Edmonton Radio PPM Ratings… Nov 25, 2019 – Feb 23, 2020

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It's like someone threw a firecracker into the midst... Now takes a dive to 4th place, being replaced by The Breeze, Christmas music maybe? 630 CHED follows Now at number five spot. Harvard's flip to Play isn't getting as much play and sister station Cruz has dropped, with both stations showing a 3.1...

Vancouver Radio PPM Ratings .. Nov. 25 2019 – Feb. 23 2020

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CKNW AM 980 makes a return to the #1 spot in the 12+ chart. QM/FM and JR Country made remarkable gains.

Censorship coming under proposed Canadian Communications Commission

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The underlying message of the federal government’s new plans for a regulatory Communications Commission is that the government is here to help curate the internet for Canadians. The proposed Commission would decide what sort of online content is to be “trusted.”

The Decline Of The Home Radio

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32% of US households report no radio in the home.

Chuck’s Classics, featuring Kyu Sakamoto (New Video)

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Kyu, from Japan had an international hit in 1962 entitled Sukiyaki, selling more than 13 million copies. Kyu died at the age of 43

WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. March 4th

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It was March 4th a decade before radio as we know it got going, when Lee De Forest conducted an experimental broadcast from New York City. It’s the date when Edmonton first heard the signal of CHED radio at 1080KHz … …when Shirley Temple (pictured) starred in the first episode of ‘Junior Miss’ on CBS radio… and when CBS-TV aired the 200th episode of the classic sitcom ‘All in the Family.’ Details and ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

RIP pioneering Toronto broadcaster Bill Evanov, 77

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From incredibly humble beginnings to his tenure with CHIN Radio working with the legendary Johnny Lombardi, Bill learned radio from the ground up. In 1984, he began his own radio ownership career, and at his death was operating 19 stations with widely-varied formats.