Archived News and Articles - June 2005
Archive Date - June 30, 2005
CRTC SATELLITE RADIO DECISIONS APPEALED
Broadcaster Magazine
A broad coalition of organizations released the following letter appealing to the federal cabinet the recent CRTC decisions to licence two American satellite radio services. The coalition is seeking an early opportunity to brief the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the opposition critics. A similar initiative is being announced today in Montreal by a coalition of francophone cultural organizations.
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Archive Date - June 30, 2005
SUPREME COURT WITH ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Susan Butler – Billboard
The U.S. Supreme Court released its opinion today (June 27) in the MGM Studios vs. Grokster case in favor of the entertainment industry, reversing the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion.
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Archive Date - June 29, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISIONS 2005-253 TO 2005-257
Licensing of new radio stations to serve Ottawa, Ontario/Gatineau, Quebec
CRTC Release
At a public hearing in the National Capital Region beginning on 1 December 2004, the Commission considered ten applications for new English-language radio services and six applications for new French-language radio services in Ottawa, Ontario/Gatineau, Quebec (Ottawa/Gatineau). This public notice sets out the criteria that the Commission has used to evaluate the applications, its determinations regarding the ability of the Ottawa/Gatineau market to support additional radio services and a list of the applications that have been approved.
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Archive Date - June 29, 2005
CRTC APPROVES EVANOV RADIO GROUP IN OTTAWA
Evanov Radio Group Release
The CRTC announced today that it has approved the application by CKMW Radio Ltd. to operate an Adult Standards/Easy Listening FM Radio Station in Ottawa. The Jewel will be on frequency 98.5 MHz (channel 203B) with an effective radiated power of 2,961 watts.
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Archive Date - June 29, 2005
NEWCAP RECEIVES APPROVAL FOR OTTAWA
NewCap Release
Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited is pleased to announce today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Newcap Inc., has been awarded a second FM radio licence in Ottawa, Ontario by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC Decision No. 2005-253).
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
BBM SEES A CLEARER PICTURE WITH PPM
Patti Summerfield – Media In Canada
Media agencies have based their Montreal television buys on BBM's Personal People Meter (PPM) data for almost two years and now radio ad purchases may not be far behind. Simultaneous to the gathering of TV data, the PPM has been capturing radio listening of 22 radio stations (English and French, Canadian and U.S.) that have encoded their signals to take part in this test. The Montreal stations taking part account for more than 92% of all radio listening in the Montreal area.
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
STANDARD TO MAKE "POVERTY HISTORY"
Broadcaster Magazine
Sound Source Networks, a division of Standard Broadcasting has secured exclusive National radio broadcast rights for LIVE 8 July 2nd, 2005 for radio stations across Canada.
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
BROADCASTERS KEEPING TRAFFIC OFF SATELLITE
Robert Mullins – Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
Traditional radio stations accepted the entry of satellite radio services into their industry because satellite could never be local. A satellite service wouldn't be able to provide news about traffic on Interstate 280, fog rolling in from the coast or the expected high today in San Jose.
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
SUSQUEHANNA COULD NET $1.3 BILLION
Industry formulas point to worth of cable, radio businesses
Andréa Maria Cecil – Daily Record/Sunday News
Privately held Susquehanna Media Co. could net at least $1.3 billion in the sale of its 33 radio stations and 230,000-subscriber cable business, according to formulas used in the cable and radio industries to calculate the value of private companies.
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
CHR, RHYTHMIC FORMATS AGREE TO GET ALONG
Radio and Records
R&R CHR/Pop Editor Kevin Carter and CHR/Rhythmic Editor Dana Hall co-moderated a R&R Convention 2005 panel focused on the high level of music sharing that's occurred between the two formats. Attendees learned that while both sides are concerned about the issue, the tide may be shifting.
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
COUNTRY BOILS OVER AT R&R CONVENTION
Radio and Records
Top Country radio and label professionals debated a number of hot topics during the Friday afternoon Country Boiler Room session at R&R Convention 2005 in Cleveland. The session's focus was on issues including the development of new radio talent, the limitations of research and radio's attentiveness to SoundScan numbers. The Jack format's impact on Country stations was also discussed. "The secret sauce of that station isn't so much playing 1,200 songs, it's what the stations sounds like between the songs," said consultant Joel Raab. "It's the writing."
