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Police in Moneta, Va.,are searching for a suspect who opened fire on reporter Alison Parker,24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27.

IT WAS AUG. 26th ... when pioneer Calgary radio station CHCQ became CFAC, its third set of new call letters in three months... When Ted Rogers Sr. manufactured the world's first commercial AC (alternating current) known tube... When the radio program "Arch Oboler's Plays" featured the NBC Symphony as the musical backdrop for the drama, "This Lonely Heart".... ..and when Red Barber (pictured) announced the first televised baseball games -- on experimental TV station W2XBS in New York, the predecessor to WNBC. Brooklyn Dodgers hosted Cincinnati Reds in a doubleheader. ALL the milestones for Aug. 26th INSIDE!

Described as “a lifetime Washingtonian who co-founded the first Internet radio network, theDial, helped start the MSN Video business unit at Microsoft

Lennox will oversee all of Bell Media's English independent and in-house entertainment productions for conventional, specialty, pay television, and digital media,

Since 2010, Mr. King had been president of CTV and sports programming for Bell, one of the most prominent jobs in Canadian media.

Personal reasons takes Troy Scott out of CRUZ/HOT 107 I really wish I could've made Edmonton my home, but the truth is, the air-quality, and the pollution made it impossible for me to stay..... And now we know why!? Is there more to this story?

IT WAS AUG. 25th .. when 'Father Knows Best' starring Robert Young began its 4-year run on NBC Radio... When the TV game show "Concentration" with Hugh Downs (pictured) aired for the first time on NBC... When the 43rd Emmy Awards gave their top trophies to LA Law, Cheers, Kirstie Alley and Patricia Wettig... ..and when the CRTC approved CHUB Nanaimo to move from 1570 KHz to 102.3 MHz, CHPQ Parksville from 1370 KHz to 99.9 MHz, and CKEG Nanaimo from 1350 KHz to 1570 KHz. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE!

Nielsen estimates that the 90-minute debut of “Fear the Walking Dead” became the No. 1-rated cable series launch on record with 10.1 million viewers, including 6.3 million adults 18-49.

 NEWS RELEASE  2015-08-24 courtesy BroadcasterMagazine.com Continuing its long tradition of helping viewers make informed decisions about the products and issues that affect their pocketbooks, CTV Vancouver...

IT WAS AUG. 24th .. when the CBC's CBX AM1010 signed on with 50,000 watts at Lacombe Alberta, in an ultimately failed attempt to serve both Edmonton and Calgary with one transmitter ... When Montreal-born William Shatner appeared for the first time on the cover of TV Guide, with fellow Star Trek actors Deforest Kelley and Leonard Nimoy ... When a spinoff of the sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," "The Facts of Life" debuted on NBC-TV, starting a nine year run.... ..and when NBC TV's Jay Leno was the host as Microsoft officially rolled out their Windows 95 operating system in the Seattle suburb of Redmond. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE!