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WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Jan. 6th

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The radio genius behind 'One Man's Family,' Carleton E. Morse (pictured) introduced his second major series 'I Love a Mystery' on the NBC West Coast network. Ronald Colman (with wife Benita Hume) debuted in his own weekly radio series, 'The Halls of Ivy.' And zookeeper Marlin Perkins introduced his wildlife TV series that would run for 25 years, 'Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom.' ALL the milestones for Jan. 6th INSIDE.

Study: New Pick & Pay TV Rules will Cost 15,000 Jobs...

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Specialty channels are at risk of disappearing and Canadian content will suffer under the new pick-and-pay rules, according to the report.

The Good and the Bad of Leadership by Paul Kaye

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When you begin your leadership journey it’s easy to make mistakes. But when your organization or team are scrutinizing your every move it’s important you don’t display the wrong types of behaviors - the behaviors that will ultimately hold you back from success. As much as we strive to be great, which is an inevitably long journey, it’s equally important to be aware of what bad leaders do. You want to avoid these with ferocity.

TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Jan. 5th

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Radio’s longrunning mystery show ‘The Shadow’ began its 22 year run on the networks. Vancouver’s Alan Young (pictured) starred in episode 1 of TV’s talking horse show ‘Mr. Ed.’ And the ABC daytime drama ‘All My Children’ debuted. ALL the milestones for Jan, 5th INSIDE.

Joel Salkowitz Shutters ‘Pulse 87’ Because Of The New Royalty Rate

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"We’re kind of uniquely in a middle category, and one of the options we’re looking at is to focus our growth efforts going forward on CANADA and other countries where the royalty decisions are more reasonable,"

The Winter Within featuring Donovan Tildesley

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Donovan Tildesley was asked to be a part of a promotional film for Destination BC on BC mountains

MONDAY in Broadcast History .. Jan. 4th

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It’s the date that NBC debuted one of radio’s first variety shows, ‘The Dodge Victory Hour’ starring Will Rogers and Al Jolson. Bob Hope (pictured) made his first national radio appearance on NBC’s ‘The Intimate Review.’ Victoria’s CHEK-TV left the CBC and became a fulltime CTV affiliate; and several lengthy TV runs came to a close on CBS Jan. 4th, ‘Rawhide’ (which introduced Clint Eastwood) and ‘The Twentieth Century,’ hosted by Walter Cronkite. Come INSIDE for ALL the milestones.

Dal Richards’ Funeral Set for Saturday Jan. 9th

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Funeral services have been announced for legendary band leader/broadcaster Dal Richards who passed away New Year's Eve at age 97.  It is scheduled for...

Long time radio man Gary Russell dies

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One of the business’ great people…and wonderful to have worked with him in both the Moffat and Standard days - (Marty Forbes)

Tracking a killer by Dave Biro

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During the early 1980’s BC’s lower mainland region was in the grip of fear. Children were going missing, too many of them to be of coincidence