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
URBAN AIMS TO REKINDLE THE SPARK
Radio and Records
Clear Channel/Chicago's own Elroy Smith moderated the R&R Convention session, "Rekindling the Spark: How to Make Radio Fun Again," which featured an outspoken and unbashful quartet of programmers: Nate Bell of CC/Memphis, Carla Boatner of CC/New Orleans, KJ Holiday of CC/Detroit and Cedric Hollywood of WEDR/Miami.
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
SURVIVAL IN A NEW MEDIA WORLD
Radio and Records
"You need to stay aggressive in order to keep things fresh," said Lee Abrams of XM Satellite Radio at the R&R Convention while describing the challenges for Alternative radio in today's new media world. This morning's panel discussion, "New Media: Alternative Choices For Survival," moderated by R&R Alternative Editor Kevin Stapleford, comprised Abrams, Jack Isquith of AOL Music, Kim Monroe of WXTM/Cleveland, Bryan Miller of WOXY.com and Dave Lombardi of Astralwerks Records.
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
HEATED DISCUSSION MARKS ACTIVE ROCK PANEL
Radio and Records
Friday's R&R Convention featured a feisty panel entitled "Active Rock: Between A Rock And A Hard Place," marked by an oftentimes heated exchange between Virgin's Ray Gmeiner, Reprise's Raymond McGlamery, In De Goot Entertainment's Bill McGathy and WRIF/Detroit PD Doug Podell.
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
R&R CONVENTION PANEL KNOWS 'JACK'
Radio and Records
A standing-room only crowd turned out this morning to hear experts on the "play anything" format talk about why the controversial format is resonating with listeners.
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
WHY MEN DON'T RELATE TO ADS
Lisa D'Innocenzo – Media In Canada
Men are misunderstood. By the media and by marketers. This according to Leo Burnett Worldwide, which after extensive research found that over 74% of males globally don't relate to advertising geared right at them.
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
RADIO LOSES SHARE TO LOCAL CABLE
Katy Bachman – Mediaweek
Despite inventory reductions and the promise of digital radio, the radio business will still lose share to local cable and outdoor over the next five years, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Entertainment and Media Outlook, released Wednesday.
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
TRIPLE-A: CAN THREE A'S BEAT A JACK?
Bram Teitelman – Billboard
For years, the triple-A format has been playing what it wants, has been all about the music and has featured a deep playlist spanning decades. Sound familiar?
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Archive Date - June 28, 2005
YOUNGER PEOPLE CELL-ONLY USERS
Joe Mandese – MediaDailyNews
The number of people who use cell phones as their exclusive or primary telecommunications device is growing rapidly, and this raises important questions about their media consumption patterns--especially for mobile media such as radio. That was the implication of new research on so-called cell phone-only households and individuals, released this week by radio researcher Arbitron.
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Archive Date - June 27, 2005
TECHS DISCUSS CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES
Radio and Records
A top-notch group of experts told those at today's Jacobs Media Summit at R&R Convention 2005 in Cleveland that technology is evolving at such a fast rate that no one can seem to keep up with it. Among those in on the discussion were Wired Features Editor Thomas Goetz, Electronic Arts Worldwide Executive/Music Steve Schnur, AOL Music Executive Director Jack Isquith, iBiquity VP/Marketing Dave Salemi and Vibes Media exec Jack Philbin.
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Archive Date - June 27, 2005
THREE PHASES OF LANGUAGE - SYNTHESIS
Jeff Einstein – MediaDailyNews
Phase III language is the language of motivation and selling. It should be where the Phase I language of intimacy and the Phase II language of learning come together. But the marketing and advertising industries are currently truncated, mired in the growing inertia of Phase II. Our reliance on and fealty to our own communications technologies prevent us from expending the requisite effort to synthesize our language, and come at the further expense of the already orphaned creative culture. We're far too consumed with the minutiae of getting there to imagine where we're going in the first place. What we say now takes a backseat to how quickly and frequently we can say it.
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Archive Date - June 27, 2005
ANGRY WIFE GETS REVENGE VIA EBAY
Fox News
Tim Shaw has gotten in trouble again – and this time it counts.
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Archive Date - June 25, 2005
DIAL R FOR RADIO ON YOUR CELL
Scores of companies are betting that delivering audio content of all kinds to handsets could be as big a camera phones and ringtones
Olga Kharif – BusinessWeek
A small deception is being practiced in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. In those cities, 300 people who might look like typical headphone-wearing commuters are listening to the radio while stuck in traffic or holding on as their overcrowded train chugs along in the morning rush hour. But they carry a secret.
