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About 100 staff and crew at Comedy Central will be out of a job as of this Friday.

IT WAS AUG. 15th .. when CBS inaugurated the first nightly TV news broadcast, a 15-minute feature with anchorman Douglas Edwards reporting the day’s events. At first it was seen only in five cities in the Eastern Time zone… When Peck’s bad boy of Vancouver radio Jack Cullen (pictured) made the move from CKMO to CKNW, taking his Owl Prowl program with him… When Vancouver radio station CKWX moved from 980 to 1130 on the AM dial where it still resides as News 1130… ..and when the CBC locked out 5500 employees coast to coast, all members of the Canadian Media Guild. The labour dispute was not resolved until October. ALL the milestones for Aug. 15th INSIDE.

In the 1990s, Finkel was cast in David E. Kelley's Picket Fences as eccentric defense lawyer Douglas Wambaugh, a role that won him an Emmy in 1994. He also played a history teacher on Kelley's 2000-05 series Boston Public.

IT WAS AUG. 14th … when Garry Moore (pictured) joined NBC radio with a new morning show in an attempt to knock off the dominant Arthur Godfrey on CBS … When the end of WWII was marked on the CBS radio series, “Columbia Presents Corwin,” as Orson Welles did a special reading about the fall of Japan titled, “Fourteen August”… When five UK pirate radio stations shut down, leaving only Radio Caroline to rock out for another nine months… ..and when radio’s “Ma Perkins” began its 27 year run on the air as a local production of WLW Cincinnati. ALL the milestones for Aug. 14th INSIDE.

KFI was among the first to broadcast using HD, and it is — or was — considered one of the best success stories for HD digital broadcasts on the AM band

It WAS AUG 13th…. when the last new episode of “The Waltons” aired on CBS-TV… When US cable channel Comedy Central aired the first episode of the adult cartoon series “South Park”… When the Recording Industry Association of America bestowed its American Legend Award upon Fats Domino… ..and when Dean Martin recorded “That’s Amore,” Frank Sinatra recorded “All the Way,” The Guess Who recorded “American Woman,” and The Supremes recorded “Baby Love.” ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

No More Comment Section on the CKNW 980 website will be discussed tonight on DrexLive at 7:05 Exactly...a play on JW's precisely

KNKX officially stands for "Connects," or as the station explained it: "The community feels connected to us and we to them."

Ross Huguet, aka 'Ross Voice' has the T.V. & radio voice you want to promote your product or service.