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Screen capture from Leigh Chapple’s last show on CTV Ottawa on May 4, 2012. On May 4, Ottawa’s “Queen of late night TV” (as Max Keeping calls her) anchored her final broadcast on CTV Ottawa. Here’s what happened: 11:30pm Last time for voiceover guy to say, “CTV news with Leigh Chapple”. ...

CTV announced today that they’ll be re-branding all of their “A” networks in Canada. Starting this fall, the channels will be known as “CTV 2”, and they’ll broadcast in HD. My my count that’ll be the fifth name for “Cable 6” in Ottawa in about 15 years, and the sixth in the stations history. ...

_ Starting today, every Monday I’m going to re-post an older article from the OttawaStart blog. This one appeared way back in January 2006 : _ OttawaStart reader Rev. A. McKee asked: "Where does [ Max Keeping ](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Keeping) get his ties? ...

** Update: ** Mauler won ! And he’s appearing as co-host on Regis & Kelly on Tuesday, January 25th. Congrats! Congrats to Hot 89.9 ’s Jeff Mauler, who’s one of ten finalists to co-host an episode or Regis & Kelly. ...

Just got this note from Beverly Charles at Mountain Road Productions, a local video production company: We are currently looking for Ottawa's next big TV stars!! Our latest show in development is called All For Nothing. The concept is getting homeowners who are looking to sell, provide them with expert advice from a realtor and stager on how to get it ready for market on the cheap (beg/barter/borrow/steal), film them rolling up their sleeves doing the reno's themselves and whoever does the best with the advice given, gets free representation from the realtor to sell their home. ...

Apparantly the theme this week on the OttawaStart blog is reality tv show auditions. Here’s a casting call for All For Nothing, a real estate reality show looking for families or couples who are planning to sell their home but need to fix it up a bit before they sell. ...

Here’s another tv show (on the W network, I think) looking for stories in Ottawa (and Kingston). ** ** The hit series GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS, returning for its fourth season, explores the paranormal through the eyes of the people who believe to have witnessed a supernatural event. ...

Toronto production company Frantic Films asked if we could help spread the word about a new show they’re working on for the Food Network. Here’s the pitch: Are you about to open your first restaurant? Are you overwhelmed? Overworked? Overdrawn? ...

The press release from CTV Ottawa today says: " After 51 years in journalism, veteran newsman Max Keeping is stepping down as Vice-President of News and Anchor of CTV Ottawa’s flagship newscast. Keeping’s last day is set for March 31, 2010 at which time he will become CTV Ottawa’s Community Ambassador. ...

CTV is the latest local media outlet to make cutbacks to its newscasts. The Ottawa Citizen [ reports ](http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Business/cuts+local+insert+from+Canada/1387014/story.html) : ** ** CTV Television has discontinued the local news inserts that were part of the Canada AM morning show, but the move will not result in any lost jobs in Ottawa. ...