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"The Canadian Audio Landscape Study". The results show that radio is slightly stronger in Canada than in the United States - for interesting reasons. And it also tells a story about our relationship with streaming and podcast

IT WAS JUNE 7th … when NBC radio presented The Lux Radio Theatre for the final time. For almost all of its 21 years it had brightened the CBS Radio schedule … When children’s puppet show stars Kukla, Fran Allison and Ollie (at right), along with the Boston Pops Orchestra, were stars of the first network TV broadcast shown in “compatible color”… When the “Johnny Cash Show” debuted as a summer series on ABC-TV … ..and when bandleader Ricky Minor jumped from FOX-TV to NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” replacing Kevin Eubanks. ALL the milestones for June 7th INSIDE.

Says NOORY, “I first partnered with PREMIERE NETWORKS to host COAST TO COAST AM in 2003, and I’m excited to carry the torch for years to come."

IT WAS JUNE 6th … in fact D-Day on the beaches of Normandy, when 44-year-old Toronto Star reporter Gordon Sinclair (pictured) began a daily series of popular broadcasts on CFRB Radio, that continued until his death… When CBC TV aired the first program in the long-running news-panel show “Front Page Challenge.” It continued for 38 years… When after 23 years The Ed Sullivan Show left CBS-TV. Gladys Knight & The Pips and singer Jerry Vale appeared on the final show… ..and when CHUM 1050 Toronto, the station with North America’s longest-running hit record chart, abandoned its Top-40 format for a mixture of soft rock and oldies. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Intrepid reporter George Garrett (pictured) reports from outside Empire Stadium. Garrett’s 43 years on the air are featured in the George Orr documentary Talk!

By Radio Ink June 2, 2017   Kim Komando was nine years old when she first sat at a computer, helping her mother locate software “bugs” while she...

Tony & Emmy award-winning actress Colleen Dewhurst (pictured) was born in Montreal (read story inside) In 1991, Willie Nelson released his LP "Who'll Buy My Memories - The IRS Tapes. Also on this day in 1970, Jimi Hendrix's only live album "Band of Gypsys" was certified as a Gold Record...

Kenyon started his career in Peterborough, Ont. as an operator in 1975 and worked his way up to become a regular host at their Country and Top 40 music stations. He later moved to Edmonton, A.B. where he was part of the legendary launch of K-97 and was even the voice of the “Flying Tiger” during traffic reports

  Rate hike will amount to thousands of dollars per year By Paul Palmeter, CBC News Posted: Jun 02, 2017 Canadian curling clubs, including several in Nova Scotia,...