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Archive Date - June 25, 2005
WARP SPEED FOR WIRELESS
A slew of new technologies could make today's Wi-Fi seem like dial-up. Competition among the newcomers, however, promises to be fierce
Olga Kharif – BusinessWeek
In the past two years, wireless technology has gone from esoteric to as mainstream as the apple tart available at Starbucks, which also happens to serve up a Wi-Fi high-speed wireless network at thousands of its retail outlets.
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Archive Date - June 25, 2005
CRTC ATTEMPTS TO SUBVERT PARLIAMENT
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting Release
Today's CRTC decision on pay radio runs counter to the Broadcasting Act and Parliament's goal of ensuring Canadian programs are predominant on Canadian airwaves, according to the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.
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Archive Date - June 25, 2005
RADIO TO PURSUE MULTI-MEDIA FUTURE
Radio and Records
WTOP/Washington Internet Operations Manager Stephen Dolge told the crowd at today's R&R Convention Technology session that radio stations must embrace new delivery methods and find new ways to reach listeners in an emerging digital marketplace.
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Archive Date - June 25, 2005
SMYTH TOUTS POWER OF RADIO
Radio and Records
Today at R&R Convention 2005, The Jacobs Media Summit general session opened with "A Conversation With (Greater Media President/CEO) Peter Smyth." Smyth, in a one-on-one interview with Jacobs Media President Fred Jacobs, called for terrestrial broadcasters to "stand up and take back what's ours."
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Archive Date - June 25, 2005
SKY RADIO MAY CLIP CANCON AIR PLAY
Terrestrial rivals may press CRTC to lower quotas
Paul Brent and Paul Vieira – Financial Post
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's decision to allow U.S. satellite radio companies to operate in Canada could have a silver lining for conventional radio operators and listeners alike -- potentially less Loverboy and Glass Tiger littering the airwaves.
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Archive Date - June 25, 2005
REVISIONS INTRODUCED TO COPYRIGHT ACT
Larry LeBlanc – Billboard
Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla and Industry Minister David Emerson introduced long-awaited revisions to Canada's Copyright Act in the House of Commons before parliament breaks for summer holidays later this week.
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Archive Date - June 25, 2005
SOCAN PLEASED WITH COPYRIGHT AMENDMENTS
Broadcaster Magazine
SOCAN is pleased with the federal government's tabling of Bill C-60, which will update Canada's copyright law. These proposed amendments to the Copyright Act reflect advancements in technology, particularly as they relate to the use of music on the Internet.
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Archive Date - June 25, 2005
SOCAN DISAPPOINTED IN SATELLITE DECISION
CNW
On Thursday, June 16, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) granted broadcast licences to Canadian Satellite Radio and Sirius Radio Canada for satellite subscription radio services and to CHUM Limited (CHUM/Astral) for a terrestrial subscription radio service. In SOCAN's opinion, this decision fails to recognize the important provisions of the Canadian Broadcasting Act, and does not offer sufficient protection to Canada's composers, lyricists, songwriters, and publishers of musical works.
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Archive Date - June 25, 2005
SATELLITE COULD BE PROBLEM FOR ADVERTISERS
Tara Perkins – CP
Satellite radio won't spell the end of annoying radio jingles, but it could be a problem for companies that rely on conventional radio ads to reach their customers.
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Archive Date - June 25, 2005
CRIA CRIES FOUL ON PAY RADIO
CARTT
The subscription radio decision should have said something about signal security, and it didn’t do enough for Cancon, says the Canadian recording industry.
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Archive Date - June 23, 2005
BYRNESMEDIA CLIENT TURNS 20
Kelowna’s long-standing Adult Contemporary radio station continues on with great programming and terrific people
Silk Release
Silk FM signed-on June 21, 1985 - 6 months to the day after CRTC approval, and 10 years after Nick Frost first began his quest for the station. The market was skeptical at first, with Kelowna media joking, “There aren’t enough elevators in town for a station like this”, and “The only station playing artists who’re all dead”. But the heckling didn’t last too long.
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Archive Date - June 22, 2005
GM LIKES SAT RADIO DECISION
CARTT
Given that XM is already installed in a number of its vehicles, General Motors of Canada said it welcomes the CRTC’s pay radio decision.
