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IT WAS SEPT 13th .. when Eddie Cantor (pictured) began his long career as a radio comedian on NBC … When a number of new TV shows made their debut .. ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien,’ ‘Law and Order,’ ‘Car 54 Where Are You,’ ‘The Rockford files’ and ‘Police Woman’ on NBC-TV, ‘The Outer Limits’ on ABC, and ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ on CBS… When the first-ever viewer discretion warning was aired on TV, at the start of the syndicated ‘Soap,’ which introduced us to Billy Crystal… ..and when NBC’s “Frasier” won a record fifth consecutive Emmy award as TV’s best comedy series. ALL the milestones for Sept. 13th INSIDE!

I never realized how lucky I was to work alongside Maureen Holloway - until I no longer did. Mo is now the morning host with Darren B. Lamb on 98.1 CHFI in Toronto. Maureen is brutally honest about her career, her family, her relationships and her 2005 battle with cancer. I was working in Montreal at the time and she was quite open with the Mix 96 audience at the time. I did not know that she had not shared that with the rest of the radio affiliates outside of Montreal and Toronto.

On Wednesday, Mike Curto was back in his customary seat in the Bob Robertson Broadcast Booth at Cheney Stadium, a fitting locale just days after Robertson’s death.

GLOBAL NEWS RADIO ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF THE JOEL MATLIN ENTREPRENEUR SHOW AND NEW PERSONALITIES ACROSS TALK STATIONS COUNTRY-WIDE

Gerald Rafferty (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011) was a Scottish rock singer-songwriter. His solo hits in the late 1970s included "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line" and "Night Owl", as well as "Stuck in the Middle with You", which was recorded with the band Stealers Wheel in 1973.

Chris Barber, an English jazz musician and bandleader was popular in the 1950’s & 60’s. Lonnie Donegan had his first big hit while playing with Barber.

A Vancouver Island news anchor who was shamed by a viewer for wearing a shirt that showed a touch of cleavage says she's been harassed about her appearance before, but this time it was hard to ignore.

There was widespread shock across the radio and music industries with the sudden, but not unexpected, ENTERCOM layoffs and staff/responsibility realignments that took place YESTERDAY (NET NEWS 9/10), primarily across the Alternative and Country formats.

Vancouver: CKNW grabs the #1 spot for A12+ with a 13.5% share of hours tuned (down from 15.8%). check inside for more of Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary rankings