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Dana Wigle appointed new GM of Toronto’s JAZZ.FM91

Dana Wigle is set to step into the role of General Manager at Toronto's JAZZ.FM91 (CJRT-FM), starting Nov. 30. Wigle was previously with the station...

Trailblazer Ernest Tucker to be posthumously inducted into CBC News Hall of Fame

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...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Peggy Kelly & Carole Gerson on reclaiming women’s history in early Canadian radio and print

Who were the early women of Canadian print, radio, and literature? A lot of their names have disappeared from history over the years. New book,...

Corus diversity review finds leadership awareness, accountability lacking

Corus Entertainment has released an overview of the findings of a diversity review undertaken earlier this year following allegations of a workplace culture of...

CRTC launches online survey as part of commercial radio review

The CRTC has launched an online survey as part of its review of commercial radio, soliciting comments from Canadians on their radio listening habits,...

Introducing the Broadcast Dialogue Canadian Radio Awards

In a challenging year for Canadian radio and with many industry events cancelled, Broadcast Dialogue is introducing the inaugural Canadian Radio Awards. "It's been a...

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 Molecule

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?...

Bill C-10 addresses ‘one of the cornerstones’ of Yale report with more legislation to come, says Guilbeault

The imposition of Canadian content spending obligations on streaming services will only apply to those "that have a significant impact" in Canada, according to...

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