Radio / Television News

Newcap taps rock well with The Rig

WHITECOURT, Alta. – Just six weeks after the Newcap Broadcasting was granted a license by the CRTC for a station in Whitecourt, the company launched Rock Station 96.7 THE RIG... Continue Reading

XM passes 4.4 million subs

WASHINGTON -- XM Satellite Radio recently announced it added more than 640,000 new net subscribers during the second quarter of 2005 for a total of more than 4.4 million. This... Continue Reading

Farough moves from Q to London

LONDON, Ont. – There’s a PD opening at Q107, but whomever fills the spot will face some serious expectations. Effective immediately, Dave Farough (formerly program director at Toronto’s Q107) is... Continue Reading

CTV hauls 22 Promax/BDA Awards

TORONTO - CTV and its Bell Globemedia sister networks TSN, RDS, Discovery Channel and The Comedy Network have been honored with 22 Awards recognizing excellence in promotion and design at... Continue Reading

CHUM takes 25 Promax/BDA golds

TORONTO - CHUM Limited picked up 36 pieces of hardware, including 25 golds, at the 2005 Promax/BDA Awards, which were handed out Thursday, June 23rd in New York City. CHUM... Continue Reading

Camp Teletoon opens this weekend

TORONTO – Animation station Teletoon announced today, it will partner with Cheese Heads to take its ‘unreal’ fun to cities across Canada, with the Camp Teletoon national tour. The tour... Continue Reading

Leitch appoints new veep for Videotek line

TORONTO - Leitch Technology today announced that Dave Guerrero has been appointed vice-president and general manager of Videotek, the test and measurement portion of Leitch's infrastructure product line. Guerrero, a... Continue Reading