All things Weekly Briefing from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.
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The Weekly Briefing
REVOLVING DOOR:
Kash Heed’s year-long run as a host on 107.7 Pulse FM (CISF-FM) in Surrey, BC ended last week. The former BC Solicitor General...
The Weekly Briefing
RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST:
Country Radio Seminar (CRS) opened with a bang last evening in Nashville with Grand Ole Opry-themed performances from a who’s who of Country music,...
The Weekly Briefing
SIGN-OFFS:
Stuart McLean, 68, Feb. 15, after battling melanoma. The humorist, best-selling author, journalist and long-running host of The Vinyl Cafe was born in Montreal...
The Weekly Briefing
SIGN-OFFS:
Stuart McLean, 68, Feb. 15, after battling melanoma. The humorist, best-selling author, journalist and long-running host of The Vinyl Cafe was born in Montreal...
The Weekly Briefing
REVOLVING DOOR:
More names emerging from last week’s Bell Media layoffs, including Scott Lund, who had been vice-president and GM of CTV Northern Ontario since...
The Weekly Briefing
RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST:
CBS is merging its radio business with Entercom Communications Corp in a tax-free deal that will create the second-largest radio broadcaster in the U.S.,...
The Weekly Briefing
RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST:
98.1 The Bridge (CKBD-FM) Lethbridge, AB has flipped from Alternative Rock to Modern AC. Clear Sky Radio is responding to a finding that the...
The Weekly Briefing
REVOLVING DOOR:
In its biggest round of layoffs since 2015, Bell Media has cut positions cross-country at its TV and radio stations. In a statement to Broadcast Dialogue,...
The Weekly Briefing
REVOLVING DOOR:
Canadian country star Jason McCoy has joined KICX 106 (CICX-FM) Orillia as an on-air host. The award-winning performer was born in Barrie and...
The Weekly Briefing
RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST:
Randy Lennox will be awarded the 2017 Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). Currently president...
