Puget Sound Radio

The third of WXYZ Detroit’s kids radio adventure shows ‘Challenge of the Yukon’ debuted… for a Michigan audience only. The comedy team of Abbott and Costello (pictured) joined the cast of CBS radio’s ‘Kate Smith Hour.’ The mischievous chimpanzee J. Fred Muggs became a regular on NBC-TV’s ‘Today Show.’ And Vancouver radio station C-ISL got the okay to move down the AM dial from 940 to 650 KHz and increase power to 10,000 watts. ALL the milestones for Feb. 3rd INSIDE.

His short-lived government from September 1972 to December 1975 carried out reforms at a blistering pace including the creation of the Agricultural Land Reserve, the public auto insurance corporation ICBC, a provincial ambulance system and Pharmacare.

The response is to several issues, including the "male-centric" GRAMMY AWARDS show, and NEIL PORTNOW's remark during a news conference suggesting it was the responsibility of women to "step up."

The parlour game ‘Twenty Questions’ began its 8-year run on the Mutual radio network. Radio station CKLG signed on at 1070 KHz licensed to serve Vancouver’s North Shore. ‘What’s My Line’ (pictured) began a 17 year run Sunday nights on CBS-TV. NBC-TV debuted the 90-minute musical ‘Midnight Special,’ which would run for almost nine years in the late Friday 1 am slot following Johnny Carson. And Britney Spears was both the host and performing musical guest on NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live.’ ALL the milestones for Feb, 2nd INSIDE.

Speaking to CBS News' 48 Hours, L.A. County Sheriff's Investigators say that Natalie Wood's then-husband, actor Robert Wagner, is a person of interest as they look into the circumstances around her mysterious death in 1981.

This was the date 65 years ago when both ‘Private Secretary’ (with Ann Sothern) and ‘General Electric Theatre’ (hosted by Ronald Reagan) debuted on CBS-TV. The date when 26-year-old Toronto-born Peter Jennings (pictured) became anchorman at ABC News for the first time. The TV mini-series that introduced Nick Nolte, ‘Rich Man Poor Man’ began on ABC. And 36 years ago today NBC-TV’s ‘Late Night with David Letterman’ debuted in the hour following Johnny Carson. ALL the milestones for Feb. 1st INSIDE.