Wind Mobile may buy Mobilicity if Verizon not interested
The head of Wind Mobile says he will take another look at buying Mobilicity if U.S. telecom giant Verizon puts off buying his company and struggling small competitor Mobilicity. CEO and chairman...
View ArticleEconomic Action Plan TV-radio ads stirring little interest: poll
Canadians tuned out another series of slick, taxpayer-funded Economic Action Plan ads that filled the airwaves in the spring, a new survey suggests. Radio and TV spots appeared in late March to...
View Article680News launches ‘Radio for the Road’ feature
Traffic congestion and construction are the day-to-day reality for many motorists commuting in and around Toronto and the GTA every day. The region’s transportation systems are also bursting at the...
View ArticleCRTC looking at how new technologies can be used to contact 911
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is asking Canadians about the use of text messaging and social media to contact 911 emergency services. The federal regulator wants to...
View ArticleFord to make announcement on Sunday radio show: Kelly
Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Coun. Doug Ford will still be hosting their weekly Toronto radio show Sunday, Newstalk 1010 program director Mike Bendixen confirmed on Twitter, despite calls for the...
View ArticleFord criticizes councillors & calls for police to release video
Mayor Rob Ford repeated his calls for police to release an infamous video and had harsh words for councillors who criticized his behaviour during a radio appearance on Monday morning. Ford spoke with...
View ArticleMayor Ford and brother to host online show
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Coun. Doug Ford, will reportedly host their own show again. Doug Ford has told Toronto radio station Newstalk 1010 that the pair will begin an online series...
View ArticleMayor Ford to go on U.S. sports radio, make NFL picks
Saying he’s a big Washington Redskins fan and will “go on any radio,” scandal-plagued Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has agreed to appear on a Washington-based sports talk show to make NFL picks. Ford, who...
View ArticleEdge 102.1 cancels ‘Dean Blundell Show’
Toronto radio station Edge 102.1 has cancelled The Dean Blundell Show, Corus Radio Toronto general manager Dave Farough said Monday. In a statement posted on edge.ca, Farough said “the station will...
View ArticleWhat is the wireless spectrum?
What is the wireless spectrum? All wireless signals travel over a radio frequency. For example, radio station 93.9 FM is broadcasting at 93.9 megahertz — and no two stations can use the same wavelength...
View ArticleRetired astronaut Chris Hadfield lands recurring TV, radio gig
Canada’s most famous astronaut has a new gig. CBC says Chris Hadfield will be a recurring contributor on its nightly news show The National and on CBC Radio One, starting Monday. It says the retired...
View ArticleGuidelines for safe exposure to radio waves from mobiles, Wi-Fi OK for now:...
Federal guidelines that spell out safe exposure levels of radiofrequency waves emitted by cellphones and other wireless devices appear to be mostly adequate, but research to clarify the potential risk...
View ArticleTime for a national conversation about public broadcaster: CBC
The head of the CBC says it is time to have a “national conversation” about the public broadcaster’s future role. Hubert Lacroix told the Canadian Club of Montreal on Monday that a nationwide...
View ArticleJian Ghomeshi files $55-million lawsuit against CBC
Lawyers for radio star Jian Ghomeshi have launched their promised lawsuit against the CBC, alleging breach of confidence, bad faith and defamation by the public broadcaster. Ghomeshi is seeking $55...
View ArticleConservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh dies at 70: Fox News
Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals, foretold the rise of Donald Trump and laid waste to political correctness with a merry brand of malice that made him one of the most...
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