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World Radio Day is a UNESCO-sponsored event that acknowledges the effect, impact and importance radio has had on society since it emerged as a consumer technology more than a hundred years ago.

Jack Webb’s (pictured) first popular radio series, ‘Pat Novack for Hire,’ went national on ABC, following a successful West Coast run. The pre-school children’s show ‘Mr. Dressup’ with Ernie Coombs began a nearly 30 year run on CBC-TV. ABC-TV announced it had renewed ‘NYPD Blue’ for a tenth seaason. And campus radio station CJSF FM 90.1 signed-on from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby. ALL the milestones for Feb. 13th INSIDE.

Spade and a rotating group of his comedian and celebrity friends will break down the pop culture news of the day.

It’s the date that Calvin Coolidge made the first US presidential political speech on radio. When Winnipeg’s CKY moved up the dial from 910 KHz to 780. When Vancouver’s CKWX was authorized to increase power from 100 watts to a whopping 1,000 watts. When the comic strip superhero ‘Superman’ made his first appearance on radio via New York’s WOR. And when actor Nicholas Colasanto (pictured), who played Coach on NBC-TV’s Cheers, died of a heart ailment partway through the the third season of the sitcom at age 61. Details and ALL the milestones for Feb.12th INSIDE.

He covered some of the key events of the 20th century as a foreign correspondent for CBC News: the Iranian Revolution, the Contra war in Nicaragua, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the first Persian Gulf war, among many others.

Nicki Minaj is speaking out against Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich just days after Ariana Grande called him out for statements regarding her not performing at this year’s Grammy Awards.

Williams was 81 years old when he hung up his head phones for the final time in 2013, signing off as he always did by saying, “Keep in touch.”

Inside the former Hammond Organ Factory on Chicago's North Side is the city's first vinyl pressing plant in decades.

It didn’t take long for the presenter to be roasted on social media.

Two memorable series from Old Time Radio debuted on this date .. ‘The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street’ on NBC, and ‘Yours Truly Johnny Dollar’ on CBS. Jack Paar (pictured) walked off NBC-TV’s ‘Tonight Show’ because the network had censored his bathroom joke. The 100th episode of ‘Ironside’ aired, starring New Westminster’s Raymond Burr. And Kurt Russell’s TV-movie titled ‘Elvis!’ debuted on ABC. ALL the milestones for Feb. 11th INSIDE.