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Born this date were daytime radio star Jane Ace, Dick Gregory, Hugh Jackman, Nancy Kulp, Kirk Cameron, sportscaster Tony Kubek, and Sam Moore. After 15 years on radio 'Burns and Allen' made their debut on CBS-TV; 'Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons' began its 18 year run on network radio; Walter Cronkite spent all 3 prime time hours on CBS-TV on the memoirs of Dwight Eisenhower; the late singer Karen Carpenter received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; the Statler Brothers debuted their new series on the Nashville Network; 'Sugar Shack' started its 5 week run atop the charts, and Vancouver-based Nickelback scored their first #1 album. Celebrities leaving us on Oct. 12th include announcers Joel Aldred and Johnny Olsen, musicians Ray Conniff, Carmen Cavallero, John Denver and Gene Vincent, Bullwinkle producer Jay Ward, and veteran actor Leon Ames. Details and ALL the Oct 12th milestones INSIDE.

Not only had Rogers Communications Inc. wrenched the Canadian national broadcast rights to NHL games from the CBC’s grasp with a stunning $5.2-billion payout over the next 12 years, but the Visigoths were actually at the gate. Come Inside and Read More...

Industry Minister James Moore says he's articulated residents' concerns to U.S. officials

Stephen Andrew has been turning up on Victoria TV screens for the past 15 years, beginning as a community reporter on Shaw Cable, and host of a weekly news review panel, before being hired at what is now CTV Vancouver Island. Come Inside and Read More...

Happy Birthday today to Luke Perry, David Morse, Joan Cusack, Emily Deschanel, Jane Krakowski and Daryl Hall. The 'American Album of Familiar Music' began its long Sunday night run on NBC radio; Hugh Downs left both 'NBC-tv's 'Today show' and Concentration' for a year off; Canada's first hockey telecast aired in French on Montreal's CBFT; Rod Stewart got his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Elton John's 'Candle in the Wind' began its 12-week run atop the charts; and Bob Dylan played Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum. Bowing out this date sadly were CBS newsman Douglas Edwards, ventriloquist Wayland Flowers, singers Connee Boswell, Tex Williams and Russ Hamilton, and actor/sportscaster Gil Stratton Jr. Details and ALL the Oct. 11th milestones INSIDE.

Brook Ward had been methodically building a loyal audience on his two-hour Saturday and Sunday late-night 'Sports Weekend', one of the last established forms of sports programming on the station. But that was cancelled earlier this week.

10/08/14 - The Jet KJR-FM 95.7 Seattle morning show host Jodi Brothers has announced on The Jet's Facebook page that Marty Riemerwill be joining her on a.m. drive.  The two were formerly...

By Sports Columnist ART THIEL. FOX so wants to own a station in Seattle market that they bought one in Bellingham as leverage against KCPQ’s owners. Losers could be some South Sound Seahawks fans.

“Say the words ‘conservative radio’ to most young people today and they’ll likely come up with a name like Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck,” writes Watson Come Inside and Read More...