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It was our FIRST and possibly ONLY federal election debate .... unless the leaders agree to another ... and there was a clear winner, where it will really count: Ontario. (Harvey Oberfeld

IT WAS AUG. 6th ... when just months before the US was pulled into WWII, WNBT, Channel 4 in New York City, broadcast TV's first audience-participation show in which studio guests played charades.... When Martin Kane, Private Eye was first heard on Mutual radio.... When 16-year-old Paul Anka (pictured) made his U.S. television debut on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, lip-synching to his first hit "Diana"... ..and when the reality series Gene Simmons' Family Jewels had its premiere on the A&E cable network. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS AUG. 6th ... when one of radio's first serials, Real Folks debuted on NBC radio... When singer Dinah Shore started her own Sunday evening show on the NBC Blue radio network. Later Dinah would also have a successful TV career spanning more than three decades... When Chubby Checker appeared on Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut Show (ABC TV) and introduced ‘The Twist’... ..and after establishing himself on Mexican border powerhouses, Wolfman Jack (pictured) debuted on WNBC Radio New York. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS AUGUST 5th .. when KDKA Pittsburgh aired the first-ever baseball play by play, with pioneering announcer Harold Arlin at the mike ... When the daily radio drama "Backstage Wife" first aired on a network (Mutual), after proving popular for a few months on Chicago's WGN. It moved to NBC a year later, and to CBS two decades later!... When after becoming a huge TV hit in Philadelphia, Dick Clark's "American Bandstand'' made its debut on ABC... .. and when Prince George (BC) got its second private radio station as CJCI 620 signed on the air. "C.I." stood for Central Interior... ALL the milestones for Aug. 5th INSIDE!

The aim of Airchecks Exposed is to offer some insight into effective airchecks; to shine a light on what talent really want from their coaches and how we can build an action plan to make the time spent with talent more meaningful. (Paul Kaye)

IT WAS AUG. 4th ... when the first tennis match on radio was aired on Pittsburgh's KDKA, the first US commercial station... When the CBC carried out Canada's first television transmission from a helicopter... When the Federal Communications Commission voted 4-0 to rescind the so-called 'Fairness Doctrine'... ..and when Duncan BC's radio station CKAY 1500 became CJSU (SUN FM) 89.7. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS AUG. 3rd ... when 36-year-old announcer Frank Blair became news anchor of the NBC-TV Today Show, a job he would keep for the next 22 years!... When CBS-TV war correspondent Morley Safer sent out a Vietnam report showing American troops using their Zippo lighters to set fire to thatched huts in a Vietnamese village ... When 'Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson graced the cover of the Burbank telephone directory... ..and when the ABC-TV news magazine Primetime Live debuted, with Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer headlining. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

In responding to the federal election call, Mulcair read a statement and then rushed away..refusing to take questions. He is also refusing now to take part in the TV consortium broadcast debate if Harper doesn’t either ... making him look more and more like Harper, rather than any different. Harvey Oberfeld jumps to the front of the line with this Election 2015 kick-off!

Dylan, his band and 80,000 fans at Nuremberg – July 1, 1978 as the times unfolded, Dick Curtis shares his time as tour manager of Bob Dylan.... enjoy...

IT WAS AUG. 2nd .. when the TV station now known as KCPQ (FOX 13) in Tacoma-Seattle, began broadcasting as KMO-TV Tacoma... When Canadian-born CBS correspondent Morley Safer (pictured) sent the first TV report from Vietnam indicating the US was losing the war... When CHUM-owned TV stations in Victoria, London, Barrie, Wingham, Windsor and Ottawa became A-Channels... ...and when radio station WHTZ-FM, Newark, New Jersey (serving New York City and environs) - signed on as "Z100" with Scott Shannon and the "Morning Zoo". It went from "worst to first" in just a few months. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.