Radio / Television News

Newcap launches LiVE, “the first station designed for the listener”

OTTAWA – While not saying explicitly that it’s the anti-Jack or -Bob, LiVE 88.5 went to air officially on Boxing Day saying it will play what its listeners want. It “will not try to mould itself into a station based on false perceptions,” says the press release. “Good radio - the kind that makes your pulse quicken and gives you tingles of fulfillment - is radio that is about the listener. It has always been about the listener.” "This radio station would not exist if not for the sheer determination of the people of Ottawa,” says Scott Broderick, general manager...