Tag: Pattison Media

Microsoft outage impacts minimal for Canadian broadcasters

Canadian broadcasters say Friday's Microsoft outage caused minimal disruption, for the most part, in some cases due to the ingenuity of on-air staff. Triggered early...

Online & Digital Media News – Pattison Media partners with Eagle...

Pattison Media has established a partnership with Eagle Feather News to keep the Saskatchewan-based Indigenous publication going after a six-month hiatus. As part of...

Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – CRTC launches accessibility consultations

The CRTC is launching two public consultations, as it continues implementation of the Online Streaming Act, to help ensure broadcasters and online streaming services...

Radio & Podcast News – Corus to abandon talk on FM...

Corus Entertainment is abandoning its unauthorized talk on FM experiment in Calgary, promising the launch of a new music station in the market by...

Pattison revives 102.7 The Peak in Vancouver

Pattison Media has pulled the plug on the NOW! radio format in Vancouver and revived 102.7 The Peak, the alt rock station NOW! replaced...

Longtime The Zone @ 91-3 host Dylan Willows succumbs to cancer

Longtime The Zone @ 91-3 (CJZN-FM) Victoria morning show co-host Dylan Willows has passed away after a reoccurrence of a rare ocular cancer late...

Radio & Podcast News – Pattison Media introduces OV 103-9 in...

Pattison Media has rebranded CKOV-FM Kelowna as OV 103-9, That '70s station, as the company closed on the acquisition of the station on April...

Challenging ratings, national revenues behind staff cuts, says Pattison Media president

A slow to rebound post-pandemic national advertising climate and challenging ratings are behind a three per cent workforce reduction at Pattison Media this week,...

Pattison Media lays off three per cent of workforce

Pattison Media has laid off about three per cent of its workforce, encompassing on-air and behind-the-scenes talent in Vancouver, Calgary, and Winnipeg among other...

Stingray and independent broadcaster coalition call for greater share of federal...

Stingray has joined forces with a coalition of 20 independent broadcasters to compel the federal government to allocate a greater share of its advertising...