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Julie Bennett played the parasol-loving Southern belle Cindy Bear in cartoons for three decades and did the talking for a Barbie doll.

Quibi represents a bold — some would say risky — bet that consumers will be willing to pay for high-end short-form video designed for mobile phones.

The move helps more than 100 broadcasters that are facing significant declines in advertising revenue.

"Avenue Radio, owners of Soft 103.9, has declared bankruptcy putting several wonderful people out of work.”

On APRIL FIRST .. Victoria’s first radio station CFCL went on the air for the first time, broadcasting the Easter Sunday sunrise service from the top of Mt. Tolmie. The same day the predecessor to Vancouver’s CKWX went on the air in Nanaimo .. with a whopping 10 watts of power, 23 years later on April 1st, Port Alberni got its own 250 watter, CJAV AM 1240. It was April 1st when Chet Huntley (pictured) began his career with NBC News.. and when ‘General Hospital’ began its record-setting run (57 years so far) as a key part of the ABC-TV daytime schedule. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

A major factor in the increases are the national newscasts. While the entire CBC numbers year-to-year show only a slight bump, The National is way up.

I find it absolutely disgusting how negative many of the media news outlets are reporting “news” of the Covid-19 crisis and, especially how some news sources attempt to make President Trump look badly

Stay-at-home listeners will be able to hear as the host works from home, along with other premium content from the auto entertainment giant.

Advertisers are understandably worried about how to keep employees, pay their bills, and still be in business when this all ends. Many have no reason to advertise if they were forced to close and with all of their potential customers told to stay home. Radio relies on those advertising dollars to survive.

Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.