Industry News

New Country 103.1 registered the biggest 12+ gains this year, but Radio NL and the CBC are in a virtual tie for top spot.

Apologies for our earlier posting, which reflected erroneous info from Numeris. They have coirrected their chart for Kelowna, and so have we.

Star 98.3 continues to lead, with 89.5 The Drive a strong second in the 12+ book.

CBC Victoria grew its lead (12+ chart), followed by The Q and C-FAX 1070.

Matt Fogarty is a name you may not be familiar with, but if you listen to the radio in western Canada you have probably heard his voice

Hank is a southern rock singer. Son os a famous father, Hank had his own hits like Ain’t Misbehavin’ in 1986.

Happy Birthday to singer Little Richard, comedian Margaret Cho and actor Frankie Muniz. Bing Crosby (pictured) took over the hosting of NBC radio’s ‘Kraft Music Hall; “The Green Hornet’ aired its last original episode after 15 years on network radio; Jack Webb’s ‘Dragnet’ debuted on NBC-TV; and Bob Dylan gave a rare interview to CBS-TV’s ’60 Minutes.’ Obits Dec. 5th include Canadians Art Hallman and Wilf Carter, Roone Arledge of ABC News, and jazz giant Dave Brubeck. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Soft Rock 97.7 leads a hard-fought battle for the top Calgary station with women aged 25-54. Meantime. on the male side of the same demo, X 92.9 is the clearly dominant signal.