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Sonic 102.9 leads with women aged 25-54, and is second with men in the same demo. The leader in the male 25-54 category is CFBR The Bear.

QM/FM dropped a point-&-a-half but continues to lead with the female audience aged 25-54. 99.3 The Fox is the favorite of men aged 25-54.

CBC Radio One is again the leader in the 12+ chart, followed by News/Talk CHQR. Two AM stations lead the 12+chart. In a virtual tie for third are Country 105 and Oldies XL 103.

Two news/talk formats (with longtime AM roots) have a commanding lead atop Vancouver's 12+ book, CBC Radio One and CKNW.

Kerri Kasem, one of the daughters who filed the initial lawsuit, released a statement through a spokesman on Tuesday saying she was “distraught and heartbroken over her family and lawyers' decision to force her into a settlement.”

Orbison was a very talented singer and sold millions of his records. Blue Angel hit the charts in 1960

It’s the birth date of actors Jeff Bridges, Donnelly Rhodes, Marisa Tomei, Patricia Wettig and Victor French; of the music world’s Dennis Wilson, Deanna Durbin, Chris Hillman, Freddy Cannon and Eddie Heywood; and of broadcasters Wink Martindale and Alan Jackson. ‘The Eveready Hour’ began its pioneering radio variety show run on New York’s WEAF; Walter Winchell began his longrunning Sunday night news and gossip radio show on NBC Blue; the iconic radio soap ‘Ma Perkins’ moved from Cincinnati’s WLW to the NBC Red network; Frank Reynolds co-anchored his final ABC-TV evening newscast; and ‘Falcon Crest’ began its 9-year prime time run on CBS-TV. It’s also the date we lost iconic Calgary sportscaster Ed Whalen (pictured). Details and ALL the Dec 4th milestones INSIDE.

The Toronto hip-hop star earned the artist of the decade honour with more than 28 billion streams of his music.

Rep. Devin Nunes on Tuesday filed a defamation suit against CNN for its Nov. 22 “demonstrably false hit piece” that said the California Republican traveled to Vienna in 2018 to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden.

The market for Classic Hits continues to expand, as evidenced by steadily rising ratings and an official proclamation of “Format of Summer” in 2018.