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IT WAS JULY 1st .. when Prime Minister Mackenzie King dedicated Ottawa's Peace Tower carillon in the first Trans-Canada radio network broadcast hookup over telephone and telegraph lines... When Hall of Fame sportscaster Jim Robson at age 17 broke into radio at CJAV Port Alberni ... When an apparently sanitized Elvis Presley appeared on NBC- TV's 'The Steve Allen Show' in a tuxedo and sang 'Hound Dog', to a real live Hound Dog... ...and when Toronto CTV flagship CFTO-TV transmitted the first colour television in Canada. ALL the milestones for July 1st INSIDE.

Legendary Washington State Cougar broadcaster Bob Robertson has been calling college football games longer than any other radio announcer in the country.

IT WAS JUNE 30th ... when CBS-TV debuted "The Guiding Light," a daytime serial that had been on radio already for 15 years... When CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show featured The Everly Brothers singing their debut hit "Bye Bye Love"... When "The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour," starring Jack Burns & Avery Schreiber debuted as a 10-week summer replacement series on ABC TV... ..and when Richmond (BC)'s CISL moved up the dial from 940 to 650 KHz. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Marcella Bernardo and Kerry Marshall are among the new faces joining Vancouver's brand new radio station Roundhouse Radio...

“Celebrity Apprentice,” licensed by Mark Burnett’s United Artists Media Group, will continue .. without Trump.

The Commission’s preliminary view is that the Vancouver market would best be served by proposals targeting the ethnic communities. However, it does not preclude any other types of applications.