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_ 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 . _ _ _ _ _ It is said that membership has its privileges. ...

_ 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 . _ I grew up under the care and tutilege of a single mother. ...

Yesterday we took a look at the overall ratings for Ottawa radio stations for spring 2014. Today we take a look at the demographic breakdown. These are the rankings that radio stations really care about, because they’re important for advertisers. ...

The Spring 2014 BBM radio ratings are out. I put all the numbers into Excel and created some graphs to try to find some trends. Did the new Jump 106.9 affect Hot or Kiss? Where did The Bear’s listeners go? ...

_ 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 . _ _ _ Last week, I was watching Power Play , the CTV blorgfest chaired by the cherubic Don Martin who was discussing the current state of the job market. ...

[  ](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 " ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20140301_164442.jpg) Several issues of _ What's On in Ottawa _ magazine, spread out on my kitchen table. Andrew Tidman recently sent along several copies of a 1960s Ottawa magazine called _ What's On in Ottawa _ . ...

** 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. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/3f51161c322611e3bb5722000a1fd013_8.jpg) "Long may you run, you beautiful bastard," Instagram art by [ minkwilliams ](http://ottawastart.com/digital-art-inspired-by-the-ottawa-elk-long-may-you-run-you-beautiful-bastard/) Here's our third annual list of things that Ottawa was obsessed with (for better or for worse) in 2013. ...

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. ...