The real answers are always so boring.

Almost certainly a deal led by a streamer, than then show a a selection with a broadcast partner.

They can split the ads to just Ontario feeds, but they can't make people watch on them. It's the only way to ensure the client gets the eyeballs they paid for.

paterson1 wrote:

tvguy wrote:

The decision also has to be translated into French before publication.  This also delays the process depending on the volume of items which are ahead of it in the CRTC secretariat's "French translation" section.

Aren't the translations was instantaneous, like in the House of Commons?   

LOL, union says no.
 

paterson1 wrote:

If the application for the ownership change was on Feb 8th then it has been two months.   CRTC usually releases their decisions in about six months, so likely August or September. 
 

The application wasn't Feb 8, the hearing was. Decision should be imminent.
 

Great vocals were never really the appeal. It was more lyrics, stage presence, and riffs. I’d argue that him being a better singer would have removed some of the appeal.

But if you never liked them, you’ll definitely not like this show. Concerts rarely translate well to TV, and he was ill. I was there, and live it was a little more rough than usual

CKUA is different from most Canadian community stations that began as, or still are, run by University student associations. It has more in common with its American counterparts and runs a fairly consistent music format (AAA basically) while the University-affiliated stations run block programming, As a result, it also has respectable ratings, finishing ahead of two commercial FMs, CBC2, and Corus' all-news station in the latest ratings.

RadioQuiz wrote:

Smallest by RadioCount would be Pembroke.

Thanks. I was looking at an incomplete list.

My takeaway: If you compare total viewers to 18-49 rating, you can see that the vast majority of the audience for anything other than The Masters was 50+

Excluding YouTube, I only watch TV or other streaming services once or twice a week, and usually just local news or a special event like the Billy Joel concert.

I’m all in on audio (including podcasts) and physical magazines and books.

paterson1 wrote:

Regina and Saskatoon still have a local morning show from 6am to 9am weekdays with CTV Morning Live Saskatchewan.  We have nothing like that here in Toronto or Ontario and must put up with the national CTV Morning Live program.  

Ottawa has both, where Bell runs CTV and CTV2 essentially as one station from the same studio. CTV gets their local requirement in at 5, 6, and 11 while CTV2 gets it in mornings.

Radiowiz wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

Not at all. PC Mobile is an MVNO; Bell has no choice but to sell them access at wholesale rates. The big 3 had been fighting against MVNO's for a long time.

Why Bell??  Why not someone else. 

If I'm entering the MVNO market and the wholesale rates are equal, I'm going with Bell. They easily do the most marketing of their network, so you get to piggyback on that for free.

paterson1 wrote:

[ CFPL TV is a nice looking building and would have lots of room for the radio stations.   

They already had one. Rogers' JACK 102.3 moved out to make way for Bell to move their own stations in. JACK began as BOB, and previously STAR, co-owned with CFPL-TV by CHUM.
 

paterson1 wrote:

Aaron, what do you mean that they are cashing out?  Is Bell trying to unload 1010?  If so, I could see the station taken over by an ethnic broadcaster. 

Nothing specific to post here, but...

They've obviously stopped investing in or promoting the product and the ratings aren't going to move in any significant way, so why not sell every spot you can at any rate you can get? Squeeze every last dime out of it until you offload it or shut it down.
 

These guys have refused to cater to more than a super-narrow target, have had non-stop infighting and corruption, endless informercials for medical scams and basically no ratings. Would be foolish for anyone to check more good money after bad.