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The new show will launch July 20, as a live-streamed, no-charge, three-hour program. Episodes will be archived and available to paying subscribers.

Seattle radio icon Dick Curtis shares the stories about his life, not just as one of Seattle’s most popular disc jockeys at KJR in the 60′s and 70′s, but the teaming up with another radio icon Pat O’Day in the promotion and management of bands in the Pacific Northwest and Nationally eventually creating the iconic Concerts West....this is part two of Dicks story with Frank Sinatra. Coming up Bob Dylan.... and much more in this 12 series feature on Puget Sound Radio. Thanks Dick!

Award-winning pioneer radio and television broadcaster Glen Robitaille died today (june 21) in Kamloops at age 97. He began his career as a transmitter operator,...

IT WAS JUNE 22nd ... when radio station KVL 1370/Seattle debuted on the air at 6:30pm with more than 6 hours of musical celebration featuring orchestras playing jazz, classical and Hawaiian music... When the final episode of "You Bet Your Life"/"The Groucho Show" aired on NBC-TV... When the 22-year old Barbra Streisand signed a 10-year contract with CBS-TV worth about $200,000 a year... ..and when the 134th & final episode of "Xena: Warrior Princess" aired in North America. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

He worked many years at his first love, radio, as an announcer in various stations, including CKXL Calgary, CJCA Edmonton, CHNL Kamloops, CFUN Vancouver and CISL in Richmond.

Listening to the radio was once a shared experience, with families gathered in their living room to hear the latest drama or hockey match. Today, radio listening is an individual exercise.

IT WAS JUNE 21st ... when the first telecast of a political convention took place, from the Republican Convention in Philadelphia ... When Nick Frost brought a brand new Kelowna radio station CILK FM (Silk FM) to the air at 101.5 with effective radiated power of 11,000 watts... When Victoria's CKXM FM 91.3 switched from a country station to modern rock under a new name "The [email protected] FM"... ..and when two years before WW2, the BBC televised the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time. ALL the milestones for June 21st INSIDE.

IT WAS JUNE 20th ... when American Bandstand celebrated its 20th anniversary with a 90-minute prime time ABC-TV special. Paul Anka, Neil Diamond, Frankie Avalon, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Little Richard, Three Dog Night, and Cheech & Chong were among the performers appearing.... When the last of the original CBC-TV-produced Don Messer's Jubilee shows aired, following a Saturday night hockey game... When "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington was knocked out when she was struck by a TV camera during a taping of the show at CBS Television City in Los Angeles... ...and when Howard Stern (pictured) began his 30-minute TV show, a digest version of his morning radio show, on the E! cable network. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Here's one for Victoria's latest radio stations KISS 103.1 in the way of PR stunts all from a Bridge...