OTTAWA – The use of the word “Polish” to describe WWII ghettos or concentration camps breaches broadcasters’ ethics codes, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council said today.
The decision concerned…
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OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC today approved the purchase of CHSH-TV-2 Chase from Shuswap Lakes Television Society by Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Ltd.
The purchase price was $10. Pattison’s CFJC-TV…
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EDMONTON – The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada presented its regional journalism awards yesterday in Edmonton.
The 2004 TELEVISION winners are:
Bert Cannings Award – Best Newscast…
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TORONTO – Fresh off its recent regulatory win allowing longer-form programming instead of a straight wheel of news, CTV Newsnet has announced its first full hour show.
Countdown: With…
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TORONTO – The New Country 95.3 announced this week that it has signed Juno Award-winning country artist George Canyon as the headliner of the third annual Canada Day Jam….
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OTTAWA – Having received new applications for radio stations in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and Calgary, Alberta, the CRTC – in accordance with policy – has issued a broad call…
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OTTAWA – At least it won’t be an election issue this time around.
The CRTC today added Italian channel RAI International to the eligible satellite list of services for…
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association has asked the CRTC to let its members drop FM radio from their carriage requirements.
Specifically, the association wants the Commission to…
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TORONTO – The 2005 spring ratings books are out for radio stations across the country.
A few shockers can be found (big drop for CHUM Toronto from 9.4 in…
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KELOWNA, B.C. – Sun FM in Kelowna, B.C. announced today that “Tarzan” Dan Freeman has been hired to take over Mornings on CHSU/FM (SUNFM).
Freeman brings a wealth of…
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