EDMONTON RADIO: K-97 billboard banned for ‘gratuitous’ use of breasts
All the racy billboards K-97 has gotten away with over the years and “Pray for More Rain” is the one that gets banned?! That’s the scoop from Advertising Standards Canada (ASC), which has deemed the image of a large-breasted, fully-clothed woman as “offensive” and “gratuitous” and in violations of clauses 14C and D – heh, […]
EDMONTON RADIO: CJSR still ‘alternative’ after all these years
If you’re going to listen to one radio station you can’t stand to listen to all the time, why not let it be CJSR? You could do a lot worse. Because, friends, those lonely days where one single station could sustain you, be your constant friend and companion, where the only good music on the […]
EDMONTON RADIO: Up! Yours!
After a summer of no radio whatsoever – except for a sample in Montana where I learned that things could be much worse – I tortured myself by listening to nothing but Up! 99.3 FM for two entire weeks. This is the worst radio station in Edmonton. It contains the highest ratio of bad songs […]
After 11 years, urban DJ Arlo Maverick rides into the sunset
For 11 years, Marlon Wilson has been Edmonton’s go-to guy for fresh urban sounds. This month, the Politic Live emcee will bid farewell to The Urban Hang Suite, his weekly Saturday night radio show on CJSR 88.5 FM. The Suite will air one final time from 11 p.m. Sept. 24 until 3 a.m. the next […]
Kori Wray auditions for Canada’s Got Talent – and now she waits
Kori Wray is an old hand at TV talent contests. The Edmonton singer made the top 100 on three different seasons of Canadian Idol, was on PopStars and went to Nashville as part of a Canadian talent and model search – and now she’s a hopeful for the inaugural season of Canada’s Got Talent. Edmonton […]
Can I bring my new wife to the Bear’s Halloween Howler?
If you care, and if you’re not too mad at the Bear for its controversial “Win a Wife” contest, you may be excited to know all the details for the radio station’s annual Halloween Howler, announced Monday. Are you ready? Here it is: Finger Eleven! Plus Jonas and the Massive Attraction and Hinder in the […]
Analog cable won’t end any time soon, says Shaw
*More: Analog TVs gather dust in thrift stores as digital switch approaches Analog television broadcasting will be a thing of the past in Edmonton next month, but analog cable could chug along for years in the city, according to a cable industry executive. As of September 1, 2011, cable service providers can, if they wish, […]
William Shatner to sing at the Shaw Conference Centre Oct. 23
SHATNERRRRRRRR! Yea, hear the cries from on high and upon on-line chat rooms across the realm – William Shatner is coming to the Shaw Conference Centre on Sunday, Oct. 23. What will the legendary Lord of the Boards be doing, you ask? Why, nothing! Nothing that scads of celebrities before him haven’t done, that is. […]
Entertainment Today for Saturday, Aug. 6
Gig City rounds up the biggest entertainment headlines twice daily. Five other heartstoppers to try after surviving the doughnut cheeseburger – National Post (blog) [New Window] The Canadian National Exhibition opens in Toronto on Aug. 19, unleashing the annual smorgasbord of unique treats on adventerous palates. This year, the CNE will add the doughnut cheeseburger […]
Entertainment Today for Friday, Aug. 5
Gig City rounds up the top showbiz headlines twice daily. Morgan drawn further into scandal in Great Britain – Ottawa Citizen [New Window] The owners of the Daily Mirror should investigate the actions of the paper’s former editor, Piers Morgan, after it emerged that he had listened to a voice mail left for Heather Mills […]
Entertainment Today for Wednesday, Aug. 3
‘Men’ season to open with Sheen funeral? – Toronto Sun [New Window] The upcoming Two And A Half Men season will open with the funeral of fired Charlie Sheen’s character. The actor was replaced by Ashton Kutcher on the hit sitcom after a bust-up with producers earlier this year and they’re not wasting any time […]