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Archive Date - June 22, 2005
LATEST PPM RESULTS ANNOUNCED IN MONTREAL
BBM Release
WHAT: Researchers from BBM Canada and its international colleague Arbitron Inc., will present late breaking results from Portable People Meter (PPMSM) research at the ARF/ESOMAR Worldwide Audience Measurement (WAM) Conference in Montreal, Quebec, June 20 thru June 24, 2005. BBM Canada and Arbitron will reveal results on how the PPM is providing new insights into audience behavior for broadcasters, agencies and advertisers. BBM Canada will discuss the results from a first test panel using the PPM to measure radio in Canada. Arbitron will also take part in a panel discussion on electronic measurement.
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Archive Date - June 22, 2005
CRTC LIKELY TO MAKE ITS RULES STICK
Forcing better deal for satellite radio
Antonia Zerbisias – Toronto Star
There was no maple-syrup-pure Canadian solution to the conundrum of U.S. satellite radio.
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Archive Date - June 22, 2005
XM'S CANADIAN PARTNER AWARDED LICENSE
CNW
XM Satellite Radio, America's leading satellite radio service with more than four
million subscribers, today announced that its Canadian partner, Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR), has been granted a broadcasting license from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to deliver commercial-free music and premier news, sports, talk, and entertainment to Canadians from coast-to-coast.
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Archive Date - June 22, 2005
SIRIUS CANADA WELCOMES CRTC DECISION
CNW
Sirius Canada Inc. thanks the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for its decision today granting a licence, subject to conditions, that would allow Sirius to begin broadcasting its world-class lineup of subscription satellite radio channels to the Canadian marketplace.
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Archive Date - June 22, 2005
CHUM AND ASTRAL RESPOND TO CRTC DECISION
CNW
CHUM Limited and Astral Media Inc. announced today their response to the CRTC decision on digital subscription and satellite radio, wherein the Commission licensed CHUM/Astral Media's proposed digital subscription radio service, CSRC, along with the two U.S. supported satellite services.
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Archive Date - June 21, 2005
SATELLITE RADIO ISN’T WORTH $15
It may be commercial free, but there is also not enough choice
Mark Evans – Financial Post
Now that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has made its decision about who gets to offer satellite-radio service, it is time to take a look at the service itself.
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Archive Date - June 20, 2005
CAB – FAIR MARKETPLACE FOR LOCAL RADIO
Broadcaster Magazine
Following the CRTC decision released today authorizing the introduction of two satellite and one terrestrial subscription radio services in Canada, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters strongly urges the CRTC to ensure for local commercial radio a fair regulatory environment in a highly competitive marketplace.
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Archive Date - June 20, 2005
STANDARDIZED COMMERCIAL CODES
Patti Summerfield – Media In Canada
The ICA Traffic Committee has developed a standardized coding for broadcast commercials that it hopes the rest of the industry will adopt and test drive over the summer months. The committee will meet again to discuss the results in September.
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Archive Date - June 20, 2005
CRTC AUTHORIZES THREE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES
CRTC Release
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today announced the approval of three subscription radio licences and the establishment of a licensing framework for satellite subscription radio services.
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Archive Date - June 20, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-246
Canadian Satellite Radio Inc.
Archive Date - June 20, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-247
Sirius Canada Inc.
Archive Date - June 20, 2005
BROADCASTING DECISION CRTC 2005-248
CHUM Limited
Archive Date - June 20, 2005
REGS "ULTIMATELY WORKABLE" FOR SATELLITE
CARTT
The future of one of three subscription radio services licensed Thursday by the CRTC is up in the air as the applicant considers whether it’s worth competing against the others when it feels the conditions of licence are unfair.
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Archive Date - June 20, 2005
SATELLITE GET THUMBS-UP RULING FROM CRTC
Paul Vieira – Financial Post
The two big U.S. satellite radio providers, XM and Sirius, will be allowed to sell their service in Canada but under onerous requirements governing how much Canadian content they air, the broadcasting regulator ruled in a landmark decision on the growing medium.
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Archive Date - June 20, 2005
RULING DRAWS STATIC FROM CHUM-ASTRAL
CRTC gives go-ahead to all three applicants – Canadian group faults local content requirements
Graham Fraser – Toronto Star
The federal broadcast regulator approved three new satellite and digital radio services yesterday. But the one all-Canadian player in the race immediately complained that its competitors were let off too easily in terms of Canadian content.
