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By Tim Molloy, TheWrap.com  September 3, 2014 @ 9:54 am  Getty Images . Daughter Melissa Rivers provides update Joan Rivers has moved into a private room and is “comfortable,” daughter...

Paul Robertson, Executive Vice President of Shaw Communications and President of Shaw Media, passed away Tuesday after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 59.

Happy Birthday to Charlie Sheen, Al Jardine, Valerie Perrine and Anne Jackson. Bill Good Jr. started a decade of TV news anchoring at CTV Vancouver, "Search for Tomorrow" began a 35 year run as a popular TV daytime drama, while David Brinkley ended his 38 years with NBC News, the final original radio episode of The Lone Ranger aired, along with the final TV episode of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, the last "live" What's My Line on CBS-TV, the last ABC-TV production of The Lawrence Welk Show, and the final original "Mary Tyler Moore Show" aired on CBS. Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" was #1, "Hey Jude" by The Beatles was certified Gold, Burton Cummings received the Order of Canada, and TV's Cisco Kid, Duncan Renaldo, died. ALL the milestones for Sept. 3rd are INSIDE.

An incredible, miraculous turnaround for long-time radio man in Parksville More Inside...

It's Happy Birthday to Mark Harmon, Keanu Reeves, Salma Hayek, Terry Bradshaw and Jimmy Clanton. Fiteen Minutes with Bing Crosby debuted on CBS radio, Andy Williams and The Bobettes performed on ABC-TV's American Bandstand, The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite expanded to 30 minutes, NBC-TV cancelled Star Trek, Vancouver's talk station CJOR became Classic Rock CHRX, Victoria's CJVI flipped to FM, replaced on AM by Camosun College's 'The Village 900,' Elvis Presley was in West Hollywood to record his second LP, while Hootie and the Blowfish made their TV debut on David Letterman's late night NBC show. And Bob Denver of Gilligan's Island fame died. ALL the milestones for Sept. 2nd will be found INSIDE.

New line-up sees Tyler Middleton move into mornings with Lynch... More Inside...

The year was 1974 when Edmonton and the world welcomed ITV with syndicated shows such as SCTV. Come Inside for this glowing history...

It's the date of birth for Dr. Phil McGraw, Vancouverites Yvonne De Carlo and Jim Conrad, singers Conway Twitty and Gloria Estefan, plus Lily Tomlin and Jack Benny's Don Wilson. CKNW signed on for the first time at 1230 KHz, Toronto's CFRB moved to its longterm home at 1010 KHz, both Edmonton and Vancouver got their third local TV stations, Art Linkletter began simulcasting his popular daytime radio show 'House Party' on CBS-TV, and both 'Gunsmoke' and 'I Dream of Jeannie' ended their lengthy TV runs. Details of these and ALL the Sept. 1st milestones INSIDE.

'Turn Up the Radio!’ book will rock music lovers By Ben Fong-Torres, San Francisco Chronicle Sunday, August 31, 2014 Kevin Klein, the new morning host for Live...