Mark Carcasole named Global News weekend anchor

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By  Connie Thiessen, Editor, Broadcast Dialogue August 28, 2018 . Mark Carcasole . Global Toronto reporter Mark Carcasole has been named the new Global News weekend anchor, effective Sept. 15. Carcasole will anchor the weekend 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts across multiple markets, including Toronto,...

Calgary radio host says he was assaulted, believes attack was politically motivated

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Kumar Sharma, a program host on Calgary's Fairchild Radio FM 94.7 who says he was the victim of a swarming attack, says he believes he was targeted because of an unfavourable post he shared on social media involving an aspiring UCP nomination candidate.

Radio Futurologist James Cridland joins Matt on the ‘Sound Off’ Podcast

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James Cridland is a radio futurologist. He will tell you he got that name because he printed it on his business cards, but he does possess a keen eye to where radio is headed. He is the man behind Podnews, a daily e-news letter and companion 2 minute podcast delivered daily

WEDNESDAY in Broadcast History .. Aug. 29th

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IT WAS AUG. 29th .. when Calgary’s CFAC, the radio station of the Calgary Daily Herald, had its official opening at 7:45 p.m. with a concert by the Salvation Army Band… When the summertime replacement show Paul Whiteman Presents, with hostess Dinah Shore, was heard on NBC radio for the last time.. When after a 23 year run Jurgen Gothe's final "Disc Drive" was broadcast from Vancouver on CBC Radio Two... .. and when the 120th and final episode of the ratings sensation The Fugitive aired, attracting the largest TV audience ever to that point. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

CNN caught red-handed fabricating fake news, fake sources… Watergate legend Carl Bernstein complicit… refuses...

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In a bombshell media scandal that’s growing by the hour, the tag-team of CNN and Watergate-fame journalism legend Carl Bernstein have been caught red-handed fabricating utterly fake news in a desperate effort to cast criminal blame upon President Donald J. Trump

JJ-365 Salutes Willy Percy

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On June 2nd I saluted Larry Hennessey from ‘Larry and Willy’, the famous Vancouver radio wake up team. I then told the story of how Ross Winters(now VP Programming Pattison Radio) came forward with a demo package from a couple of young guys in Thunder Bay. The pouch included a random thatch of jumbled reel to reel tape, and as added incentives they threw in shampoo samples and burger coupons. We laughed out loud at this different and fresh approach

Sportsnet announces changes to Calgary Flames broadcast team

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The addition of former Calgary Sun writer Eric Francis sparked controversy.