Archived News and Articles - July 2006
Archive Date - July 28, 2006
ROGERS SAYS RADIO OK IN ALBERTA
Broadcaster
Rogers Communications, long seeking a radio presence in Edmonton and northern Alberta, has found its channel, with a $39.8-million acquisition of OK Radio's Sonic Radio 102.9 FM and World Radio 101.7 (CKER FM).
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Archive Date - July 27, 2006
CAB SUBMITS EQUITABLE PORTRAYAL CODE
Broadcaster
The CAB submitted its new Equitable Portrayal Code for broadcasters to the CRTC on Thursday, July 20. The Equitable Portrayal Code is intended to replace the Sex-Role Portrayal Code, and was created to ensure the equitable portrayal of all persons in television and radio programming. The new Code comes as the culmination of an extensive review of all existing industry codes, and addresses concerns relating to stereotyping and negative and inaccurate portrayal identified by the Task Force for Cultural Diversity on Television and the report commissioned by the CAB on the presence, portrayal and participation of persons with disabilities in television programming.
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Archive Date - July 26, 2006
FORMER SHOCK JOCK LOSES BID TO BEAT LIBEL AWARD
CBC
The former radio shock jock who became an independent member of Parliament, André Arthur, has lost his bid to have the Supreme Court overturn a $370,000 judgment against him for libelling former Quebec premier Daniel Johnson and his wife Suzanne Marcil.
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Archive Date - July 26, 2006
STATSCAN'S 2005 RADIO SURVEY
Broadcaster
The lockout ordered by CBC management last August cost Canada's public broadcaster a large share of its listening audience, according to data from an annual survey covering more than 90,000 radio listeners.
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Archive Date - July 25, 2006
TERRESTRIAL RADIO STRIKES BACK
CNN
Terrestrial radio stations aren't letting satellite take over the airwaves. They're showing signs of striking back. There's "Jack," the mix-and-match format that's become the hottest trend in terrestrial radio. The format is now available in most major markets, and last year took over New York's venerable oldies station WCBS-FM.
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Archive Date - July 24, 2006
NAB ASKS FOR FM TRANSLATORS FOR AM STATIONS
All Access
The NAB is petitioning the FCC to allow AM stations to use FM translators to fill in coverage areas within the AM's 2 mV/m daytime contour or within 25 miles of the station's transmitter. The petition notes AM stations' reception problems from electrical interference and the pending trouble with extending Daylight Savings Time for four additional weeks starting next year, meaning stations which power down at night will experience more weeks of diminished service in drive times.
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Archive Date - July 24, 2006
SHAREHOLDER COMPLAINT AIMS TO HALT CHUM SALE
All Access
One of CHUM LTD.'s minority shareholders has filed a complaint with the ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION in an attempt to stop the purchase of the company by BELL GLOBEMEDIA and make the company renegotiate the deal.
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Archive Date - July 24, 2006
BYRNESMEDIA CLIENT TOPS MARKET
Z103.5 Release
In the new radio BBM released July 17, the Toronto ratings are steaming just like the weather. ByrnesMedia’s client, Z-103.5 is still at or near the top of the rock market.
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Archive Date - July 21, 2006
BROADCAST OF CIVIC ADDRESS IN BREACH
CBSC Release
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released its decision concerning the broadcast of a civic address on CKYK-FM (Alma) on October 31 and November 1, 2005. On Halloween, the station’s hosts announced that a convicted pedophile lived at a particular address in Alma. They mentioned the street name and number on air that day and again the following morning. The CBSC Quebec Regional Panel determined that the broadcasts violated the privacy article of the Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada (RTNDA) Code of (Journalistic) Ethics.
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Archive Date - July 20, 2006
CRTC CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR SUDBURY, ON
Broadcaster
The CRTC announces that it has received an application for a broadcasting licence to provide a commercial radio service to Sudbury, Ontario. The Commission hereby calls for applications from other parties wishing to obtain a radio licence (or licences) to serve this area.
