Jeff Brown of Q 107 Calgary heading to west coast for Jack FM Mornings…

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Changes and additions are on the way for 96.9, for the better...

BBC Sounds App features its 18 National Radio Stations and Many Podcasts

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While the TV version of iPlayer is restricted to viewers in the U.K., almost all of its radio output is available worldwide. Even better, it’s free to use and free of ads.

News 1130 Weather: Russ in the AM, Soon Kuss in the PM

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News 1130 is adding Michael Kuss (pictured) as their featured PM meteorologist to complement Russ Lacate in the morning.

FBI Investigates Netflix after Company Streams Child Pornography to its customers

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Netflix under investigation for Child Porn by FBI

Opinion: ‘Of Course CBC Cancels its Only Business-Friendly Show’

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Killing off the national broadcaster’s main vehicle for business news and commentary raises the question of whether the CBC was motivated by its growing bias against business people’s views of the world, which inevitably tend to be more conservative.

Calgary’s Mercedes Stephenson Leaves CTV to Head Global’s Ottawa Bureau

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“Mercedes has a reputation for accurately verifying and breaking news,” Ron Waksman, vice-president of news content for Global News and Corus Radio said. “She also sees the value in the accountability journalism we’re known for."

THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. June 28th

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IT WAS JUNE 28th … when an old favorite of radio audiences ‘Amos ‘n’ Andy’ made the switch to TV. Two years later, criticism from the NAACP about ‘stereotyping’ forced CBS-TV to drop the show… When ‘The Quiz Kids’ (pictured) began a 13-year run on radio as a summer replacement for the blind piano virtuoso Alec Templeton… When ‘The Alan Young Show’ debuted on NBC radio featuring the Vancouver-raised comedian. He would later be the human star of the talking horse TV show, ‘Mr. Ed’… When CKUA-FM signed on in Edmonton, and 'Sunny 94' took to the air in Lacombe Alta.... ..and when “The Helen Reddy Show” debuted as an eight-week summer replacement series on NBC-TV, with Flip Wilson, The Pointer Sisters, and Seals & Croft as guests. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.