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The NFL has warned that if the blackout rule is ended, it could mean even more games will move from free broadcast TV to pay TV; but opponents of the rule point out pro football games on broadcast remain highly rated and the licensing rights are extremely lucrative for the league and its 32 teams.

It's the birthdate of Johnny Mathis, Angie Dickinson, Fran Drescher, Eric Stolz, Jenna Elfman, DJ Chuck Chandler and country music's Marty Stuart. The BBC finally started it's own pop music station, and yet exactly five years later Radio Caroline resumed broadcasting it's pirate radio servce. Vancouver's 1410 AM radio station resumed using the C-FUN call sign it gave up for an ill conceived all-news service. The first World Series telecast was seen on the US East Coast, 'Cheers' and Red Skelton debuted on NBC-TV, 'The Rifleman', 'The Flintstones' and 'Alias' got started on ABC-TV; and 'The Friendly Giant' began its long run on CBC-TV. Obits for Sept. 30th include James Dean, Edgar Bergen, Mary Ford, Freddy Martin, George Kirby. Al 'Jazzbo' Collins, and Barbara Ann Scott. Come inside for the details and ALL the milestones for this date.

Those four make up less than 1% of the 1,286 on-air personnel at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Radio-Canada, as of April 1. About 83% of on-air talent at Canada’s public broadcaster earn less than $100,000, not including overtime.

Faced with a challenge to its authority from Netflix Inc. and Google Inc., Canada’s broadcast regulator has reacted by striking the two companies’ evidence from a major public hearing, seeking to reassert its powers over companies that broadcast in the country.

Housed in a made-over 10th floor space in the CBC building — where the in-studio elements for Hockey Night in Canada used to be shot — the new $4.5-million set is a gleaming state-of-the-art studio that looks like something for which Starfleet might like a design credit.

A Winnipeg radio disc jockey, Chris Elwick, also known as “Shecky,” vanished last week – only to turn up days later in Portage la Prairie – is now facing a string of criminal charges.

It could be the largest TROJAN HORSE to ever make its way into the Canadian broadcasting world - Harvey Oberfeld Come Inside and Read More...

Born this date were Gene Autry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bryant Gumbel, Gwen Ifill, Madeline Kahn and MASH's Larry Linville. The daytime radio game show Double or Nothing got its start on Mutual; Lowell Thomas began his 46-year career of nightly radio news broadcasts; and the Adventures of Sam Spade began its Sunday night run on CBS Radio. Sgt. Preston of the Yukon, a radio hit, got its start on CBS-TV. Also debuting on the Tiffany network were the TV hits Designing Women, My Favorite Martian, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Alice, and The Judy Garland Show. Sept. 29th was also the date a number of ABC-TV hits debuted, including Love American Style, My Three Sons, Make Room for Daddy, thirtysomething, Macgyver and Grace Under Fire. And CBR-FM signed on for the first time at 102.1 on Calgary's radio dial. ALL the milestones for this date INSIDE.