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IT WAS APRIL 7th ... when the first national rock and roll series, Alan Freed's 'Rock 'n' Roll Dance Party', made its debut on the CBS Radio network... When San Francisco deejay Tom Donahue (pictured) turned KMPX-FM into what is considered to be America's first alternative "free-form" radio station, playing non-commercial music by album-oriented bands... When Rickie Lee Jones was the musical guest on NBC's Saturday Night Live, performing her soon-to-be smash hit "Chuck E's In Love"... and when the 100th episode of "Married With Children" aired on Fox TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Some one in three Canadian households that have Netflix log into the U.S. service, largely because of the larger selection of movies and TV shows available. That’s some one million households that may be in violation of Canadian law.

Act, Radio America syndicated Talk radio host and The Blaze TV personality Dana Loesch and her producer created a ‘Go Fund Me’ account to help “relieve the financial loss endured by the proprietors’ stand for faith.”

Back in 2010 my good friend Todd "The God" James was at The Bear 100.3. Here was at the station for about 10 years, here is some memories from this air check...

IT WAS APRIL 6th .. when the comic strip 'Little Orphan Annie' came to life for the first time on NBC radio ... When 'This is Your FBI' debuted as a weekly 30-minute drama on ABC radio .. When Swanson & sons introduced their frozen 'TV Dinner'... When Bob Hope (pictured) hosted the 31st Annual Academy Awards that named 'Gigi' best picture... and when singers Peggy Lee & Tony Bennett, and comics Rodney Dangerfield & Joan Rivers headlined the Easter Sunday edition of CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Just like Survivor isn’t about camping skills and the popularity of Hell’s Kitchen has nothing to do with cooking, Top Gear isn’t really about cars. It is a character play, plain and simple.

Original Skynyrd drummer Bob Burns–who played drums on the band’s first two albums–died last night after a single-car accident near Catersville, Georgia, when his car went off the road and hit a tree.

IT WAS APRIL 5th ... when less than five months after the first NBC network broadcast from New York, the Pacific Coast-based NBC ‘Orange’ network aired its first programmming from temporary studios in San Francisco.... When 19-year old Barbra Streisand (pictured) made her first network television appearance on NBC's late night "Jack Paar Show" with guest host Orson Bean... When the final episode of the original 'Hawaii Five-0' aired on CBS-TV... and when the FOX Broadcasting Company debuted coast-to-coast in the US with two Sunday night comedy shows, Married..With Children and The Tracey Ullman Show. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLO7tCdBVrA&feature=youtu.be “Dark is what makes white, or any light color show. It doesn't have to be white, it can be any color that's light. But...