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Congratulations to The Home of Rock N’ Roll Q104 in Halifax for winning “Station Of The Year (medium market)” at the Canadian Music Industry Awards on March 4th!
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Written by Administrator
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New PD Announce Halifax (Submitted by:Trent McGrath General Manager/General Sales Manager
Written by Wayne Harrett
New Program Director for 101.3 The BOUNCE. Chris Duggan will make his way from Providence, Rhode Island the week of March 15th.
Chris most recently was Program Director for Clear Channel’s Coast 93.3 (Hot AC) and B101 (Classic Hits) in Providence. Chris has been a Program Director for CHR stations in Connecticut, Maine, Kentucky, and New Hampshire. He has also worked as a jock at Kiss 108 and Star 93.7 in Boston.
Q104 and Kool-FM raise over $80,000 for Haiti!! (Submitted by JC Douglas)
Written by Wayne Harrett
Q104 Halifax and its sister station, 96.5 KOOL-FM, took to the air on February 1st with an appeal to ‘Q Nation’ to dig deep for the people of Haiti. Between 6am and 6pm, both stations aired individual 12 hour radiothons and raised a grand total of $81,656!! The money will go to Haitian relief via the Canadian Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders.
Pictured: the Q Crew includes longtime personalities, JC Douglas and Tom Bedell, and from KOOL-FM, Halifax legend Brian Phillips, as well as Newcap Halifax GM, Ted Hyland. Thanks as well to Halifax Downtown Councillor, Dawn Sloane (behind the white board), the many volunteers from the Red Cross, Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency, and broadcasting students from Nova Scotia Community College.
Steve Murphy Trumps Maritime Television Ratings Again!
Written by Wayne Harrett
Halifax, NS (January 6, 2010) – When Maritimers turn on their televisions for their 6 p.m. newscast, they are turning on Steve Murphy and CTV NEWS AT SIX. An overwhelming majority of Maritimers - over 77% of local news viewers - are choosing CTV over CBC and Global, up two percent from last Fall*. The CTV NEWS AT SIX is also the most-watched television program in the region with over 295,000 viewers nightly, almost four times the audience of its nearest competitor CBC**.
LIVE AT 5 also continues its dominance of the 5:00 time slot with over 76% of the local news-viewing audience during that time and is second to CTV NEWS AT SIX as the most-watched program in the region.*
“Maritimers know they can trust us for a consistent and comprehensive news product,” said Mike Elgie, Vice President and General Manager, CTV Atlantic. “We produce more local news more often and with one of the best teams in the country, and we know our viewers respect that. We are deeply grateful for their ongoing loyalty.”
CTV Atlantic also swept the top 10 programs in the region, which are in order: CTV NEWS AT 6, LIVE AT 5, GREY’S ANATOMY, CTV News (Weekend), CSI MIAMI, AMAZING RACE 15, CSI, CSI NEW YORK, MENTALIST AND DANCING WITH THE STARS (MONDAY)*.
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Congratulations to The Home of Rock N’ Roll Q104 in Halifax for winning “Station Of The Year (medium market)” at the Canadian Music Industry Awards on March 4th!
New Program Director for 101.3 The BOUNCE. Chris Duggan will make his way from 
Pictured: the Q Crew includes longtime personalities, JC Douglas and Tom Bedell, and from KOOL-FM, Halifax legend Brian Phillips, as well as Newcap Halifax GM, Ted Hyland. Thanks as well to Halifax Downtown Councillor, Dawn Sloane (behind the white board), the many volunteers from the Red Cross, Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency, and broadcasting students from Nova Scotia Community College.
