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September 6, 2005 20 years ago

CanWest gets coveted UK radio slot – is first foreigner to get a license

WINNIPEG – CanWest Global Communications today announced the company has been awarded a licence to launch an FM radio station serving the Solent region of the United Kingdom. According to… Continue Reading

September 6, 2005 20 years ago

Standard names Bolton interactive content director

TORONTO – Standard Broadcasting has hired interactive veteran Rob Bolton to the position of national content director for Standard Interactive, the company announced today. Bolton has over a decade… Continue Reading

September 5, 2005 20 years ago

Hamilton claps for the Wolfman

HAMILTON – Standard Radio’s 1150 CKOC has brought Wolfman Jack back to the airwaves. Listeners will be able to hear the Wolfman Jack Show weekly, every Saturday night from… Continue Reading

September 4, 2005 20 years ago

The Peak makes the switch

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – FM radio has come to this Vancouver Island community for the first time. Port Alberni’s brand new FM radio station 93.3 The Peak went live… Continue Reading

September 2, 2005 20 years ago

CRTC applauds ruling denying CHOI’s radio licence

GATINEAU – The CRTC says it’s “pleased” that the Federal Court of Appeal has upheld the commission’s decision not to renew the broadcasting licence of CHOI-FM in Quebec City…. Continue Reading

September 2, 2005 20 years ago

TV producers hope for speedy end to CBC lockout

OTTAWA – Canada’s TV producers hope the resumption of preliminary talks between the CBC and the Canadian Media Guild this week means an end to the lockout is around… Continue Reading

September 2, 2005 20 years ago

CSR to provide French content to hurricane victims

MONTREAL – Canadian Satellite Radio isn’t operating in Canada yet, but it’s soon to be on the air in the United States. CSR will help its U.S. partner, XM… Continue Reading

September 1, 2005 20 years ago

Record labels call for satellite radio rethink

TORONTO – The satellite radio debate rages on, with the music industry today urging the federal government to force the CRTC to reconsider the licences it recently awarded to… Continue Reading

September 1, 2005 20 years ago

CHOI will fight court decision rescinding licence

By Glenn Wanamaker QUEBEC CITY – The owners of controversial Quebec City radio station CHOI-FM, rebuffed by the Federal Court of Appeal in their effort to overturn a CRTC… Continue Reading

September 1, 2005 20 years ago

Canadian Satellite Radio appoints French PD

MONTREAL – Canadian Satellite Radio has appointed Pierre Borduas as program and music director for its French-language stations, which will be broadcast from CSR’s Montreal studios. Borduas was most… Continue Reading