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Dean Martin very popular with The Rat Pack and movies and song. Like That’s Amore from 1953

IT WAS JUNE 9th … when Barbra Streisand made her third appearance on CBS TV’s “Ed Sullivan Show,” and later that night Andy Williams signed in as the Mystery Guest on the same network’s “What’s My Line”… When Chilliwack’s CHWK AM1270 received CRTC approval to flip to 104.9 FM…. When Canadian party leaders (pictured) debated policy on television for the first time (Pierre Trudeau, Robert Stanfleld, Tommy Douglas and Real Caouette)… .. and when Green Day was the musical guest on NBC-TV’s Last Call With Carson Daly for the first of four consecutive nights. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

The Pointer Sisters were known throughout the late ’70s and early ’80s for hits like “I’m So Excited,” “Fire,” “He’s So Shy,” “Slow Hand,” “Automatic” and “Jump for My Love."

The new program will occupy the three-hour time slot that’s been known to listeners for the past 20 years as home to The Sunday Edition with host Michael Enright.

91% of them voted against this offer, with a participation rate of almost 90% in electronic voting.

With lead singer Eric Burdon, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood became a hit in 1965.

IT WAS JUNE 8th .. in the earliest experimental days of television when WGY-TV in Schenectady, NY revamped its regular program schedule. While continuing to broadcast three days a week, there were only two times each day that viewers could watch TV: 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. and 11:30 to Midnight… It was a different June 8th …..when ‘Lassie’ debuted on ABC radio. It was a 15-minute show about an extraordinary collie… When the future ‘Mr. Television’ Milton Berle made his debut as host of NBC-TV’s ‘Texaco Star Theatre’…. When Saskatoon radio listeners were first treated to programming from CKOM ... ..and when the show that introduced us to John Travolta, “Welcome Back, Kotter” aired its final episode on ABC TV. ALL the milestones for June 8th INSIDE.