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“You will HAVE to work an 8 hour day.” What? “You will HAVE to work an 8 hour day.” The person telling me this was Marconi Award winner and legendary Detroit morning man, Dick Purtan. He was answering a question that I was kidding him about after his show.

“The Seattle Seahawks 12th man are growing increasingly tired of the negative remarks that are consistently made against our team by Fox Sports commentators Troy Aikman & Joe Buck."

“We’re happy to report the procedure went well and he is currently recuperating from the surgery,” the network said in a statement. “As a result, ‘The Daily Show’ will air an encore tonight. We expect him back with an original episode tomorrow.”

Mack hasn’t been in the Kamloops Broadcast Centre since those early years, but he’s returning this week as he comes to town twice on a tour promoting his book. He said he’s looking forward to the visit.

Happy Birthday to Michael McConaughey, Kathy Griffin, Doris Roberts, Delbert McLendon, Loretta Swit and Howie Meeker. Also born this date were Will Rogers, Art Carney (pictured), Shirley Mitchell, Kate Reid, and Vancouver-born Court Benson. The longtime radio serial ‘One Man’s Familly’ debuted on NBC Television; Van Morrison was the musical guest on ‘Saturday Night Live’; pioneer Montreal radio station CFCF aired its first commercial show; Vancouver’s CHQM introduced stereo FM to the West Coast; Kelowna’s CKOV signed on with all its 100 watts of glory; and decades later K 96.3 debuted its classic rock format as it signed on, also to serve Kelowna. ALL the milestones for Nov. 4th are found INSIDE.

Overstreet became a regular on 1970s TV variety shows, including Hee Haw and The Midnight Special.

Here is The Breakfast Club in action with all the raw behind the scenes action

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