Archived News and Articles - May 2005
Archive Date - May 31, 2005
CORUS QUÉBEC LAUNCHES CORUS NOUVELLES
CNW
Corus Québec president Pierre Arcand has announced that the transaction with Astral Media is officially complete, making Corus Québec the largest talk radio broadcaster in Quebec. In this transaction, Corus Québec acquired seven AM stations and one FM station: CKAC Montreal, CHRC Quebec City, CJRC Gatineau, CKRS Saguenay, CHLN Trois-Rivières, CHLT Sherbrooke, CKTS Sherbrooke, and CFOM-FM Lévis. In return, Corus Québec will transfer the following five FM stations to Astral Media: CJOI-FM Rimouski, CIKI-FM Rimouski, CFVM-FM Amqui, CFZZ-FM Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, and CJDM-FM Drummondville.
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Archive Date - May 31, 2005
'PIRATE' STATION IS CLEAR CHANNEL STUNT
Radio giant promotes launch of new alternative station with fake pirate broadcasts.
Gil Kaufman – MTV
For one week now, radio listeners in Akron, Ohio, have been irritated by a pirate-radio broadcast that keeps bleeding into the programming on their favorite stations.
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Archive Date - May 31, 2005
LAWYERS QUESTION RADIO TIVO-LIKE DEVICES
Sue Zeidler – Reuters
It's like Tivo for radio, but is it legal?
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Archive Date - May 31, 2005
CHOI FM IN COURT TO SAVE LICENCE
Broadcaster Magazine
Federal broadcast regulators do not have the right to censor controversial radio broadcasts, a lawyer argued Tuesday on behalf of a Quebec City radio station facing banishment from the airwaves.
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Archive Date - May 31, 2005
CORUS PUTS RADIO GUARANTEE IN WRITING
Greg O’Brien – CARTT
Corus Radio has decided to make itself more accountable to its clients - in certificate form.
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Archive Date - May 31, 2005
BRIDGE RATINGS LOOKS AT JACK
Bridge Ratings Release
These charts reflect minute-by-minute listening behavior during the 11am hour on 5/09/2005 to a JACK-formatted station and its music competitor.
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Archive Date - May 31, 2005
BRIDGE RATINGS: DIGITAL VS. RADIO TSL
Bridge Ratings Release
TSL is UP Among MP3 Users?
As Bridge Ratings & Research has been studying traditional radio usage in our weekly audience studies, we have also been curious as to time spent with iPods/MP3 digital music players among traditional radio users.
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Archive Date - May 30, 2005
LISTEN TO YOUR COMPUTER (FOR TUNES)
Center for Media Research
According to the latest MusicLab report from The NPD Group, even though radio, audio devices, and music videos on television dominate overall music listening behavior, the computer is an increasingly significant medium for music listening. Computer listening behaviors are all on the rise compared to last year, with listening to music on a portable music player, streaming music online and listening to music on a computer showing the most notable increases.
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Archive Date - May 29, 2005
GENS X, Y WANT MUSIC VIA CELL PHONE
Shankar Gupta – Online Media Daily
Mobile phone service providers would be wise to offer users the ability to receive video and audio files, according to a study released by The Management Network Group, a management, marketing, and technology consultancy.
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Archive Date - May 29, 2005
WIMAX COULD BE “THE NEW RADIO”
Will WiMax Be “The New Radio?”
Rick Dearborn – Radio Ink
The arrival of a new technology could have a broad impact on the radio industry. There is every indication that it will influence the way radio delivers programming and the way it tracks audiences. Surprisingly, there has been little if any discussion about it within the industry, as it is a broadcast technology that broadcasters did not develop.
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Archive Date - May 26, 2005
SHOCK RADIO HAS ITS DAY IN COURT
CBC
The top-rated CHOI-FM will have its case heard before the Federal Court of Appeal.
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Archive Date - May 26, 2005
BYRNESMEDIA CLIENT ADDS MUSIC/MARKETING MUSCLE
Wild 101 Release
CKEY-FM Wild 101 is pleased to announce Dave Universal has agreed to represent the station in Buffalo as our US Music and Marketing Consultant. Dave is the former Program Director of WKSE-FM Buffalo and has unique market knowledge that will enable CKEY-FM Wild 101 to achieve even further ratings success in Western New York and Southern Ontario. You can now reach Dave at 716-444-9898 or daveuniv@niagara.com.
Archive Date - May 26, 2005
BILLBOARD TO PUBLISH BIGCHAMPAGNE CHARTS
Billboard Release
Billboard Radio Monitor has partnered with BigChampagne Online Media Measurement to syndicate BigChampagne’s music charts that rank the Internet’s most popular songs.
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Archive Date - May 26, 2005
THE 8 MAJOR MYTHS ABOUT RADIO
RAB Report
1. Clutter
a. A Harris Nesbitt Study from February, 2005 found that spot loads on Radio had been reduced by 13% in the top 10 markets since October, 2004
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Archive Date - May 26, 2005
PODCASTERS HIT THE COPYRIGHT WALL
If they don't get permission to air protected music, they could be downloading legal trouble from the recording industry
Cathy Yang and Burt Helm – BusinessWeek
Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl started podcasting his afternoon show from WCKG-FM. But within weeks, his station's parent company, Infinity Broadcasting, pulled the plug. A division of Viacom, Infinity says it wants to wait until it launches companywide podcast plans by yearend before going ahead with Dahl's project.
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Archive Date - May 26, 2005
THE LOWDOWN ON PODCASTING
Now it's a lot easier to listen than it is to send your own audio programs into cyberspace. But stay tuned -- this party's just getting started
Stephen Baker – BusinessWeek
It's an early May day in Burlington, Vt. Flameape and Bill are sitting in a local café, talking with Matty the Greek, the program director at RadioFreeSatan.com. After much meandering, the discussion turns to podcasting, the latest craze on the Internet. Thousands of citizens, including the gang in Burlington, are creating their own radio shows -- podcasts -- and beaming them as MP3 files onto the Net.
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Archive Date - May 25, 2005
TUESDAY INTERVIEW: ALAN CROSS
Greg O’Brien – CARTT
We’re not blowing smoke to say that Alan Cross is what many people think of when the term “New Music” comes to mind.
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Archive Date - May 24, 2005
TIPS FROM THE BEST RADIO WEBSITE
Ken Benson – Pinnacle Media
Virgin Radio has the best radio station website in the world. Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, the Virgin Radio Website won two Webby Awards, the leading international award honoring excellence in Web design, creativity, usability and functionality. www.virginradio.co.uk won the Webby for best radio site, and the People's Voice Webby Award for radio - chosen by tens of thousands on Internet users worldwide
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Archive Date - May 24, 2005
ONLINE MUSIC: REWRITING THE SCORE
It won't be easy to move listeners who buy single tunes to subscription services. Yahoo, with a new offering, will certainly try
Peter Burrows - BusinessWeek
For years, many music execs have argued that offering online subscriptions is the best way to sell digital music. But, so far, Apple Computer has called the tune. The maker of the iPod music player has trounced all comers by selling more than 400 million songs through its iTunes Music Store. Meanwhile, Napster, AOL, and RealNetworks, which all offer subscriptions, have been left behind.
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Archive Date - May 24, 2005
BBM RESULTS - SURVEY 1 2005 - CLICK HERE
Archive Date - May 24, 2005
CORUS QUEBEC APPOINTS NEW MANAGEMENT
Broadcaster Magazine
Corus Québec has appointed the first members of its management team to meet the challenges posed by the acquisition and integration of the Radiomédia network. The Astral transaction is expected to be finalized in late May. Corus Québec president Pierre Arcand is pleased to announce the following appointments:
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Archive Date - May 24, 2005
SATELLITE RADIO BARELY REACHES EARTH
Center for Media Research
Bob Jordan, president of International Demographics, said "We were surprised at how little market penetration has been achieved by satellite radio," after reviewing the results of a Media Audit survey in 87 metropolitan markets. With a collective adult population of 137,478,000, satellite radio has attracted a mostly male audience of just 681,000 or 0.5 percent of all adults in the markets surveyed.
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Archive Date - May 24, 2005
NEW HOME FOR CANADIAN MUSIC HALL OF FAME
Broadcaster Magazine
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced that Toronto has been selected to host the site of the new Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The location of the new building will be the intersection of Yonge and Dundas, in the heart of the recently re-developed downtown Toronto core that attracts more than 50 million people annually.
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Archive Date - May 24, 2005
CABLE WANTS TO DROP RADIO STATIONS
Greg O’Brien – CARTT
The Canadian Cable Telecommunications Association has asked the CRTC to let its members drop FM radio from their carriage requirements.
