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Happy Birthday to Cuba Gooding Jr, Taye Diggs, Jack Hanna, Dax Shepard, Julius Larosa and Kate Bosworth. Bing Crosby began his 10-years as host of NBC radio's 'Kraft Music Hall'; the CBC opened its second AM hookup, the 'Dominion Network.' 'The Life of Riley' with William Bendix came to NBC-TV, and two years later so did 'The Bob Cummings Show.' Nanaimo's CHUB AM 1570 was flipped to FM, becoming THE WAVE 102.3. At the very end of the network radio era, CBS dropped 'The Road of Life', 'Our Gal Sunday,' and two other longrunning soaps. Jan, 2nd obits include Dick Powell, Alan Hale Jr, Anne Francis, CNN's Jim Huber, and Manitoba's Jack Carson (pictured). ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

630 CHED gives Dan Tencer the boot! (23,615) Hudson Mack Leaves CTV Vancouver Island (15,082) Steve Zimmerman Exits K-97 Morning crew (10,857) Cuts at Corus Vancouver (6,838) Philip Till Retires from CKNW (6,128) Joe Leary joins PSR - interviews Kid Carson (5.947) Sorry, Ron...

Jan. 1st saw many broadcast firsts, including the debut of the Canadian 'Bravo' cable channel, the start of VH1 in the US, the debut of ESPN Radio and the CBS-TV series ' Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman' (pictured). The first broadcast of the Rose Bowl game was heard on KHJ Los Angeles, and 4 years later, the Rose Bowl went coast-to-coast on NBC radio. Lorne Green was named voice of the new CBC national news service; Vancouver's CKNW moved from 1230 to 1320 KHz with 250 watts of power, CKWX Radio went 24 hours with 'Concert tUnder the Stars' from midnight to 5, and CHQM amended its Easy Listening music format to iinclude Light Rock. The final episode of ABC-TV's 'Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet' was filmed, and CBS-TV's 'The Karen Carpenter Story' became the most-watched TV movie of the year. ALL the milestones for Jan. 1st INSIDE.

Edward Herrmann died Wednesday morning in a New York hospital after fighting brain cancer. He scored best acting nominations for two 'Eleanor and Franklin' telefilms made in the 1970's, in which he portrayed the young FDR.

Three years after losing its campus broadcast license CKLN-FM. Ryerson University is back on the air, only this time its on the AM Dial!!! Come Inside and Read More...

Happy Birthday to Burton Cummings, Ben Kingsley, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer and Bebe Neuwirth. Seattle radio station KOMO debuted at 980 KHz; Guy Lombardo played 'Auld Lang Syne' on CBS radio to bring in 1930, and a tradition was born; 'Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve' debuted on NBC-TV (it moved to ABC two years later); CNN's second channel 'Headline News' debuted on US cable systems; the BBC began using the chimes of Big Ben as its ID; and 'The Doctors' ended its 19 year run on NBC-TV. Among the obits for Dec. 31 are Nashville pianist Floyd Cramer, Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan, singer Rick Nelson and actress Eileen Heckart. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.