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Postby jon » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:49 am

REVOLVING DOOR: Corus Radio has made changes at stations in Ontario, Manitoba and B.C., and perhaps other locations that we’ve not been able to confirm. Gone from Corus Winnipeg are Power 97 morning co-host TJ Connors and announcer Holly Bausman; Mandy Shew from 99.1 Fresh FM; and CJOB anchors Lorne Edwards and April Anderson. Earlier this month, Fresh FM morning host Matt Sutton was let go and co-host Sarah Christie quit late last week. Moving into Fresh FM mornings in the next week or so is JD Francis. At Fresh FM London, Ian Sterling and Kim Woodbridge comprise the new morning show. Sterling is the former brand director. Brad Gibb is the new BD at Fresh FM, adding it to his current BD chores at FM 96 and Country 104. At Corus Vancouver, two of three traffic department staffers - Kim Katayama and Leslie Glaeser - were released because of centralization in Calgary... New GM at Blackgold Broadcasting’s existing The One (CJLD) Leduc and new Stony Plain/Spruce Grove station is former GSM Karren Andreychuk. Gruff Gushnowski moves from mornings to afternoon drive and remains operations manager at The One. Steve Zimmerman is now in mornings. The new station at 88.1, also The One, is expected to launch at mid-April with a Country format... Kim Fjellner is no longer the GSM at Harvard Broadcasting's Edmonton stations, HOT 107 (CJNW) and 95.7 CRUZ fm (CKEA)... Brian James became the GM/GSM for Vista Vancouver Island a while back. James was promoted from his PD and AC format leader role at Vista Radio’s Cottage Country stations in Ontario... Tripp West, ex of 97.1 The Bounce Edmonton (Rogers), moves to become the afternoon host at sister station 105.3 KiSS (CISS) Ottawa. He starts on-air Feb. 9... Deb Simpson has been appointed general manager of 99.3 County FM, effective March 1 after a month of training with JJ Johnston. She had been a volunteer comptroller with the community radio station... Lady Angela is no longer with CFWE/Aboriginal Multi-Media Society Edmonton because of health issues. She had been program coordinator for Internet radio, an on-air host and music department stalwart... Andrew Hore is the new retail sales manager at Bell Media Edmonton. It’s a promotion from his account exec position... Alex Tostowaryk starts in afternoons at Q 105.7 Brooks Feb. 9. He moves from Mix 107.9 (CKFT) Fort Saskatchewan... Tim Martin is now doing afternoons/pm drive at CFTK Terrace. He moved from Energy 103.5 Halifax where he was marketing and promotions manager... Gord Rutherford is the new afternoon host as of this Saturday at Mountain FM Squamish/Whistler...

RADIO: The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group purchase of Rawlco Radio stations in Saskatchewan and Alberta will close this Saturday night January 31st. Those stations are: CKNO-FM Edmonton; CIUP-FM Edmonton; CKBI Prince Albert and its transmitters CKBI-FM La Ronge and CKBI-FM-1 Big River; CFMM-FM Prince Albert and its transmitter CFMM-FM-1 Waskesiu Lake; CHQX-FM Prince Albert and its transmitters CHQX-FM-1 Waskesiu Lake, CHQX-FM-2 La Ronge and CHQX-FM-3 Big River; CJCQ-FM North Battleford and its transmitter CJCQ-FM-1 Meadow Lake; CJHD-FM North Battleford; CJNB North Battleford; and CJNS-FM Meadow Lake. Value of the transaction, as determined by the Commission, is $112,015,962… A CRTC hearing in Gatineau March 25 will, among other applications, see competing bids from Golden West Broadcasting and Clear Sky Radio for an FM licence in Sylvan Lake, Alta. and one from Vista Radio in Stratford. Clear Sky Radio wants 88.5 at 791 watts for a Modern Music (Hot AC and Modern Rock/Alternative) format in Sylvan Lake while Golden West wants 88.3 at 24,000 watts for a New Country format there. In Stratford, Vista Radio has applied to flip CJCS-AM to FM at 107.1 with power of 900 watts and a Rock format. Interventions are due by Feb. 25... Former CBC Radio One host Jo-Ann Roberts, 58, says she will seek the Green Party's nomination in Victoria for this year's federal election. One of her goals, she said, is to see a $115-million federal funding cut to the CBC restored. Roberts resigned after a decade as host of the Victoria-originated show, All Points West in December... Two denials of applications from the CRTC involve an application for a new ethnic FM licence in Winnipeg and for Concordia’s CJLO 1690 Montreal to add an FM transmitter in the downtown area. The Winnipeg licence was denied for competitive reasons while CJLO’s request was denied for technical reasons.
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