Tag: Vancouver

May is NABS month

May is NABS month, raising awareness of the charity (formerly known as the National Advertising Benevolent Society), which since 1983 has quietly been working...

Don Shafer on the road to reinvention

Roundhouse Radio was Don Shafer's dream, so coming up on the first anniversary of the independent Vancouver station's closure last May, the Canadian Broadcast...

Rogers acquires podcast company Pacific Content

Rogers has announced it's acquiring Vancouver-based branded podcast company Pacific Content. Launched in 2015 by co-founders Steve Pratt, Chris Boyce, and Jennifer Ouano, who are...

Hockey journalist Jason Botchford dead at 48

Well-respected Vancouver hockey writer and TSN 1040 (CKST-AM) contributor Jason Botchford has passed away unexpectedly. He was 48. Botchford's family issued a statement Wednesday revealing...

Tech giant Hootsuite cuts dozens of staff in Vancouver

Hootsuite has laid off dozens of staff in Vancouver. The social media and marketing management company declined to reveal the exact number of staff let...

Vancouver’s Co-op Radio proof activism can be financially viable

Situated in the heart of one of Canada's most-challenged urban communities is one of the country's most successful community radio stations, Vancouver's Co-op Radio. Started...