#media #music #radioDid you know: The government has a top 40 song quota for Ottawa radio stations[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20130914_122549.jpg) Photo by [ Glen Gower ](http://about.me/glengower) I've been talking to several local radio insiders about Ottawa's commercial radio formats, playlists, etc. One interesting regulation that I learned about is called the " ...
#hockey #simpson #tvRose Simpson: Hipster Night in Canada_ Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . _ “Victory” by Alain Villeneuve, from the OttawaStart Flickr Group ...
#media #music #radioName/format change coming for 106.9 The Bear?** UPDATE (March 31: ** The station re-launched this morning at 11:00am as Jump! 106.9. ( Official press release here. ) First song on the air was “Animals” by Martin Garrix. Here’s a promo photo that the station sent us, showing their on-air hosts: left to right, Jay Hat (mornings), Jenna Mo, Mr. ...
#lunch out loud #music #newspapers #studentsLunch Out Loud Ottawa: Episode 52 featuring The Charlatan & G.Grand[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) ** ** ** ** Every Saturday we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. In this week’s episode, we meet up with Dustin, sports editor and Jakob, new editor from the Carleton University’s news media, The Charlatan. ...
#media #music #radioOttawa Fall 2013 BBM radio ratings (with graphs!)BBM ratings for Ottawa radio stations were released this week. Here’s how they ranked for all English listeners, by share. 1. CBC Radio 1 (18.1) 2. Hot 89.9 (11.9) 3. CFRA (10.4) 4. Majic 100 (6.9) 5. Country 101.1 (6. ...
#lunch out loud #music #newspapersLunch Out Loud Ottawa: Episode 51 featuring The Fulcrum and Justice R.F.[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Slide1-300x300.png) Every Saturday we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. In this week’s episode, we go the the University of Ottawa’s newspaper to meet up with Mark, Sabrina and Spencer from The Fulcrum to find out everything that is happening at the University. ...
#tvCue the flute music and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hinterland Who's Who on October 14From the OttawaStart Community News feed: It all started in 1963, with black-and white vignettes about the loon, the moose, the gannet and the beaver… Over five decades, Hinterland Who’s Who has inspired thousands of Canadians to connect with wildlife in many different ways. ...
#media #radioOttawa Spring radio ratings are out and CBC, CFRA and Hot are still on topCBC Radio comes up on top again in this Spring’s Ottawa radio ratings. The top five remains the same, although CFRA and Hot have switched places since the fall. And although Live 88.5 and CHEZ 106 have enough listeners to rank in the top ten, there’s a Facebook group with over 500 likes called " Fans For A Better Rock Station In Ottawa “. ...
#beer #media #museums #new year's eve #newspapers #obsessed #sinkhole #snowWhat Ottawa was obsessed with in 2012 (a year-end list)[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/what-ottawa-was-obsessed-wi.jpg) ** Previously: ** What Ottawa was obsessed with in 2011 ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Media Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...
#media #radioOttawa radio ratings for Fall 2012: Hot narrows the gap on CBCHere’s a chart of the BBM Fall 2012 ratings for anglophone radio listeners in Ottawa, with comparisons from recent ratings period. I’ve ranked each station by their share, defined as “the estimated total hours tuned to that station expressed as a percentage of total hours tuned to all radio”. ...