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.Charlo Greene of CBS affiliate KTVA in Anchorage quit her job on air last night, telling viewers, “Fuck it. I quit.” She was reporting on the Alaska Cannabis Club, and later revealed she is the owner of the medical marijuana business. She said she was going to be leaving TV news so she could devote her time to pushing for marijuana legalization in Alaska.

CKVN Lethbridge this morning flipped to Modern Rock formatted 98.1 The Bridge

It's the date that brought us Meryl Streep, Debby Boone, Joni James, Bonnie Hunt, Martha Scott and CBS newsman Richard C. Hottelet. Maverick, Lost and Fulll House debuted on ABC-TV; Friends, Baywatch and Man From Uncle had their premieres on NBC Television; the Everly Brothers performed toegether for the first time in 10 years; The Supremes recorded their next smash 'I Hear a Symphony,' and Bob Dylan played Carnegie Hall. Obits include music makers Irving Berlin, Harry Warren and Eddie Fisher; actors George C. Scott, Gordon Jump, Edward Albert and Jackie Burroughs; and Laugh-In's Dan Rowan. ALL the milestones for Sept. 22nd INSIDE.

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Born this date were Bill Murray, Fannie Flagg, Ricki Lake, Cheryl Hines, Jerry Bruckheimer, Bill Kurtis, and Canadian performers Leonard Cohen, Tommy Common, and Air Farce's John Morgan. Kelowna's CHBC-TV signed on, Monday Night Football and NYPD Blue debuted on ABC TV, Bing Crosby taped his Philco Radio Time in Vancouver, Raymond Burr starred for the 1st time in Perry Mason on CBS-TV, The Jack Paar Show debuted in prime time on NBC-TV, and John & Yoko guested on ABC-TV's late night Dick Cavett Show. Checking out permanently were Walter Brennan, Arthur Godfrey singer Lu Ann Simms, Canadian bandleader Johnny Burt, evangelist Rex Humbard, and Old Time Radio's Rye Billsbury. Details and ALL the Sept. 21st milestones INSIDE.

Defining success for a sports radio station can be measured in many different ways. There’s laying out guidelines and goals for what you expect from each individual. There’s bottom line revenue. There’s digital and mobile growth, social media engagement, connection in the community, content strategy and execution and of course the almighty ratings book.

Polly Bergen won an Emmy in 1958 for her role as Helen Morgan on “Playhouse 90.” She was a regular panellist on the original 'To Tell The Truth.' Bergen was a regular in TV movies and miniseries in the 1980s, most notably in the 1983 epic “The Winds of War” and the 1988 sequel, “War and Remembrance,” for which she was nominated for a best supporting actress Emmy .in 1989. In recent years she had strong supporting roles in the series 'Commander in Chief' and 'Desperate Housewives.'

Sept. 20th brought us Sophia Loren, Gogi Grant, Gary Cole, orchestra leader Frank Devol, Northern Exposure's Peg Phillips (Photo) and Leah Pinsent. The Calgary station now known as City TV signed on, while Vancouver's CKLG 73 ended 29 years of rock music and switched fulltime to talk. Jimmy Stewart debuted a radio western 'The Six-Shooter' on NBC,; the 'Bill Cosby Show' began its popular 8-year run on NBC-TV, while 'You'll Never Get Rich' with Phil Silvers, and the original 'Hawaii Five-Oh' had their premieres on CBS-TV. Pat Boone and Tennessee Ernie Ford recorded #1 hits, while Gunsmoke's bartender Glenn Strange, singer Jim Croce, and bandleader Paul Weston all departed this vale of tears. ALL the milestones for Sept. 20th INSIDE.

courtesy AllAccess.com September 19, 2014 at 3:55 AM (PT Does radio get its fair share of advertising spending? No, finds new data from eMARKETER. In the study, digital...

Tempers Flare in Sparring over Regulation, Customer data by James Bradshaw - MEDIA REPORTER, The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Sep. 19 2014, 1:46 PM EDT  As Netflix argued...