TORONTO – CHUM Limited CEO Jay Switzer said yesterday that while conventional radio broadcasters will feel little immediate impact from the two satellite radio companies coming to market, the future... Continue Reading
TORONTO – While acknowledging he speaks from the position of a regional monopoly, Corus Entertainment CEO John Cassaday doesn’t think the CRTC should license other analog pay TV services.Cassaday was... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Evanov Radio station Z103.5 ran an on-air auction on the “Z103 Morning Show” this week to give listeners an opportunity to bid on a “VIP U2 Concert Package”... Continue Reading
TORONTO - Anne-Marie Varner has been hired as executive producer in-house programming at Discovery Channel. Varner assumes the role on Monday, September 19, 2005 said Paul Lewis, president and general... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Drawing on a database of over 20,000 bus routes, CHUM Ltd. launched "School Bus Monitor” yesterday, an exclusive service that allows parents and students to monitor individual school... Continue Reading
EDMONTON – CFCW’s Jackie Rae and the late Wes Montgomery (right) were named On-Air Personality of the Year by the Canadian Country Music Association last weekend. Rae was on hand... Continue Reading
TORONTO – Standard Radio’s Newstalk 1010 today announced pop culture guru George Stroumboulopoulos is joining CFRB. The George Stroumboulopoulos Show will air Sunday nights 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. He... Continue Reading
THE LOCKOUT AT THE CBC is entering its fifth week because no one in senior management is directly responsible or accountable for their actions. Consider this: CBC president Robert Rabinovitch... Continue Reading
MONTREAL – All-news gets newsier in Montreal with the addition of in-depth reporting and more talk on 940NEWS. The Corus-owned station “will build on its current all-news format to include... Continue Reading
OTTAWA – While saying the film Sex: The Annabel Chong Story didn’t violate any of the broadcasters codes of ethics, viewer advisories coming back from commercial are needed – even... Continue Reading
