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A spokesperson for Bell Media confirms that Peter Akman, one of the presenters of CTV's investigative news show W5, is no longer with the company.

A native of Edmonton, Davis is best known for her tenure of nearly two decades on Toronto’s CHFI 981.FM.

Three years and a day after the radio debut of ‘The Lone Ranger,’ WXYZ Detroit introduced ‘The Green Hornet,’ which ran weekly for 16 years. 11-year-old Brenda Lee (pictured) made her T-V debut on ABC’s “Junior Ozark Jubilee.” Julie Andrews, Henry Fonda, Rex Harrison and Jackie Gleason appeared in a two-hour CBS-TV special titled, “The Fabulous Fifties.” “The Wonder Years” began its 115 episode run on ABC-TV. And newsman Edwin Newman retired after 35 years with NBC Radio & TV. ALL the milestones for Jan. 31st INSIDE.

What's the latest with Greg MacArthur, Kirk Lapointe, Kevin Gawley , Michael Hall and Kristin Clark?

Silverman was a creative executive at CBS, and would later run both ABC and NBC as those networks’ president.  At 25 years old, he was named head of daytime programming CBS.

“710 ESPN SEATTLE offers a great opportunity and platform for us to continue to introduce the SEATTLE DRAGONS to the PACIFIC NORTHWEST through a variety of programming and new content as fans get to know who we are and what we’re about."

The Trudeau government isn’t satisfied to simply spend $600 million dollars to pay off the entire media establishment in Canada, they want to monitor your news and use the CBC to “ensure quality in news coverage.”

This was the date ‘The Lone Ranger’ aired for the first time, from Detroit’s WXYZ radio. Vancouver got its second TV station (first privately-owned) in CHAN, now known as Global TV. NBC-TV introduced the anthology series ‘Robert Montgomery Presents’; the hour-long show would continue for 8 years. Kevin Eubanks took over the band on Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight Show,’ while Kevin Newman left ABC News for Vancouver and the ‘Global National’ anchor slot. And Mutual radio began airing ‘The Larry King Show’ from midnight to 5:30 am Eastern. ALL the milestones for Jan. 30th INSIDE.

Time to Act, the long-awaited report reviewing Canada's broadcast and telecommunications legislation, is an ambitious roadmap recommending updates to regulations written before the age of dial-up.

Shane served as vocalist and guitarist on their biggest hits, including “Scotch and Soda,” “M.T.A.,” a rendition of the murder ballad “Tom Dooley,” and the traditional song “The Wreck of the John B.,” the latter of which directly inspired the Beach Boys’ “Sloop John B.”