Corus closing two AM stations, returning licenses to Commission

MONTREAL - Corus Entertainment’s AM Info690 Montréal and AM940 Montreal's Greatest Hits will sign off for good today at 7 p.m. Ten people will lose their jobs.The two stations are unprofitable and have been for some time.“Corus Québec and its employees worked to grow audience and revenues on both these stations while operating them as efficiently as possible. It is clear that these two AM stations are not viable, particularly in the current economic climate,” reads the press release.This decision affects 10 positions, including eight positions at Info690: three journalist positions, two traffic reporter positions and three operations positions. At...