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Philip James Bailey (born May 8, 1951) is an American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter and percussionist, best known as an early member and one of the two lead singers (along with group founder Maurice White) of the band Earth, Wind & Fire.

It was March 14th when Pete Parker, on radio station CKCK Regina, called the world’s first play-by-play of a complete professional hockey game, just days ahead of Foster Hewitt… when comedians Fred Allen and Jack Benny (pictured) began their 12-year-long ‘feud’ in an NBC broadcast from the Hotel Pierre in New York City, attracting the second largest audience in the history of radio… when Arthur Godfrey turned down the chance to sign Elvis Presley for his CBS TV Talent Scouts Show. Instead at the same audition he signed singer Pat Boone… and when ABC-TV aired the final episode of the original Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Professional broadcast analysis David Bray breaks down the latest Numeris PPM's...

Soft Cell are an English synth-pop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. The duo consisted of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The band are primarily known for their 1981 hit version of "Tainted Love" and their platinum-selling debut album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.[

It was a March 13th when the radio era officially began hereabouts as the Vancouver Province newspaper started testing its new 2000 watt radio service with music .. and a newscast at 8:30 pm… …when the Manitoba Government Telephone service put Winnipeg’s CKY radio on the air for the first time …. …when Edward R. Murrow (pictured) was first heard on radio, reporting for CBS from Vienna… ..when UK pop singer Tom Jones made his TV performing debut on the BBC ..and when the Merv Griffin TV Show made its debut in daytime syndication across the US. In Southwest BC it was seen in prime time via KVOS-TV Bellingham. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

NW tops the charts followed by CBU Am, then Virgin Radio comes in 3rd place. Sports Net has bottomed out...