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Neil Macrae has died from cancer at the age of 65. He passed away last Thursday at this home in Palm Springs

IT WAS APRIL 3rd … when two staples of NBC radio made their debuts three years apart, ‘Mr. District Attorney,’ and ‘People Are Funny’… When the comedy team of (Dean) Martin & (Jerry) Lewis (pictured) began their own weekly series on NBC radio … When radio station CKSA Lloydminster had its official grand opening, with 1000 watts at 1450 KHz… and when John Chancellor stepped down as anchor of the The NBC Nightly News, to be succeeded by the team of Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw as coanchors. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

He worked from 1972 to 77 at CKLG, and nearly 20 years later became GM of CKZZ and C-ISL Radio Vancouver from 1996 to 2007.

Broadcaster Michael Easton, owner and publisher of Puget Sound Radio, takes on another challenge with the recent launch of Easton Spectator, Connecting the dots… and talks with Howe Street Media's Jim Goddard as to how this all came about... New “Real News” Website Rolls Out. Michael Easton

IT WAS APRIL 2nd .. when the newspaper-based docudrama ‘The Big Story’ began its 8-year run on NBC radio.. When two very successful & long-running daytime dramas ‘The Edge of Night’ and ‘As The World Turns’ premiered on the same day on CBS TV… When the sci-fi soap opera “Dark Shadows” concluded an almost 5 year run on ABC TV… and when J.R. Ewing and the clan arrived at Southfork, as ‘Dallas’ debuted in prime time on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Easton Spectator carries story of Alternative Media reporter's confrontation with the Prime Minister

According to comments made Thursday by ESPN’s Jim Miller on SI Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch, dozens of employees will soon join the unemployment lines.

Though he does not deny that the settlements were made, O'Reilly notes, “The worst part of my job is being a target for those who would harm me and my employer, the Fox News Channel.”

On APRIL FIRST .. Victoria’s first radio station CFCL went on the air for the first time, broadcasting the Easter Sunday sunrise service from the top of Mt. Tolmie. The same day the predecessor to Vancouver’s CKWX went on the air in Nanaimo .. with a whopping 10 watts of power, 23 years later on April 1st, Port Alberni got its own 250 watter, CJAV AM 1240. It was April 1st when Chet Huntley (pictured) began his career with NBC News.. and when ‘General Hospital’ began its record-setting run (54 years so far) as a key part of the ABC-TV daytime schedule. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Amanda and her husband were trying for a child for 3 years with many failures. Finally, she managed to conceive and she is now 36 weeks pregnant with her first child. They purchased their first home and finally moved in around 2 months ago after renovating - everything was looking up for Amanda and her young family. However, it all came tragically unstuck about a month ago when her husband left the marital home. What did Amanda discover when we put a camera in her home...