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“The more I think about it, the more I realized what I left behind in Japan – my soul, my music and that sweet girl in the geisha house – I wonder does she remember me?” (Bob Dylan)

IT WAS JULY 13th .. when KDBQ San Francisco changed its call letters to KYA, and soon became an iconic rock radio force... When BBC Radio banned "No One Is Innocent" by the Sex Pistols.... When sportscaster Howard Cosell said that he was "tired of being tied to the football mentality" and asked to be released from duties on ABC's Monday Night Football... ..and when Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler (pictured) announced he was leaving FOX-TV's American Idol after two seasons, to focus his attention back on the band. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

John Rook, long time american radio man and PD at such stations as KFI in Los Angeles , WLS in Chicago and in the latter years owner of a cluster of radio stations from 1983 to 1999, who was forced out of business shares his story on PSR....

IT WAS JULY 12th .. when the Toronto Daily Star's pioneering radio station CFCA had its Grand Opening. Foster Hewitt broadcast his first hockey game on CFCA seven months later. .. When The Adventures of Sam Spade was heard for the first time, on ABC Radio. Howard Duff (pictured) starred as the San Francisco detective in the summer replacement series which quickly won a year-round following ... When PBS began airing concerts by the Boston Pops Orchestra... ...and when the daytime game show "Family Feud" premiered on ABC-TV with Richard Dawson as host. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Actors Tab Hunter and Sela Ward, announcer Harry Von Zell (pictured)l and Canadian guitarist Liona Boyd were born on July 11th. Elvis had his final Sun Records session, Mac Davis debuted his summer CBS-TV variety show, Rupert Holmes hosted NBC-TV’s Midnight Special, and Frank Sinatra married for the 4th time. Obits this date include Vancouver talk radio host Gary Bannerman, composer George Gershwin, singers Helen Forrest and Frances Langford, actors Laurence Olivier and Ray Collins, and iconic New York Yankee P.A. announcer Bob Sheppard. All the milestones for July 11th are INSIDE.

After revamping The New VI and leading it to success as A-Channel and then CTV, Mack left the station. “Time is right for a change,” he told dismayed viewers, but there’s more to the story, and in Hudson Mack, the broadcast veteran reveals the rest of the truth.

Indeed, if I were hiring a radio talent I would ask them questions like these: How big is your personal audience, the one you have direct relationships with, as measured by social media? How many Twitter followers do you have? How big is your Facebook fan page, and how strong is your engagement? come in and read the rest of Mark's list, plus more...

IT WAS JULY 10th ... when a radio show of international intrigue 'The Man Called X,' debuted on CBS radio, beginning an 8-year run on the networks .... When New York's WINS Radio announced the hiring of pioneer rock deejay Alan Freed to be the host of their "Rock 'n' Roll Party'... When the short-lived "Gladys Knight & the Pips'' Summer Series premiered on NBC-TV... .. and when Victoria's first radio station CJVI AM900 cut costs by dropping its talk shows and went back to playing popular music of the 60s, 70s and 80s. ALL the milestones for July 10th are found INSIDE.

From Al Peterson's NTS Media OnLine Another day, another Voltair story — and another day with still no word from Nielsen about the whole controversy