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Archive Date - June 17, 2005
RADIO'S ROI ADVANTAGE - FULL REPORT
Archive Date - June 17, 2005
CANADIAN ICONS
The best (and worst) managed brands in the country.
John Gray – Canadian Business
Effective brand management is supposed to give businesses an edge in the increasingly competitive marketplace. A good brand should set your business apart, convince consumers to seek out your product or service and help inoculate you from upstarts that haven't established their own recognizable brands. But it is the relatively new brands--such as Tim Hortons, President's Choice, Cirque du Soleil and WestJet--that Canadians believe are the best managed. Indeed, for the second year in a row, Tim Hortons topped the list of Canada's best-managed brands, with 52% of respondents choosing the purveyor of coffee and doughnuts--up from 42% last year, according to a national survey of readers of Canadian Business and Marketing magazines.
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Archive Date - June 17, 2005
IS JACK TOMORROW'S HOT AC?
Guy Zapoleon – All Access
What Jack Means For Radio ... Especially Hot AC
There is a new Jack station popping up in a market almost every day now. Why did it take so long for American radio to embrace this format when it was such a success across the Canadian border over two years ago? Mark Ramsey, of Mercury Research in the US, started showing that there was room for a wide variety music format centered in the 70s and 80s. However, the research provided by most companies didn't show this hole. It took Canada to think outside the US format box to come up with Jack.
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Archive Date - June 17, 2005
A RETURN TO 25-54’ITIS?
Sean Ross – Edison Media Research
It wasn’t so long ago that many full-signal FM outlets gave up on anybody who wasn’t 25-to-54-years-old. In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, after broadcasters realized they had paid too much for their radio stations, and before duopoly really took hold, the effects of “25-54itis” were everywhere: Top 40 stations switched to Hot AC, then to something else altogether; successful Urban FM stations moved to AM; the complete implosion of Easy Listening in a year’s time.
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Archive Date - June 17, 2005
SONG LYRICS BREACH
CBSC Release
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released its decision concerning the song “Kill All the White Man” by punk band NOFX broadcast on CJKR-FM (Power 97, Winnipeg) in November 2004. The Prairie Regional Panel concluded that the song was not abusive or unduly discriminatory on the basis of race but that it did promote or sanction violence contrary to the terms of the industry Code of Ethics.
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Archive Date - June 16, 2005
FAILURE TO RESPOND BREACHES
CBSC Release
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) today released its decision concerning a broadcaster’s failure to respond to a listener who had made a complaint to the CBSC. The CBSC Ontario Regional Panel found CHWO-AM (AM740, Oakville) in violation of its responsibilities of CBSC membership. All CBSC broadcaster members are required to respond directly to audience members who file complaints with the CBSC.
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Archive Date - June 16, 2005
TUNES TO YOUR CELL
Monty Phan - Newsday
Giving new meaning to "talk radio," Sirius Satellite Radio said Tuesday it has agreed to provide certain music channels to users of Sprint's cell phone service, the first such collaboration of its kind.
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Archive Date - June 16, 2005
VIACOM BOARD APPROVES SPLIT
Georg Szalai – Hollywood Reporter
Entertainment giant Viacom Inc. made things official Tuesday, saying its board has unanimously approved a split of the company into two separately traded entities to be known as Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp.
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Archive Date - June 16, 2005
SATELLITE IS MUSIC TO INDIE POOL'S EARS
Broadcaster Magazine
More than 20,000 Canadian artists, represented by Indie Pool, are anxiously awaiting Thursday's CRTC decision on bringing satellite radio to Canada. Independent artists from across the country have long supported the satellite radio applicants' bid as an opportunity to champion and promote Canadian artists both at home and abroad.
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Archive Date - June 16, 2005
CANADIAN SATELLITE-RADIO IPO
Jeffrey Hodgson – Reuters
Toronto entrepreneur John Bitove would consider taking his Canadian Satellite Radio public if the venture gets the go-ahead from the country's broadcast regulator this week, he said on Tuesday.
