Tag: Broadcasting

All things Broadcasting from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

Sign Offs

David Hemblen, 79, on Nov. 16. Born in England, Hemblen grew up in Toronto and was recruited for a season at the Royal Alexandra...

Trailblazer Ernest Tucker to be posthumously inducted into CBC News Hall...

CBC News has announced that Ernest Tucker will be inducted into the CBC News Hall of Fame next month. Noted as the public broadcaster's first...

Kevin Desjardins named first CAB president since 2009

Kevin Desjardins has been named as the new president of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB), effective today. Dejardins previously worked with the CAB from...

Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek succumbs to cancer at age 80

Alex Trebek succumbed to pancreatic cancer early Sunday morning. The Sudbury, ON-native was 80. The long-running Jeopardy! host went public with his Stage 4 diagnosis back...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Kevin Frankish on chasing The Happy...

It's been more than two years since Kevin Frankish departed Citytv Toronto's Breakfast Television after a 27-year hosting run. What's he been up to since?...

Broadcast Modernization Act proposes regulating streamers, stops short of taxation

Canadian Heritage Min. Steven Guilbeault has tabled Bill C-10, the Broadcast Modernization Act, that among other measures, creates a new category of broadcast undertaking...

Corus radio profits dip 54% in fiscal 2020, while demand for...

Corus Entertainment's Q4 and 2020 year end results reveal that Corus Radio segment revenues dipped 43% in the fourth quarter and 28% for the...

Former CTV Edmonton editor Rob Zittlau killed in weekend crash

Former CTV Edmonton editor turned independent producer Rob Zittlau and his wife Grace have been identified as the victims of a Thanksgiving weekend crash...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Ryan Jesperson and Edmonton’s 630 CHED have parted ways. Jesperson has confirmed that he was fired by Corus Entertainment last Friday after almost...

Revolving Door

Joel Senick is officially joining Linda Olsen as co-anchor of Calgary's Global News Hour at 6. Over the last year, Senick has been anchoring...