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“Although I was very much looking forward to continuing to see you on the radio, unfortunately my health and doctors will now not allow it."

Happy Birthday to Kiefer Sutherland, Ray Romano, Phil Donahue, Jane Fonda, Samuel L. Jackson and Andy Dick. Vancouver’s CKST 1040 was sold to Grand Slam Radio, setting the stage for an all-sports format; the CRTC licensed a new Kelowna FM’er, CILK to Nick Frost; Wilf Ray (pictured) landed a morning slot on CKMO 1410, beginning an incredible 63-year career in local radio; David Crosby guest starred on ABC-TV’s sitcom’Roseanne’; and Diana Ross sang with The Supremes one final time on CBS-TV’s ‘Ed Sullivan Show.” Signing off forever were actors Richard Long, William Lundigan, and Calgary’s Rod Cameron. ALL the milestones for Dec 21st INSIDE.

At their peak Jim's Imagination Theater was broadcast over 120 stations in the U.S. and Canada

A Celebration of Life in memory of singer, entertainer and television host “Our Pet” Juliette (Juliette Cavazzi), who died October 26 at age 91, will be held at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club on Saturday, January 20.

The NFL has lost a Canadian appeals court battle to stop the CTV network from being forced to air United States Super Bowl telecast commercials.

Lisa was 17-years-old when she gave birth to her first son, and 18 when she had her second. She was 22 when the father of her two sons officially left them and moved out East for good. When she turned 23, Lisa found (and lost) her first job ever, working at a cash register at her local supermarket, yet unable to make ends meet for the foreseeable future. Included is the Christmas story, 'A Creature was Stirring' with Jerry Forbes (Pictured)

Bell is Canada’s largest telecommunications company, and it raked in $22 billion last year in profit

Newcap Radio celebrated "Canada's Music Director" a couple of nights ago. A finer gentleman you will not meet but you knew that already.

It’s the birthdate of Jonah Hill, Uri Geller, Irene Dunne, John Hillerman, Pamela Austin, and the late MP and CKWX (later CBC) Open Liner Judy Lamarsh. Radio Australia began shortwave transmission, identified by the cry of the Kookabura bird; Vancouver’s CKWX was approved for an FM sister station, C-JAZ (it is now JACK FM at 96.9); Kelowna’s CILK FM was approved for sale to Standard Radio (later Astral, now Bell); and NBC-TV experimented with no announcers on a Jets-Dolphins football telecast. It was not considered a success. Bowing out forever on Dec. 20th were Carl Sagan, Foster Brooks, Arnold Stang, Brittany Murphy, Steve Landesberg, and the first black anchor on a network (ABC) newscast, Max Robinson. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.