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Archive Date - May 20, 2005
XM HITS 4 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS
Chuck Taylor and Katy Bachman – Mediaweek
Subscriptions to XM Satellite Radio have passed 4 million, the company announced Monday, and its latest million were added in less than five months. The company said it is on target to sign up 5.5 million subscribers by year's end. Its long-term goal is to convert some 20 million by 2010.
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Archive Date - May 19, 2005
IT'S RADIO, JIM, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT
The Divergent Paths Open to Broadcasters Could Make the Future a Very Different Place
Skip Pizzi – Radio World
It's an exciting time for radio, with lots of activity in many different directions. The celebrated cover story of a recent edition of Wired magazine cited "The End of Radio (As We Know It)," presenting numerous new formats as potential successors.
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Archive Date - May 18, 2005
LISTENING AT COMPUTERS INCREASING
FMQB
A new study by The NDP Group finds that computers are quickly rising as a dominant music listening device. The market research firm surveyed music listeners' habits in March of this year, and although radio is still the most popular listening medium, it took a slight dip when compared to the previous year. Radio listening declined by four percent, with 194 million listeners in March of 2005, but 203 million last year. The survey found that roughly 77.2 million people listened to music stored on a computer, a 22 percent increase when compared to the same time frame in 2004. Looking at streaming online stations, listenership jumped by 18 percent, from 45.3 million listeners in 2004 to 53.5 million in 2005.
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Archive Date - May 18, 2005
RTNDA PRAIRIE REGION WINNERS
RTNDA Release
The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada presented its regional journalism awards yesterday in Edmonton.
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Archive Date - May 18, 2005
IN IPOD WORLD SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE
Marc Fisher – Washington Post
The story of entertainment technology today is the story of control. TiVo lets you skip TV commercials, broadband lets you download the music you choose, iPods give you the ability to program your own portable music and satellite radio grants you a selection of dozens of musical genres.
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Archive Date - May 18, 2005
HIP HOP GETS DOWN WITH THE DEALS
Musicians of an earlier generation used to sneer at corporate sponsorships. For today's stars, they're both cool and lucrative
David Kiley – BusinessWeek
When hip hop majors Ludacris, Big Boi, and Jermaine Dupri took the stage on Apr. 7 at Manhattan's Dodger Stages, it was for a select audience of about 50. This wasn't a VIP concert, however. The artists, assembled by TAG, the youth marketing unit of ad agency McCann Erickson, were there to tell marketing execs from the likes of Coca-Cola, Wendy's International, L'Oréal, and Verizon Communications what kind of sponsorships and marketing deals they would be interested in.
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Archive Date - May 17, 2005
BROADCASTING PUBLIC NOTICE CRTC 2005-48
Call For Applications For A Broadcasting Licence To Carry On A Radio Programming Undertaking To Serve Calgary, Alberta
CRTC Release
The Commission announces that it has received an application for a broadcasting licence to provide a commercial radio service to serve Calgary.
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Archive Date - May 17, 2005
BROADCASTING PUBLIC NOTICE CRTC 2005-49
Call For Applications For Broadcasting Licences To Carry On Radio Programming Undertakings To Serve Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
CRTC Release
The Commission announces that it has received an application for a broadcasting licence to provide a commercial radio service to Moose Jaw.
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Archive Date - May 17, 2005
RADIO DEALS AT THE READY
Paul Heine and Tony Sanders – Billboard
Privately held Susquehanna Media exiting the radio business after more than 60 years. Emmis Communications exploring the sale of its TV stations. Clear Channel Communications—the poster child of consolidation that married radio and the concert business—splitting up. The Walt Disney Company is reportedly considering a sell-off of its radio division. Viacom is moving toward separating its growth engine (cable and movies) from its "value" division (radio and TV).
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Archive Date - May 16, 2005
BYRNESMEDIA STATION HAS BEST BBM EVER
Z103.5 Release
Toronto CMA radio station Z103.5 (CIDC FM) boasts its best BBM Ratings book ever with the release of the Spring 2005 Ratings. The station went from a 3.5 Share to a 4.1 and delivers almost 700,000 listeners (687,600 – Full Coverage) and (516,100 – Toronto Central).
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Archive Date - May 16, 2005
CRTC DECIDES ON LIMITED REGULATION FOR VOIP
CRTC Release
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) determined that it would regulate Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service only when it is provided and used as local telephone service.
