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I was a singer and dancer, but my parents said I needed a back up. I should've known radio is where I would end up since my parents lived in England during the amazing Beatles and Rolling Stones years.

IT WAS JUNE 14th ... when a U.S. President was heard on the radio for the first time. President Warren G. Harding dedicated the Francis Scott Key Memorial and was heard on Baltimore's WEAR ... When "The Happy Gang'' troupe of musicians, led by Bert Pearl, made their first broadcast on station CRCT, the C-B-C flagship station in Toronto. It became a NATIONAL listening habit 4 months later... When after 13 years Harold Peary played the role of The Great Gildersleeve on the radio for the last time ... ..and when NBC-TV's action-adventure series "A Team," aired for the last time. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

“People want to control the media they are consuming. They are able to in many other ways of their lives. Of course they’re going to want this when listening to audio as well. We saw this happening in music, of course, with the rise of the behemoth Pandora, and it only makes sense that we’re going to see this in news and talk listening as well.”

Isn’t it amazing how our “leaders” would not bend to protests from citizens, motorists and media over the plan to close down the Burrard Bridge on International Yoga Day ....BUT as soon and First Nations’ leaders objected and threatened to also show up LOUDLY ... our “leaders” ran for the hills. (Harvey Oberfeld) Photo: "Aboriginal War Veterans monument (Close) Confederation Park, Ottawa, Canada " by I, Padraic Ryan

IT WAS JUNE 13th ... when the Rolling Stones made an appearance on ABC-TV's "Hollywood Palace," during their first tour of North America .... When John Lennon made his last TV appearance on an ABC-TV salute to UK entertainment mogul Sir Lew Grade that had been taped in April.... When NBC' late night TV host Tom Snyder interviewed serial killer Charles Manson on what has since become the most famous edition of his "Tomorrow" Show... ..and when Garrison Keilor, host and storyteller on the award-winning public radio series, A Prairie Home Companion, left the show and its delightful shores of Lake Wobegon for Denmark where he intended to spend his time writing (he returned to the U.S... and the program ... two years later). ALL the milestones for June 13th INSIDE.

The NHL will permit fans to watch their favourite teams play outside their home markets, without having to pay extra for a league-wide bundle of games, as part of a settlement of a class action antitrust lawsuit