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Warm 106.9 returned to terra firma after its lofty numbers for Xmas, and settled into 2nd behind Movin 92.5.. KUOW, KIRO-FM and 710 ESPNall had a good book in January.

The late Norm Edwards was also a late bloomer when it came to getting into broadcasting. 28 years old to be precise. Here he is behind the mic at CFJC Kamloops Come Inside, Listen and enjoy these original airchecks of a very funny man.... Good Norm in the Morning!

The insurance investigator drama, 'Yours Truly Johnny Dollar' debuted as a nightly quarter hour strip on CBS radio. Canadian-born movie star Glenn Ford was the subject of NBC-TV's 'This is Your Life.' The Everly Brothers sang their latest hit. 'Cryin' in the Rain' on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show. And the mini-series 'Roots: the Next Generation' began its 7-night run on ABC-TV. ALL the milestones for Feb. 18th INSIDE.

“Everyone said we were getting out of news — we doubled-down on news,” Jeff Zucker tells TheWrap.

Johnny Cash was Ralph Edwards' surprised guest of honor on NBC-TV's 'This Is Your Life' (pictured). After five years on Minnesota radio only, Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" was first broadcast nationally on NPR. Aerosmith were the musical guests on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live. And FOX-TV attracted 40 million viewers for its finale of the reality series 'Joe Millionaire.' ALL the milestones for Feb. 17th INSIDE.

The contact reportedly says Williams could be dismissed if he offended “a significant portion of the community,” or brought himself “public disrepute, contempt, scandal or ridicule.”

Lesley Gore died of cancer at New York University Langone Medical Center in Manhattan. She was 68.

Parts One and Two By Dennis Rimmer  February 16th, 2015 . Part One    For veteran Saskatchewan broadcaster Dean Bear, who may now be heard world wide on LtdRadio.com, one...

It was Feb. 16th when Foster Hewitt broadcast his very first hockey play-by-play, Toronto Argonauts vs. the Kitchener Greenshirts, over the Toronto Star's pioneer radio station CFCA. When Vancouver's (predecessor to CBU Radio) CRCV increased power from 500 to 5,000 watts, and moved into new studios in the new Hotel Vancouver, When for the first time host John Daly presided over an early TV Sunday night institution, 'What's My Line?' It lasted 17 years! And when John Lennon began a week co-hosting the syndicated 'Mike Douglas Show,' and sang two duets with his hero, Chuck Berry. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

With the Sun News Network now gone, TheRebel.Media is Now in Action providing more Conservative Straight Talk... Brian Lilley picks up on the story about the 'illegal' RCMP raid during the flood in High River More Inside...