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Weekly Briefing
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Katie Wilson has joined WildBrain Television as Vice President, Channels and Curation. In the newly-created position, she'll be responsible for curating content and...
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Chris Biggs and Jason Barr are leaving HTZ-FM (CHTZ-FM) St. Catharines to replace the retiring Doc & Woody at Rogers’ 106.1 CHEZ Ottawa....
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Rick Webber has announced his retirement from Global Okanagan, effective July 31. Webber has been a news anchor in the Okanagan for almost...
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The Radio Trailblazers honoured this year’s Rosalie Award recipient Tuesday Night at Toronto’s Rosewater Room, in conjunction with Canadian Music Week. This year’s honouree...
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Nabil Karim, who parted ways with TSN in March, is joining ESPN. Karim, who hails from Burnaby, BC, had been with TSN since...
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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...
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Jeff Douglas has been named as the new host of CBC Nova Scotia’s Mainstreet, the drive home show on CBC Radio One in...
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Gord Kidder, a partner in Muskoka Information Radio (CIIG-FM) Gravenhurst, ON, remains in hospital in Prague, Czech Republic. A gofundme account has raised over...
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Jean La Rose and APTN, the network he’s helmed as CEO for the last 17 years, will part ways at the end of...
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Guy Brouillard, Gerry Forbes, and Brother Jake Edwards are the 2019 inductees of the Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame. They’ll be honoured during Canadian...
