BIG layoffs at Corus station in Winnipeg

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The year before, CJOB laid off morning host Hal Anderson, who'd been with Corus for decades. Matt Cundill, who had been the program director for Power 97 and Fresh 99.1 and Olivia Billson — Anderson's producer and on-air foil — was also let go.

KGO’s Ronn Owens Re-Hospitalized

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KGO/San Francisco host Ronn Owens hit a bump on his road to recovery from surgery, suffering a fall resulting in being re-hospitalized. Ronn Owens hosts the most compelling and thought-provoking morning talk show in Northern California.

Changes @Pattison’s up! in Edmonton. Jason Roberts let go

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The Jason and Kari morning show on up! 99.3 is No More... Corey Kimm/Amy Amato scenario in Toronto. Both quit their gigs last week, yet/can’t announce where they will be going until next week

Airchecks Exposed Part 3 by Paul Kaye

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Coaching is about facilitating the performance, learning and development of another. (Paul Kaye)

TUESDAY in Broadcast History .. Aug. 11th

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IT WAS AUG. 11th .. when New York's WCBS-TV became the first station to televise a baseball game in color..in fact, two games between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves.... When CBS-TV's Sunday night variety showcase, The Ed Sullivan Show featured Buddy Knox singing his two rockabilly hits 'Party Doll' and 'Hula Love'... When the folksinging Kingston Trio signed in as the "mystery guests" on CBS-TV's "What's My Line?"... ..and when Edmonton radio station CJAX-FM began operations on 92.5 MHz with 100,000 watts. The call letters are now CKNG FM, with a branding of 92.5 Fresh FM. ALL the milestones for the date INSIDE.

Google Restructures as Subsidiary of New Company ‘Alphabet Inc.’

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Google will be overhauled and become a subsidiary of a new publicly traded company run by co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

San Francisco & Vancouver Talk Host Art Finley Dead at 88

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FINLEY hosted and anchored at KGO-A and KCBS-A/SAN FRANCISCO, XETRA-A/SAN DIEGO, WNIS-A/NORFOLK, and CKNW-A (1972-73) and CJOR-A/VANCOUVER (1981-86).