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New studies by NIELSEN, EDISON RESEARCH and ADVERTISER PERCEPTIONS dispute advertiser perceptions about the size of radio's audience. The combined research found AM/FM's audience to be far greater than the audience for streaming services.

A couple of weeks ago Kim Mitchell resigned his position at Q107 after a pretty good run and, in his on air tribute to Kim, John Derringer stated, among other things, that Max Webster changed John’s life and I think the same is true of a great many Canadians…

IT WAS AUG. 19th .... when "Amos 'n' Andy," the 15 minute nightly radio comedy starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, made its network debut on the NBC Blue chain... When Edmonton got its latest AM station CHQT (1110 KHz) and Yorkton Sask. got its first and only one CJGX AM 1340... When WINS radio in New York City announced it would no longer play white artist cover versions of R&B hits. For example, the DJs were instructed to play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's... ..and when the 58th and final episode of the rock 'n' roll sitcom "The Monkees" aired on NBC-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

The upcoming NAB/RAB Radio Show in Atlanta will feature two sessions that are bound to be standing room only, as the still red hot ‘rock ’em sock ’em’ Voltair/PPM debate takes center stage — albeit in separate presentations.

In a memo to staff announcing the arrival of new Interim PD Larry Gifford, Corus Vancouver GM Brad Phillips perhaps mistakenly refers to the station as "CKNW/AM 730".

Lionel Hampton is one of my heroes…not just because of his incredible abilities as a musician but also because he along with Benny Goodman’s piano player helped to break the colour barrier way back in the 1940s when they became half of Benny’s quartet along with Gene Krupa

IT WAS AUG. 18th .. when Vancouver radio station CKNW moved from 1320 on the AM dial to 980, the spot vacated the previous year by CKWX. That same day, CKLG moved from 1070 to 730... When the ABC-TV music special 'The 5th Dimension Traveling Sunshine Show' featured The Carpenters, Merle Haggard and Dionne Warwick... When former L.A. TV reporter and news anchor John Tesh started a decade as Mary Hart’s co-host on the syndicated “Entertainment Tonight”... ..and when a PetroCan pump attendant Dick Assman of Regina made a cameo appearance on CBS’s Late Show With David Letterman (pictured), after months of 'Ass Man' jokes. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Cory Kimm and Ami Amato will return to Edmonton, this Fall, to host an all-new Morning Show on up!99.3.

IT WAS AUG. 17th ... when Norman Corwin’s first success debuted on CBS radio. It was 'Passport for Adams', starring Robert Young as a small town newspaper editor... When Italian pop vocalist Domenico Modugno appeared on CBS-TV's "The Ed Sullivan Show" singing his hit single "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)"... When a revolution in the world of music got underway, as the first audio CDs were manufactured... ..and when David Caruso (pictured) quit the cast of ABC's "NYPD Blue" to pursue a movie career, a move that didn't work out. ALL the milestones for Aug. 17th INSIDE.