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"We’re kind of uniquely in a middle category, and one of the options we’re looking at is to focus our growth efforts going forward on CANADA and other countries where the royalty decisions are more reasonable,"

Donovan Tildesley was asked to be a part of a promotional film for Destination BC on BC mountains

It’s the date that NBC debuted one of radio’s first variety shows, ‘The Dodge Victory Hour’ starring Will Rogers and Al Jolson. Bob Hope (pictured) made his first national radio appearance on NBC’s ‘The Intimate Review.’ Victoria’s CHEK-TV left the CBC and became a fulltime CTV affiliate; and several lengthy TV runs came to a close on CBS Jan. 4th, ‘Rawhide’ (which introduced Clint Eastwood) and ‘The Twentieth Century,’ hosted by Walter Cronkite. Come INSIDE for ALL the milestones.

One of the business’ great people…and wonderful to have worked with him in both the Moffat and Standard days - (Marty Forbes)

During the early 1980’s BC’s lower mainland region was in the grip of fear. Children were going missing, too many of them to be of coincidence

Happy Birthday to Dabney Coleman, Van Dyke Parks, Mel Gibson and Stephen Sills. On this date William S Paley (pictured) incorporated the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS.) And a future General Manager of the station Hal Davis joined CKNW as Chief Copywriter. The 100th episode of 'The Jeffersons' aired on CBS, and ABC telecast the 100th episode of 'Hart to Hart.' ALL the milestones for Jan. 3rd INSIDE

Happy Birthday to Cuba Gooding Jr, Taye Diggs, Jack Hanna, Dax Shepard, Julius Larosa and Kate Bosworth. Bing Crosby began his 10-years as host of NBC radio’s ‘Kraft Music Hall’; the CBC opened its second AM hookup, the ‘Dominion Network.’ ‘The Life of Riley’ with William Bendix came to NBC-TV, and two years later so did ‘The Bob Cummings Show.’ Nanaimo’s CHUB AM 1570 was flipped to FM, becoming THE WAVE 102.3. At the very end of the network radio era, CBS dropped ‘The Road of Life’, ‘Our Gal Sunday,’ and two other longrunning soaps. Jan. 2nd obits include Dick Powell, Alan Hale Jr, Anne Francis, CNN’s Jim Huber, and Manitoba’s Jack Carson (pictured). ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

It's not that Forbes and Marshall have much to say about their departure from the Ocean in Victoria, its they want to say Hello and let everyone know they're OK!

Her father, Nat 'King' Cole, was one of the most accomplished singers and jazz musicians of the postwar era, and her mother, Maria Hawkins Cole, was a singer for Duke Ellington.