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Optimistic: A word from Kent Phillips: "I got cancer, caught it early and am going to take some time to kick its butt! I

Blackgold Broadcasting has signed 1,000 watt CKPA 89.7 "The One" in Ponoka, Alberta on the air in test mode

It’s time for a measure of the future. In recent times, radio measurement has faced a few challenges.

A heavily skewed article by CBC News on Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole’s views on mandatory vaccinations for federal workers omitted the fact that the Liberals hold the exact same position when it comes to vaccine mandates.

ONE: A bombshell. Alex Berenson, former New York Times reporter, August 6: “Covid vaccine maker Moderna received 300,000 reports of side effects after vaccinations over a three-month period following the launch of its shot, according to an internal report from a company that helps Moderna manage the reports.”

If Erin O’Toole wins the election, the media landscape in Canada will drastically change – and that threatens the legacy media.

IT WAS AUG. 17th … when Norman Corwin’s first success debuted on CBS radio. It was ‘Passport for Adams’, starring Robert Young as a small town newspaper editor… When Italian pop vocalist Domenico Modugno appeared on CBS-TV’s “The Ed Sullivan Show” singing his hit single “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)”… When a revolution in the world of music got underway, as the first audio CDs were manufactured… ..and when David Caruso (pictured) quit the cast of ABC’s “NYPD Blue” to pursue a movie career, a move that didn’t pan out. ALL the milestones for Aug. 17th INSIDE.

The musician category is awarded every third year in rotation with two other categories. BAYERS, a recording musician for 58 years, is the first drummer ever inducted into the HALL OF FAME. DRAKE is the first pedal steel player to be inducted.

Frank Gifford was born in Santa Monica Calif, Elvis Presley had died in his Memphis mansion at the age of 42. Jack Paar replaced Walter Cronkite as host of CBS-TV’s “The Morning Show.” longtime host of CBC-TV’s Man Alive, Roy Bonisteel, succumbed to cancer at age 83. Plus who is celebrating a birthday today, and hit songs over the early years

Conservative Larry Elder is rising in California and Democrats are terrified.