EDMONTON – Corus Radio will introduce an online, 24-hour all-news radio format in Edmonton on May 20 at 6 a.m. MT, it was announced Friday.
The station, called iNews880, will have continuous 30-minute information packages featuring news, weather, traffic, business news, sports and local news from citizen journalists.
The website (www.iNews880.com) will present critical news and issues through blogs, community news coverage and i-reports, said Corus. Citizen journalists will provide experiential local news content.
“Corus Radio’s commitment has always been to provide credible and immediate news coverage to the people of northern Alberta and the world, on radio, online and on-demand,” said Doug Rutherford, general manager of Corus Radio Edmonton and vice-president of News-Talk Programming.
Audience involvement and user-generated content will be main underpins of iNews880.
