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October 26, 2016
'The Music Department' Launches To Schedule Your Music
Former colleagues at CORUS ENTERTAINMENT and COGECO MEDIA, LEO DA ESTRELA, KARA YAMICH and MARK DICKIE have founded a company specializing in outsourcing music scheduling programming for radio stations. THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT, a Canadian-based … more »
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July 8, 2015
Report: Classical South Florida Selling WKCP/Miami, WPBI/West Palm Beach, WNPS/Fort Myers To EMF
CURRENT.ORG is reporting that AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP has agreed to sell its CLASSICAL SOUTH FLORIDA stations, Classical WKCP/MIAMI, WPBI/WEST PALM BEACH, and WNPS/FORT MYERS, FL, to EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION for $21.7 million. APM bought … more »
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January 15, 2015
Cogeco Revenue, Profit Rise In First Fiscal Quarter 2015
COGECO INC., parent of Canadian radio group COGECO DIFFUSION, saw its first fiscal quarter 2015 revenue rise 4.1% to C$538.4 million, with a 15% increase in profit to C$65.4 million. The increases were attributed to growth in the company's … more »
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August 18, 2014
Sam Zniber To Program CKBE
COGECO DIFFUSION Rhythmic AC CKBE (92.5 THE BEAT)/MONTREAL names SAM ZNIBER as PD. ZNIBER is a veteran radio executive who has overseen the programming of radio stations and radio networks in the U.K., U.S., AUSTRALIA, FRANCE and several other countries. … more »
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July 14, 2014
CHLX To Join Rythme FM Network
RNC MEDIA French-language Smooth AC-Classical-Jazz CHLX (PLANÈTE 97,1)/GATINEAU-OTTAWA will flip to French Hot AC using COGECO DIFFUSION's RYTHME FM format under license, starting AUGUST 25th. RNC President/CEO RAYNALD BRIÈRE said, … more »
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March 19, 2014
Political Worker Fired After Sex Talk With CKOI's Les Justiciers Masques
The press secretary for a political candidate in QUEBEC CITY has been fired for talking about sex with COGECO DIFFUSION French Top 40 CKOI/MONTREAL's LES JUSTICIERS MASQUÉS (MASKED AVENGERS) during a contest on MONDAY. QUEBECOR's QMI MEDIA … more »
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December 2, 2013
Montreal FM Pair Gets CRTC OK For Power Increases
The CRTC has approved changes for two MONTREAL-area stations owned by COGECO DIFFUSION ACQUISITIONS INC. The agency approved a boost of French Talk CHMP (98,5 FM)/LONGUEUIL-MONTREAL from 40,800 watts at 301.5 meters to 100,000 watts at 298.9 meters … more »
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February 26, 2013
CRTC Approves Evanov Subsidiary 's Application For New Ontario FM
EVANOV COMMUNICATIONS' DUFFERIN COMMUNICATIONS subsidiary has been granted a license by the CRTC for a new FM station at CLARENCE-ROCKLAND, ON (about 25 miles east of OTTAWA). The new station will air an AC format on 92.5 FM with 300 watts at 60 … more »
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November 5, 2012
Cogeco Founder Henri Audet Dies At 94
HENRI AUDET, the former CBC engineer who founded what became the QUEBEC-based media giant COGECO, died SATURDAY at 94, the company announced TODAY. AUDET founded COGECO with a single television station in TROIS-RIVERES, QC (CKTM-TV) in 1957 and … more »
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September 28, 2012
CKOI's 'Masked Avengers' Prank-Call U.N. Secretary General
The MASKED AVENGERS (LES JUSTICIERS MASQUES) have done it again, phone-pranking another major world figure, and this time the COGECO DIFFUSION French Top 40 CKOI/MONTREAL team pranked UNITED NATIONS Secretary General BAN KI-MOON. The AVENGERS -- … more »