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The underlying message of the federal government’s new plans for a regulatory Communications Commission is that the government is here to help curate the internet for Canadians. The proposed Commission would decide what sort of online content is to be “trusted.”

32% of US households report no radio in the home.

It was March 4th a decade before radio as we know it got going, when Lee De Forest conducted an experimental broadcast from New York City. It’s the date when Edmonton first heard the signal of CHED radio at 1080KHz … …when Shirley Temple (pictured) starred in the first episode of ‘Junior Miss’ on CBS radio… and when CBS-TV aired the 200th episode of the classic sitcom ‘All in the Family.’ Details and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

From incredibly humble beginnings to his tenure with CHIN Radio working with the legendary Johnny Lombardi, Bill learned radio from the ground up. In 1984, he began his own radio ownership career, and at his death was operating 19 stations with widely-varied formats.

Hunt was known to favor a small group of women that some employees called "Al's Angels," giving them plum reporting assignments, invitations to key meetings with DC power brokers, and in at least some cases, career advancement.

With Paul Newman as its initial guest, each of the nearly 300 one-hour programs featured a top performer in an intimate and in-depth one-on-one interview with Lipton.

People familiar with the matter say the timetable for a planned retirement was suddenly accelerated after a series of mistakes and missteps by the onetime Jimmy Carter speechwriter and Tip O’Neill aide.

Forty years ago, on March 1, 1980, CJAZ, billed as Canada's first all-jazz radio station, signed on at 92.1 FM.

“There is no one with more passion for his beliefs than TODD,” said PD MIKE SALK. “He connects with his audience and creates a lasting bond."

A family member of one  employee works at a Western Washington facility where a coronavirus patient was recently identified.