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2014-07-14 courtesy BroadcasterMagazine.com The CRTC has approved  the application by TELUS Communications Inc., and 1219723 Alberta ULC and Emergis Inc. in partnership with TELUS Communications Inc. in...

By Kevin Eck, TV Spy @Mediabistro.com July 11, 2014 While robots have already replaced studio camera operators at some local TV stations, it isn’t hard to imagine...

It's the date when broadcast journalists Douglas Edwards and John Chancellor were born, as well as folksinger Woody Guthrie, and actresses Polly Bergen and Jane Lynch. Stan Freberg began his iconic CBS Radio show, Wayne & Schuster performed on the Ed Sullivan Show, Michael Jackson began his first tour of Britain, Bobby Vinton and Brenda Lee scored #1 songs, and Dean Martin recorded "Volare." Obits for July 14th include Kenny Delmar, Meredith MacRae and Hall of Fame Fiddler Curly Lewis. All the milestones for the date INSIDE.

It's the birthdate of broadcasters Dave Garroway and Peter Gzowski, actors Bob Crane and Patrick Stewart, and comedian/actor Cheech Marin. Frank Sinatra had his first recording session with the Harry James Band, Rolf Harris had his only #1 song, the Everly Brothers split up, and Ottawa's Alanis Morrisette had a US chart topper with "You Learn." Celebrities checking out of this mortal coil included Glee's Canadian star Cory Monteith, comedian Red Buttons, talk show host Les Crane, and big voiced Westbrook Van Voorhis of "The March of Time." Check out all the July 13th entertainment milestones INSIDE.

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Save a skeleton staff that will continue to produce the Much and M3 countdowns, Much will accelerate a tactic it had increasingly come to rely on over the last decade: packing its schedule with syndicated content instead of original programming.