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2023 OAB Hall of Fame Award recipient Doug Kirk

Durham Radio President and Founder Doug Kirk is the recipient of this year's Ontario Association of Broadcasters (OAB) board-nominated lifetime achievement honour, the Hall...

Blue Ant Media unveils new leadership across studio and rights business

Blue Ant Media has unveiled new leadership across the company’s yet-to-be named studio and rights business, led by Co-Presidents, Mark Bishop and Matthew Hornburg,...

Canadian media still overwhelmingly white, says latest CAJ diversity survey

About 75.5% of Canadian newsrooms are white, rising to 84% when you reach the supervisory level, according to the third annual Canadian Newsroom Diversity...

Neeti P. Ray makes bid to buy Bell Media AM stations in Hamilton, Windsor

It appears Bell Media has found a buyer for three of the AM stations it announced it wanted to divest itself of during a...

CityNews launches national talk radio show

Rogers Sports & Media launches a national talk show on its CityNews radio stations Monday, helmed by Ottawa broadcast veteran Rob Snow. "Now You Know...

Travis Dhanraj named new host of CBC’s ‘Canada Tonight’

Travis Dhanraj has been named the incoming host of CBC News daily prime time program, Canada Tonight, starting in January. Dhanraj succeeds Ginella Massa, who...

Evanov introduces Hot Country 88.5 to GTA

Evanov Communications has rebranded Lite 88.5 (CKDX-FM) Newmarket, ON as Hot Country 88.5, a new country radio station serving the Greater Toronto Area. Making the...

Broadcasters need to harness power of audience data to make strategic decisions, OAB hears

Broadcasters should be harnessing the power of data and station web presence to drive new revenue and make more strategic decisions, the Ontario Association...

Podcasts, digital creators excluded in final Online Streaming Act policy direction to CRTC

Canadian Heritage Min. Pascale St-Onge has released the final policy direction around the Online Streaming Act to the CRTC, clarifying that social media, digital...

Community Radio Fund of Canada and SiriusXM partner on Indigenous-language radio series

The Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) and SiriusXM Canada have partnered on the launch of Words and Culture, a series of radio programs...

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