Industry News

Should local fire departments have authority to call in giant water tanker? Vancouver Island is now in Drought conditions, and this is only the beginning of July...

Jim Pattison Broadcast Group, Canada’s largest private western based Radio and Television Company has an exciting opportunity to join our Prince George team as Promotions Director. .

Gretchen Carlson claims that she was let go from Fox News on June 23 as retaliation for rebuffing Roger Ailes' sexual advances.

IT WAS JULY 6th ... when Canadian soprano Sarah Fischer sang 30 minutes of excerpts from Carmen in the first opera telecast by the BBC... When following on years in supporting radio roles with Rudy Vallee, Paul Whiteman and Edgar Bergen, Judy Canova (pictured) began her own weekly comedy-and-music show on CBS... When a hidden microphone eavesdropped on unsuspecting people for the first time, as Candid Microphone hit the ABC radio airwaves. Allen Funt was the host... ..and when Karen & Richard Carpenter hosted the debut of their summer series, Make Your Own Kind of Music, on NBC-TV. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Doriana Temolo, News Director of Global National will leave her post July 15 to pursue other interests. She has been with Global National for 15 years after 13 years at BCTV/CHAN.

How do radio, online radio, and podcasting fit into the larger pattern of tech trends washing over today’s audiences? What’s the power of audio in the first place? By Mark Ramsey...

When we are working with shows we can quickly identify whether someone is a good conversationalist or not. Bad conversationalists tend to present themselves in similar ways;

IT WAS JULY 5th … when Ann Southern starred on CBS Radio as "Maisie" for the first time, beginning a six-year run …. When “My Favorite Husband”, starring Lucille Ball (pictured), debuted on CBS Radio, laying the groundwork for the redhead’s later superstardom on TV… When Anne Murray hosted “The Midnight Special” on NBC-TV, singing five songs including “You Won’t See Me,” “Robbie’s Song For Jesus” and “He Thinks I Still Care”…. ..and when the pilot episode of the landmark TV comedy”Seinfeld” aired on NBC. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Today marked the unveiling of new line-up of hosts, including the firing of Roger Kingkade (Pictured) and former Wildrose Party leader Danille Smith moving into the mid morning slot on QR 770