#media #music #radioOttawa Spring 2014 BBM radio ratings (with colourful graphs!) (PART 1)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? ...
#election #jobs #media #simpsonRose Simpson: Media types should stop calling jobless Canadians lazy_ 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. ...
#media #music #radioDid you know: The government has a top 40 song quota for Ottawa radio stations[ ![](/legacy/02867.jpg) ](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 " ...
#mediaScans from 1960's event magazine "What's On in Ottawa" give a glimpse into our cultural history[ ![](/legacy/02770.jpg) ](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 _ . ...
#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. ...
#basketball #construction #elk #football #hockey #marathon #media #movies #obsessedWhat Ottawa was obsessed with in 2013 (a year-end list)[ ![](/legacy/02646.jpg) ](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. ...
#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. ...
#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”. ...