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Sirius XM Canada has nearly 2.7 million subscribers, adding some 14,000 in the latest quarter despite growing competition from online streaming alternatives. But its share price has suffered over the last year

IT WAS MAY 13th ….when “Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch” ended its 16 years as a Sunday afternoon staple on CBS Radio (Gene is pictured)… When the ‘Kraft Music Hall,’ now starring Milton Berle, ended a record 26 years on NBC radio & TV …. When the game-changing ‘Pat Burns Hotline’ debuted on AM 600 CJOR in Vancouver … ..and when the CBC’s flagship TV news shows The National and The Journal were moved from 10 pm to 9 pm. (The move was a failure & was soon reversed.) ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

According to eMarketer’s latest forecast of time spent with media, this year Americans will spend more than half of their social networking time on Facebook

It was another good month to be HUBBARD Top 40/M KQMV (MOVIN). The station was #1 6+ for the sixth time in the last seven surveys (6.9-6.0).

60 Minutes will air a special tribute to the correspondent this Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. The hourlong special will include interviews with former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, historian David McCullough and retired U.S. Brig. Gen. Joe Stringham, who commanded a Green Beret unit Safer accompanied into battle in Vietnam.

IT WAS MAY 12th .. when syndicated gossip columnist Walter Winchell (pictured) made his radio debut on New York’s WABC… When Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley (just back from his military service in Germany) appeared on the ABC TV special ‘Welcome Back Elvis”… When CBS-TV’s Ed Sullivan Show was headlined by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, along with comedians Richard Pryor and Rodney Dangerfield … ..and when the final episode of “The Incredible Hulk” was telecast on CBS. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.