Monday, May 12, 2025

Industry News

Mornings with Ian MacKinnon & Chelsea Bird on Virgin Radio Edmonton

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Ian MacKinnon from SUN FM Kelowna is heading to Edmonton to join co-host Chelsea Bird as the new morning team on 104-9 Virgin Radio

CBC Sheds More Than 140 Jobs in Local News

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"Where we're going with our local services is really prioritizing towards digital," said CBC News general manager Jennifer McGuire. "That's in recognition of where the audience is going – they're migrating to digital, as we know in the news business."

HBO & Vice to Launch Daily Newscast

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HBO is making Vice, known for an edgy youthful approach, its news source, both on its linear TV channel as well as its new streaming, over-the-top service, HBO Now

Brendan Seeley to KG Country Red Deer

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Go West Young Man.... Brendan left Central Canada for Alberta to start his radio career... More Inside...

Chelsea Bird leaves CISN for Virgin Mornings

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This pm drive country show on Edmonton's CISN is No More! More details Inside...

You’re Playing God With The Internet

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"Congress wasn't asking you to take over the Internet."

CTV’s Laflamme & Fife Pushed Back Against Bosses, Bell Head Apologizes

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“The Canadian Association of Journalists commends CTV’s Lisa Laflamme and Robert Fife for standing against a reported attempt to interfere with their news coverage by Bell Media."

BBC Versus Jeremy Clarkson – The Real Story

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What was the Real Reason Jeremy Clarkson was fired? He was hated by the high priests of political correctness and global warming at the BBC.

THURSDAY in Broadcast History .. March 26th

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IT WAS MARCH 26th when comedian Red Buttons made his serious acting debut on CBS-TV's Studio One... When the TV special 'Welcome Home Elvis,' with Frank Sinatra as host, was taped in Miami Beach .... When Johnny Carson was the headlining comedian on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show ... and when radio's original Marshall Dillon on "Gunsmoke," William Conrad (pictured) starred in the TV movie "Cannon" on CBS which spawned a weekly series. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Bell Chastized by CRTC for Meddling with Journalists

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The chairman of Canada’s broadcast regulator said it is “disturbing” to read allegations that the president of Bell Media intervened to exclude him from news coverage on CTV, the country’s largest private broadcaster.