Tag: Sign Offs

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

The Weekly Briefing

RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: iHeartMedia, the largest radio conglomerate in the U.S. with more than 850 radio stations, has announced a new organizational structure for its Markets Group...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Steve Jordan is leaving the Polaris Music Prize, the award he founded in 2006, to join CBC Music as its Senior Director. Jordan...

SIGN-OFFS

Don Brown, 84, on Dec. 18. Brown had a 53-year broadcasting career, mostly with CBC Sports, producing and/or directing seven Summer Olympics, five Winter Olympics,...

The Weekly Briefing

RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: Canadian Podcast Award nominations are out. Among the nominees for Outstanding News & Current Affairs Series are The Daveberta Podcast, CBC News’ Front Burner,...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Bell has made changes to its executive team as Mirko Bibic assumes the role of company president and CEO, following the retirement of...

Broadcasters We Lost In 2019

Remembered for their contributions to the broadcast industry *Printed here in order of their publication in Broadcast Dialogue's Weekly Briefing and including notices from Dec....

SIGN-OFFS

Robert “Bob” Lowe, 92, on Dec. 15. Lowe, who spent much of his working life as a sales manager with CKBW Bridgewater, NS, became one...

The Weekly Briefing

RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: Canadian Music Week has announced that longtime CKOC Hamilton music director Nevin Grant will be inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame as the 2020 recipient of the Allan Waters...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Craig Oliver, CTV’s chief political commentator and a fixture on the network for the last four decades, is retiring. Oliver, who turned 81...

The Weekly Briefing

RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: Numeris says there were no surprises in its first Continuous Measurement (CM) diary market release last week, incorporating new methodology. The release was a...