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Archive Date - July 19, 2006
CRTC CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR SYDNEY, NS
Broadcaster
The Commission announces that it has received an application for a broadcasting licence to provide a commercial radio service to Sydney, Nova Scotia.
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Archive Date - July 19, 2006
ASTRAL: WE BID ON CHUM, TOO
All Access
Canadian media company ASTRAL MEDIA saw fiscal third quarter revenues rise from C$144 to C$155.5 million, helping boost profit from C$29.6 to C$33.2 million (C61 cents/diluted share), and its radio division revenues rose 9% for the first nine months of the fiscal year, but the big revelation on the company's conference call was CEO IAN GREENBERG's comment that ASTRAL had made a bid to buy CHUM LTD. before BELL GLOBEMEDIA made its C$1.7 billion bid on WEDNESDAY.
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Archive Date - July 18, 2006
ASTRAL MAY SEEK STATIONS AFTER LOSING CHUM BID
Kevin Bell – Bloomberg
Astral Media Inc., the Canadian broadcaster that lost a bid for Chum Ltd. to Bell Globemedia Inc., may seek to buy its rival's radio stations if they're for sale after the C$1.4 billion ($1.2 billion) deal is complete.
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Archive Date - July 18, 2006
CRITICISM OF PROGRAM FOR DRUG ADDICTS NOT UNFAIR
CBSC Release
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released its decision concerning an episode of Bruce Allen’s Reality Check aired on CKNW (Vancouver) on September 8, 2005. In the editorial segment, Allen criticized a government program designed to assist drug addicts. The CBSC British Columbia Regional Panel concluded that the segment did not contain inappropriate remarks about drug addicts contrary to the Canadian Association of Broadcaster’s (CAB) Code of Ethics.
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Archive Date - July 18, 2006
XM CANADA BOOSTS PRICES
Richard Blackwell – Globe and Mail update
Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., the company that runs the XM Canada satellite radio service, said Friday it will boost prices by $2 a month in September, after losing more than $20-million in its latest quarter.
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Archive Date - July 18, 2006
EUROPEAN COURT ANNULS SONY BMG MERGER
Al Peterson – Records and Radio
A European Union Court has annulled the 2004 merger that was approved between Sony and BMG, sending the deal back to the European Commission for review and re-examination. The Court ruled that the Commission had not adequately established that the major music companies involved in the merger were not practicing collusion on market prices and market access. The suit against the merger was brought by Impala, a Brussels-based group representing independent record companies.
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Archive Date - July 18, 2006
GOOGLE TO START SELLING RADIO ADS
Techtoolblog
In January 06 Google bought DMarc Broadcasting to help jumpstart themselves into the radio advertisement game. Since then there has not been much news from this side of the business. Today, I received a Google survey for some free adwords dollars. The entire survey was about radio advertisement. I think this is pretty good evidence that they are ramping up on this. Don’t be surprised to see Google selling radio ad spots thru their adwords center in the not to distant future. The last time I got a Google survey, it was about print advertisement, 2 weeks later they revealed it in beta form.
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Archive Date - July 14, 2006
BGM GRABS CHUM FOR $1.4-BILLION
Grant Robertson and Jacquie Mcnish - Globe and Mail
When Bell Globemedia gave itself a billion-dollar makeover last winter, the message inside the boardroom was that the company wanted to get bigger — and it was prepared to spend money to get there.
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Archive Date - July 14, 2006
FAMILY TENSIONS MOTIVATED SALE OF CHUM
Gordon Pitts and Jacquie Mcnish - Globe and Mail
A potentially serious rift among the three children of CHUM Ltd.'s late founder Allan Waters was the catalyst driving negotiations that led to yesterday's announcement that Bell Globemedia will buy CHUM's highly coveted broadcasting empire, industry sources say.
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Archive Date - July 14, 2006
A TEST FOR TORIES' FREE-MARKET MANTRA
Opposition politicians, some cultural groups call on Ottawa to conduct review
Simon Tuck – Globe and Mail
Bell Globemedia's proposed acquisition of CHUM Ltd. will kick-start a pair of wide-ranging federal regulatory reviews, while raising fresh questions about the concentration of media ownership in Canada and challenging the ruling Conservatives' free-market principles.
