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Canadian Radio Music Award nominees released

The Canadian Music Week (CMW) Broadcast Jury has released the list of nominees for this year's Canadian Radio Music Awards. The winners of the...

Brad Karp named Allan Waters Young Broadcaster of the Year

Brad Karp, the morning show host at Rogers' Country 93.3 (CJOK-FM) Fort McMurray, is the 2019 recipient of the Allan Waters Young Broadcaster of...

Radio & Podcast News – Glacier Media acquires Castanet and Kelowna’s SOFT 103.9

Glacier Media Inc. has announced the sale of its interest in investment data and analytics firm Fundata Canada for $55 million, and its subsequent...

SiriusXM and Netflix partner on “Netflix Is A Joke Radio” comedy channel

SiriusXM Canada and Netflix have announced the launch of Netflix Is A Joke Radio, a full-time comedy channel to air exclusively on SiriusXM ch....

New study asserts YouTube is top destination for podcast listening

YouTube is the number one destination for podcast listening, according to new study by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Futuri Media. The...

Futuri-Nielsen study concludes radio is ready for time-shift revolution

A new Futuri-Nielsen study concludes that there is a "profound appetite" for time-shifted content among radio listeners, particularly among younger audiences, yet those opportunities...

Glacier Media sells interest in Fundata, acquires Kelowna’s Castanet

Vancouver-based Glacier Media Inc. has announced the sale of its interest in Fundata Canada for $55 million, and its subsequent acquisition of Castanet Media,...

Evanov Halifax undergoes staff exodus following Jewel rebrand

Evanov Halifax has undergone a mid-ratings staff exodus following the January rebrand of Rock 105 (CKHY-FM) to Lite AC format Jewel 105. Program director Jason...

Longtime Capital FM Fredericton morning man arrested in Puerto Rico

Trevor Doyle, the longtime morning show host at Capital 106.9 FM (CIBX-FM) Fredericton, has been arrested by the FBI in Puerto Rico on child...

Taylor Jukes joins iHeartRadio Miami

Taylor Jukes is headed stateside to join iHeartRadio Miami and take up program director duties for WHYI-FM and Y100. Up until last November when she...

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