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The part that was shocking to Mack was that the station made no announcement of his leaving to their viewers, even after leaving on amicable terms and having been the face on the screen for so long.

It’s the date that brought us actors Charles Bronson, Dennis Miller, Roseanne Barr, Lois Smith, Peggy McCay, and singers Lulu and Jane Monheit. The sitcoms ‘The Nanny’ and ‘Dif’rent Strokes’ were seen for the first time; the CBC extended its FM Stereo network coast to coast; ‘Good Morning America’ debuted on ABC-TV; Edmonton’s heritage call letters CFRN were heard for the first time; the ‘Nashville Network’ debuted on North American cable systems; and Geraldo Rivera’s nose was broken as a riot broke out during the taping of his syndicated TV show. Details and ALL the milestones for Nov. 3rd INSIDE.

After months of watching the stock sink, Cumulus’s biggest shareholder, Crestview’s Jeffrey Marcus, pushed out founder Lew Dickey as CEO

A new study reported today by eMarketer.com should be of interest to News/Talk and Sports/Talk stations — formats that rely heavily on Baby Boomer audiences

We've got a few pics of the recent CFAX Reunion inside...

Whistler FM's noontime feature is the Eclectic Lunch. A takeoff of Rock101's Electric Lunch, but with a AAA flavor

It’s the day that gave us Burt Lancaster, David Schwimmer, Paul Ford, Jay Black, k.d. lang, and early West Coast newscaster Sam Hayes. The early radio soap opera Myrt & Marge (pictured) debuted on CBS; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was created; CFGP brought 100 watts of local radio service to Grande Prairie Alta, and years later, CFCW signed on with 250 watts in Camrose. CBC-TV experimented unsuccessfully with a 9 pm newscast, Ted Danson’s ‘Becker’ debuted on CBS-TV, and NBC-TV aired the 100th episode of ‘Third Rock from the Sun.’ Three veteran TV character actors left us on this date, Leonard Stone, Sid Melton and vocalist Paul Frees. ALL the milestones for Nov. 2nd INSIDE.

Fred Thompson died in Nashville after a recurrence of lymphoma.

https://youtu.be/f-wQXiVTz2g Thanks to Mark Summers for posting this video of a TV promo of Crash & Mars from Q99 Radio in Grande Prairie. They are both...

It’s the date that brought us Victoria's David Foster (pictured), Bill Anderson, Lyle Lovett, Jenny McCarthy,Toni Collette, and the late Betsy Palmer, Edmonton radio station CFRN was granted its first license; Medicine Hat’s CHAT started up on 1270 kc.; the first English language hockey telecast was called by Foster Hewitt on Toronto’s CBLT; the Dave Clark Five performed on the Ed Sullivan Show; ‘The Lucy Show’ debuted on CBS-TV, and a few years later the same network aired the 100th episode of the sitcom ‘Maude.’ Obits for Nov. 1 include Phil Silvers, Noah Beery Jr., Skitch Henderson, Yma Sumac, Canadian broadcast journalist and politician Rene Levesque, and TV game show announcer Charlie O’Donnell. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.