Scripps Gets Out of the Radio Business
"With our sale of these 19 stations (for $47 million), SCRIPPS has completed the sale of our entire radio station group."
Winnipeg Broadcaster Loses Lawsuit over Cancellation
The judge ruled that Red River College did not violate Martin Boroditsky’s rights when they cancelled The Great Canadian Talk Show from the college’s Kick FM radio station in 2010.
Canada’s Sports Streaming Service DAZN Takes Another Baby Step
On Wednesday (today) DAZN will announce a three-year Canadian rights deal to broadcast the World Boxing Super Series, a high-level pro tournament that used to air on Super Channel.
Logan Anderson joins Matt in the ‘Sound Off’ Podcast this week…
Logan Anderson is the host of the Say the Damn Score Podcast. He loves being a sports broadcaster and found out that podcast was a great way to network and meet new people in his field. Guests have largely been the familiar voices that call games for places like Fresno State, South Dakota, Ball State, and Bradley
WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Aug. 15th
IT WAS AUG. 15th .. when CBS inaugurated the first nightly TV news broadcast, a 15-minute feature with anchorman Douglas Edwards reporting the day’s events. At first it was seen only in five cities in the Eastern Time zone…
When Peck’s bad boy of Vancouver radio Jack Cullen (pictured) made the move from CKMO to CKNW, taking his Owl Prowl program with him…
When Vancouver radio station CKWX moved from 980 to 1130 on the AM dial where it still resides as News 1130…
..and when the CBC locked out 5500 employees coast to coast, all members of the Canadian Media Guild. The labour dispute was not resolved until October.
ALL the milestones for Aug. 15th INSIDE.
Steve Darling, Former Global News Anchor, to run for Council in Port Coquitlam
Darling announced his intentions on Facebook. It is his second try at politics.
Pattison Group Acquires Fabmar Communications – Chilliwack, Whitecourt & Melfort
The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited Partnership (Pattison) and Fabmar Investments Ltd. (Fabmar) today jointly announced Pattison’s acquisition of Fabmar Communications Ltd. and it’s four radio station licences (and related assets) located in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, subject to CRTC approval