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IT WAS AUG. 14th ... when Garry Moore (pictured) joined NBC radio with a new morning show in an attempt to knock off the dominant Arthur Godfrey on CBS ... When the end of WWII was marked on the CBS radio series, "Columbia Presents Corwin," as Orson Welles did a special reading about the fall of Japan titled, "Fourteen August"... When five UK pirate radio stations shut down, leaving only Radio Caroline to rock out for another nine months... ..and when radio's "Ma Perkins" began its 27 year run on the air as a local production of WLW Cincinnati. ALL the milestones for Aug. 14th INSIDE.

Good news for Matthew McBrides Port Moody radio station CKPM-FM which was given a short term (4 years) license renewal today by the CRTC.

Ian Slipp has returned to the Victoria airwaves...

Puget Sound Radio was informed Brand Manager Ian Koenigsfest was escorted out of the Black Tower today to be replaced by an American Consultant name Larry Gifford.... read more inside...

Misconceptions: Mr. Agar said that he is often confused for a disc jockey, but as a talk show host who rarely plays music on his program, he says that title is inaccurate. “I don’t play records,” he said. “People sometimes refer to me as a DJ, which is technically incorrect.”

It WAS AUG 13th.... when the last new episode of "The Waltons" aired on CBS-TV... When US cable channel Comedy Central aired the first episode of the adult cartoon series "South Park"... When the Recording Industry Association of America bestowed its American Legend Award upon Fats Domino... ..and when Dean Martin recorded “That’s Amore,” Frank Sinatra recorded “All the Way,” The Guess Who recorded “American Woman,” and The Supremes recorded “Baby Love.” ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

after a 10 year run at ESPN, Colin Cowheard is heading to FOX...

With Nigel Wright (pictured) taking the stand today in the Mike Duffy trial … I’d bet most of the public will be more interested in his testimony than anything else going on in the election. Commentary by Harvey Oberfeld...

The radio business has changed so drastically that if you’re doing it the same way you were six, seven, eight years ago, you’re going to get killed. “That’s an industry problem