Industry News

The Demo Leaders for Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary are INSIDE.

Insiders at Seattle’s KCPQ say that the station is launching a new 8PM show in less than a couple of weeks and no one knows much about it.

The bargaining unit, composed of 43 reporters, producers, announcers, hosts, web editors, production engineers, community engagement employees and board operators, overwhelmingly approved the agreement with 94% voting in favor.

CBR takes top spot, jumping up from #4 in the winter12+ book.

CBC Radio One returns to a dominant Top Spot in the 12+ book.

"Market conditions in the Canadian radio industry have remained somewhat soft but our strong portfolio of radio stations has been clearly outperforming the industry."

IT WAS JUNE 6th … in fact D-Day on the beaches of Normandy 75 years ago today, when 44-year-old Toronto Star reporter Gordon Sinclair (pictured) began a daily series of popular broadcasts on CFRB Radio, that continued until his death… When CBC TV aired the first program in the long-running news-panel show “Front Page Challenge.” It continued for 38 years… When after 23 years The Ed Sullivan Show left CBS-TV. Gladys Knight & The Pips and singer Jerry Vale appeared on the final show… ..and when CHUM 1050 Toronto, the station with North America’s longest-running hit record chart, abandoned its Top-40 format for a mixture of soft rock and oldies. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

IT WAS JUNE 5th .. when after 22 years, Canada’s longest running radio program, “The Happy Gang,” was heard for the last time… When Toronto newsman Gordon Sinclair wrote and first broadcast one of the most popular spoken-word recordings of all time: “The Americans”… When CBS-TV premiered the summer replacement show “The Bobbie Gentry Happiness Hour”…. ..and when Edmonton’s CISN-FM signed on with 100,000 watts on 103.9 MHz as “Kissin’ Country”. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE>

HUMBLE HARVE moved to L.A. in 1965 and initially established himself in the market at KBLA/BURBANK (AM 1500) then achieved his greatest fame working as the nighttime disc jockey for "Boss Radio" KHJ.

Making a shameless play for ad dollars is part of president Catherine Tait’s goal of making the CBC less vulnerable to the whims of federal politicians, some of whom don’t believe Canada even needs a public broadcaster.