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IT WAS SEPT. 7th ... when pioneer Vancouver radio station CKFC first took to the air from First Congregational Church... When the final episode of the original "Dick Van Dyke Show" featuring Mary Tyler Moore, as well as the last "Beverly Hillbillies" episode, aired on CBS-TV... When ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, made its debut on US cable TV as the world's first fulltime sports TV station... .. and when CJRY-FM Edmonton signed on as Shine-FM, with 100,000 watts at 105.9 MHz. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE!

Radio is an art form. When you remove the artists, there’s not much left. Larry Lujack (Photo)

IT WAS SEPT 6th ... when the first prizefight to be broadcast blow-by-blow was heard on WWJ Detroit, as heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey scored a third-round knockout ... When Lionel Barrymore introduced us to his latest crowd-pleasing character as 'Mayor of the Town' debuted on the NBC Red radio network... When Canadian television debuted as Montreal's CBFT aired the drama 'Oedipus Rex' in French.... ..and when the hit radio sitcom "Fibber McGee and Molly" ended after an almost 25 year run. ALL the milestones for Sept. 6th INSIDE!

Puget Sound Radio received word from Don Shafer, the man behind Roundhouse Radio in Vancouver, telling us the launch date is set for the first week of October Stay tuned...

Rogers says it’s the first radio collaboration in Canada for YouTube, a division of Google and one of the Internet’s biggest draws.

IT WAS SEPT. 5th .. when the populat daytime drama 'Life Can Be Beautiful' began its 16 year run on NBC radio... When Frank Sinatra was instrumental in the reuniting of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin live on Jerry's Labor Day telethon... When the US got its first network hour-long news show as the Public Broadcasting System's "MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour" expanded to 60 minutes... ..and when "American Bandstand," hosted by Dick Clark on ABC, was cancelled after 30 years on television. ALL the milestones for Sept. 5 INSIDE!

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