearances up fast or face ratings doom. So he agreed to talk to me. One thing he said illustrated how sure he was of his mission: "When we do well, we do the best comedy on TV. That's not ego; that's just the way it is."

Williams will step aside from “NBC Nightly News” for the next “several days” to address questions raised about a story Williams told of being in a helicopter hit by an RPG over Iraq in 2003–a story widely discredited.