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The exclusive deal grants Corus Candian rights to new shows like “Girls5Eva,” executive-produced by Tina Fey; podcast adaptation “Dr. Death”; “Angelyne,” a limited series starring Emmy Rossum (“Shameless”); “Brave New World,” an adaptation of the Aldous Huxley novel; and “Rutherford Falls,” co-created by Indigenous Sierra Teller Ornelas (“Superstore”), Mike Schur and Ed Helms of “The Office.”

EDISON RESEARCH has released another bit of data from its MAY 2020 "Share of Ear" study, showing that for the first time, streaming audio's share of US broadcast radio listening has hit double digits.

An outdoor rally was canceled and the news networks noted the large numbers of empty blue seats in the arena. But the rally drew 8 million viewers to Fox News.

IT WAS JUNE 23rd … when Chilliwack’s first radio station CHWK signed on at 1210 KHz with 5 watts. At first it only broadcast an hour or two a day… When Don McNeill took over as host of Chicago’s ‘Pepper Pot’ program, and renamed it ‘The Breakfast Club’ which ran on the networks for 35 years… When ‘The Jimmy Durante Show’ concluded its run on NBC-TV, and ‘The Pat Boone Show’ ran for the last time on ABC-TV… When 2,200 CBC broadcast technicians ended their 5-month strike ... …and when ‘The David Letterman Show’ began its torturous 4-month run on NBC-TV daytime. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

A few months ago, the folks at Rogers Media quietly tweaked their name to better emphasize their increasing focus on sports. Under new president Jordan Banks Rogers Media would thereafter be known as Rogers Sports & Media. Yup: Rogers S&M™.

The Federal Communications Commission ruled on Monday that a Mexico-based radio station owned in part by Phoenix TV—one of the Communist regime’s leading propaganda organs—must end its broadcasts due to its failure to disclose its ties to China.

It cannot be overstated how badly CBC TV is run. During the coronavirus pandemic, it’s been one stumble after another.

Mulroney made the announcement Monday on CTV's Your Morning – his first appearance since his wife Jessica's reality show "I Do, Redo" was pulled off the air by Bell Media.

iT WAS JUNE 22nd … when radio station KVL 1370 Seattle debuted on the air at 6:30pm with more than 6 hours of musical celebration featuring live orchestras playing jazz, classical and Hawaiian music… When the final episode of “You Bet Your Life”/”The Groucho Show” aired on NBC-TV… When the 22-year old Barbra Streisand signed a 10-year contract with CBS-TV worth about $200,000 a year… ..and when the 134th & final episode of “Xena: Warrior Princess” aired in North America. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Miles settled in Vancouver, where he formed a partnership with Brian Gibson & Brian Griffiths in the mid-sixties and the three produced more than four thousand jingles, TV themes, movie scores and event themes for their world wide clientele during the four decades of their partnership. Along the way they built Vancouver’s legendary Little Mountain Sound Company recording studios.