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Archive Date - June 16, 2005
ANTENNA ADJUSTMENT
Clear Channel is pulling apart its empire as it scrambles to compete in a changed media world
Tom Lowry – BusinessWeek
It's a recent Monday morning at Clear Channel Communications Inc.'s limestone headquarters in San Antonio, and the sense of urgency is palpable. Chief Executive Mark P. Mays, 41, in khakis and a short-sleeved plaid shirt, bounds into the office of his brother, 39-year-old Chief Financial Officer Randall, carrying an enormous loose-leaf notebook. On one wall hang framed vintage posters from Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and Johnny Cash concerts. A large window looks out onto a parched golf course, while inside the air-conditioned office a putter and golf balls litter the carpet. A handheld receiver for getting rival XM Satellite Radio flickers in its charger like an irritating reminder.
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Archive Date - June 16, 2005
CRTC TO RULE ON SATELLITE RADIO
Richard Blackwell and Simon Tuck – Globe and Mail
The federal broadcast regulator's decision this week on who can sell subscription radio in Canada is likely to prompt a lengthy period of turmoil in the nascent broadcasting sector.
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Archive Date - June 15, 2005
RTNDA 2004 NATIONAL WINNERS
CNW
The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada has honoured the best in electronic journalism in Canada in 2004. The coveted RTNDA National and Network Awards were presented at the 2005 RTNDA National Conference in Toronto.
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Archive Date - June 15, 2005
PAY-RADIO HUNGRY FOR CRTC NOD
Within days Canada's airwave regulator will rule on a new form of broadcasting
Odds are it will fly though many questions are unresolved
M. Corey Goldman – Toronto Star
The future of Canadian radio is up in the air.
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Archive Date - June 15, 2005
DON'T PUSH PANIC BUTTON FOR RADIO
Old radio's appeal: It's local
Antonia Zerbisias – Toronto Star
If I were to fork over $9.95 or $12.95 a month for satellite radio — which I wouldn't, but let's just say — I'd have to move into my car to feel I was getting my money's worth.
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Archive Date - June 15, 2005
CLEAR CHANNEL SOLICITS NEW RATINGS SYSTEM
Paul Heine – Billboard
Claiming radio’s influence and reach have been “underreported and diluted” by Arbitron’s diary-based ratings system, Clear Channel has put out a clarion call for a new ratings alternative. The radio titan has issued a formal request for proposals to create a new “state of the art radio ratings system that will more accurately and credibly represent radio’s true value to advertisers.”
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Archive Date - June 15, 2005
MUSIC INDUSTRY CAN SUE
Michael Geist – Toronto Star
The recent Federal Court of Appeal music file sharing case, in which the court rejected the Canadian Recording Industry Association's bid to uncover the identities of 29 alleged file sharers, raises important privacy and copyright issues. Last week's column reviewed the court's test to protect personal privacy; this week's column assesses the copyright implications of that decision.
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Archive Date - June 15, 2005
THE POWER OF US
Mass collaboration on the Internet is shaking up business
BusinessWeek
The 35 employees at Meiosys Inc., a software firm in Palo Alto, Calif., didn't know they were joining a gang of telecom-industry marauders. They just wanted to save a few bucks. Last year they began using Skype, a program that lets them make free calls over the Internet, with better sound quality than regular phones, using headsets connected to their PCs. Callers simply click on a name in their Skype contact lists, and if the person is there, they connect and talk just like on a regular phone call. "Better quality at no cost," exults Meiosys Chief Executive Jason Donahue. Poof! Almost 90% of his firm's $2,000 monthly long-distance phone bill has vanished. With 41 million people now using Skype, plus 150,000 more each day, it's no wonder AT&T and MCI Inc. are hanging it up.
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Archive Date - June 14, 2005
WHEREVER YOU GO YOU'RE ON THE JOB
The dramatic shift toward mobility is changing the way we work -- and shaking up the status quo among tech titans
Cliff Edwards – BusinessWeek
Don't call Texan Sheryl Padamonsky a road warrior. Sure, she spends an average of three days a week away from her company's Austin office. But she's not on the road. She spends the time working at home and at the house of her elderly parents in Cleveland. She stays connected with a Dell laptop, equipped with built-in wireless technology to tap in to the Net and a Webcam for videoconferencing. And she uses a palmOne Treo 650 smart phone, which makes calls, keeps her calendar, and pulls down her corporate e-mail -- all while she's on the treadmill at the gym. The 40-year-old administrative assistant to John T. "Jack" McDonald, chief executive of tech consulting firm Perficient, seems shocked anyone would compare her to her always-traveling boss. "It's really about the ability to balance work life and private life in a way that's good for me, good for my company," Padamonsky says.
