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“While car manufactures continue to glean profits from marketing their in-dash GPS features, consumers are rapidly learning that mobile apps like Google Maps and WAZE provide these same services, and with even more real-time traffic conditions,” writes Fred Jacobs

there’s plenty of speculation about who will have jobs, and what they will be, when the shakeup finally ends.

first out the gate in Vancouver is QM FM...

A swift change between Bell's parent company and Corus Entertainment will see the elimination of pay TV channel Movie Central in Western and Northern Canada as The Movie Network goes national.

Happy Birthday to Dick Smothers, Judy Woodruff, Kaye Ballard, Estelle Parsons, Richard Masur, Sean Young and Joe Walsh of The Eagles. On this date ‘Meet the Press’ made its TV debut on NBC; Victoria got its own CBC Radio station at 90.5 MHz; George Harrison and Paul Simon sang as a duet on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and a few years later, 7-year old Drew Barrymore hosted the show. CBS-TV aired the 100th episode of ‘Green Acres’; 12 years later it broadcast ‘MASH’ episode #200. ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ featured headliners the Dave Clark Five, Bobby Vinton and Dick Cavett, and U2 was profiled on ’60 Minutes.’ Obits include Canadian broadcasters Chuck Davis and Tom Rivers, and the ‘first lady’ of radio, Cathy Lewis (pictured). ALL the milestones for Nov. 20th INSIDE.

His resume is vast and impressive, starting in Edmonton CISN, JOE FM, The Bear, The Bounce....

The Recent News page at the Northwest Broadcasters site alerts us to the fact that, starting Monday, CKNW will be promoting itself on-air as...

Bill Stovold has accepted an excellent opportunity to lead our Group’s Engineering Division as our new Director of Information Technology & Engineering

Broadcast Dialogue details the names, big and small, who were dismissed this week at Bell operations from Ottawa and Quebec to Vancouver Island.

Laurie Graham has been appointed Acting Ottawa Bureau Chief for CTV News, effective January 1, as current Bureau Chief Robert Fife assumes a new role at the Globe and Mail. Fife remains at CTV as host of Question Period.