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Archive Date - May 16, 2005
AD STANDARDS CANADA RELEASES 2004 REPORT
Broadcaster Magazine
Advertising Standards Canada today released its Ad Complaints Report. The Report provides information about consumers'complaints submitted to ASC in 2004 for review under the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards (Code).
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Archive Date - May 16, 2005
"JACK/BOB/WHATEVER"
Mike McVay - All Access
Everyone is talking about Jack and Bob...and now Mike.
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Archive Date - May 16, 2005
BROADCAST, TV AND RADIO SITES
Center for Media Research
A deep drill-down into online media including destinations, demographics, advertisers, ad types, sizes and delivery methodology.
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Archive Date - May 13, 2005
INFINITY LAUNCHES FIRST HD MULTICAST CHANNEL
Katy Bachman – Mediaweek
Infinity Broadcasting racked up another first Thursday, May 12, with the launch of the nation’s first multicast HD radio channel by a commercial broadcaster on WUSN-FM (US99), the group’s top-rated country station in Chicago. The second channel, called Chicago’s Future Country targets younger listeners than WUSN’s primary 25 to 54 demographic.
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Archive Date - May 13, 2005
BILL GATES SAYS CELLS WILL BEAT OUT IPODS
FMQB
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who knows a thing or two about competition with Apple Computers, says he sees multi-purposes cell phones as the future of portable music listening and not the iPod. In an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Gates said, "As good as Apple may be, I don't believe the success of the iPod is sustainable in the long run." He continued, "You can make parallels with computers: Apple was very strong in this field before, with its Macintosh and its graphics user interface -- like the iPod today -- and then lost its position."
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Archive Date - May 13, 2005
F-WORD IN BREACH OF BROADCAST STANDARDS
CBSC Release
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released its decision concerning the broadcast of the song “Locked in the Trunk of a Car” by the Tragically Hip aired on CHOM-FM (Montreal). The song was broadcast at approximately 3:15 pm and contained the phrase “f**ked up”. The CBSC Quebec Regional Panel found the broadcast in breach of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ (CAB) Code of Ethics.
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Archive Date - May 13, 2005
ANNOUNCERS JUST ONE PIECE OF PUZZLE
Part 2 of a series - Click here for Part 1.
Linda White – Toronto Sun Career Connection
Each day, he accompanies thousands of people on their drive home from work. As host of the coveted late afternoon show on Toronto's only independent radio station, Matt "The Hammer" Wreggett is living out his childhood dreams.
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Archive Date - May 13, 2005
NEWCAP WINS APPROVAL FOR MAGIC THUNDER BAY
Newcap Release
Newcap Inc., (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Newfoundland Capital Corporation) announced today that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has approved the purchase of CJUK-FM, commercially recognized as Magic 99.9, a broadcasting asset of Big Pond Communications (2000) Inc. in Thunder Bay, Ontario. This transaction is expected to close May 30, 2005.
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Archive Date - May 13, 2005
RADIO CHANGES ITS TUNE TO RECAPTURE LISTENERS
Gary Strauss – USA Today
As more consumers turn a deaf ear to traditional radio, stations increasingly are switching formats.
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Archive Date - May 13, 2005
LONDON RADIOTHON SETS A RECORD
Standard Radio Release
London - It kicked off Wednesday, April 27 at 6.00 a.m. and 60 hours later, Friday April 29th at 6.00 p.m., the 6th Annual Radiothon had raised a record $448,561.00 for Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario.
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Archive Date - May 13, 2005
'LESS IS MORE' YET TO IMPACT LISTENERS
Radio and Records
According to research conducted last month by The Benchmark Company, radio listeners have yet to notice any indication of reduced spotloads on their favorite radio stations. Of the nearly 2,300 people aged 18-65 located across the U.S. that participated in the study, 66% believed that the radio stations they listen to air about the same amount of commercials as they did one year ago. Additionally, 24% said it seemed like the radio stations they listen to aired more commercials than in April 2004. Just 10% believed there were fewer commercials than one year ago.
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Archive Date - May 11, 2005
MODERN ROCK PROMOTES OUTSIDE RADIO
Brian Garrity and Bram Teitelman – Billboard
Modern-rock promotion finds itself at a crossroads as a growing number of terrestrial radio broadcasters tune out the ratings-challenged format.
