Tag: Toronto

Canadian comedy veterans partner in new Toronto studio venture

Canadian comedy veterans Tim Steeves and George Westerholm are joining writer/director David Merry in new film and TV production venture Home Invasion Studios.   The Toronto production...

Ronan Farrow to talk power, media and politics at CJF J-Talk...

Ronan Farrow, the investigative journalist behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker investigation on movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual assault, is set to speak at an upcoming Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF)...

Brother-sister duo to take over 102.1 the Edge mornings

102.1 the Edge (CFNY-FM) has revealed that brother-sister duo Ruby and Alex Carr will become the permanent hosts of the station’s morning show, beginning Jan. 2019. In what...

Humble & Fred return to terrestrial morning radio

Humble & Fred will return to the terrestrial morning show airwaves on Monday for the first time since 2005. For the past eight years, the...

Rogers Radio taps singer-songwriter Serena Ryder to host national show

Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Serena Ryder is joining the 98.1 CHFI Toronto on-air team with a new Sunday afternoon show, set to debut Sept. 23. Airing...

Former Leafs defenseman Colaiacovo joins Landsberg on TSN 1050 mornings

Former Toronto Maple Leaf Carlo Colaiacovo is now joining Michael Landsberg weekdays on TSN 1050 (CHUM-AM) Toronto for First Up with Landsberg and Colaiacovo. Born and raised...

New PPM Ratings: May – August 2018

By David Bray The latest radio book is out. The new PPM release from Numeris reflects the 13-week listening period covering May 28th to Aug. 26th, 2018.  David...

Carcasole named Global News weekend anchor

Global Toronto reporter Mark Carcasole has been named the new Global News weekend anchor, effective Sept. 15. Carcasole will anchor the weekend 6 p.m. and...

TIFF names film producer Joana Vicente as ED

TIFF has announced that independent film producer Joana Vicente will be its incoming executive director and co-head. Vicente, currently executive director of the New York-based...

Serinda Swan leads cast of new CBC original drama Coroner

With production now underway in Toronto, Muse Entertainment, Back Alley Films and Cineflix Studios have revealed additional casting for new CBC original drama Coroner (8x60). Set for a winter 2019 broadcast...