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Three takeaways from Oprah Winfrey’s interview special with alleged Michael Jackson...

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Winfrey hosted the hour-long special “Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland,” in which she interviewed the two men, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, and director Dan Reed.

The ‘Sound Off’ Podcast – Tom Leykis – Blow Me Up...

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Tom Leykis understands how radio works. He understands people and how they engage with radio. The Long Island kid who spent his first radio show playing Glen Pitney (and loathing it), became one of America's most renowned talk show hosts.

SNOPES throws in the towel with Facebook “fact checking” after being...

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Snopes has announced that it is giving up “fact checking” for Facebook as controversy swirls over its handling of the Nathan Phillips case and other high-profile blunders

TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. March 5th

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It was a March 5th when Milton Berle was the mystery guest on CBS-TV’s ‘I’ve Got a Secret.’ When Dionne Warwick, Gwen Verdon, Rodney Dangerfield and Alan King headlined the Ed Sullivan Show. When singer Smokey Robinson appeared in a dramatic role on NBC-TV’s ‘Police Story.’ When US President Jimmy Carter took 42 questions on a radio call-in program moderated by Walter Cronkite. And when Vancouver radio legend Fred Latremouille (pictured) died at age 69. Details and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Luke Perry, ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ and ‘Riverdale’ Star, Dies at 52

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The actor was hospitalized after suffering a massive stroke last Wednesday and had been under observation.

The Intrepid Reporter George Garrett talks with the Commentary’s Joseph Planta

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The legendary reporter George Garrett discusses his new memoir This is George Garrett’s fifth appearance on the program. It was our mutual friend George Orr who said to me four years ago last month, you should talk to Garrett. I said, I admired and grew up listening to him, and Orr told me to contact him. A day or two later, I tweeted that I had just talked to George Garrett about setting up a time to meet, and that if somebody had told me that as a kid, I wouldn’t have believed it. Soon after George sat in front of me for a chat, as he does now, he emailed and said he was thinking of writing a memoir. And four years later that book is out. It’s aptly titled George Garrett: Intrepid Reporter. George wrote this book from memory from an illustrious career covering news in Vancouver and beyond. He was a good reporter, who broke stories big and small, who worked hard, and had the loyalty and trust of the listeners of radio station CKNW

MONDAY in Broadcast History .. March 4th

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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.

BBC Radio Bans Michael Jackson’s Music

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The nationwide UK radio station has “quietly dropped the King of Pop’s music from its playlists” due to the shocking allegations in “Leaving Neverland.”

Are TV Networks Just Dreaming in an era of Streaming?

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Netflix, Amazon and Hulu have seemingly bottomless wallets and a stranglehold on how a new generation wants to consume television. For the first time, streaming services made more scripted shows than either broadcast or cable networks last year.

SUNDAY in Broadcast History .. March 3rd

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It was March 3rd when Detroit was first introduced to radio station WWJ. When Elvis Presley made his TV debut on the syndicated ‘Louisiana Hayride’ (pictured). When Vancouver’s CKWX AM 1130 published its last Top 40 Survey, relinquishing the field to CFUN 1410. When Andy Griffith first introduced the character 'Matlock' on NBC-TV, and four years later the same network aired the 100th episode of 'Alf.' And when ‘Nova’ began its 45 year (so far) run on PBS. Details and many more milestones for March 3rd INSIDE.