radio

Did you read the story in the Ottawa Citizen today about the 14-year-old who’s running an unlicensed radio station? Milkman Unlimited digs up some more info about the station, Jayhead Saddé (the kid who runs it), and his dad. Here’s a bit of info: ...

From Milkman Unlimited : The Gods of Rock descend on Ottawa this afternoon at 4 pm when Astral Media owned radio station The Bear 106.9 flips to Virgin Radio 1069. This is Canada’s third Virgin Radio station to launch after Virgin Radio 999 Toronto and Virgin Radio 953 Vancouver; all part a commercial association to develop Virgin Radio in Canada entered into by Astral Media and Richard Branson’s Virgin Radio International. ...

Milkman’s Tuned In reports : Astral Media Inc., Canada's largest radio broadcaster, today announced that it will roll out the Virgin Radio brand across Canada. In early January 2009, the stations now known as 95 Crave (95.3 FM) in Vancouver, The Bear (106. ...

Milkman reports on Tuned In Canada : ** ** Ottawa’s Newest radio station DAWG FM , has a name and has received it’s call sign from Industry Canada. C I D G will be found at 101.9 on the FM dial in spring of 2009. ...

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. ...

** From Milkman’s Tuned In : ** Jungle Jim Jerome returns full-time to his long lost home, Sports Radio TEAM 1200, where he’ll join Steve Warne and Stuntman Stu as one of the three guys on the radio, or “TGOR” as they are referred to by their loyal legion of listeners. ...

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. ...

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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. ...

Reader Lawrence Bishop sent along these thoughts about the state of morning radio in Ottawa. What do you think? In regards to Ottawa Radio CBC is #1 CFRA is #2 both are talk radio stations! What that tells me as a former broadcaster, is Ottawa music stations need a real face lift, the only station that has a half decent morning show is located on CHEZ 106, this show has somewhat of a radio format with one problem if I have to wait for the news to get the weather on the hour and half hour. ...