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Archive Date - July 14, 2006
LAYOFFS COME AS DEAL IS UNVEILED
Grant Robertson – Globe and Mail
Employees at CHUM Ltd.'s television operations across Canada were feeling betrayed last night after 281 people were laid off on the same day the company accepted an offer to sell.
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Archive Date - July 14, 2006
CBS RADIO CUTS BACK WORKFORCE
All Access
All Access has learned that CBS RADIO has cut a reported 115 employees from its payroll.
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Archive Date - July 14, 2006
MONITOR, R&R BECOME ONE PUBLICATION AUGUST 11
Billboard Radio Monitor
Billboard Radio Monitor turns the page on an exciting new chapter next month, when it joins with Radio & Records to become one title.
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Archive Date - July 13, 2006
IT'S OFFICIAL-- TAKE-OVER OFFER FOR CHUM
Broadcaster
CHUM Limited and Bell Globemedia Inc. today announced that BGM, through a corporation owned by its current and prospective shareholders, has agreed to make an offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares ("Common Shares") and non-voting Class B Shares ("Non-Voting Class B Shares") of the Company at a cash price of $52.50 per Common Share and $47.25 per Non-Voting Class B Share (the "Offer"). The cash consideration represents a 50.0% premium over the 10-day weighted average trading price of the Common Shares and a 57.0% premium over the 10-day weighted average trading price of the Non-Voting Class B Shares, in each case as of July 11, 2006. The Offer establishes a $1.7 billion enterprise value for the Company.
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Archive Date - July 13, 2006
CHUM TO BE PART OF BGM: SOURCES
Richard Blackwell – Globe and Mail
Shares in CHUM Ltd. have been halted, pending a news announcement from the media organization. Sources said talks are in the final stages that will result in the company becoming part of Bell Globemedia, which owns the Globe and Mail.
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Archive Date - July 13, 2006
ALL CORRESPONDENCE THROUGH SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY
CRTC Release
Ottawa-Gatineau – In order to provide a more effective and efficient service to our clients, all correspondence with the CRTC will now be received through a single point of entry commencing July 10, 2006. The CRTC has already proceeded in this fashion for the submission of applications, interventions/comments and for the reception of complaints and inquiries.
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Archive Date - July 13, 2006
MEL KARMAZIN ‘DISAPPOINTED’ WITH NAB
Jeffrey Yorke – Radio and Records
The Sirius CEO, when asked by Newsweek this week for his reaction to the NAB’s recent request to the FCC to investigate decency standards on satellite radio said, "An organization like the NAB should be a proponent of free speech. There’s certainly disappointment on my part, and I know others who are saying 'Gee, that’s not what the NAB should be doing.'”
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Archive Date - July 13, 2006
25-54 DEMO CAPTURES 63% OF RADIO ADVERTISING
Broadcaster
A single age demographic, 25-54, continues to grow in dominance, now capturing 63% of all national radio advertising dollars. In the third quarter, the Adults 25-54 demo alone represented almost 50% of spending, an increase of 1.2 share points over the previous year. Adding distinct categories for Women 25-54 (8.7%) and Men 25-54 (4.7%) brings the total age group spend to 63%.
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Archive Date - July 12, 2006
A RISKY MOVE FOR RADIO?
Stacey Burling – Philadelphia Inquirer
Clear Channel's "Less Is More" campaign urges advertisers to pay more for shorter ads. But research shows it's not such a great deal.
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Archive Date - July 12, 2006
PROMOTIONS FOR BYRNESMEDIA CLIENT STATION
Media Release - Radio CJVR Ltd.
The President and owner of Radio CJVR Ltd., Gene Fabro announced today that Ken Singer has been promoted from Vice President and General Manager of CJVR FM and CK 750 to Vice President, Broadcast Operations for Radio CJVR Ltd. In his new position, Ken will be responsible for the overall operations of the company’s radio stations in Melfort and their newly acquired radio station, CIXM-FM in Whitecourt Alberta. He will also liaise with the CRTC concerning ongoing commitments and applications for new licences and acquisitions of new broadcasting operations.
