Originally published in the Sept. 25, 2025 edition of The Weekly Briefing
Jackie Rae Greening will hang up her headphones on Nov. 7, capping a more than 40-year career in radio. Most recently holding the dual role of PD and Manager of Operations for Stingray Radio Edmonton, the four-time Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Personality of the Year first joined the station in 1989. After getting her feet wet in radio with on-air and promotions gigs in Red Deer and Drumheller, she joined CFCW as the station’s Marketing Director, establishing herself as an on-air fixture, including co-hosting the CFCW morning show for 12 years, alongside the late Wes Montgomery. She is currently heard in middays. Read more here.
David Kines, President & Co-Founder of Hollywood Suite, takes on the role of President, Anthem Entertainment Canada as Anthem Sports & Entertainment officially takes ownership of Hollywood Suite’s movie channels. The internal shuffle also sees Carol McDaniel, Anthem’s SVP of Operations, step down. Quincy Raby, Vice-President of Operations, will expand her role to encompass Anthem’s Master Control (MCR) and Production Operations in Toronto. Anthem veteran Tyler Warman, Director of MCR Operations & Post-Production, will also expand his role to include day-to-day management of Anthem’s Master Control (MCR), as well as continuing to oversee editing teams for on-air programming and production at Fight Network and Game+. Read more here.
Pascal Tanguay has been appointed Vice-President, Regional Sales at Cogeco Media. Tanguay is now responsible for overseeing sales in the Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec City, Saguenay, Lac Saint-Jean and Gatineau regions. Tanguay was previously Director of Media Solutions at Quebecor, and prior to that served as the Sales Director for Bell Media French Television.
Moises Canales-Lavigne is departing Global News Morning in Saskatchewan and his role as a weather specialist. He joined the Global News team in Regina in 2021 as a digital broadcast journalist, after starting his career in radio news in Kindersley and 620 CKRM Regina. Katharine Ludwig steps away from the Provincial Affairs desk at Global Regina to temporarily fill Canales-Lavigne’s role as weather anchor.
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Tyler & Lynch have resurfaced at Calgary’s CJAY 92, less than three months after getting caught up in a round of cuts at Corus Entertainment where the duo hosted afternoon drive on CFOX Vancouver. They previously had a three-year run on Calgary’s X92.9 (CFEX-FM), before leaving the market in 2017 to host mornings on Pattison Media’s 102.7 The Peak (CKPK-FM) Vancouver.
Russell MacKenzie has been released by Acadia Broadcasting where he was host of afternoon drive on both Hot Country 103.5 (CKHZ-FM) Halifax and Country 105 (CKTG-FM) Thunder Bay. MacKenzie had been with Hot Country since 2021 and doing double duty for Country 105 since early 2023. He previously was heard in drive on MBS’ FX 101.9 (CHFX-FM) and 89.9 The Wave (CHNS-FM) in the Halifax market.
Sean Ross has joined Advantage Music Research as a Radio Research Strategist as the company launches new music research solution, Scorecard Plus. Ross left his role as VP of Music and Programming at Edison Research in July after 22 years. He’s also continuing his work as a music scheduling consultant and publishing his Ross on Radio newsletter.
Jim Armstrong has been promoted at Telos Alliance to Senior Director of Sales for the U.S. and Canada. Armstrong, who has been with the Telos Alliance salesforce for nearly 20 years, most recently served as Director of Eastern U.S. Sales. In his new role, he expands his responsibilities to serve customers throughout North America, focused on the company’s Telos, Omnia, Axia, 25-Seven, and Telos Infinity product families. Armstrong started his career at Boston-area radio stations on-air and in operations before pivoting to broadcast manufacturing.
The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) has elected five new members to its Board of Directors. They are Jeanette Ageson, publisher of The Tyee; Charlie Angelakos, VP, Global Government and External Affairs, McCain Foods; Boyd Erman, Partner and Chair of the Management Committee, FGS Longview; Richard Gray, VP, CTV News; and Florence Turpault-Desroches, VP, Communications and Philanthropy, La Presse. Jeff Elgie, CEO of Village Media, and Angela Pacienza, Executive Editor at The Globe and Mail, have been appointed Co-Chairs of the board, while Desmond Brown, a key contributor to the success of CJF’s Black Journalism Fellowships, is appointed Vice Chair.
Lenore MacAdam and Catherine MacKinnon are the newest members on the board of the Disability Screen Office (DSO), helping advance the organization’s mission to develop opportunities for disabled creatives and advocate for a more accessible Canadian screen industry. MacAdam was the National Inclusion Leader at Deloitte Canada and led the design, development and execution of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy at Corus Entertainment. MacKinnon is a filmmaker, actor and longtime advocate and consultant for the Deaf community.
