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“There’s a huge sense of accomplishment and there is always more stuff to do, but right now we are in a better position than we have ever been since we became an employee-owned model,” said Levi Sampson, chairman of CHEK’s board and one of the key players in saving the station in 2009.

Born this date were funny women Joanne Worley and Carol Wayne, actresses Swoozie Kurtz and Rosie Perez, broadcasters Frosty Forst of Vancouver, Elizabeth Vargas of ABC-TV, and NBC radio's Morgan Beatty, plus rocker Roger Waters and comic Jeff Foxworthy. Canada's first TV station, CBFT, signed on in Montreal, radio station Vibe 98.5 signed on in Calgary, 'Fibber McGee and Molly' signed off NBC radio after nearly 25 years, Steve McQueen debuted his hit CBS-TV series 'Wanted: Dead or Alive,' Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were reunited on the latter's Labor Day Telethon, and 16 year-old Paul Anka hit#1 with his first hit 'Diana.' Obits fpr Sept. 6 include singers Johnny Desmond, Luciano Pavarotti, and Ernest Tubb, CCR's Tom Fogerty, and the longtime voice of the Montreal Canadiens, Rene Lecavalier. Find ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

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NBC’s “NFL Kickoff Game” Thursday earned a 16.8 household rating, according to Nielsen metered-market numbers, up 4 percent from last year and the third-highest “Kickoff” ever in the metered markets. Among the local markets, Milwaukee (in the home territory of the visiting Green Bay Packers) drew a 44 rating and 64 share, while Seattle (the host city for Thursday's game) posted a 42.2 rating and an impressive 73 share.

courtesy AllAccess.com September 5, 2014 at 7:08 AM (PT) Good news for radio -- even if the article calls us "old," as THE WALL STREET JOURNAL writes,...

courtesy BroadcasterMagazine.com 2014-09-04 The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission today released information on the broadcasting sector from the 2014 Communications Monitoring Report. The latest edition of this...

September 4, 2014 at 9:46 AM (PT) courtesy AllAccess.com Like sands of time through the hourglass, these are the ratings of our lives.  So begins round three...

by Maria Elena Fernandez, NBC News Sept. 4 2014 Joan Rivers, a pioneering female stand-up comic and the queen of "Can We Talk?" gossip, has...

“We are very sad to hear about the passing of Peter Stursberg,” said Jennifer McGuire, editor-in-chief of CBC News. “His reporting brought the war home and brought Canadians to the front-lines of Europe. He helped pave the way for a generation of war correspondents who continue to risk their lives so we can better understand our world.”