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As of 2 AM ET on Oct. 21, several Turner Broadcast nets, including CNN, Cartoon Network and TruTV, are no longer available on Dish Network after Turner and the satellite provider could not reach a new deal following lengthy negotiations and extensions to the two companies’ previous contract

Happy Birthday to Kim Kardashian, Judge Judy, Manfred Mann, Carrie Fisher and the Honeymooner's Joyce Randolph. Also born this date were the late ROBERT CLOTHIER (pictured) of 'The Beachcombers,' Dizzy Gillespie and Hy Averbach. The UK's Cliff Richard appeared on CBS-TV's 'Ed Sullivan Show.' Elton John received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Johnny Mathis scored a #1 hit with 'Chances Are,' and Chuck Berry topped the charts with 'My Ding-a-Ling.' Bob Dylan finished his first album for Columbia, Carl Perkins taped a special for US cable in London, and the new owners of BC radio stations in Powell River and Courtenay changed formats. Passing on this date were BC broadcasters Bob Hall and Daryl Duke, musicians Edmundo Ros and Bill Black, WWII pinup Marie McDonald, Fred Berry of 'What's Happening,' and Canadian patent medicine pitchman Gilbert Templeton. ALL the milestones for Oct. 21 INSIDE.

ABC is seeking around $1.9 million for a 30-second spot in the program. The cost of a spot in the most recent Oscars award show, hosted in March by Ellen DeGeneres, went for between $1.8 million and $1.9 million. The Oscars are set for a February 22, 2015, broadcast on ABC (& CTV), with Neil Patrick Harris set to host for the first time.

The homegrown drama will debut simultaneously on City, the Canadian TV network that developed the six one-hour drama, and in all Netflix territories outside of Canada. Also north of the border, Between will initially stream on Shomi.

Happy Birthday to Tom Petty, MASH's William Christopher, 'The Office's John Kranski, country music's Wanda Jackson, plus the late Jerry Ohrbach, Arlene Francis, Grandpa Jones, Dr. Joyce Brothers (pictured) and Will Rogers Jr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his major invention, the electric vacuum radio tube; radio's 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' debuted on the NBC Red network; ironman news anchor Robert Trout joined CBS radio;'Break the Bank' debuted on Mutual radio; Walter Cronkite debuted the CBS-TV documentary series, 'The Twentieth Century', and Canada's first private TV station signed on in Sudbury Ontario. Signing off forever were actors Burt Lancaster and Jane Wyatt, plus country music's Merle Travis. See ALL the milestones for Oct. 20th INSIDE.

Finally, the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame got it right. And they did it in about an hour and 40 minutes, substantially shorter than previous inductions at which, say, Ralph Barbieri, former KNBR host, took 24 minutes for his acceptance. Come INSIDE or the juicy details.

The birthday of Jim Reeves, the Kingston Trio's Dave Guard, actors Robert Reed and John Lithgow, Canada's Tommy Ambrose, Nashville's Charlie Chase, and TV builder extraordinaire Ty Pennington. Arthur Godfrey fired singer Julius LaRosa (both pictured) live on CBS Radio; 'Big Town' starring Edward G. Robinson debuted on CBS radio; Henry Ford made his first speech on early radio; Florence Henderson joined NBC's Today Show, and CKEK signed on 570 kc. to give Cranbrook BC its own radio service. Obits Oct. 19th include Phillips H. Lord who created radio hits 'Gangbusters' and 'Mr. District Attorney'; plus Tom Bosley, Martha Raye, Phyllis Kirk, and Noel Harrison. Details and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

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