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News/Talk CKNW extends its lead atop the 12+ book, and JR Country has a great book, jumping into 3rd. QM/FM crashes badly, dropping to 5th.

IT WAS JUNE 3rd …when Dragnet (with Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday) was first heard on radio (KFI in Los Angeles), a month before it went nationak on NBC… When Victoria and Vancouver got their first 'local' TV service as Bellingham's KVOS-TV signed on from Mount Constitution ... When the Hollywood Palace on ABC-TV hosted the first North American performance by The Rolling Stones… When the characters of Nancy & Chris Hughes returned to CBS-TV’s ‘As the World Turns’, after an absence of 5 years… and when the final episode of the original ‘Star Trek’ series aired on NBC. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Major broadcasters, music streaming companies and more are joining with celebrities and music labels in halting or altering their regular operations Tuesday to express solidarity with U.S. and international protests against the killing of George Floyd in police custody.

To help celebrate the 100th anniversary of radio in Canada we thought it might be fun to share some of the stories that drew many of us closer to the magic of that little box. Whether we were in it or simply listening to its music, news, sports, drama or the many stories that it shared - we all have great moments around the radio.

The official launch of CBOT on June 2, 1953 was timed to coincide with an event guaranteed to attract the largest audience possible -- the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Avery was the whole package. He had a booming voice, the confidence to back it up, and a big heart, said family members and former colleagues.

This is a news producer talking. He isn’t smart enough to see the big picture. But I’m giving him that ability to know the real op. Of course he’s a pitch man, and he’s thinking about his reputation, and how to play the audience, which is his job. His job is the con. How to achieve it.

IT WAS JUNE 2nd … when TV broadcasting started in Canada as Radio Canada’s Channel 2 in Montreal began airing a test pattern… When the coronation of 27-year-old Queen Elizabeth II was broadcast around the world… When Barbara Walters interviewed the legendary Katharine Hepburn on TV (pictured) and asked what kind of tree she would be… ..and when the final episode of “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” aired in syndication. ALL the milestones for June 2nd INSIDE.

Over the last century, radio stations have been the subject and the setting for a number of TV shows and movies. This, for better or worse, is how the general public perceives how real-life radio works.

Tara Jean Stevens still has questions about a spiritual movement that spread from Toronto all the way to her childhood church in Prince Rupert, B.C. Decades later, the KiSS Radio host poses those and other questions in Heaven Bent, which premiers Monday on the Frequency Podcast Network.​