CJOB, Power 97 and Groove FM will soon have a new home in the old CTV Winnipeg studios in Polo Park. Staff of the radio stations were told of the move Monday morning, which has been in the works for several years. Construction is said to take place almost immediately, and all three Corus Entertainment [...]

CJOB has parted ways with its afternoon drive host Laurie Langcastor (left). We’re told the talk radio station let her go after Monday’s show and has made Karen Black her permanent replacement. Langcastor was recently on vacation and Black was filling in for her until she returned. It appears station brass like what they heard [...]

CJOB and a handful of other Corus Entertainment radio stations will work to raise money for Haiti earthquake relief efforts today during a 3-hour radiothon. Operation Haiti will air from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. CT on radio stations in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Hamilton, London, Cornwall and Winnipeg. Four other non-Corus radio stations in [...]

Former QX104 FM midday personality and music director Karen Black will be back on Winnipeg airwaves beginning today. The award-winning broadcaster was let go in August after being at the station since 1996. Karen will temporarily fill in for the vacationing Laurie Langcastor and do the drive show on CJOB. And despite the title, she [...]

After getting the boot from Citytv back in July, along with the very lovely Terri Apostle, Jimmy Mac has been making the rounds as a standup comedian. But even that came to a halt last summer as Rumor’s Comedy Club shut down for several months due to a flood. Since then, Jimmy has been getting [...]

Blue Bomber head coach Mike Kelly was none too pleased with the comments made on CJOB’s post-game show Sunday afternoon after the team’s 48-13 loss to Montreal. Speaking with Bob Irving, Kelly said it was “media bulls**t” to suggest that the team wasn’t focused during the game. He then abruptly ended the interview and handed [...]

As you know, Hal Anderson recently took over the CJOB morning show and has had to wake up earlier than ever before. Hal recently filmed a tour of the CJOB studios, showing listeners some of the faces you hear, but never see. The newsroom is surprisingly bigger than most people would think. Watch (click on [...]

After decades of using the same old school microphones, Winnipeg’s #1 radio station has upgraded some of their hardware. CJOB has dumped the skinny, grey 1970s style mics with dented heads. These new black mics — which have been making their debut at media scrums everywhere — even feature windscreens on some models. The mic [...]

Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike Kelly has had enough of the ‘tough guys’ phoning into “The Mike Kelly Show,” he told the Free Press. The coach spoke to media on Sunday and said he will no longer take calls during the Monday night show, which airs on CJOB from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. [...]

CJOB news and program director Vic Grant will be packing it in at the end of this month, ChrisD.ca has learned. Known for his popular “Excuse Me” segments, Grant spent over 20 years at Manitoba’s Information Superstation. The news was confirmed by the station’s general manager Garth Buchko on Wednesday.

If you’re familiar with Winnipeg Free Press crime reporter Mike McIntyre‘s Twitter feed, you’ve no doubt stumbled upon a few tweets where he vents his frustration at local media outlets ripping off his work. As Mike has tweeted several times, he frequently finds exclusive details relating to a court case — in which he was [...]

Jim Toth of Shaw TV will be the new colour analyst for Moose Hockey on CJOB 68, the station announced Friday. Toth will sit alongside Brian Munz for all home game broadcasts, as well as select Monday night shows. Toth replaces Chris Nielsen who moved to Calgary this summer to pursue a career in medicine. [...]