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IT WAS APRIL 21st .. when the quiz show with a top prize of $64, ‘Take it or Leave it” made its debut on CBS radio … When ten-year old Leonard Ross became TV’s youngest big money prize winner with $100,000 won on NBC-TV's“The Big Surprise”… When Canada lost the original voice of hockey as Foster Hewitt died … When the Beach Boys (pictured) appeared on ABC-TV’s pop music showcase “Shindig!” performing “Help Me Rhonda” and “Do You Wanna Dance”.. and when the final episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati” aired on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

The Irishman set about creating the pirate station as early as 1963 from the MV Caroline anchored in international waters off the coast of Essex in England.

TSN 1040 named the intense interaction between Dave Pratt and Don Taylor its top highlight in a ountdown of the biggest moments in the station’s almost 19-year all-sports history.

IT WAS APRIL 20th … when Radio Specialties Ltd opened the predecessor to Vancouver’s C-FUN & CKMO using 40 watts of power on 450 meters (666 khz). The studios of CFCQ were at 791 Dunsmuir…. When “Your Hit Parade” debuted on NBC Radio as a one-hour Saturday night program, featuring 15 of the week’s top songs… When “The Big Show” with hostess Talullah Bankhead (pictured) completed its two year run on NBC Radio… and when the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave approval for FM stereo broadcasting. ALL the broadcast milestones for the date INSIDE.

After two years hosting afternoons at Hubbard Country “98.9 The Bull” KNUC Seattle, Corey Dillon was laid off from the station on Friday.

In recent years, Fouts was paired with Ian Eagle as the #2 CBS NFL broadcast team.

A former Senate staff assistant, Tara Reade claims that Joe Biden assaulted her while the two were in the basement of a Capitol Hill office complex in 1993.

From bossa nova and bluegrass to Bollywood, we tune in for a virtual world tour during the current crisis.

In a week or so we'll all be out and restarting our lives. So wanting to read something truly positive, I chose this brief story about the day my real life actually started: the day my son was born!!!

The writers' union calls on the network to provide at least 14 days of paid sick leave to news, web, digital, and promo writers that have been hospitalized with COVID-19, or are caregivers.