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IT WAS MAY 22nd ... when Jack Benny signed off his last live network radio broadcast after a run of 23 years... When the Seattle-based Brothers Four sang "Greenfields" on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show. And Canada's Wayne & Schuster did a skit from the Old West called "Frontier Psychiatrist" ... When New Westminster-born actor Raymond Burr starred in the title role as the last original Perry Mason episode titled 'The Case Of The Final Fade-Out' began filming.... ..and when ABC-TV's 'Hart to Hart', and the NBC-TV sitcom '3rd Rock from the Sun' , as well as 'The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,' aired their finales. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Harper’s Conservatives say they will be a no-show at two federal political leaders’ debates announced by major Canadian broadcasters Thursday.

Only Media person partaking in this years Tour de Rock, Coast FM's Hilary Eastmure takes up the challenge

digital technology is driving growth in newsgathering, editing and distribution at radio and television stations

Letterman's 11:30 p.m. Late Show outrated all primetime telecasts for the night.

IT WAS MAY 21st ... when Kamloops B.C. got its first FM station as CFFM 98.3 signed on ... When CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show aired from Montreal’s Expo 67, and featured Petula Clark and The Seekers, with comedian Alan King... When after a 5 year run, the final episode of 'Miami Vice' aired on NBC-TV... .. and when after 8 seasons the finale of the sitcom 'Newhart' was seen on CBS-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

The lawsuit says model Janice Dickinson has suffered defamation and emotional distress as the result of Cosby’s reps denying her claims that the comedian had sexually assaulted her.

The 2015 election thus heralds the end of the one party state in Alberta and the rise of a competitive two-party (plus?) system. There is a clear democratic-socialist option on the left represented by the NDP, accompanied by the remnants of a morbid Liberal party and plucky young Alberta Party on the centre-left. Likewise, a clear libertarian-conservative option now dominates the right and centre-right in the form of the Wildrose.

Nationally syndicated Nashville radio personality Bobby Bones played an EAS tone during a show last year, which resulted in a $1 million fine for his parent company, iHeart Media (the former Clear Channel) .

I’ve watched these Letterman farewell episodes and done plenty of tearing up in the process, plus marveled not only at his legacy and endurance and influence – all the obvious things we say when someone like Letterman retires – but also how much people really do love him and will miss him.