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Actual item in this week’s edition of the Stittsville News . This is really begging for a photo: [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/spookytie.jpg) “Richard Langford, manager of the Royal Bank in Stittsville, was in the Halloween spirit at the branch last Monday, Oct. ...

** Update: ** Here’s the official press release announcing the switch [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/boom.png) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ezrock.png) The Ottawa Citizen has a report that Ottawa radio station EZ-Rock will be getting a new name and a new format: "In an announcement to be made Thursday, the station will be renamed BOOM and play music from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. ...

This could be the big hit of Ottawa’s summer. From the folks at Majic 100: ** See also: ** Ottawa Radio Guide If you liked this post, please consider subscribing to our blog via email, Twitter, Facebook or RSS. ...

CTV announced today that they’ll be re-branding all of their “A” networks in Canada. Starting this fall, the channels will be known as “CTV 2”, and they’ll broadcast in HD. My my count that’ll be the fifth name for “Cable 6” in Ottawa in about 15 years, and the sixth in the stations history. ...

_ Starting today, every Monday I’m going to re-post an older article from the OttawaStart blog. This one appeared way back in January 2006 : _ OttawaStart reader Rev. A. McKee asked: "Where does [ Max Keeping ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Keeping) get his ties? ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ottawasun.jpg) ‘Tis the week for new newspaper websites. On Sunday I blogged about the new Centretown Buzz website . And on Tuesday, the Ottawa Sun launched a new web home . It’s bold, it’s brash, and it’s very visual. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/centretown-buzz.jpg) Saw today that the Centretown Buzz has a new website – and some good new content too. It’s the work of new editor Frank Appleyard , who also created a new look for the newspaper and a Twitter feed too . ...

When Stuntman Stu and Angie Poirier took over as hosts of Majic 100’s morning show , a lot of listeners were asking what happened to Kevin Nelson. He’s been off the air for several months, and the only explanation from the radio station was that it was an extended sick leave. ...

** Update - April 10: ** Stuntman Stu tells all about why he made the move to Majic If you’re a BOB FM or Majic 100 listener, you’ll hear some new voices tomorrow morning on the morning shows: ...

[  ](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d8xuBiFXxJM/TVUwvJYsqjI/AAAAAAAAJSo/PgkaoMORoFw/s1600/CAN_OS.jpg) Just for fun, last night on Twitter we asked our readers for predictions on what fish pun the Ottawa Sun would use on the front page of today’s newspaper. Frankly, I think most of these beat out “Go Fish”. ...