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Archive Date - July 11, 2006
TELUS AND XM CANADA LAUNCH CANADA'S FIRST STREAMING MOBILE RADIO SERVICE
TELUS Mobile Radio - powered by XM Canada boasts 100 per cent commercial-free music and the best in comedy, talk and entertainment
CNW
TELUS and XM Canada(TM) today announced the exclusive availability of TELUS Mobile Radio(TM) - powered by XM Canada, the first service to offer Canadians access to real-time streaming satellite radio programming including 100 per cent commercial-free music and the best in comedy, talk and entertainment - all from their mobile phones.
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Archive Date - July 11, 2006
BILLBOARD BUYING RADIO & RECORDS
Chris Morris - Reuters
Billboard magazine was expected to announce Thursday (July 6) the acquisition of Radio & Records, its 33-year-old Los Angeles-based competitor, sources said.
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Archive Date - July 11, 2006
CANADIAN RADIO: TSL DOWN; NET NOT TO BLAME
Tony Sanders – Billboard Radio Monitor
Canadians aged 12 and up tuned into radio for an average 19.1 hours each week during 2005, a drop of 0.4 hours or 24 minutes from the 2004 average of 19.5 hours. That's according to a just-released report on media use published by Canada’s Radio-television and Telecommunications Council.
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Archive Date - July 10, 2006
CRTC 7TH POLICY MONITORING REPORT
CRTC Release
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today released its annual Broadcasting Monitoring Report (Report) in which it presents recent results for the Canadian broadcasting industry.
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Archive Date - July 7, 2006
BYRNESMEDIA CLIENT LAUNCHES IN HALIFAX
Z103.5 Release
Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 29, 2006 – Z103.5, The Beat of Halifax, began rolling format today. Listeners will be invited during the next few weeks to offer their comments and feedback on the city’s newest radio entrant. The station will be on-air with full format by mid-August.
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Archive Date - July 7, 2006
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES AT BYRNESMEDIA CLIENT STATION
Bayshore Broadcasting Release
Bayshore Broadcasting is shaking things up! Owen Sound’s Mix 106 Morning man JD Moffat has been promoted to Programming/Promotion Director for CFOS, Mix 106 and Country 93! JD’s morning show replacements are Bob Wallace and Diana Meder from Belleville. Former Mix 106 part-time weekend guy, Bob Bannister is now full-time swing on Country 93. Heather Klages, Music Director at Country 93 moves from evening swing to middays. Bayshore is also pleased to welcome Rico Zorzati as the new evening/weekend swing on Mix 106. Rico was recently with Blackburn in Sarnia. Kevin McDonald moves from evenings on Mix 106 to the PM Drive slot on Bayshore’s 98 the Beach in Port Elgin.
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Archive Date - July 6, 2006
CRTC RE-STRUCTURES CORPORATE SERVICES
CRTC release
On December 15, 2005, the CRTC announced a Commission-wide structural re-organization to respond to the rapidly changing industries and the blurring of traditional boundaries and lines of business.
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Archive Date - July 6, 2006
EMI, WARNER MUSIC IN TAKEOVER TALKS
Associated Press
EMI Group PLC and Warner Music Group Corp. are again discussing a merger, but each has rejected a takeover bid from the other, EMI said Wednesday.
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Archive Date - July 6, 2006
BYRNESMEDIA STATION HOLDS ANNUAL RADIO-THON
Lite 107 - Belleville ON
The Annual 'Radio-Thon' for 'Camp Trillium' on Garrett's Island (Prince Edward County), ran Friday June 23rd, at 'Bay Of Quinte' Country Club. Bob and Diana mornings from Lite 107 officially kicked things into gear @ 7am along with various staffers from Quinte Broadcasting and the Trenton Kiwanis.. all on site till 7pm.
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