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Corus Entertainment has confirmed plans to move its Vancouver news/talk powerhouse 980 CKNW down the dial, where it will be rebranded as 730 CKNW. 730 (CKGO-AM), which had carried an all-traffic format since 2006, has been rebroadcasting CKNW programming since late June, when Corus announced it would only operate one AM station going forward in both Vancouver and Edmonton. The company’s Edmonton news/talk heritage station 630 CHED took over the dial position formerly held by sister station 880 News (CHQT-AM) in October. While both 730 and 980 operate at 50,000 watts, a Corus spokesperson told Broadcast Dialogue that 730’s transmitter is newer and can offer expanded reach in Downtown Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. The move is set to take effect on Feb. 24. Read more here.

Rythme 97.1 (CHLX-FM) debuted in Gatineau-Ottawa on Jan. 17, as part of a renewed partnership between Cogeco Media and RNC Media. The station had formerly been branded as WOW 97 since 2017 when it dropped the Rythme branding under a previous licensing agreement between the two companies. Les Lève-Tôt, hosted by Marie-Claude Morin, Cynthia Plamondon and Philippe Bessette, is continuing to wake up the region, while WonderSteph is heard in middays and afternoons. Marie-Eve Janvier and Maripier Morin are heard from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Les filles du lunch.

Scott Fox, who formerly co-hosted the morning show on Kitchener’s 91.5 The Beat (CKBT-FM) and Energy 95.3 (CINF-FM) Hamilton, alongside Kat Callaghan, has launched daily podcast, Scott Fox After 9. The podcast tackles “the top news events, politics, pop-culture, sports, and all of the information you would expect to hear on a morning radio show, but in podcast form.”

Canadaland Investigates is the podcast network’s new home for thorough, longform, deep-dive journalism. The first offering under the new banner is The Copernic Affair, a six-part series looking at the case of Hassan Diab, the Lebanese-Canadian convicted as a terrorist in a 2023 French in absentia trial, accused of planting the explosive in the 1980 Paris synagogue bombing. Journalists Dana Ballout (WSJ, This American Life) and Alex Atack (The Guardian) have been working with Jesse Brown, Noor Azrieh and Julie Shapiro on the series for the past 18 months. 

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CBC’s The Secret Life of Canada has announced it has come to an end after seven seasons. The pod dove into Canada’s irreverent and weird history from the lore of The Bay blanket to the rest of Canada’s hate for Toronto. Hosted by Falen Johnson and Leah-Simone Bowen, the duo posted a Goodbye for Now!episode on Jan. 16, saying they “have covered it all.”

SiriusXM Canada has announced its seventh annual SiriusXM Top of the Country competition, in partnership with the Canadian Country Music Association. The nationwide search for Canada’s top country talent offers artists career-defining opportunities with the chance to perform at some of the biggest country music events in Canada. The top three finalists will also win cash prizes including a $25,000 grand prize and $10,000 each for both runners-up. Registration is now open to solo artists and groups until Jan. 31. Zach McPhee was named the 2024 champion.

LISTEN: CBC News General Manager and Editor-in-Chief Brodie Fenlon joins Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast to talk about the public broadcaster’s recently-announced resource expansion that will see up to 30 new journalists hired, set to be deployed to 22 communities where CBC currently does not have an established presence. Among other issues, Fenlon addresses audience fragmentation and CBC’s push into the local news on-demand space; and the upcoming news cycle, which includes a federal election, the outcome of which could heavily determine the public broadcaster’s fate.

LISTEN: Jay Stone, station manager and program director at 102.3 NOW! Radio and 99.3 Up! in Edmonton, is on the Sound Off Podcast sharing his journey from the Air Force to radio. He highlights NOW!’s successes, including winning 2024 Canadian Radio Awards for Major Market Station of the Year and Best Community Service Initiative for the Alberta Day of Caring for Jasper, which raised over $3 million. Jay himself also took home the award for Major Market Program Director of the Year. He emphasizes the importance of emotional connection and unique content, like the Swiftie-oke contest, which drew 2,000 participants to the River Cree Resort & Casino to sing Taylor Swift songs (in front of a live band) for the chance to win tickets to her show in Vancouver, and the station’s focus on live, local programming.

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