Tag: Rogers

All things Rogers from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

Radio and Podcasting News In Brief – Acadia Broadcasting to acquire...

Acadia Broadcasting has filed an application with the CRTC to acquire CIGO-FM Port Hawkesbury, NS, owned by MacEachern Broadcasting Limited. Chris Pearson, President of...

Bif Naked and Ron Tarrant new imaging voices of Rogers’ rock...

Canadian alt rocker Bif Naked and former Howard Stern Show sound designer Ron Tarrant are the new national imaging voices of Rogers' Rock radio brands across Canada. As...

CRTC, Telecom and Conference News In Brief – BCAB changing format,...

The British Columbia Association of Broadcasters (BCAB) has announced that it’s moving its annual conference from mid-May to October and trying on a new...

Radio and Podcast News In Brief – Vista Radio announces plans...

Vista Radio has announced plans to purchase Clear Sky Radio, which operates 94.1 CJOC-FM and 98.1 The Bridge (CKBD-FM) in Lethbridge, AB, and Summit...

CRTC takes steps to make lower-cost data-only wireless plans available

The CRTC has announced that Bell, Rogers and Telus will offer data-only wireless plans for as low as $15/month, as part of the regulator's effort to...

Canadian Media News In Brief – PETA threatens legal action against...

The Canadian Media Concentration Research Project has released its report looking at the network media economy, including the state of competition in the mobile...

Radio and Podcast News In Brief – List of Canadian networks...

Bell, Rogers, Stingray, and CBC are among the Canadian networks opting not to add “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” to holiday playlists this year. The...

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” absent from Bell, Rogers, CBC, Stingray holiday...

Amidst controversy about the lyrics of Baby, It's Cold Outside in the era of the #MeToo movement, Bell, Rogers, CBC and Stingray are among the Canadian...

Telecom and CRTC News In Brief – CCTS says telecom and...

The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) has published its 2017-18 Annual Report, noting a 57 per cent increase in the number of...

Telus, Shaw tell CRTC no need for national, multi-ethnic TV service

As a third day of CRTC hearings continued Wednesday on a national multi-ethnic television service and who might operate it, the commission heard from...