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IT WAS JUNE 25th .. when Vancouver radio station CKWX moved UP the dial from AM 1010 to AM 950, and increased its power to 1000 watts.... When 'The Imogene Coca Show' and two years later 'The Jonathan Winters Show' aired their final telecasts on NBC... When the gothic horror daytime serial "Dark Shadows" began its run on ABC-TV... ..and when "The Dave Thomas Comedy Show" starring the Ontario-born SCTV alumnus, was seen for the last time on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for June 25th INSIDE.

IT WAS JUNE 24th ... when 'A Date With Judy' starring Louise Ericson aired for the first time on NBC radio as a summer replacement for Bob Hope... When "The Steve Allen Show" was seen for the first time on NBC-TV, while "Ed Sullivan's 8th Anniversary Show" captured the ratings for CBS-TV... When the iconic early sitcom "I Love Lucy" aired its last original episode in CBS-TV prime time, before beginning a record number of reruns in syndication... ... and when Front Page Challenge (pictured) debuted on CBC as a 13-week summer replacement program. It would eventually become North America's longest-running game-interview TV show. ALL the milestones for June 24th INSIDE.

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.

Seattle radio icon Dick Curtis shares the stories about his life, not just as one of Seattle’s most popular disc jockeys at KJR in the 60′s and 70′s, but the teaming up with another radio icon Pat O’Day in the promotion and management of bands in the Pacific Northwest and Nationally eventually creating the iconic Concerts West....this is part two of Dicks story with Frank Sinatra. Coming up Bob Dylan.... and much more in this 12 series feature on Puget Sound Radio. Thanks Dick!

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 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"... ..and when two years before WW2, the BBC televised the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time. ALL the milestones for June 21st INSIDE.

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.