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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!

Patterson was only 16 years old when she debuted in the role of Wrangler Jane on “F-Troop,” but she’d been acting since the age of 5.

IT WAS AUG. 23rd ...when singers Billy Jones and Ernie Hare, "The Happiness Boys", first appeared on New York's WEAF radio, sponsored by Happiness Candy stores.,, When the BBC's experimental TV service featured the first televised boxing match between Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri, almost 15 years before the TV era began ... When Seattle radio station KKND "The End" FM 107.7 was born, billing its music as "The Cutting Edge of Rock." The format helped give birth to Seattle's famed Grunge movement... ..and when Richard Hatch was revealed as the winning castaway on the first season of CBS' "Survivor." ALL the milestones for Aug. 23rd INSIDE!

Jack was with KVI 570 Seattle in its heyday Jack shares this story inside...

IT WAS AUG. 22nd ... when the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began its first experimental TV broadcasting from London... When "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy" became a three-times-a-week 30-minute feature on ABC radio, after 14 years as a daily quarter-hour strip... When Toronto's CBLT-TV Channel 9 did its first test broadcast, covering the opening of the 73rd Canadian National Exhibition... ..and when Vancouver radio station CKLG dropped it's Middle-Of-The-Road programming and switched to a Top 40 format in direct competition with C-FUN. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.