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The most-watched and highest-rated broadcast of the fall was Fox's coverage of the Nov. 1 Seahawks-Cowboys game, which averaged 29.4 million viewers and a 17.0 household rating.

In this 141st episode, Mike chats with former Fan 590 program director Nelson Millman about his years at the station, the on-air talent, the lack of females on the sports radio roster, competition from TSN Radio and what he thinks of recent changes at 590

It’s the date of birth for Burgess Meredith, Daws Butler, Eddie Condon, Mary Margaret McBride, Guy Stockwell and Jim Jordan (of ‘Fibber McGee’ fame). NBC began a two night showiing of ‘The Godfather,’ for which it paid $10 million; Creedence Clearwater Revival and Jerry Lee Lewis performed on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show; the 100th episode of ‘The X-Files’ aired on FOX; Walter Cronkite hosted ‘Sinatra: an American Original’ on CBS-TV; and David Bowie’s first TV special aired on NBC’s ‘Midnight Special.’ Tennessee Ernie Ford’s ‘Sixteen Tons’ began an 8 week run as the #1 song; Patsy Cline recorded her next Top 10 hit ‘I Fall to Pieces’; and The Beatles recorded their second performance for Radio Luxembourg. ALL the milestones for Nov, 16th INSIDE.

Happy Birthday to Ed Asner, Judge Wapner, Sam Waterston, C.W. McCall, Kevin Eubanks, Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, newsman John Roberts, Shalene Woodley and Jack Burns. The National Broadcasting Company began operations with 24 radio stations; Bellingham’s KVOS AM 1200 fired up with 100 watts; TV’s first remote occurred when the cameras of NBC New York’s W2XBT covered a fire; Edmonton’s CKRA-FM (‘Capital FM’) signed on to 96.3 MHz; ‘Dallas’ episode 100 was seen on CBS-TV; and the Rolling Stones made their first appearance on NBC-TV’s primetime ‘Hullabaloo.’ Obits this date include Lionel Barrymore, Enid Markey, Dennis Cole, former CBS owner Larry Tisch, Cincinnati baseball broadcaster Joe Nuxhall, and (pictured) John Morgan of the Royal Canadian Air Farce. ALL the milestones for Nov. 15th INSIDE.

WINS 1010 AM in New York Celebrates 50 years of radio history

At the perennial money-loser known as the National Post, which is also part of the same group, Andrew Coyne quit as director of the editorial page. He wrote a column in which he endorsed Trudeau and the Liberals, and Paul Godfrey (pictured) refused to run it

It's the date of birth for actors Dick Powell, McLean Stevenson (pictured), Josh Duhamel, Betsy Brandt, Rosemary DeCamp, and Brian Keith, and singers Martha Tilton, Morton Downey and Johnny Desmond. Chicago radio station KYW was the first to air a professional opera as it was being staged; the BBC began domestic radio service; the Go-Go’s made their national TV debut as guests on NBC’s Saturday Night Live; and the Dave Clark Five performed ‘Over & Over’ on CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show. It’s the day Tommy Dorsey’s Orchestra recorded their legendary ‘Opus #1′; and Eddie Fisher recorded his 3rd #1 hit ‘Oh My Pa-Pa.’ And the date we lost the first anchorman who did yeoman work on both radio & TV, Robert Trout of CBS News. ALL the milestones for Nov. 14th INSIDE.

The move isn’t unexpected, given the launch in June of Apple Music, the company’s dedicated effort to challenge streaming competitors like Spotify and Pandora.

Skip the song currently playing live, and the app goes to the next song scheduled on the station. It's genuinely skipping.