Friday, June 4, 2010
**ENGLAND:** TalkSport has won the exclusive broadcast rights to the 2011 Rugby World Cup, formerly held by the BBC ... BBC Radio 4 received [66 complaints](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10235494.stm) and has apologized for...
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Veteran programmer Ross Davies has been named VP of programming and operations for Canada's Haliburton Broadcasting Group. Davies was most recently president of the Davies Company, whose clients included Haliburton,...
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Friday, May 28, 2010
**CANADA:** CHBE-FM (107.3) Victoria, BC's afternoon drive host Scott McGregor is leaving June 25th, citing personal reasons, says Northwest Broadcasters ... Rogers Digital Media is launching a new iPhone app...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
**CANADA:** Former Kelowna, BC CJUI-FM (103.9) DJ Ken Allan has resurfaced in Vancouver handling weekend shifts on CFMI-FM (101.1) ... CFMY-FM "My" (96.1) adds Brad Smart for Wednesday through Sunday...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
**CANADA:** Corus in Winnipeg cuts CJGV (99.1) "Groove FM" MD/PM Drive DJ Roxane Gagne and CJKR-FM (97.5) evening host Devon Zelmer for budget reasons, cites Milkman UnLimited ... **ENGLAND:** TalkSPORT...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
The [Northwest Broadcasters site](http://members.shaw.ca/nwbroadcasters/recentnews.htm) says morning business editor Russ Byth, reporter Jim Goddard and traffic reporter Kim Larson have all been dropped by Vancouver's **CKWX-AM (1130)** ... Toronto's **CIRR-FM (103.9)**...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
**AUSTRALIA:** The Sydney ratings are in and as usual, Maquarie's 2GB host Alan Jones is #1 in mornings with an 18.7% share, and 2Day FM won in afternoons with a...
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Friday, May 7, 2010
**UK:** Bauer Media grabs 14 nominations, and Absolute Radio scores six nominations for next month's Arqiva Commercial Radio Awards ... BBC Radio Leeds hires Martin Kelner for mornings starting...
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
**CANADA: ** Former Toronto CHFI-FM (98.1) PD Tammy Cole is the new PD of Astral's CFMG-FM (104.9) in Edmonton. You can listen to "EZ Rock 1049" [here](http://www.ezrock1049.com/player/player) ... The CRTC...
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Friday, April 30, 2010
Is a new "Virgin" station on its way to Calgary? Astral Media has registered "virginradio985.com," and they own **CIKB-FM (98.5)** "The Vibe." [There are rumors floating on the Radio-Info.com Canada...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
**ENGLAND:** Bauer Media is unveiling 38 new online radio media players across its national network, allowing users to buy songs directly from the playlists of Bauer's radio stations ... UBC...
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Friday, April 23, 2010
**CANADA:** McGill University's campus station CKUT-FM (90.3) suspends show host Tariq Jeeroburkhan following [anti-Israel statements](http://www.shalomlife.com/eng/11462/Montreal_Radio_Host_Suspended_for_anti-Israel_Libel/) that the station later retracted ... Lynne Terbasket, a 25-year veteran of Terrace, British Columbia's...
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Monday, April 19, 2010
**ENGLAND:** BBC Radio 2's morning host Chris Moyles was not on the air Monday. The Iceland volcanic dust cloud stranded him in New York City, unable to return to London...
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
**ENGLAND:** The BBC released a statement [squashing a rumor](http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/996856/BBC-says-6-Music-will-not-rebrand-BBC-Radio-2-Extra/) that they would not rebrand digital station BBC 6 Music as BBC Radio 2 Extra ... BBC Radio 4 controller Mark...
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Friday, April 9, 2010
**AUSTRALIA:** Advertising revenue increased for the [fifth straight month](http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-business/radio-revenue-up-8-in-first-quarter-20100409-rwre.html), with revenue in Sydney up 21%, Perth up 20%, Adelaide up 16% and Melbourne up 12% ... **CANADA:** Ottawa's CIDG-FM (101.9)...
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Monday, April 5, 2010
**RUSSIA:** NewsCorp will sell their Nashe Radio, with branches in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Best FM and Ultra-FM to Russian Senator Vitaly Bogdanov for an undisclosed price, says the [Moscow...
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Friday, April 2, 2010
**BULGARIA:** An April Fool's stunt by a private FM Darik Radio [nearly created a panic](http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=114820) in a number of countries, airing a report saying the nation should adopt the euro...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
**AUSTRALIA:** A ratings coup for comedy talkers Hamish and Andy, as their Fox-FM Melbourne drive time ratings pulled in a 21.7 ... In Perth, Mix-FM (94.5) was the most-listened-to station...
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Dylan Wowchuk, one-half of the Pepper & Dylan morning show on Edmonton CHR **CHBN-FM (91.7)** "The Bounce" could be in trouble with the law. He captured an escaped peahen, but...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
**CANADA:** Former Virgin Radio Ottawa (106.9) morning co-host Cub Carson will resurface soon across town on CKKL-FM (93.9) "939 Bob-FM." Carson posted on [Twitter](http://twitter.com/CubCarson), "I'm turning my knob to BOB....
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