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Happy Birthday to Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Kimmel, Steve Zahn, Garry Marshall, Peter Arnett and Madeleine Sherwood. Arturo Toscannini led the NBC Symphony in its first radio broadcast; the North West Territories got its first radio station as CJCD Yellowknife debuted; Izzy Asper’s Canwest Global launched a $636-million takeover bid for Vancouver’s Western International Communications; the 200th episode of ‘Frasier’ ran on NBC-TV; and Canadian impressionist Andre-Philippe Gagnon (pictured) guested with Johnny Carson on NBC’s ‘Tonight Show.’ The New Vaudeville Band performed their hit ‘Winchester Cathedral on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show, while Sonny & Cher reunited to perform ‘I Got You Babe’ on David Letterman’s late night NBC show. ALL the milestones for Nov. 13th INSIDE.

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Happy Birthday to Neil Young, Al Michaels, Ryan Gosling and Megan Mullally. It’s the day Vancouver’s Red Robinson began his 60-year radio career at CJOR AM600; San Francisco’s clear channel KPO became KNBC (now KNBR); Winnipeg got the city’s first private TV station; the BBC aired TV’s first gardening show; ABC-TV aired the 100th episode of ‘Full House’; and Bon Jovi performed on NBC-TV’s Today Show. Brenda Lee was on CBS-TV’s ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ to sing ‘Fool #1′; and Foo Fighters made their 4th appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ Bowing out this date were Eve Arden (pictured) of ‘Our Miss Brooks’, Penny Singleton of ‘Blondie,’ and Dave Willock of scores of light comedy supporting roles, ALL the milestones for Nov. 12th INSIDE.

Nathaniel Marston, an actor on “One Life to Live,” has died after being involved in a devastating car accident last month, his mother, Elizabeth Jackson, posted on Facebook Wednesday. He was 40.

As we head into the final year of Vin Scully’s career, the Los Angeles Dodgers may have found the man that could be his replacement – Joe Davis, who currently works as an MLB, college football, and college basketball broadcaster with FS1.

Happy Birthday to Demi Moore, Calista Flockhart and Adam Beach. Also born Nov. 11th were Jonathan Winters, LaVern Baker and Robert Ryan. This was the day that radio star Kate Smith first sang ‘God Bless America’; the juvenile adventure ‘Mandrake the Magician’ debuted on New York’s WOR Radio; NBC-TV aired the first movie with an AIDS theme, ‘An Early Frost’; the first video recorder was demonstrated in Los Angeles and Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees guested on NBC-TV’s ‘Boy Meets World’. ‘Rocky and his Friends’ debuted as a TV cartoon show, and Courtenay’s CFCP Radio flipped to FM to become ‘Magic FM.’ Obits include Shirley Mitchell, Jane Ace, Dayton Allen, and the voice of the Cleveland Indians Herb Score. Details INSIDE.

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Before talent can grow they have to master the fundamentals. That means understanding their importance and consistently putting them into practice. Execute the fundamentals with precision and you stand a better chance to be heard. Unfortunately the fundamentals aren’t always evident when you turn on a station.