Winnipeg radio station CURVE 94.3 has won a gold RMB Crystal Award for having the best Station Promotion Campaign.
The Radio Marketing Bureau handed out the awards Thursday and recognized the best in Canadian radio advertising between fall 2008 through 2009.
CURVE won for their ‘16 second’ promos, which to summarize, gives on air personalities 16 seconds [...]

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 stations could [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz

A radio station in Buffalo, New York refused to play Canadian music Monday in response to Team Canada’s gold medal hockey win over the U.S. Sunday.
103.3 The Edge announced its plans on their website prior to canning Canadian content. American listeners joined in on the fun, by encouraging the station to continue [...]

Former CURVE 94.3 radio personality Andrea Collins is on her way back to Winnipeg, she tells ChrisD.ca.
Andrea left in August for 107.3 Kool FM in Victoria, but will soon be co-hosting mornings on CURVE with Jay Richardson on a temporary basis, before moving back to her familiar position doing middays.
She’s back on the air locally [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) says it plans to shut down by June 1
The industry trade group has been in operation for more than 80 years and acts on behalf of the Canadian radio and television industry to lobby the Canadian government.
Closure of the CAB comes as members clash on the [...]

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 [...]

Fear not, Steve Thompson fans — the former Winnipeg radio personality landed another job.
Thompson quit 99.9 BOB FM last month and has turned up at Q103.1 FM in Kelowna (formerly B-103).
Music director Troy Scott told ChrisD.ca Thompson signed on earlier Monday as co-host with Heather Adams for the new Q morning show.
It’s not the first [...]

Oscar nominations came out Tuesday and one of the movies getting the coveted nod is “A Serious Man.” The film is up for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
Local radio host Dave Shorr spoke to one of the film’s actors, Fred Melamed, during his first Canadian media appearance back in November. Melamed discussed his evil [...]

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 during Langcastor’s absence [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein
Olympic coverage will not just be on your TV, iPhone or computer next month, Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium announced a plethora of radio stations providing coverage, as well.
77 stations across Canada will broadcast parts of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, including highlights of the day’s events,  live coverage of the [...]

Winnipeg Blue Bomber Obby Khan was the victim of a good old fashioned prank call Thursday, as Power 97 tried to convince him his car had been found totalled. Among other things, the radio pranksters told Obby a quantity of marijuana was found in the vehicle.
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We’ve learned Steve Thompson has quit his position as midday personality at Winnipeg’s 99.9 BOB FM effective today.
Thompson used to be part of the morning show over there alongside Harry Callaghan and Troy Scott, before being let go and then hired back for the midday role.
No word on why Thompson suddenly quit, but all that [...]