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IT WAS MARCH 15th… when BC got its second radio station, this one operated by The Vancouver Sun, two days after The Province station debuted… When future Montreal rock radio powerhouse CFOX hit the airwaves, under the ownership of Gordon Sinclair Jr… When CBS television introduced its ‘Morning Show’ (pictured), hosted by future iconic news anchor Walter Cronkite… When the first episode of the TV sitcom 'Mr. Belvedere' aired on ABC... and when CBS announced it was cancelling its Sunday night lynchpin ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ after 23 seasons. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

The unidentified player competed in last Saturday’s game against the Houston Roughnecks and he was “asymptomatic at that time.”

One local insider tells NEWS 1130 out of 51 film projects in B.C., 48 have been shut down.

It was March 14th when Pete Parker, on radio station CKCK Regina, called the world’s first play-by-play of a complete professional hockey game, just days ahead of Foster Hewitt… when comedians Fred Allen and Jack Benny (pictured) began their 12-year-long ‘feud’ in an NBC broadcast from the Hotel Pierre in New York City, attracting the second largest audience in the history of radio… when Arthur Godfrey turned down the chance to sign Elvis Presley for his CBS TV Talent Scouts Show. Instead at the same audition he signed singer Pat Boone… and when ABC-TV aired the final episode of the original Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

There is already a disruption of listening patterns taking place, particularly for any listeners who qualified for radio’s “92%-of-all-adults listen weekly” stat, but only by dint of in-car listening during a commute. Many will now be working from their homes — 32% of which do not currently have an AM/FM radio.

The station partnered with DISNEY, AULANI RESORT AND SPA to give their audience a virtual vacation while encouraging listeners to enter to win their very own legendary Hawaiian vacation.

Sports TV networks are facing sudden drops in ad revenue and viewership as leagues cancel games due to worries about the novel coronavirus pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported.

“Jordan McCloskey and I met in Grade 10, so the history between us runs very deep,” said Carson. “I think we’re going to take radio listeners to a place they haven’t been before and we’re so excited to join the team at Z95.3.”

It was a March 13th when the radio era officially began hereabouts as the Vancouver Province newspaper started testing its new 2000 watt radio service with music .. and a newscast at 8:30 pm… …when the Manitoba Government Telephone service put Winnipeg’s CKY radio on the air for the first time …. …when Edward R. Murrow (pictured) was first heard on radio, reporting for CBS from Vienna… ..when UK pop singer Tom Jones made his TV performing debut on the BBC ..and when the Merv Griffin TV Show made its debut in daytime syndication across the US. In Southwest BC it was seen in prime time via KVOS-TV Bellingham. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Commissioner Rob Manfred and the league's owners held a conference call Thursday afternoon to formalize the plan.