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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.

MD/Middays SARAH TAYLOR said, “CHRISTMAS music is the perfect reminder that there’s still joy because JESUS was born, and there’s a lot of comfort in enjoying the CHRISTMAS season

Born on this date were Ed Wynn, Hedy Lamarr, Mary Travers, Nick Lachey and Tom Fogerty. ‘This is Your Life’ debuted on NBC radio; Soundgarden played on Conan’s late night TV show, the same night that Bon Jovi were guests on David Letterman; John amd Yoko met for the first time, Brian Epstein saw The Beatles play for the first time; David Bowie sang on Cher’s prime time CBS-TV hour; and Donna Reid (pictured) joined the cast of the CBS-TV show ‘Dallas’. Obits for Nov. 9th include ’60 Minutes’ Ed Bradley, Art Carney of ‘The Honeymooners,’ and deep voiced radio leading man Gerald Mohr. Details and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Let's go back to October of 1986. 85 CKRD Radio in Red Deer with host Danny Teed.

Ruth Prins, otherwise known as beloved childrens' TV host Wunda Wunda, died in Seattle at the age of 101, her daughter Debrah Prins confirmed Saturday.

Happy Birthday to Joni Mitchell, Buck Martinez and New Zealand’s talented Lorde. Also born Nov. 7th were the late musicians Al Hirt, Joe Bushkin, Red Ingle and Phil Spitalny. Vancouver’s CKLG began airing a syndicated ‘History of Rock & Roll’ which won them a ratings book; radio’s first sci-fi show ‘Buck Rogers in the 25th Century’ debuted on CBS; the weekly medical melodrama ‘Dr. Christian’ began its 17-year run on CBS radio; the Righteous Brothers, Peggy Lee, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass were performing guests on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show; NBC-TV began the first airing of ‘Gone With the Wind’ over two nights; and Studio One began its decade-long run featuring anthology drama weekly on CBS-TV. Leaving us this date were Steve McQueen, Maverick’s Jack Kelly, Northern Exposure’s Peg Phillips, and Clyde Gilmour of the CBC’s Gilmour’s Albums. Details and ALL the milestones for Nov. 7th are found INSIDE.

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of Edward Rogers after he replaced five independent directors on the board of Rogers Communications Inc.

The trend of going all-Christmas earlier has picked up during the past few years, most notably among stations owned by iHeartMedia