Friday, October 18, 2024

Industry News

CRTC Bans 30-Day Wait to Cancel TV, Phone, Internet

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Canadians who wish to change service providers will no longer be forced to give advance notice to the company they plan to leave.

CBS News Debuts New Digital Network

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“There’s a tremendous opportunity on these platforms for a true round-the-clock newscast. We’re confident this service will appeal to both traditional news consumers and a whole new set of viewers.” Come Inside and Read More...

Budding Broadcasters Need Couching too!

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Steve Kowch wrote the book 'Making it big in Media' Steve is a teacher who will provide his time and skills in helping up and coming radio stars on the road to success Come Inside and Learn More...

NBC Hires Pippa Middleton for the ‘Today Show’

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NBC News, which has an expensive affection for royalty–whether British or American–is apparently on the cusp of hiring Pippa Middleton, who is both the sister-in-law and aunt of the future kings of Britain.

Jay Leno to be Craig Ferguson’s Final ‘Late Late Show’ Guest

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Jay Leno is set to be Craig Ferguson's final “Late Late Show” guest on Dec. 19, CBS has announced. A day earlier, fellow CBSer Jim Parsons of “The Big Bang Theory” will be the second-to-last guest. Also saying goodbye to Ferguson in his final week are Jon Hamm, Larry King, Angela Kinsey, Betty White, Thomas Lennon, and Tim Meadows.

RIP: Ex-CHEKer Philip Campbell, 65

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Campbell was a CHEK-TV Victoria anchor-reporter for 22 years until he left the station in 2009. Originally from Catalina, CA, he went to college and worked in Oregon before moving to CHEK in 1987.

Eli Barsi’s farm-girl grit cultivates career

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Eli Barsi has always been a do-it-yourself kind of woman. It probably stems from her upbringing Come Inside and Read More...

THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. Nov. 6th

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Happy Birthday to Sally Field, Emma Stone, Mike Nichols, Glen Frey, Fred Penner and Maria Shriver. On this date Windsor's legendary CKLW came into being when two previous stations were merged; the first commercial TV station WGY Schenectady went on the air; 'Meet the Press' debuted on NBC-TV; Phil Donahue's TV talk show debuted in Dayton, Ohio; 'The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour' premiered on CBS-TV; Fox-TV debuted the action series '24'; and New York's WOR-TV paid a record $182,000 per episode for reruns of 'The Cosby Show." ALL the milestones for the date are INSIDE.

Mutual Fund Scammer with a C-FAX Radio Show, Fined $17.5 Million

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DAVID MICHAELS PAID FOR A WEEKLY INFOMERCIAL ON C-FAX 1070 RADIO THAT GAVE HIM ACCESS TO MANY OF THE PEOPLE HE VICTIMIZED

Ghomeshi scandal reveals CBC hypocrisy

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And no more laments from Mother Corp. about the national insensitivity that dismisses the problem of dead and disappeared First Nations women Come Inside and Read More...