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Archive Date - June 14, 2005
THREE PHASES OF LANGUAGE: THESIS
Jeff Einstein – MediaDailyNews
According to the book, "Answering God: The Psalms as Tools for Prayer," by Eugene H. Peterson, language can be split into three distinct phases, each with an equally distinct function:
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Archive Date - June 14, 2005
RADIO SETS EYES ON PODCAST PROFIT
Randy Dotinga – Wired
Less than a year after podcasting caught the public imagination, the radio industry is beginning to wake up and smell the money.
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Archive Date - June 14, 2005
BONNEVILLE SUED FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
Paul Heine - Billboard
The company that owns the U.S. rights to the federally trademarked “playing what we want” slogan is suing Bonneville International Corporation for infringing use of the trademark on its radio stations in St. Louis, Phoenix and Chicago.
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Archive Date - June 13, 2005
DON KILLE WAB BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
Broadcast Dialogue
Westman Communications Group owners of 880 CKLQ and 94.7 STAR FM are very proud to announce that General Manager Don Kille has been awarded the WAB Broadcaster of the Year. Mr. Kille was presented with this very prestigious award at the recent Presidents Dinner and WAB Awards Presentation on June 4th, 2005, in Kananaskis, AB.
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Archive Date - June 11, 2005
ALL ADVERTISING IS LOCAL
Mark Zagorski – OnlineMediaDaily
Tip O'Neill once said "all politics is local." So too, if current online trends continue, will be most advertising. Although the bulk of online spending is on national ads, everyone is gearing up for a local landslide as marketers seek to target audiences more precisely. Why? Because that's where the money is.
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Archive Date - June 11, 2005
RADIO PRODUCES BETTER ROI THAN TV
Paul Heine – Billboard
Presenting the results of its third study on the effectiveness of radio commercials this morning in New York City, the Radio Ad Effectiveness Lab concluded that radio campaigns show 49% better ROI (return on investment) for advertisers than national TV campaigns.
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Archive Date - June 11, 2005
WOODSTOCK LICENSE HEARING
Byrnes Communications Release
The hearings have wrapped up in Niagara Falls for an FM license in Woodstock, ON.
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Archive Date - June 11, 2005
RTNDA ANNOUNCES 2004 CENTRAL AWARDS
CNW
The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada has honoured the best in electronic journalism in the Central region in 2004. The coveted RTNDA Awards were presented at the Association's Central Regional Awards Dinner during the RTNDA National Conference at the Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel in Toronto.
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Archive Date - June 11, 2005
COUSIN BRUCIE BACK ON THE AIR, VIA SATELLITE
Matt Manochio – Daily Record
Much like Opie & Anthony and Howard Stern, popular radio host Cousin Brucie is hitching a ride on a satellite.
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Archive Date - June 11, 2005
OLD MEDIA SHOUT TO BE HEARD
Newspapers, radio and magazines are spending millions to combat the perception they're obsolete.
Krysten Crawford – CNN/Money
The radio industry, whose main goal is not to entertain but to help companies build consumer awareness through advertising, has discovered it's got an image problem -- and it's fighting back.
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Archive Date - June 11, 2005
INFORMATION SEARCH WASTING PROFESSIONALS' TIME
Center for Media Research
Anthea Stratigos, CEO of Outsell, reporting on the survey results, "2001 vs. 2005: Research Study Reveals Dramatic Changes Among Information Consumers," concludes that professionals are shifting away from their Internet research methods of just four years ago to more efficiently gather information and get on with their jobs. They are now looking more to their peers and colleagues, "alerting" services, and other conveniences.
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Archive Date - June 11, 2005
RADIO SECTOR RAISES VOLUME ON DEAL TALK
Sarah Mcbride – Wall Street Journal
This tune was a hit back in '99.
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Archive Date - June 9, 2005
SIRIUS PREDICTS PARITY WITH XM IN '05
Amy Gilroy – TWICE
Sirius Satellite Radio said it expects to reach parity with XM in retail market share this year and that it hopes to receive approval to offer service in Canada by the summer.
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Archive Date - June 9, 2005
BYRNESMEDIA CLIENT AT THE MOVIES
Z103.5 Release
During the entire month of June 2005, Z103.5 (Today's Hit Music) will be promoted as part of the Marketing efforts for the popular CD release “Z103 Hit Mix 2005” on 266 screens at EVERY Famous Players Theatre in Ontario.
