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Corus disputed several of Catalyst’s claims, including that the deal is overpriced.

AMMSA has 29 broadcasting stations in northern Alberta and a few in scattered in the south.

If our goal is to build more compelling team shows then we must focus our attention on the areas that hold these shows back. As I travel and listen to shows I have started to note the most common themes that seem to be problematic.

The Voice of America shortwave radio service signed on as a US propaganda tool during WWII and the Cold War. Kay Starr, Bert Lahr and The Mills Brothers were the guests on NBC-TV’s hourlong ‘Perry Como Show.’ Talk show host Larry King was stricken with a major heart attack, and underwent quintuple by-pass surgery. ‘The Second Barry Manilow Special’ aired on ABC-TV with guest star Ray Charles. And radio/TV headliners Dinah Shore, John Daly, Don Knotts, Dennis Weaver and Vancouver deejay Rick Honey (pictured) passed away. Details and many more milestones for the date INSIDE.

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PBS will use the channel to broadcast popular shows already on its stations, like “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” “Dinosaur Train” and “Wild Kratts.”

On February 24, 2001, Vancouver radio lost a legend. Rick Honey lost his battle with throat cancer at the age of 53. Although he’d been battling the illness for nearly two years, his passing was very sudden. Just a few days prior, he’d done his (unknown to even him) final morning show on Vancouver’s 600 AM, a gig he’d started the previous August. Although I’d met Rick on two occasions while he was broadcasting live from the PNE, I was not a frequent listener to his CKNW “Road Show”

Neil Morrison moved to the west coast after a 16 year stint in terrestrial radio in Toronto working at the legendary, ‘Spirit of Radio’ and then later becoming 102.1 The Edge

It was Feb 23rd when The Beatles made their third appearance in as many weeks on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show, When The Fifth Dimension guested on ABC-TV’s action series ‘It Takes a Thief.’ When the first Juno Awards were handed out, celebrating the best in Canadian music. (The first year they were ‘The Gold Leaf Awards.) And when 65 million Americans tuned in to NBC-TV for the Spielberg movie ‘Schindler’s List’ with minimal commercials. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

The problem appears to be with the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation, or CASL.