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The Federal Communications Commission likes the idea of giving U.S. stations on the AM band an option to turn off their analog transmissions and instead use only HD Radio.

It’s the date that gave birth to Miley Cyrus, Robin Roberts, John Dehner, Ruth Etting and Boris Karloff. The forerunner to Vancouver’s CKWX radio was licensed as CFDC in Nanaimo; already a hit on TV, ‘Have Gun Will Travel’ debuted on CBS Radio; Bob Hope’s final TV special aired on NBC-TV; ‘Doctor Who’ had its premiere on BBC-TV; Ronald and Nancy Reagan co-starred in a 30-minute ‘GE Theatre’ on CBS-TV; and Bon Jovi played three numbers on NBC-TV’s ‘Today Show.’ Passing away were Larry Hagman, Gloria Gordon (Our Miss Brooks), Marie Wilson (My Friend Irma) (pictured), western swing’s Spade Cooley, and country music’s Roy Acuff. Details and ALL the Nov. 23rd milestones INSIDE.

In 2014, he announced he had early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. He died Wednesday afternoon at the Yaletown House care home, where he’d lived the past couple of years. He was 57.

If you have neither the time or inclination to read or watch the many excellent books or films about JFK's murder, this powerful 17 min video is all you need to know..

In 1955, Collins became the first black woman to host her own television variety show in North America with CBC's The Eleanor Show. 

Happy Birthday to Scarlett Johansson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mariel Hemingway, Terry Gilliam, Richard Kind and Steve Van Zandt. President Kennedy was assassinated, and broadcasters went to wall-to-wall coverage for 4 days; the first televised interracial kiss occurred on NBC’s Star Trek; Woody Allen was the subject of a 60 Minutes interview about his affair with Mia Farrow’s adoptive daughter; Ted Koppel anchored his final ‘Nightline’ on ABC-TV; and the same network aired the 100th episode of ‘Who’s the Boss.’ Obits include Parley Baer, Michael Conrad, Jazz’s Norman Granz, and down east musician John Allan Cameron. ALL the milestones for Nov. 22nd INSIDE.

A University of Washington graduate, Steve spent nearly his entire career at KOMO, starting as an intern in the late 1970s and becoming one of the most well known broadcasters in the history of the Northwest.

Management planned to consolidate 3 news reading positions across North into 1 based in Yellowknife

The first private radio station north of 60 went on the air on November 17th, 1969.

Allan Gee, you set a FANTASTIC example for what it means to be a positive community member and it has been an absolute pleasure working in the same building as you