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Archive Date - June 8, 2005
E-MAIL JONES
eMarketer
A new study finds that for millions of Americans e-mail is an essential part of everyday life — but does that mean they are addicted? You decide.
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Archive Date - June 8, 2005
RADIO DEMAND STALLS IN APRIL
Joe Mandese – MediaDailyNews
The radio industry Friday reported another soft month in local and national advertising sales, and another mixed signal for the near-term advertising economy. National radio ad spending fell 2 percent and local radio ad spending was flat in April compared with April 2004, according to estimates released by the Radio Advertising Bureau.
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Archive Date - June 7, 2005
RADIO INDUSTRY HITS SHUFFLE
Randy Dotinga – Wired
In the tradition-strangled world of commercial radio, all eyes are on that rarest of breeds: a bold new idea.
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Archive Date - June 7, 2005
AD GROUP APPLAUDS CORUS
CARTT
While applauding Corus Radio on the company’s recently announced radio “performance guarantee” the Association of Canadian Advertisers says it should be used as a model for the entire broadcast industry to emulate.
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Archive Date - June 7, 2005
PODCAST MADNESS
Ken Tucker and Paul Heine – Billboard
In a race to exploit the podcast buzz and connect with audiences through alternate delivery systems, radio’s two largest companies plan to offer podcasts from their top stations.
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Archive Date - June 6, 2005
JUNE IS BLACK MUSIC MONTH
UMAC Release
The Urban Music Association of Canada (UMAC) is pleased to recognize June 2005 as the 26th anniversary of Black Music Month. Since its creation in 1979, Black Music Month has celebrated the talent and contributions of Black musicians, songwriters, producers and industry representatives. It has honoured those who have influenced various genres of music including Jazz, Gospel, Blues, Reggae, Calypso, Rock 'n' Roll, Soul/R&B and Hip Hop.
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Archive Date - June 6, 2005
REACH TRUMPS FREQUENCY
How Radio Can Build Business in A PPM World.
Erwin Ephron – Ephron Consultancy Inc.
Whenever I hear “Radio is a frequency medium” I shudder. It implies two things, neither good. Either Radio messages don’t communicate very well, so you need say it again and again just to be sure. Or Radio’s reach is so limited that any typical schedule soon runs out of new listeners.
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Archive Date - June 3, 2005
IS THIS DIGITAL MUSIC'S FUTURE?
Startup MusicGiants is offering downloads of CD quality. Industry watchers agree there's a market -- but just how big is another question
Peter Burrows – BusinessWeek
When it comes to the red-hot online music business, a lot of the focus has been on how we'll get our music: whether we'll buy songs from a download site such as Apple's iTunes music store or rent it from subscription services that let you listen to almost anything so long as you keep paying the bill, a la Napster or RealNetwork's Rhapsody service.
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Archive Date - June 3, 2005
AMERICAN IDOLS DELIVERED THROUGH DMDS
Musicrypt's DMDS is first to deliver American Idol songs into North American Broadcast Market
Musicrypt Release
Musicrypt Inc., the industry's leading developer of user-friendly and secure music distribution, today announced that RCA Music Group chose Musicrypt's Digital Music Distribution System (DMDS) to be the first to deliver the hit songs from the new American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood and runner up Bo Bice. Nearly 30 million viewers tuned in to see the American Idol season finale capping the most watched season yet for prime-time.
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Archive Date - June 2, 2005
INTERNET RADIO GAINING, BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN
Sue Zeidler – Reuters
Like a sleeping giant, internet radio is quietly attracting more and more listeners and advertising dollars, leading some experts to predict that some day soon it will eclipse the popularity of satellite radio and iPods.
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Archive Date - June 2, 2005
RTNDA BC REGION WINNERS
RTNDA Release
The Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada has honoured the best in electronic journalism in the BC region in 2004. The coveted RTNDA Awards were presented at the Association's annual B.C. Regional meeting in Kelowna, BC.
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Archive Date - June 1, 2005
SPAM IS DIMINISHING
Center for Media Research
A new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, written by PIP Senior Research Fellow Deborah Fallows, finds that email users are receiving slightly more spam than before, but they are minding it less. Fewer email users now say that spam is undermining their trust in email. And, while more than half of internet users still consider spam to be a big problem, the ill effects of spam on email habits and the overall internet experience have declined.
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