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It was a March 13th when the radio era officially began hereabouts as the Vancouver Province newspaper started testing its new 2000 watt radio service with music .. and a newscast at 8:30 pm… …when the Manitoba Givernment Telephone service put Winnipeg’s CKY radio on the air for the first time …. …when Edward R. Murrow (pictured) was first heard on radio, reporting for CBS from Vienna… ..when UK pop singer Tom Jones made his TV performing debut on the BBC ..and when the Merv Griffin TV Show made its debut in daytime syndication across the US. In Southwest BC it was seen in prime time via KVOS-TV Bellingham. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

In radio, it's hard to find that 'sweet spot'. The age and gender at which you target most of your programming and advertising towards. After reading a number of articles and data on the subject, there appears to be a consensus on what that age may be.

It was March 12th when the newly elected President of the US Franklin Roosevelt used radio to deliver his first Fireside Chat… ..when singer Fabian (pictured) was named “Most Promising New Talent” in a poll of “American Bandstand” viewers… ..when Bob Dylan cancelled an “Ed Sullivan Show” television appearance after being told he could not sing “Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues” because it was too political… ..and when syndicated TV’s venerable Entertainment Tonight aired its 3,000th show. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

With 57% of Americans using online radio monthly, the conversion of monthly to weekly users is now at 88%. Additionally, the latest Infinite Dial update reports that podcast listening also showed sharp gains on both a monthly basis (17% to 21%) and weekly (10% to 13%)

Keith Emerson died last night at his home in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, aged 71.

It was a March 11th when Charles Van Doren (pictured) finally lost on NBC-TV’s rigged game show “21.” He left with $129,000. The scandal over leaked answers to Van Doren had not yet erupted… When the FCC decreed that 8 to 11 pm would be TV’s prime time controlled and programmed by ABC, CBS and NBC… When Aerosmith was featured on CBS-TV’s 60 Minutes… and when talk show host Glenn Beck singled out Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The USA” as a perfect example of the progressive politics he said were destroying the country. Details and many more milestones for the date INSIDE.

Vista Radio launched the first FM radio station in Grand Forks, BC called 102.3 Juice FM! CKGF-FM has translators in Christina Lake at 93.3 FM, Greenwood at 96.7 FM and Rock Creek at 103.7 FM