TORONTO – Al Pervin has been hired as general manager of The Jewel 98.5 FM, the new Evanov Radio Group station which is expected to sign on-air in January…
Continue Reading
OTTAWA – ACTRA and the United Steelworkers announced this week they will work together to lobby for certain election platforms.
They are challenging ministers, party leaders and MPs of…
Continue Reading
TORONTO – Next week, new Humber College radio station CKHC 96.9 FM will launch as likely the only all-Canadian station in the country.
The station plans to play nothing…
Continue Reading
By Robert Rabinovitch, CBC
THE CHALLENGE BROADCASTERS FACE today is strikingly similar to the one faced by newspapers in the 1920s with the dawn of radio; by radio, in…
Continue Reading
ILE-DES-SOEURS, VERDUN, QC and TORONTO, ON – XM Canada, officially launched Wednesday, despite the fact its hardware won’t be widely available until next week.
Its first subscriber, Michel Leblanc…
Continue Reading
MONTREAL – Digital broadcast gear manufacturer Miranda Technologies announced Wednesday that Terry Nickerson (right) will be appointed as a member of the board of directors, and chair of the…
Continue Reading
DARTMOUTH, N.S. – The CRTC has approved Newcap Inc.’s $1.8-million purchase of Winnipeg station CHNR-FM “The Breeze” from CKVN Radiolink System Inc.
The transaction, originally announced in February, is…
Continue Reading
OTTAWA – Today, the CRTC added six new foreign, third-language TV channels to the eligible satellite list.
Sponsored by the Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association, the new additions are: Channel…
Continue Reading
OTTAWA – In a press release on Tuesday, the Coalition Against Satellite Signal Theft (CASST) said it was pleased with the Quebec Superior Court’s recent sentencing decision of Reggie…
Continue Reading
TORONTO – Recruiting began Monday in search of Canada’s Next Top Model, a new reality program which will air on all Citytv stations in the spring.
Based on the…
Continue Reading