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Archive Date - May 11, 2005
RADIO RAMIFICATIONS OF COURT'S DECISION
Bill Holland – Billboard
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on May 6 knocked down FCC’s “broadcast flag” rule that would have required technology to prevent copying digital television programs. But what about similar digital HD radio protections?
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Archive Date - May 11, 2005
GROUP SEEKS CANCON REFORM
Angela Pacienza – Canadian Press
A group of indie musicians is pushing to reform Canadian content rules in the hope that lesser-known outfits like Arcade Fire and the Trews will get more radio play.
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Archive Date - May 11, 2005
RTNDA ATLANTIC REGIONAL AWARD WINNERS
Broadcaster Magazine
The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada has honoured the best in electronic journalism in the Atlantic region. The coveted 2004 RTNDA Awards were presented at the Association's Atlantic Regional Conference in Saint John, NB.
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Archive Date - May 10, 2005
MEN, BUT NOT MANY, LISTENING TO SATELLITE
Ken Tucker – Billboard
Carrying the headline “Satellite Radio Attracts A Few Good Men -- Very, Very Few,” a new study from The Media Audit doesn’t have good news for satcasters XM and Sirius.
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Archive Date - May 10, 2005
US COURT THROWS OUT DIGITAL PIRACY RULES
Broadcaster Magazine
A U.S. appeals court, today, threw out new federal rules requiring anti-piracy technology that would have limited how consumers could record and watch their favorite television programs in the future.
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Archive Date - May 10, 2005
COX CEO: LOWER AD INVENTORIES HERE TO STAY
Radio and Records
Bob Neil believes that Clear Channel and others that have reduced spotloads will stick to their guns despite short-term struggles. "I don't think they really have a choice, to be perfectly honest," Neil said this morning during Cox's Q1 earnings conference call. "In terms of what I've seen, it looks like everybody is pretty steadfast and doing what they need to do to get this corrected."
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Archive Date - May 10, 2005
CRTC MAKING CRIMINALS
Digital Home Canada
The Globe and Mail recently reported that two Canadian car makers won't be offering satellite radio in their 2006 models because the CRTC refuses to approve the radios for sale in Canada.
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Archive Date - May 9, 2005
ROGERS RAISES $310,000 FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Broadcaster Magazine
On Wednesday, May 4, 2005 14 Rogers Broadcasting Radio Stations across Canada joined forces to raise awareness and funds for The Canadian Women's Foundation, an organization that works to stop violence against women and children. "This was the first time in Canadian history that a national radiothon addressed the issue of ending violence against women" explained Julie Adam, General Manager and Program Director, CHFI. In Toronto, CHFI played host to a 15-hour radiothon held Wednesday,
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Archive Date - May 9, 2005
GM, HONDA SEEKING SATELLITE RADIO ACTION
Want Ottawa to decide soon on licences
Richard Blackwell – Globe and Mail
Two of Canada's biggest car makers say that if the federal broadcast regulator doesn't decide soon on whether to license satellite radio, they won't be able to install units in their 2006 models.
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Archive Date - May 9, 2005
CKNW MORNING HOST IS RETIRING
CKNW Release
Legendary CKNW morning host Frosty Forst is retiring.
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Archive Date - May 6, 2005
CHUM AND JAZZ.FM91 ENTER INTO AGREEMENT
CHUM Release
CHUM Limited has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Canada's premier jazz station, JAZZ.FM91, to supply hosts, content, programming expertise and promotion for its proposed subscription radio service, CHUM Subscription Radio Canada (CSRC).
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Archive Date - May 6, 2005
PERSEVERANCE WINS IN RADIO BROADCASTING
Linda White – Toronto Sun Career Connection
Perseverance. It's a word you hear often when you talk to those working at Z103.5FM, Toronto's only independent radio station. Beginning with founder and owner Bill Evanov, the "school of hard knocks" is credited with helping many realize their dream of working in radio broadcasting.
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Archive Date - May 6, 2005
MOLSON TO PODVERTISE WITH CORUS
Blair McCarron – Media In Canada
Podcasting has opened the door to virgin territory for Canadian advertisers. The new field may prove to be fertile ground as Molson has signed on as podcast sponsor for The Ongoing History of New Music and Legends of Classic Rock. Corus Radio worked directly with Molson and its media agency Mediaedge:cia to make the deal.
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Archive Date - May 6, 2005
NEWCAP - Q1 - 2005 FINANCIAL RESULTS
Broadcaster Magazine
Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited, one of Canada's leading small and medium market radio broadcasters, today announces its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005.
