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IT WAS AUG. 12th ... when comedian Red Skelton (pictured) got his first national exposure as a guest on NBC's Rudy Vallee radio show .... When rock jock "Cousin Brucie" (Bruce Morrow) did his last show on WNBC-AM, New York City... When XM Satellite Radio began broadcasting in the US... ..and when disc jockey Jim Brady did his final show on radio station CFTR, Toronto. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

2/3rds of Canadians want Legalization of Cannabis.... yet this man Lies to us as to how Canadians Really feel and believe.... then there's Bill C-51.... we could go on and mention the Scandals in the Senate, All Involving Stephen Harper appointees...

CTV’s Los Angeles Bureau Chief Tom Walters is facing a charge of interfering with a police officer, nearly a year after he was arrested while covering protests in Ferguson, Missouri.

The year before, CJOB laid off morning host Hal Anderson, who'd been with Corus for decades. Matt Cundill, who had been the program director for Power 97 and Fresh 99.1 and Olivia Billson — Anderson's producer and on-air foil — was also let go.

KGO/San Francisco host Ronn Owens hit a bump on his road to recovery from surgery, suffering a fall resulting in being re-hospitalized. Ronn Owens hosts the most compelling and thought-provoking morning talk show in Northern California.

The Jason and Kari morning show on up! 99.3 is No More... Corey Kimm/Amy Amato scenario in Toronto. Both quit their gigs last week, yet/can’t announce where they will be going until next week

IT WAS AUG. 11th .. when New York's WCBS-TV became the first station to televise a baseball game in color..in fact, two games between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves.... When CBS-TV's Sunday night variety showcase, The Ed Sullivan Show featured Buddy Knox singing his two rockabilly hits 'Party Doll' and 'Hula Love'... When the folksinging Kingston Trio signed in as the "mystery guests" on CBS-TV's "What's My Line?"... ..and when Edmonton radio station CJAX-FM began operations on 92.5 MHz with 100,000 watts. The call letters are now CKNG FM, with a branding of 92.5 Fresh FM. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Google will be overhauled and become a subsidiary of a new publicly traded company run by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

FINLEY hosted and anchored at KGO-A and KCBS-A/SAN FRANCISCO, XETRA-A/SAN DIEGO, WNIS-A/NORFOLK, and CKNW-A (1972-73) and CJOR-A/VANCOUVER (1981-86).

IT WAS AUG. 10th ... when Allen Funt's "Candid Camera," a video version of his "Candid Microphone" radio show, debuted on ABC.... When Vancouver's CHQM-FM signed on for the first time at 103.5 MHz, initially as a straight mono simulcast of CHQM 1320 AM... When "Manhattan Transfer," the summer variety show starring the singing group of the same name, premiered on CBS-TV... .. and when 30-year-long CKNW sportscaster Al Davidson (pictured) died at age 66. ALL the milestones for Aug. 10th INSIDE.