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His statement on facebook Done I’m done. So done. Done like a dinner. Finito Mussolini. Done! For someone who’s been threatening to retire for years, it’s about damn time!

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.

This morning, our DCG published this post, “Facebook is going to use Snopes and other fact-checkers to combat and bury ‘fake news’“. Using Snopes as an authority is laughable. According to independent investigative reporter Wayne Madsen, “The so-called ‘fact-checking’ authentication website Snopes.com is the go-to website for CIA propaganda.”

Continuing with a program Terry hosted last Christmas in the Roundhouse Radio Railtown studios, this wildly popular special returns this year with yet again many legendary names in Canadian music; Jim Byrnes, Barney Bentall, Shari Ulrich, Bill Henderson and Roy Forbes.

David Marsden was inducted in the Canadian Music Industry and Broadcast Hall of Fame back in 2011.

There is a misconception that coaching takes a long time. Sure, it can take longer than fixing the problem or resolving the issue yourself, but it doesn’t have to be a lengthy progress.

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.