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Four paid programmers and a raft of volunteers hosts named March 31 as their official last day, although many had broadcast their final shows sometime earlier in the week.

Given that recent seasons have seen 42% of all scripted shows get the ax, another 20 or so can be expected to join the no-hopers that have already disappeared from the airwaves.

Direct-to-consumer offerings from content providers like HBO test the need for cable and satellite providers.

Ben Meisner, known as the Voice of the North, has passed away following a short, and courageous battle with cancer...

IT WAS APRIL 3rd ... when two staples of NBC radio made their debuts three years apart, 'Mr. District Attorney,' and 'People Are Funny'... When the comedy team of (Dean) Martin & (Jerry) Lewis (pictured) began their own weekly series on NBC radio ... When radio station CKSA Lloydminster had its official grand opening, with 1000 watts at 1450 KHz... and when John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the The NBC Nightly News, to be succeeded by the team of Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw as coanchors. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Glen "Robbie" Robitaille is still alive and living here in Kamloops, and we're doing a story on his broadcasting career,

. “I was like, Oh my God, Katie Couric’s just died.”

Tuesday night on CKNW Drex talked about the story of a 6yo girl from Chilliwack who had her wheelchair stolen along with the family mini van it was in, the car was recovered, but the chair was no where to be found. The power of radio, especially on a local level is positive and powerful... Come Inside for the rest of the story...

What are the rules for pre-taping sports reports on TV?