radio

This is what has happened in Ottawa radioland this week, and there might be a few more changes still to come. The spring Numeris (formerly BBM) ratings book starts next Monday. Hence, some tweeks and twerks on the airwaves. New Country 94: Country 101 morning co-host Marianne (Ivison) has jumped to upstart rival New Country 94 (she’ll be the new afternoon host), and as a result, Country 101 and morning host program Director Joël Lamoureux have parted ways. ...

This is what happened to Sandra Plegakis this morning on the Queensway. Ice flew off of a truck in front of her and smashed into her windshield. Other than some shards of glass in her hands she was unhurt, thankfully. Plegakis is the morning show co-host on 105. ...

The Fall 2014 radio ratings are out, and we’ve crunched the numbers to come up with some graphs to illustrate what people are listening to. These numbers include the entire demographic - all ages, men and women. (For all of the graphs below, each station is ranked by their share, defined as “the estimated total hours tuned to that station expressed as a percentage of total hours tuned to all radio”. ...

Bell Media announced the launch today of Ottawa’s New Country 94, a brand new radio station for the nation’s capital. At 93.9 on the FM dial, the new, high-energy format begins broadcasting from downtown Ottawa at 12 noon today, kicking off with a commercial-free, announcer-free, 10,000-song launch. ...

** UPDATE - NOVEMBER 12: ** As we reported yesterday, the radio station has relaunched as New Country 94. Click here for the official press release. ** UPDATE - NOVEMBER 11: ** One source tells us the new station to be launched at 93. ...

From Oct 24 - Nov 9, help CKCU raise $130,000 to help keep the Mighty 93 on the air for another year. Creating the best in music, public affairs and multicultural programs, 14x7x365. You can use paypal on our web site link or credit card, you will get a tax receipt for your donation ! ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/widgetListPlaceholder.png) Here’s a press release from Corus Radio about changes coming to boom 99.7. It’s the sister station to Jump! 106.9, which changed formats earlier this year from The Bear. Long-time radio host Wendy Daniels, who spent years at The Bear, will co-host the morning show. ...

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? ...

[  ](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 " ...