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Happy Birthday to Scarlett Johansson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mariel Hemingway, Robert Vaughn, Terry Gilliam, Richard Kind and Steve Van Zandt. President Kennedy was assassinated, and broadcasters went to wall-to-wall coverage for 4 days; the first televised interracial kiss occurred on NBC’s Star Trek; Woody Allen was the subject of a 60 Minutes interview about his affair with Mia Farrow’s adoptive daughter; Ted Koppel anchored his final ‘Nightline’ on ABC-TV; and the same network aired the 100th episode of ‘Who’s the Boss.’ Obits include Parley Baer, Michael Conrad, Jazz’s Norman Granz, and down east musician John Allan Cameron. ALL the milestones for Nov. 22nd INSIDE.

It’s the date of birth of Goldie Hawn, Marlo Thomas, Lorna Luft, Harold Ramis, Carly Rae Jepsen, and (pictured) the late Foster Hewitt. Albertans first heard the call letters CKUA, as the University of Alberta took over radio station CFCK. Vancouver got its first FM station as CBR-FM debuted at 105.7; The ‘Roy Rogers Show’ was first heard on the Mutual radio network; CKO-FM came to Vancouver with All News at 96.1 MHz; TV cameras began covering the UK House of Commons; 82 million saw the season opener on CBS-TV’s ‘Dallas’; Aerosmith guested on Fox-TV’s ‘The Simpsons’; and Sherry Stringfield left the cast of NBC-TV’s ‘ER’ for the first time. Leaving this mortal coil on Nov. 21st were Bruno Gerussi, Harry Von Zell, Jerry Colonna, Bill Bixby,Gardner McKay, Bill Black and Deborah Raffin. Details and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

She has been a regular news voice on both CBC Radio & Television in Vancouver since 1982, and joined the morning radio news show The Early Edition in September 1997.

Jim Perry, known for hosting several Canadian and American game shows and the Miss Canada Pageant for more than two decades, died on Friday. He was 82.

“While car manufactures continue to glean profits from marketing their in-dash GPS features, consumers are rapidly learning that mobile apps like Google Maps and WAZE provide these same services, and with even more real-time traffic conditions,” writes Fred Jacobs

there’s plenty of speculation about who will have jobs, and what they will be, when the shakeup finally ends.

first out the gate in Vancouver is QM FM...

A swift change between Bell's parent company and Corus Entertainment will see the elimination of pay TV channel Movie Central in Western and Northern Canada as The Movie Network goes national.

Happy Birthday to Dick Smothers, Judy Woodruff, Kaye Ballard, Estelle Parsons, Richard Masur, Sean Young and Joe Walsh of The Eagles. On this date ‘Meet the Press’ made its TV debut on NBC; Victoria got its own CBC Radio station at 90.5 MHz; George Harrison and Paul Simon sang as a duet on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and a few years later, 7-year old Drew Barrymore hosted the show. CBS-TV aired the 100th episode of ‘Green Acres’; 12 years later it broadcast ‘MASH’ episode #200. ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ featured headliners the Dave Clark Five, Bobby Vinton and Dick Cavett, and U2 was profiled on ’60 Minutes.’ Obits include Canadian broadcasters Chuck Davis and Tom Rivers, and the ‘first lady’ of radio, Cathy Lewis (pictured). ALL the milestones for Nov. 20th INSIDE.

His resume is vast and impressive, starting in Edmonton CISN, JOE FM, The Bear, The Bounce....