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Archive Date - May 6, 2005
RADIO "NEW LANDSCAPE" FOR GROWTH
Center for Media Research
According to the recent release from the Radio Advertising Bureau, the results of the 1st quarter data indicate that Radio finished 1st Quarter of 2005 with total combined spot and non-spot dollars up 2% over the same time period from a year ago. National ad sales figures increased 3% 1st Quarter 2005 over 1st Quarter 2004. Non-spot revenue for 1st Quarter 2005 was the only area to experience a dip with a 2% drop.
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Archive Date - May 6, 2005
LESS SPOTS BOOST LISTENER PERCEPTION
Katy Bachman and Chuck Taylor – Billboard
A new study conducted by Arbitron and Edison Media Research concludes that 23% of radio listeners surveyed are aware of radio stations that played noticeably fewer commercial breaks and shorter breaks than in the past.
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Archive Date - May 6, 2005
REPORT DISPUTES MONOPOLY FEARS
FMQB
A new 50-page report authored by MIT media consultant Benjamin M. Compaine, calls the notion of over concentrated U.S. media ownership a myth, and repudiated claims that programming choices are shrinking or somehow have been impaired.
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Archive Date - May 6, 2005
THE THREE CATEGORIES OF MOMS
Author Maria Bailey says they can be divided into a trio of distinct groups -- and marketers better understand their needs
Pallavi Gogoi – BusinessWeek
The power of mom as an influential shopper is undeniable. Not only does she dress the family, she buys food and household goods that range in price from a few cents to thousands of dollars. If mom likes a product, she'll tell her entire neighborhood about it. If a company or a product upsets her, she can hurt its reputation by telling her friends -- word travels fast.
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Archive Date - May 6, 2005
JACK-WHAT TO DO AND EXPECT
Guy Zapoleon – All Access
Is Jack the answer to radio's biggest problems?
Definitely not. If anything, Jack is a distraction and delay to what radio needs most to survive (more on that later).
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Archive Date - May 6, 2005
MARK BRESLIN NAMED LAUGH CANADA PD
Broadcaster Magazine
Canadian Satellite Radio announced today that Mark Breslin, founder of Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club, will be the programming director for its proposed Laugh Canada channel. Pending licensing, CSR plans to broadcast Canada's undiscovered comic talent as well as our rich comedic heritage to a North America-wide audience on the Laugh Canada channel - the first-ever dedicated radio comedy outlet in Canadian broadcast history.
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Archive Date - May 5, 2005
RADIO FIGHTS BACK
Alicia, Avril help keep you listening with cooler music, fewer ads
Bill Werde – Rolling Stone
Radio fans frustrated by shrinking playlists, niche formats and painfully long commercial breaks have more options than ever. Satellite radio, Internet radio and the rise of iPods and other portable MP3 players have all cut into the time Americans spend listening to broadcast radio -- down thirteen percent from a decade ago. While the new formats don't pose an immediate threat to major broadcasters (ninety-five percent of Americans still listen to radio for an average of about twenty hours a week), the industry is fighting back with a $28 million ad campaign -- including radio spots featuring Alicia Keys and Avril Lavigne and print ads in Rolling Stone -- and reforms meant to bring back listeners. Here's what's new:
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Archive Date - May 5, 2005
CSR ADDS ASIAN TELEVISION NETWORK
Broadcaster Magazine
Stephen Tapp, president and COO of Canadian Satellite Radio, and Shan Chandrasekar, president and COO of Asian Television Network International announced a Memorandum of Understanding regarding production for the Mosaic channel, Canada's foremost multicultural radio offering to provide North America-wide reach for satellite radio broadcasting. CSR is currently pending licensing approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
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Archive Date - May 5, 2005
MARKETERS SHIFT SPENDING ONLINE
Mike Shields – Mediaweek
Traditional media planners beware: Internet marketers are after your budgets.
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Archive Date - May 5, 2005
WESTWOOD ONE INTRODUCES “SAM” RADIO
New 24/7 Format Debuts June 6, 2005
Westwood One Release
Westwood One announced today the launch of SAM (Simply About Music) Radio, a new 24 hour a day, seven day a week music format aimed at Adults 25-54. Unlike existing formats, SAM playlists are meticulously researched to deliver the highest familiarity with the least amount of repetition and burn. SAM will feature only select songs from its large and diverse library of familiar music spanning four decades, including hits by such artists as: ABBA, Ace of Base, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Blondie, Boston, Bruce Springsteen, Genesis, George Thorogood, Parliament, R.E.M., Rod Stewart, The Pointer Sisters, The Police, ZZ Top, among others.
