Tag: Vancouver

Roundhouse Radio shareholders to sell to South Fraser Broadcasting for $600K

The shareholders of defunct Vancouver talk station Roundhouse Radio (CIRH-FM) have applied to the CRTC to sell its assets to South Fraser Broadcasting Inc.  Roundhouse...

Metro Vancouver engineers trying to revive local SMPTE chapter

Ever wonder where time coding, colour bars or the countdown before a film originated? They were all standards put in place by the Society of...

Thunderbird Entertainment Group commences trading on TSX

Vancouver-based Thunderbird Entertainment Group commenced trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the ticker symbol "TBRD" at the open Friday morning (Nov. 2). The animation, factual...

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...

Inaugural VanPodFest to highlight True Crime, True Justice

The Vancouver Podcast Festival will make its debut, Nov. 8-10, with three days of panels, workshops, live podcast presentations and tapings, working around the theme...

CTV News Vancouver shuffles anchor lineup

CTV News Vancouver has shuffled its anchor lineup, announcing that effective today (Aug. 23), Mi-Jung Lee and Scott Roberts will become the new co-anchor...

Rodriguez kicks off first Western Canadian tour as Heritage Minister

Newly-minted Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Minister Pablo Rodriguez kicked off his inaugural tour of Western Canada on Monday. The Montreal MP is hosting a series...

Netflix backs Pacific Screenwriting Program aimed at producing more B.C.-based screenwriters

Netflix is one of the partners in a new initiative that aims to produce more Vancouver-based screenwriters. The Pacific Screenwriting Program will combine industry mentorship,...

980 CKNW Vancouver, 680 CJOB Winnipeg and 770 CHQR Calgary are...

  980 CKNW Vancouver, 680 CJOB Winnipeg and 770 CHQR Calgary are now officially under the Global News Radio brand. They join Corus’ Ontario newstalk...

Sheldon Mack, the son of former CTV Vancouver Island anchor and...

Sheldon Mack, the son of former CTV Vancouver Island anchor and news director Hudson Mack, was among the hundreds injured in Sunday night’s mass...