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MARCH 31st … was the birthdate of legendary radio entertainers Arthur Godfrey (pictured) and Henry Morgan. It was the date Quebec City FM radio station CJMF was ordered off the air by the CRTC for playing contemporary hit music in contravention of the terms of its licence. And when Madonna’s appearance on “Late Show With David Letterman” caused headaches for C-B-S censors. The network deleted 13 offending words from the audio track before the show aired. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Alex Brewster joins Hubbard from Entercom where he has served as Assistant Chief Engineer for the company’s Seattle and Portland stations since 2017. He previously served as an engineer for CBS Radio Seattle as well.

Come inside for the latest word on Shane Michaels, Riaz Meghji, Sonia Sunger, Neetu Garcha and Yvonne Raymond.

IT WAS MARCH 30th … when legendary deejay Red Robinson was born in Comox BC, 83 years ago today…. When Bette Davis starred on the premiere of the anthology series ‘Academy Award’ on CBS Radio… When the TV game show ‘ Jeopardy,’ developed by Merv Griffin, began an 11 year daytime run on NBC… When the final episode of “Police Woman” starring Angie Dickenson aired on NBC-TV… and when the season-ending episode of CBS-TV’s ‘The Waltons’ featured the return to the household of Grandma after a stroke that had left her (actress Ellen Corby, pictured) virtually speechless. ALL the milestones for March 30th INSIDE.

Staffed largely by volunteer D.J.s taking time away from paying jobs as teachers, bartenders and everything in between, these scrappy local stations have had little in the way of either precedent or outside resources to fall back on.

The entire coronavirus pandemic started in Wuhan, China.  A large city estimated at around 13 million in the heart of China

A suburban Portland 25 KW station KXET  on 1130 KHz has been taken off the air, due to the 'economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic.'

Howard began her career by singing on demos written by then-husband Harlan Howard. She had her first own country hit with "The One You Slip Around With" in 1960.

John Barbour Reads From His Book Episode 1. Great for quarantine!