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IT WAS APRIL 4th .. when Kate Smith began a new daily quarter-hour talk show in the noon hour at CBS radio… When the ill-fated CBC-FM Network signed on, with connected stations only in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal… When Johnny Carson quit The Tonight Show in a salary dispute with NBC. He returned three weeks later with an additional $30,000 a week!… and when, after six years, the final episode of the WWII prison camp sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” aired on CBS TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Learn the amazing story of Rosalie Trombley

A Humble Burton Cummings...

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.

Martin Strong of Roundhouse Radio interview with the lady who wrote the viral blog about how she is 'breaking up" with Vancouver and moving to Halifax.

For one, they fell victim to the Kardashian coefficient. It never fails.

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.

Jacks suffered the stroke two weeks ago near his home on the Sunshine Coast.

Lots of industry buzz in the aftermath of yesterday’s (3/31) seismic shake-up and significant layoffs at Cumulus Media/San Francisco and KGO in now Stunting ...

Corus cuts in management include Mario Cecchini and Christine Shipton, as well as GM's across the country in the Corus Radio Division, Mark Dickie (Ottawa), Dave McCutcheon (Peterborough, Kingston, Oshawa), Garry McKenzie (Calgary) and Scott Armstrong (Winnipeg)