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All things Weekly Briefing from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

The Weekly Briefing

RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: Audience Insights Inc. has released initial findings from its Canadian Podcast Listener study, which talked to more than 4,000 Canadians in partnership with Ulster...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Julie Tremblay, president and CEO of TVA Group Inc. and Quebecor Media Group, has retired and is also resigning from the TVA Group...

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RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: Gord Downie’s impact on the Canadian consciousness didn’t go unnoticed yesterday, as radio stations from coast to coast immediately flipped to pay tribute to...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Erin Isfeld has been named co-anchor of CTV Edmonton’s CTV News At Six, beginning Oct. 23. Joining longtime anchor Daryl McIntyre, Isfeld makes...

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 RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: The CRTC has approved Vista Radio’s sale of CJUI-FM Kelowna to Avenue Radio for $650,000. The applicant’s request for an exception to the requirement...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Rob Fai, longtime voice of the Vancouver Canadians and the baseball club’s director of communications, has a new regular hosting gig on TSN...

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RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: CJTK 106.5 FM, Sault Ste. Marie’s first Christian radio station, hit the airwaves on Sept. 27. The station was officially launched at an interdenominational...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Friends of Canadian Broadcasting executive director Ian Morrison is stepping down. Morrison had served as the group’s spokesperson since 1985 and will remain...

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RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: CHOM 97.7 Montreal radio legend Tootall hung up his microphone for the last time on Sept. 22, after a 40-year run on the station....

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Randy Renaud will take over middays on CHOM 97.7 Montreal from Tootall, who retires after 40 years of broadcasting on Sept. 22. Middays...