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This time around we try the new Starbucks Unicorn Frapp, the legendary Barry Bowman joins us and the KARMA BROTHERS wrote us a song!

IT WAS APRIL 21st .. when the quiz show with a top prize of $64, ‘Take it or Leave it” made its debut on CBS radio … When ten-year old Leonard Ross became TV’s youngest big money prize winner with $100,000 won on “The Big Surprise”… When Canada lost the original voice of hockey as Foster Hewitt died ... When the Beach Boys (pictured) appeared on ABC-TV’s pop music showcase “Shindig!” performing “Help Me Rhonda” and “Do You Wanna Dance”.. and when the final episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati” aired on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

21st Century Fox and O'Reilly's representatives will not acknowledge the existence of a payout. A confidentiality agreement limits what the two sides can say.

IT WAS APRIL 20th … when Radio Specialties Ltd opened the predecessor to Vancouver’s C-FUN & CKMO using 40 watts of power on 450 meters (666 khz). The studios of CFCQ were at 791 Dunsmuir…. When “Your Hit Parade” debuted on NBC Radio as a one-hour Saturday night program, featuring 15 of the week’s top songs… When “The Big Show” with hostess Talullah Bankhead (pictured) completed its two year run on NBC Radio… and when the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave approval for FM stereo broadcasting. ALL the broadcast milestones for the date INSIDE.

“It is tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to completely unfounded claims."

Good book for KZOK, KISW.

After a "thorough and careful" review of the allegations, the Company and Bill O'Reilly have agreed that Bill O'Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel. He will be replaced by Tucker Carlson.

IT WAS APRIL 19th … when the Chicago Barn Dance first aired on WLS. In a few short years it became the National Barn Dance on NBC radio… When the ABC Television Network began operations, only in Philadelphia and Washington at first… When New York AM station WINS became the world’s first all-news radio outlet… and when our TV screens were filled with images of destruction from Oklahoma City, after a truck bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Bill O’Reilly’s reign as the undisputed king of cable news could be coming to an end as pressure on the Murdoch family to decide what to do with the embattled host intensifies.

Global News BC is thrilled to announce that Paul Haysom is returning to BC to join the Global News Morning team in a brand new role as News Anchor. Haysom rejoins the BC team from Global News Calgary where he anchored Calgary’s #1 late night newscast,Global News at 11 for the past few years.