Joseph_Gallant
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A major cutback in local news at the City stations has been announced, with major layoffs.
The City stations in Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver are completely out of the local news business, while the 12 Noon and 5 P.M. weekday newscasts on CITY-57 Toronto have been cut.
There are also sopme layoffs in Winnipeg.
Broadcaster Magazine story: http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?aid=1000355114 .
This is the latest in a major wave of cutbacks to hit television in Canada.
Yeziknoradio
offlineMember
I miss watching week-end news on City TV Toronto. Noon news would have been nice too.
For those who miss watching the 5pm Citynews, it's great to know CBC has canceled back to back Simpsons reruns in favor of local 5 and 5:30 Toronto news coverage.
It's no City TV, but I'll take it! Too bad CBC's noon news isn't Toronto.
Durring the Olympics, CTV cut noon news, leaving the viewer with CP24 (their sister station) and their news coverage is so unbelivably awful!!!!
I'm expecting (because the Olympics was so costly for CTV to air) that CTV will actually cancel programming that airs from 12-2 on CP24 and replace it with Toronto's CFTO noon news on both CTV Toronto and CP 24, then repeat noon news 1-2pm on CP24.
That makes some sense.
Joseph_Gallant
offlineMember
Thanks, Yeziknowradio!
I did not know that CITY-57 Toronto had eliminated weekend newscasts.
I had assumed that the weekend early and late evening newscasts had continued.
Yeziknoradio
offlineMember
No problem! Sadly, news is taking a back seat all around with Rogers owned tv stations.
All in favor of Sports television, as Rogers plans to launch another sports tv station, even though they already own the Sportsnet stations, and they'll have to compete with CBC's new Sports plus station!
Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/world/news/e3i8844357cb3f68816473b72b854986296
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