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Milkman’s Tuned In reports: Astral's lone Ottawa property, 106.9 The Bear finally has some family moving in. The CRTC today granted the company a new license for a soft AC station to operate at 99.7 FM. Meanwhile Frank Torres was granted a license for a Blues/Blues-rock based format to operate at 101. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/Logo_Achannel.gif) First it was CHRO, then The New RO, then A-Channel, and now … " A “. We just noticed the new look on their website today – not sure when the rebranding took place. Their web site says ** : ...

Tim “Buzz” Kilpatrick, co-host of Team 1200’s Three Guys on the Radio (TGOR) show, passed away today at the Ottawa hospital. CFRA reports : ** ** Tim Kilpatrick, known to radio listeners as ''Buzz'' on sports radio station The TEAM 1200 has passed away at the Ottawa General Hospital following complications from a lung infection. ...

Issue #16 of Ottawa’s Guerilla Magazine was released last week. Lots of good stories, including Bodies of Work , profiling three Ottawa tattoo artists: ** ** Once sordid, masculine, and navy blue, tattoos are now stylish, androgynous, and multi-coloured, acceptable even for the teenage girls from suburbia. ...

Funny post today from Derek Puddicombe on the Ottaw Sun’s “Sun and The City” blog. An excerpt: ** ** Never in my almost dozen or so years of doing this job have I ever had a reaction to a word or phrase I've used in a story. ...

We’re a few days late on this one, but if you haven’t seen it yet, go check out CTV Ottawa’s new web site . A big improvement over the old page, this one features local news updates and lots more. ...

Today’s great rant comes from the Independent Observer on the ELgiN StreEt iRReguLars blog. It’s a complaint about The Current, a daily program on CBC Radio. Here’s a sample: ** ** I realize the men and women of the fourth estate must dutifully skulk among the dregs of our ailing global village, overturning slimy stones in an effort to expose the charlatans and evildoers of the age. ...

CBC had an interesting story today about Capt. Rudy Lindia, an Ottawa firefighter whose photo was used to accompany a fake news story on “The Onion”. Lindia agreed to have his photo taken a few years ago, believing it would be used by the City of Ottawa (his employer) for publicity purposes. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/ottawasun.com_1187466162328.png) ** Today’s poll question at OttawaSun.com : ** “Which of the following Canadian prime ministers would you most like to see Rick (sic) Little imitate?” ** Related: ** Ottawa Media Guide

Oops… this note was posted earlier today on the Ottawa Sun’s web site : Due to an unfortunate error, today's Sun contained last week's TV guide. The Sun regrets this mistake and any convenience it may have caused, and will be publishing the correct TV guide in tommorow’s paper. ...