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The judge ordered Rebel News, True North and reporters, David Menzie, Candace Malcolm and others to be accredited to attend tonights TV Debate

Crime Beat with Nancy Hixt – which debuted as the #1 podcast in Canada (Apple Podcasts)* and has been downloaded more than 1.3 million times – takes listeners deep inside some of Canada’s most high-profile cases, sharing the story and details you didn’t hear on the news.

I DON'T KNOW at what point it started, but for as long as I can remember, I've had a love affair with radio. There is something about tuning into a station, and hearing someone talk or play music in real-time, that is incredibly appealing.

Exciting day for Stingray...as they re-brand two great stations HOT 93-7 & HOT 101.3....

Duran is one of the world’s most listened-to radio hosts. His program, Z100’s Elvis Duran and The Morning Show,  is syndicated to over 80 markets nationwide and listened to by almost 10 million people daily

Taylor built a long, eclectic career with a mixture of over-the-top and self-deprecating humor.

Brad Karp gave word over a month ago, he was heading to a new town and a new radio job. Welcome to Kelowna, Brad

It’s the birthday of Simon Cowell, Joy Behar, John Mellancamp, Toni Braxton, plus the late Andy Devine and Vaughn Monroe. The Fox News channel began programming on US cablesystems; the CBC began an ill-fated experiment with a 9 pm TV newscast; the original Hawaiian Eye aired the first of its 134 episodes on ABC-TV; The Rolling Stones performed on NBC’s Saturday Night Live; Bruce Springsteen was interviewed on CBS-TV’s 60 minutes; and Dennis Reid received the OK to sell his three Cariboo radio stations in BC. Alanna Morissette became the first Canadian woman to top the Billboard album chart; and obits include singers Billy Daniels and Mario Lanza, as well as Winnipeg media mogul Izzy Asper. ALL the milestones for Oct..7th INSIDE.

His style combined the lyricism of jazz with the crude power of rock. One critic said watching him was like witnessing "a human combine harvester".

It’s the birthday of actors Jeremy Sisto and Ioan Gruffudd, plus the late Robert Mitchum, Canadian radio inventor Reginald Fessenden, and early Vancouver broadcaster Gerry Wilmot. Both ‘Maxwell House Show Boat’ and the human interest radio show ‘Hobby Lobby’ debuted on NBC, which also introduced Frank Sinatra in his only non-singing series ‘Rocky Fortune.’ The Ed Wynn Show’ became the first regular live TV origination from the West Coast; Pat Boone guested on Rod Serling’s NBC-TV show ‘Night Gallery’; 21-yr old Barbra Streisand guested on CBS-TV’s ‘Judy Garland Show’; ‘Dear John’ starring Judd Hirsch (pictured) debuted on NBC-TV; and Howard Stern announced he would soon be moving to satellite radio. ALL the milestones for Oct. 6th can be found INSIDE.