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Another National Brand in Canada As Rogers Preps CityNews Rollout

Rogers Sports & Media has announced it will relaunch five of its News stations in Canada under the CityNews brand this fall. “570 News” CKGL Kitchener, “660 News” CFFR Calgary, “680 News” CFTR Toronto, “News 1130” CKWX Vancouver and “News 95.7” CJNI Halifax will all switch to the new brand. Rogers began the rollout of […] […]

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Station Sales Week Of 6/4

Jim Leven and Bruce Mittman are buying out the 82.523 percent stake in Community Broadcasters held by Northwood Ventures, Northwood Capital Partners and Paul and Jana Homer. The duo will pay $2,849,369. After closing Leven will hold 58% equity and Mittman 42%, but each will have 50% of voting stake. Community Broadcasters owns 24 stations […] […]

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Bohn Broadcast Services Rebrands As MaxxKonnect Group

Bohn Broadcast Services, a leader in broadcast technical services and MaxxKonnect connectivity solutions, has rebranded as The MaxxKonnect Group (TMG). TMG will continue to focus on providing MaxxKonnect Wireless connectivity solutions, as well as expanding broadcast technical integration services across the US. TMG will also expand our equipment sales and turn-key service offerings. Joe Myers […] […]

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FCC Approves 157 Applicants For Upcoming Auction

The FCC has approved 157 bidders to participate in the upcoming Auction 109 of 136 FM signals and 4 AM signals on July 27. Of the 157 bidders, fifty applicants have been marked as incomplete with deficiencies needing the be fixed in order to proceed. All of the applicants will still need to make their […] […]

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The Best and Worst of What’s Lost

What are the most loved and hated Lost Factor songs? The ones that were hits at the time that people came not to like over time? The songs that people disliked even then? The ones that readers still love and can’t understand why they’re lost? One of the gratifying aspects of the Lost Factor, our […] […]