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** Update: ** Here’s more about the “re-rebrand” from the Ottawa Business Journal. The first song on the air this morning as The Bear? “Back in the Saddle” by Aerosmith. In today’s Ottawa Sun, Denis Armstrong reports that as of 8:30am this morning, Virgin Radio 106. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Huey_Lewis_and_the_news_CD.jpg) Stuntman Stu , PA announcer for the Sens and morning co-host at Bob FM, is on a crusade to bring Huey Lewis and The News to Bluesfest . He’s asking fans to show their support via this Facebook page . ...

Ottawa - The CBSC or "Canadian Broadcast Standards Council" responsible for recently banning the song Money for Nothing by Dire Straits has decided to censor itself from Canadian airwaves after ruling that the word "broad" was too offensive. The news comes after a complaint from a listener to OZ-FM in Newfoundland who heard the song Money for Nothing, a radio staple since 1985, stating it violates the code of ethics on several fronts due to the use of a slander for someone who is gay. ...

** Update: ** Mauler won ! And he’s appearing as co-host on Regis & Kelly on Tuesday, January 25th. Congrats! Congrats to Hot 89.9 ’s Jeff Mauler, who’s one of ten finalists to co-host an episode or Regis & Kelly. ...

Ottawa radio station Majic 100 switched over to an all-Christmas music format today . I think it’s too early for Christmas music – my rule is never before December 1, just like Christmas lights. (But judging from the lights up in my neighbourhood a lot of people don’t agree. ...

Here’s another one for all of the typography geeks who read this blog. Last week in the Ottawa Citizen, a typo in the headline about the University of Ottawa inadvertently called the school “U of Zero” insted of “U of O”. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/u-of-zero.jpg) To me, that looks like “U of Zero” rather than “U of O”. What do you think? Could be an honest typo, of course – the 0 and O are close together on the keyboard. (From an article on the front page of today’s Ottawa Citizen. ...

_ _ _ Merivale Road _ - Ottawa listeners of the goofy but informative morning show, "The Jolt" will be pleased to know the crew at LITE 99.9 are having trouble controlling enthusiasm for their "live, on-location" broadcast from the Merivale Matress Mart Discount Depot this coming weekend. ...

Just got this note from Beverly Charles at Mountain Road Productions, a local video production company: We are currently looking for Ottawa's next big TV stars!! Our latest show in development is called All For Nothing. The concept is getting homeowners who are looking to sell, provide them with expert advice from a realtor and stager on how to get it ready for market on the cheap (beg/barter/borrow/steal), film them rolling up their sleeves doing the reno's themselves and whoever does the best with the advice given, gets free representation from the realtor to sell their home. ...

Apparantly the theme this week on the OttawaStart blog is reality tv show auditions. Here’s a casting call for All For Nothing, a real estate reality show looking for families or couples who are planning to sell their home but need to fix it up a bit before they sell. ...