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IT WAS JUNE 15th .. when the first-ever radio broadcast of live music took place from Chelmsford, England, featuring Australian soprano Dame Nellie Melba… When the rural TV comedy/musical show “Hee Haw” with Roy Clark, Buck Owens & Canadian Don Harron, premiered on CBS… When Rev. David Mainse broadcast the first “100 Huntley Street” program out of its studios at the said address in downtown Toronto… ..and when 83-year-old Bob Barker’s final appearance as emcee of CBS TV’s”The Price Is Right” aired. He had hosted the game show for 35 years! ALL the milestones for June 15th INSIDE.

A 10-year-old MythBusters episode kept him calm and allowed Dennis Saulnier to make a plan, or five, as his pickup began sinking into Cultus Lake.

Kurtz described a bleak future for works that could find themselves subject to "cancellation" in the future, pointing to HBO's momentary decision to pull "Gone With the Wind" from the HBO Max film library. The 1939 film has long been accused of glorifying slavery in the American South.

It’s becoming more apparent what film and television production in a COVID-19 world may look like.

IT WAS JUNE 14th … when a U.S. President was heard on the radio for the first time. President Warren G. Harding dedicated the Francis Scott Key Memorial and was heard on Baltimore’s WEAR … When “The Happy Gang” troupe of musicians, led by Bert Pearl, made their first broadcast on station CRCT, the C-B-C flagship station in Toronto. It became a NATIONAL listening habit 4 months later… When after 12 years Harold Peary played the role of 'The Great Gildersleeve' on NBC radio for the last time … When Toronto's CHUM Radio published its final hit music chart ... ..and when NBC-TV’s action-adventure series “A Team,” aired for the last time. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 10th of that year, staying there for seven weeks — an unusually long reign in the chart's early history — and ultimately topping Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1961.

On Thursday a video appeared online showing Stern in minstrel-style makeup, liberally using the N-word. It was cut together with a recent appearance on “The View” during which he claimed he’d never used that word.

Thousands of AM stereo car radios are still in use in Australia. In the U.S., that number will likely be higher since cars are now peaking in their lifespan, averaging as much as 17 years; with over 250 million on the road.

Alert residents of Seattle noticed something was off about Fox News’ photos of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone on Friday. After looking through archives and similar photos, people discovered that some of the photos were digitally altered.

“Many of these plays and productions were produced more than 60 years ago,” Wisconsin Public Radio said in a statement on Friday. “It has been nearly impossible to find historic programs without offensive and outdated content.”