All things Weekly Briefing from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.
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The Weekly Briefing
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Scott Moore will step down from his role as president of Sportsnet and NHL Properties at the end of October. During his eight...
The Weekly Briefing
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CBC Radio One satirical current affairs show This Is That will end its nine-year run following this season. Creators and hosts Pat Kelly and...
The Weekly Briefing
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Hélène Laurendeau will be the new deputy minister at Canadian Heritage, starting Oct. 9. Laurendeau has been deputy minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and...
The Weekly Briefing
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Dave Wheeler, the former 92 CITI FM Winnipeg morning man fired by Rogers in July after controversial on-air comments about transgender people, is suing...
The Weekly Briefing
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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,...
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Humble & Fred returned to the terrestrial morning show airwaves on Monday. For the past eight years, the infamous Toronto morning show duo have...
The Weekly Briefing
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Carlo Colaiacovo, former Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman, is now joining Michael Landsberg weekdays on TSN 1050 (CHUM-AM) Toronto for First Up with Landsberg...
The Weekly Briefing
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The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards were handed out last weekend. Amanda Kingsland of Country 101.1 (CKBY-FM) Ottawa took home Music Director of...
The Weekly Briefing
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Netflix has hired Stéphane Cardin, VP of Industry and Public Affairs for the Canada Media Fund (CMF), as its first Canadian employee. Cardin...
The Weekly Briefing
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Sauga 960 AM (CKNT-AM) Mississauga launched Sept. 4, nearly seven years after getting approval from the CRTC. Owner Elliott Kerr who also owns local...
