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T WAS AUG. 26th … when pioneer Calgary radio station CHCQ became CFAC, its third set of new call letters in three months… When Ted Rogers Sr. manufactured the world’s first commercial AC (alternating current) radio tube… When the radio program “Arch Oboler’s Plays” featured the NBC Symphony as the musical backdrop for the drama, “This Lonely Heart”…. ..and when Red Barber (pictured) announced the first televised baseball games — on experimental TV station W2XBS in New York, the predecessor to WNBC. Brooklyn Dodgers hosted Cincinnati Reds in a doubleheader. ALL the milestones for Aug. 26th INSIDE!

IT WAS AUG. 25th .. when ‘Father Knows Best’ starring Robert Young began its 4-year run on NBC Radio… When the TV game show “Concentration” with Hugh Downs (pictured) aired for the first time on NBC… When the married detectives series “Hart to Hart” debuted on ABC-TV… When the 43rd Emmy Awards gave their top trophies to LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley and Patricia Wettig… ..and when the CRTC approved CHUB Nanaimo to move from 1570 KHz to 102.3 MHz, CHPQ Parksville from 1370 KHz to 99.9 MHz, and CKEG Nanaimo from 1350 KHz to 1570 KHz. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE!

Ottawa's Country 101.1 FM plans to launch a "girl-power hour" starting Monday that's dedicated to giving women a brighter spotlight.

Former WSU quarterback Alex Brink will take over as the network’s radio analyst for home and away football broadcasts, replacing fellow Cougar record-holder Jason Gesser, who’d held the position the last four years.

The C’s will honour Russell Saturday at The Nat with a spot in their broadcast and journalism hall of fame. There will be a ceremony before the 7:05 p.m. game against the Boise Hawks.

The veteran journalist had been working as a celebrity columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

IT WAS AUG. 24th .. when the CBC’s CBX AM1010 signed on with 50,000 watts at Lacombe Alberta, in an ultimately failed attempt to serve both Edmonton and Calgary with one transmitter … When Montreal-born William Shatner appeared for the first time on the cover of TV Guide, with fellow Star Trek actors Deforest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy … When a spinoff of the sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” “The Facts of Life” debuted on NBC-TV, starting a nine year run…. ..and when NBC TV’s Jay Leno was the host as Microsoft officially rolled out their Windows 95 operating system in the Seattle suburb of Redmond. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE!

The cause of death was not given, but King had been suffering from--and was recently hospitalized for--lung cancer.

Doing play-by-play HIS way is part of why Fai wants to stay with the local baseball club.

The anchor spots at six opened up when Mike Killeen and Tamara Taggart were released in a round of Bell Media budget cuts in April.