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ON THIS DAY in 1876 Telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the world’s first long-distance call from Brantford to the Bell homestead in Paris, Ontario, using a 13...

Another plunge in ad revenue. Another threat to chop services. Another plea for more taxpayer bailout money.

Proclamations of doom and gloom infuse our media output when witnessing what we see as a systemic morphing of Canada into a covert dictatorship.

Television veteran also appeared on The Fall Guy, Scrubs and Chicago P.D.

Crista Media’s KCMS-FM in Seattle is moving Erica Parkerson and Steve Sunshine from afternoon’s to morning drive, beginning Wednesday, September 8.  One of the first shows in the new time slot will be a  special remembrance of the 20th Anniversary of September 11, 2001.

IT WAS AUG. 7th … when just months before the US was pulled into WWII, WNBT, Channel 4 in New York City, broadcast TV’s first audience-participation show in which studio guests played charades…. When Martin Kane, Private Eye was first heard on Mutual radio…. When 16-year-old Paul Anka (pictured) made his U.S. television debut on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, lip-synching to his first hit “Diana”… ..and when the reality series Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels had its premiere on the A&E cable network. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

He is not your everyday Joe. Joe is, a trendsetter, a raconteur, a storyteller, a memorabilia collector, a book lover.

IT WAS AUG. 6th … when one of radio’s first serials, Real Folks debuted on NBC radio… When singer Dinah Shore started her own Sunday evening show on the NBC Blue radio network. Later Dinah would also have a successful TV career spanning more than three decades… When Chubby Checker appeared on Dick Clark’s Saturday Night Beechnut Show (ABC TV) and introduced ‘The Twist’… When Jon Stewart closed out his 16 years as host of 'The Daily Show' ... When MOJO RADIO debuted in Vancouver on AM730 with “talk radio for guys” (which would prove to be a mistake)… ..and after establishing himself on Mexican border powerhouses, Wolfman Jack (pictured) debuted on WNBC Radio New York. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

AmandaWawry is joining @DailyHiveVan team in Sept.

Vancouver’s burgeoning digital animation sector has just received a huge bump from the “House of Mouse,” as Walt Disney Animation Studios announced today it will open a new production facility in the city.