Charmaine De Silva Exits CBC for CKNW

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Charmaine De Silva will return to CKNW from mid August

Global BC’s Brian Coxford to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

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The Jack Webster Foundation today announced that Global BC reporter Brian Coxford, will receive the 2014 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award at the 28th Annual Jack Webster Awards Dinner on October 29, 2014. The dinner, featuring National Post columnist and CBC commentator Andrew Coyne, will also honour the past year's best journalists with coveted Webster statues in 13 news categories.

TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. July 22nd

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Born this date were Jeopardy's Alex Trebek, actors Orson Bean, David Spade and Albert Brooks, and singers Don Henley and Margaret Whiting. A second Kelowna radio station was licensed, Vancouver's CKVU became City-TV, Buddy Holly had his first Nashville recording session, and Diana Ross headlined a concert in New York's Central Park. Signing off forever were kiddies' TV favorites J. P. Patches and Miss Frances, actors Estelle Getty and Dennis Farina, the Marlboro Man, and Canadian radio pioneer Reginald Fessenden. All the entertainment milestones for July 22nd INSIDE.

Calif. Campus Station May be Dumped After Sexually Explicit Fundraiser

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DJs offered to sell photos of their genitals in return for cash donations. For $20 dollars, the students would make the sexually explicit photos available on Snapchat. Read More INSIDE...

Netflix Passes 50-Million Subscribers Worldwide

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 By Lucas Shaw, TheWrap.com   July 21, 2014 @ 1:08 pm The streaming service added more subscribers than it previously projected .Netflix now possesses more than 50 million subscribers, the company said Monday in its second quarter...

Pam Stevens Back On Air in Vancouver

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Pam Stevens has found a new radio home just weeks after being let go from Shore 104.

MONDAY in Broadcast History .. July 21st

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It's the date that gave us Marshall McLuhan, Don Knotts, Robins Williams and Kay Starr. The CRTC gave approval to the Global TV network, "I Walk the Line" started 8 weeks atop the Country Music chart, Queen played the Montreal Frum, and Mary Hart insured her legs for $2 million. Leaving us on July 21st were actors Basil Rathbone and Robert Young, broadcaster Dave Garroway, singer Dorothy Collins, and musician Long John Baldry. Scores more milestones for the date INSIDE.