OTTAWA – The CRTC put out a call today for radio station licenses for Medicine Hat, Alta.
As is its practice, the Commission received an application for a broadcasting…
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OTTAWA – The CRTC Friday scuttled a bid by broadcasting veteran Wendell Wilks to launch a local TV station for the Niagara region.
The founder of Edmonton’s ITV (which…
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TORONTO – XM Canada today picked up a Hall of Fame centre (Phil Esposito), winger (Mike Bossy) and defenseman (Denis Potvin) for Home Ice, its all-hockey satellite radio channel….
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TORONTO – Affiliate account executive Jeremy McCarthy recently resigned from broadcaster Alliance Atlantis.
“It’s all positive,” he told www.cartt.ca on Thursday. “I’m just taking some time off to assess…
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TORONTO – XM Canada Wednesday staked out the low-price position in the new satellite radio market in Canada.
While SIRIUS Canada this month announced its service will be available…
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OTTAWA – After hearing from CBC executives on October 27th, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has told Parliament it should appoint a task force to examine the nation’s…
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OTTAWA – Washed-up punkster Billy Idol and the body parts certain fans present to him isn’t necessarily a violation of Canadian broadcast standards, even if broadcast before 9 p.m.,…
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OTTAWA – Even if a caller really makes you mad, DJs can’t give out the person’s name and phone number as retribution, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council confirmed Wednesday….
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I FOUND THE CLOSING PLENARY session at the CAB Winnipeg convention interesting, but it left me somewhat unsatisfied.
I think the main reason was that the discussion seemed too…
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OTTAWA – With a tariff decision it finds “egregious and flawed” facing Canadian radio broadcasters, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters filed a motion with the Federal Court of Canada…
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