More staff were let go Wednesday morning from 100.7 Hank FM. This time, the entire morning show was abolished due to budget cuts, we’re told.
Trevor “Moose” Stoyko and Julie Buckingham are the two most recent hosts to be out of work from the NewCap Radio-owned station.
Stoyko was originally brought on board in December 2008.
Insiders say [...]

On Friday, 100.7 Hank FM terminated their midday host Carie Jones. Now we’re learning they also cut ties with their receptionist.
Is anybody still employed over there? Hopefully this will be the last round of layoffs for a while. People gotta work!
The receptionist handled duties for both Hank FM and their sister station CKJS 810 AM.
Besides [...]

100.7 Hank FM let another of its staff members go Friday — this time it was midday host Carie Jones.
Back in September, the country radio station also canned two members of their sales team.
With a station that’s plagued last in the ratings, things don’t look good for the NewCap entity.
A source at the station tells [...]

What a way to start a Monday. ChrisD.ca has learned that 100.7 Hank FM has fired two of its sales people today.
No word on what led to the dismissals.
Factor in the additional personnel changes at other stations across the city, and there are a lot of people looking for work in the Winnipeg media industry.
UPDATE: [...]

Warning: The following video may be disturbing to some viewers who do not wish to see a fairly large man without his shirt on.
100.7 Hank FM morning host Trevor “Moose” Stoyko is on a mission to meet 100,000 people in 100 days. As part of that goal, Moose was to meet 60,000 people by Friday, [...]

Parents brought their children down to Kildonan Place Shopping Centre on Friday to attempt to break a Guinness World Record.
The shopping centre partnered with the ABC Canada Literacy Foundation to break the Guinness record for “Most Children Reading With An Adult, Multiple Locations.” The event was in conjunction with Family Literacy Day.
The national event had [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein
The thing about most Winnipeg media outlets is that they don’t respond for comment when we do a story about them. They generally brush the blogosphere aside — but Hank FM didn’t.
Michelle Pereira, Sales Manager for 100.7 Hank FM, gave us the following statement regarding the little typo on their latest billboards.
There [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein
Just because your radio station is last in the ratings, doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t proofread your marketing material.
The new billboards for 100.7 Hank FM are kind of an embarrassment having been placed around the city with a noticeable error.
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CBS Outdoor, the advertising company responsible for putting up the billboards [...]

100.7 Hank FM has found a replacement for morning show host Troy Scott, who resigned earlier this month. That was quick!
Trevor “Moose” Stoyko will begin his first show on Monday, December 15. Trevor has previously worked in numerous radio markets across Canada, including Thunder Bay, Regina and Kelowna.
Welcome to Winnipeg, Trevor!
Thanks to Nige for the [...]

Troy Scott sent in an e-mail this afternoon informing me that he has parted ways with 100.7 Hank FM. Troy hosted the morning show with Simone Gillies up until this point.
Troy wishes all the best to the hard workers at Hank FM.
You can still catch him on CMT’s “Greatest” series every Wednesday at 5 p.m. [...]

UPDATE: 4:40 p.m. — ChrisD.ca has confirmed with a Hank FM insider that this is purely a publicity stunt. It’s simply a hoax to boost the station’s ratings — where they currently sit in last place. There were no ‘outrageous comments’.
According to a tip here at ChrisD.ca, Hank FM supposedly suspended its on-air staff [...]