TORONTO – Al Pervin has been hired as general manager of The Jewel 98.5 FM, the new Evanov Radio Group station which is expected to sign on-air in January of 2006.
For the past 13 years, Pervin has provided management consulting and sales training services to radio companies across North America. He’s worked in radio in one capacity or another for 40 years and recently ran a software business that provides web sites and other Internet marketing services to the radio industry.
Pervin was GM of the CHUM Group of radio stations in Windsor/Detroit and has been a sales…
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TORONTO – Next week, new Humber College radio station CKHC 96.9 FM will launch as likely the only all-Canadian station in the country.
The station plans to play nothing but music by Canadian artists.
The Humber campus radio station has been operating at the north campus since 1973. CKHC 90.7 FM currently operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In 2003 the school applied to the CRTC for a ‘developmental campus license’ to operate a new radio station on the FM frequency of 96.9. The college was officially awarded a license as of Sept. 13, 2004.
Beginning…
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By Robert Rabinovitch, CBC
THE CHALLENGE BROADCASTERS FACE today is strikingly similar to the one faced by newspapers in the 1920s with the dawn of radio; by radio, in the 1950s, with the onset of television; and by newspapers, radio and television in the 1990s with the upsurge of the Internet.
Today, in 2005, music videos, television shows and short films can be downloaded on iPods, a new technology that dramatically changes the distribution model of content to consumers. You can now, for a minimal charge, watch last night’s programs on your iPod the next morning.
For every voice…
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TORONTO – Digital TV customers will be able to call on four different seasonal music channels from Max Trax and Galaxie while they roast chestnuts and stuff stockings.
Beginning December 1, four of the combined 40 audio digital music services from Max Trax and Galaxie will offer listeners uninterrupted, commercial-free music across a range of formats.
Max Trax’s Holiday Hits channel features timeless and contemporary songs ranging from Sting’s I Saw Three Ships and Madonna’s Santa Baby to Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas and The Barenaked Ladies’ Green Christmas.
Max Trax’s Instrumental Holiday channel features seasonal standards…
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OTTAWA – In a press release on Tuesday, the Coalition Against Satellite Signal Theft (CASST) said it was pleased with the Quebec Superior Court’s recent sentencing decision of Reggie Scullion who was charged under the Criminal Code of Canada of two counts of illegal activities related to theft of satellite TV service from DirecTV.
Scullion, who pled guilty in Quebec Superior Court, must forfeit more than $4 million in cash and other property that had been seized by the government in connection with the case, with $1.1 million of the funds to be distributed to DirecTV and the remainder…
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OTTAWA – After hearing from CBC executives on October 27th, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has told Parliament it should appoint a task force to examine the nation’s public broadcaster.
The five-paragraph report from committee chair, MP Marlene Catterall says, “the government should undertake to establish an independent task force to review the mandate role and services of the CBC-SRC; to establish the role the public broadcaster must have and the services it must provide in light of the new media environment and technological advances.
And, the review should “be commenced immediately so the task force report can…
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TORONTO – Tara Ellis has been promoted to vice-president, content for Showcase, effective immediately.
In her capacity as director, original dramatic programming, Ellis played a key role in the growth and development of programming on the channel. During her time in that position, Ellis “has nurtured such successes as Kink, Naked Josh, Slings and Arrows, It’s Me….Gerald and Webdreams,” says the press release.
Prior to joining Alliance Atlantis as a production executive, Tara worked in programming and production at the CBC. Tara is active within the industry, as the former co-chair of the board of Women In Film and Television ,…
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OTTAWA – Radio Canada International announced this week that four new partner radio stations will soon join the 350 local stations currently broadcasting Radio Canada International programming around the globe.
By November 15, the daily RCI show Le Canada en direct vers l’Afrique will be heard by hundreds of thousands of new listeners on:
• Radio Lomé, Togo’s national radio station • Radio Muungano in the Democratic Republic of Congo • Radio Louvakou in Congo Brazzaville • Radio Séko in Mali.
The first three stations are partners of one of the biggest international broadcasters, Deutsche Welle, with whom RCI…
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OTTAWA – Telesat Canada last week reported third quarter operating revenues of $112.2 million, a 23.2% increase from $91.1 million in the same period of 2004. The company posted net earnings applicable to common shares of $25.3 million, 7.7% higher than the $23.5 million in the third quarter of 2004.
For the first nine months of 2005, operating revenues totaled $357.2 million and net earnings applicable to common shares were $71.1 million (2004: $62.1 million). Cash flows from operating activities were $154.5 million for the first nine months compared with $138.5 million for the same period of 2004. The…
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TORONTO – CBC will begin airing some of its high-profile sports properties beginning with this Saturday’s Hockey Night In Canada broadcast.
Viewers can catch game one of the Saturday night doubleheader in HD starting at 7 p.m. ET as the defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning hit the ice in Toronto to take on the Maple Leafs.
Saturday Night, the pre-game show hosted by Ron MacLean at 6:30 p.m. ET will also be available in HD in addition to Coach’s Corner Continuing throughout the 2005/06 season, the first game of each Saturday night HNIC doubleheader will be broadcast…
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