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Archive Date - May 4, 2005
SMART PHONES: INTELLIGENCE SPREADS
Loaded with fancy features that business users love, the devices are racking up soaring sales. Next up, the mainstream consumer
Steve Rosenbush – BusinessWeek
Once in a while, during the family rush hour that begins shortly after dawn, I'll leave my cell phone on the kitchen counter as I head off to work. A few years ago, I wouldn't have considered doubling back more than a few steps to retrieve the device. But it's more important to me than ever, and I'm now willing to repeat the entire 10-minute walk from my front door to the subway to fetch the phone I left at home. It's worth the effort.
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Archive Date - May 4, 2005
129 IN MEDIA SLAIN IN 2004
Press freedom groups remember fallen - Year deadliest on record for journalists
Olivia Ward – Toronto Star
Today is World Press Freedom Day and groups that monitor the media say press freedom has suffered a backlash. Journalists face growing danger and repression.
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Archive Date - May 3, 2005
AD & SUBTRACT
John Mainelli – NY Post
If you think there are more commercials on radio than ever before, you're right on the money - lots of it.
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Archive Date - May 3, 2005
COMMERCIAL RADIO UNDER SIEGE
Satellite services and podcasters are among the competitors luring listeners away from the FM and AM dials
Christopher Boyd – Orlando Sentinel
Radio's nearly century-long run as a closed-door club for insiders with broadcast licenses is coming to an end as digital technology opens the door to homegrown disc jockeys with broadband connections.
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Archive Date - May 3, 2005
INDUSTRY CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW SPECTRUM
Broadcaster Magazine
The Honourable David L. Emerson, Minister of Industry, today announced the opening of new spectrum in the 5 GHz range, and the improvement of existing frequency bands to accommodate the increasing demand for broadband wireless products by consumers and businesses. The new spectrum will support existing needs as well as a new generation of wireless products for use by Canadians in their homes and offices, and at public access sites. It will also be fully aligned globally, providing an international market for Canadian products.
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Archive Date - May 3, 2005
CLEAR CHANNEL PROFIT SINKS; PLANS SPIN-OFF
Associated Press
Clear Channel Communications Inc., the nation's top radio broadcaster, on Friday said its profit fell by more than half in the first quarter as its plan to shorten ads and commercial breaks during programs dragged down revenue.
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Archive Date - May 2, 2005
BYRNESMEDIA CLIENT FUNDRAISER
Z103.5 and Crime Stoppers Run “Livette Moore Family Radiothon” For 4 Children Orphaned By Shooting and To Find Crime Suspects
Z103.5 Release
Toronto radio station Z103.5 and Crime Stoppers are launching a one-day “Livette Moore Family Radiothon” on Friday April 29th to encourage donations to the trust fund set up in support of the four children between the ages of five and ten who have lost their mother. Livette Moore, a 26-year-old Brampton mother, whose husband died of cancer last year, was hit in the crossfire as she attended a birthday party being held at a nightclub in North York last Sunday morning.
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Archive Date - May 2, 2005
SHORTER COMMUTES BETTER FOR LOYALTY
Ken Tucker – Billboard
A new study from Navigauge indicates that shorter is better when it comes to a driver’s commute and their station and format loyalty.
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Archive Date - May 2, 2005
INTERNET AD SPENDING SOARS TO $9.6 BILLION
Wendy Davis – Online Media Daily
Online advertising revenues for the year climbed to a new record of $9.6 billion--up 33 percent from 2003, and 19 percent from the previous record of $8.1 billion in 2000--according to a report released Thursday by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Web ad revenues for the last three months of the year contributed $2.69 to the annual total, representing a 24 percent increase from the $2.18 online ad spend in the fourth quarter of 2003.
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Archive Date - May 1, 2005
THE TREO GRANDE
The smart phone, packed with multimedia features, isn't just for fun. It's also a full-service business tool with real-time e-mail synching.
Steve Rosenbush – BusinessWeek
The Good Integrates e-mail, phone, and personal organizer, with room to spare for music, video, and Web browser. The Bad It costs $450 after discounts. The Bottom Line The Treo 650 remains the best mobile communications device on the market currently.
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