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IT WAS AUG. 11th .. when New York’s WCBS-TV became the first station to televise a baseball game in color..in fact, a doubleheader between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves…. When CBS-TV’s Sunday night variety showcase, The Ed Sullivan Show featured Buddy Knox singing his two rockabilly hits ‘Party Doll’ and ‘Hula Love’… When the folksinging Kingston Trio signed in as the “mystery guests” on CBS-TV’s “What’s My Line?”… ..and when Edmonton radio station CJAX-FM began operations on 92.5 MHz with 100,000 watts. The call letters are now CKNG FM, with a branding of 92.5 Fresh FM. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Netflix says that it will notify current subscribers via email when their price increase goes into effect, and that all current customers should receive a notification by the end of August.

Cascade Radio Group General Manager Don Kurtis said the change to Classic Hits is the result of a national decline of progressive talk radio syndicates.

Gruff and The One in Leduc parted ways a few months back Gruff is Now on air Saturday and Sunday afternoons on CISN, from 12 Noon to 6PM (Mountain time)

IT WAS AUG. 10th … when Allen Funt’s “Candid Camera,” a video version of his “Candid Microphone” radio show, debuted on ABC…. When Vancouver’s CHQM-FM signed on for the first time at 103.5 MHz, initially as a straight mono simulcast of CHQM 1320 AM… When “Manhattan Transfer,” the summer variety show starring the singing group of the same name, premiered on CBS-TV… .. and when legendary 30-year-long CKNW sportscaster Al Davidson (pictured) died at age 66. ALL the milestones for Aug. 10th INSIDE.

Movin'92.5 continues to lead most demo categories, but sister Hubbard station Warm106.9 (KRWM) had a very strong book.

Yashar Ali wrote an Aug. 4 story for HuffPost claiming that more than a dozen sources told him the Fox News host sent "an unsolicited photo of male genitalia via text message to at least two colleagues at Fox Business and one colleague at Fox News."

As host of CBC Radio 2’s dreamy late-night music show The Signal, Laurie has been helping listeners make a transition to sleeptime for the past decade, telling stories and playing songs that drift through the Canadian ether from 10 to midnight, six nights a week.

For a recent issue of Radio Ink Magazine, we recruited two of the best programming minds in the business, Lee Abrams and Randy Michaels, to answer this question: “What are the greatest Top 40 stations of all time?” We also asked them not to collaborate with each other in any way or discuss their top choices before submitting their lists.

IT WAS AUG. 9th … when radio brought word of a 2nd atomic bomb explosion that would lead to Japan’s surrender & the end of World War II… When the TV program “Ready Steady Go!” premiered on ITV in the UK. The show gave early exposure to such music luminaries as Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones… When two popular Toronto deejays John Spragge and Bob MacAdorey were fired from radio station CHUM… ..and when, following the enormous success of the “Motown 25” TV special two years earlier, NBC debuted the ill-fated “Motown Revue” variety series hosted by Smokey Robinson, which lasted only five weeks. ALL the milestones for Aug. 9th INSIDE.