All things Television from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.
Tag: Television
The Weekly Briefing
RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST:
Kevin Newman is stepping away as a host and correspondent for CTV’s W5 to focus on other projects, including a new podcast for CTV...
The Weekly Briefing
RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST:
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has found Toronto multicultural station CHIN in breach “for abusive and unduly discriminatory comments and unduly negative stereotyping...
The Weekly Briefing
REVOLVING DOOR:
Jordan Banks, former managing director of Facebook and Instagram Canada, will succeed the retiring Rick Brace as president of Rogers Media. Banks will...
The Weekly Briefing
REVOLVING DOOR:
Claire Anderson has been appointed CRTC commissioner for British Columbia and Yukon, becoming the first Indigenous woman and Yukon resident to sit on...
The Weekly Briefing
RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST:
CKNW 980 AM Vancouver will air a 75th Anniversary broadcast on Aug. 15, live on location from New Westminster where the station first went...
The Weekly Briefing
REVOLVING DOOR:
Mirko Bibic will assume leadership of Bell and BCE Inc. in January when President and Chief Executive Officer George Cope retires. Cope, 58,...
The Weekly Briefing
RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST:
The CRTC will hold a hearing on Sept. 5 in Gatineau to review repeated instances of non-compliance by McBride Communications-owned stations CHMZ-FM Tofino, CFPV-FM...
The Weekly Briefing
REVOLVING DOOR:
Bob McCown signed off for the last time on Friday as host of Prime Time Sports on Sportsnet 590 The FAN (CJCL-AM) Toronto...
The Weekly Briefing
RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST:
Stingray has introduced a new, live, regional morning show in the B.C. Interior that will be co-hosted by Casey Clarke. Clarke, who is known...
The Weekly Briefing
REVOLVING DOOR:
Alicia Barin has been appointed the CRTC Regional Member for Quebec. Her five-year term will begin Aug. 11. Barin was formerly a key...