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Jacobs Media went all-in on podcasting a few years ago and I met up with Fred Jacobs and Seth Resler at Podcast Movement 16 in Chicago

IT WAS JUNE 23rd … when Chilliwack’s first radio station CHWK signed on at 1210 KHz with 5 watts. At first it only broadcast an hour or two a day… When Don McNeill took over as host of Chicago’s ‘Pepper Pot’ program, and renamed it ‘The Breakfast Club’ which ran on the networks for 35 years… When ‘The Jimmy Durante Show’ concluded its run on NBC-TV, and ‘The Pat Boone Show’ ran for the last time on ABC-TV… …and when ‘The David Letterman Show’ began its torturous 4-month run on NBC-TV daytime. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

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 live 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.

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”… When NBC radio aired the final 'Railroad Hour' which was in fact a weekly 30-minute music show ... ..and when two years before WW2, the BBC televised the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time. ALL the milestones for June 21st INSIDE.

This week Christian Hall talks the history of X92.9 as well as when they both programmed Power 97 at different times.

Success is a word that gets thrown around a lot. People talk about being successful. The desire to be successful is easy to proclaim.

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.

IT WAS JUNE 19th … when Gillette became the first-ever network TV sponsor on NBC-TV’s coverage of the Billy Conn-Joe Lewis heavyweight boxing match,… When the Goodson-Todman game show ‘I’ve Got a Secret’ with Garry Moore as host, debuted on CBS-TV… When at the height of the folk music boom, the Kingston Trio debuted their own weekday show on CBS Radio… and when Roberta Flack hosted her ABC-TV musical special, “Roberta Flack… The First Time Ever,” with The Blossoms and Seals & Crofts as guests. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS JUNE 18th .. when ‘The Adventures of Ellery Queen’ debuted on CBS radio in a 60-minute format for the first six months … When the adult western ‘Gunsmoke” wrapped its 9-year run on CBS radio… When the luminescent Nanette Fabray (pictured) made her final appearance as co-star of NBC-TV’s ‘Caesar’s Hour’… When Vancouver's CKNW AM 980 launched the Western Information Network .. .. and when Dan Rather’s final report for CBS aired on the network’s feature weekend news magazine ‘Sunday Morning.’ ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS JUNE 17th ..when NBC’s WNBT-TV, channel 4 in New York City, was granted the first construction permit to operate a commercial TV station in the United States… When ‘Suspense.’ radio’s outstanding theatre of thrills, began its 20-year run on CBS… When Seattle’s KOL-FM 94.1 switched from automated background music to “Progressive Rock”… When Vancouver's CKWX (now News1130) moved to new studios at 2440 Ash Street... ..and when “The Discovery Channel” first appeared on U.S. cable systems. First program was “Iceberg Alley.” ALL the milestones for June 17th INSIDE.