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It's the date of birth for Dallas Cowboy's' owner Mark Cuban, actors Don Murray and Dean Cain, singer Gary Lewis and sportscaster Curt Gowdy. 'Jack Armstrong the All-American Boy' debuted on the radio, Leeza Gibbons debuted on TV's Entertainment Tonight, Vancouver's AM 600 debuted a new Standards format, CBC Newsworld debuted on Canadian cablesystems, anchor Chet Huntley reitred from NBC-TV, and Alanis Morissette started a Canadian tour in Vancouver. Signing off for the last time were Mitch Miller, singers Jim Reeves and Anne Shelton, bandleader Enoch Light, and Bill Raisch, the one-armed man on TV's The Fugitive. See all the July 31st milestones INSIDE.

Congrats to Kelsey who announced the move on her Facebook page. "Pumped to say I have a new home on 104.9 Virgin Radio! When I...

CBC Vancouver is making changes to its local TV newscast, announcing today that Andrew Chang, who recently left the anchor desk at CBC News Montreal, will become the anchor of the supper hour broadcasts, replacing longtime staple Gloria Macarenko.

Even before the outgoing Fox network president, Kevin Reilly, tempted fate by calling the sitcom “the new Seinfeld,” John Mulaney's new show has come to be seen as the last hope of the traditional sitcom shot with multiple cameras in front of an audience, the test case for whether the format can still produce quality work.

It's the date of birth for Paul Anka, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Lawrence Fishburne, Hillary Swank, and funny women Lisa Kudrow, Delta Burke and Jaime Pressley. Johnny Cash recorded his smash hit 'Folsom Prison Blues', The Shadow started a 24-year radio run, The Guiding Light moved to CBS-TV for an amazing 57 year commitment, and NBC's L.A. Law received 20 Emmy nominations. Obits this date include actress Claudette Colbert, Howdy Doody's Buffalo Bob Smith, Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, and Superman co-creator Joe Shuster. Come INSIDE for all the July 30th milestones.

ESPN announced today that Stephen A. Smith will not appear on First Take or ESPN Radio for the next week. He will return to ESPN next Wednesday. Smith had previously apologized for the remarks on Monday, saying that it was "the most egregious error of my career."

Calgary's KOOL FM Tarzan Dan not only excels behind the mic, but behind the camera lense

Rod Booth became BC Regional Director of Broadcasting for the United Church of Canada in 1967. He took over church responsibility for the Sunday morning programs on CKWX Vancouver, and was the United Church liaison with BC media in general. Along with his Anglican Church counterpart, the Rev. Art Hives and various Catholic Church colleagues, he formed Interchurch Broadcasting. Their weekly newsmagazine show Dateline was broadcast throughout BC and eventually across Canada for more than 10 years.

Last year, Time Warner Cable entered into a 25-year agreement valued at more than $8 billion with the Dodgers to distribute SportsNet LA, but their inability to reach carriage agreements with other multichannel distributors has left about 70% of the region unable to access the games.