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101.1 actually used to be a country station before it was CityNews. In fact when I moved back to Ottawa a few years ago I was surprised to learn it had become a news station, while Country had gone to 92.3 (reversed with yesterday's news).
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Stuntman Stu's mic silenced as Bell Media cuts continue

“Well, that was fun,” Schwartz said Tuesday in a message posted on social media.

Author of the article:Ken Warren
Published Feb 13, 2024 • 2 minute read


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Stuntman Stu's mic silenced as Bell Media cuts continue

“Well, that was fun,” Schwartz said Tuesday in a message posted on social media.

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Published Feb 13, 2024 • 2 minute read


https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...-cuts-continue
I was watching CTV Ottawa Morning earlier today and Bill Carol was on (as he always is) to complain about the Carbon Tax. How do they let go of a beloved radio personality and community leader like Stuntman Stu, but keep that out of touch complainer with constant bad takes like Bill Carol. Infuriating.
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Complaining about the carbon tax is Bill Carroll's job.
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How do they let go of a beloved radio personality and community leader like Stuntman Stu, but keep that out of touch complainer with constant bad takes like Bill Carol. Infuriating.
Stuntman Stu is also an out-of-touch complainer with constant bad takes, though.
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Stuntman Stu is also an out-of-touch complainer with constant bad takes, though.
Well, yeah. Suburbanite from Farhaven who loves big pickups and thinks the only way to get anywhere is by driving. His recent suggestions for Sens Arena locations were mind numbing.

That said, aside from Stu's occasional car-brained takes, he was generally a positive voice on the radio, while Bill Carol does nothing but complain about everything.
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That said, aside from Stu's occasional car-brained takes, he was generally a positive voice on the radio, while Bill Carol does nothing but complain about everything.
Bill sounds like he eats fried eggs and bacon 3x a day, or equivalent.

I wonder if he still uses his My Pillows he shilled for back in the day.
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CTV News Ottawa's Graham Richardson announces decision to step away from the anchor desk

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Published June 13, 2024 6:36 p.m. EDT


Graham Richardson, Chief News Anchor of CTV News at Six, announced during Thursday's newscast that he is stepping away from the anchor desk to pursue new opportunities outside of media.

"This is my choice. I just turned 54 years old. I have another opportunity outside of broadcasting that I'm going to take," Richardson said on air.

"It has been an incredible privilege to tell your stories, especially the last 15 years here at CTV Ottawa and nearly 20 years with CTV News. The highlight of my reporting career was working for and with Bob Fife in our parliamentary bureau at CTV National News and then all of these years right here with you. CTV News will always be my home."

The announcement comes following a remarkable career in broadcasting that has spanned 31 years. Richardson's final broadcast is Friday, July 5 at 6 p.m. ET on CTV Ottawa.

"I have decided it is time for me to make a change. I want to thank CTV News and our incredible team here in Ottawa for giving me such a rewarding and fulfilling broadcasting career," said Richardson. "I'm grateful for the guidance and support of the leadership team at CTV Ottawa, and across the network, over so many years. I would also like to extend a special thank you to all the viewers and listeners in Ottawa/Gatineau and throughout Eastern Ontario and West Quebec. There is a very strong, talented team here at CTV Ottawa, and I know they will continue the great tradition of telling the most important stories from across the region."

"Graham has been an exceptional broadcaster and leader on our team at CTV News Ottawa. We will miss his unwavering passion and commitment to our editorial programs across television, radio, and digital," said Jodi Hamilton, Operations Manager, Local Radio & TV, Ottawa and Eastern Ontario, Bell Media. "Graham has been instrumental to the success of our local news coverage, and we wish him the greatest success in his new career endeavours outside of broadcasting."

"Graham is one of the best storytellers in our business. We are going miss his passion and drive to deliver the very best local news coverage, each and every day," said Peter Angione, Director of News and Information Programming Bell Media Ottawa. "We are sad to see Graham leave, but we're thrilled for him as he takes on a new challenge, and begins a new chapter."

Richardson joined CTV News Ottawa in January 2010, after nearly four years covering Parliament Hill for CTV National News. He has delivered coverage of many top stories to viewers, including the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests, the 2022 derecho storm, the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, the 2018 Ottawa tornado, and many more.

During his time on Parliament Hill, Richardson travelled the world covering significant stories involving Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He filed reports from Kandahar; G-8 meetings in Germany and Japan; official visits to India, Singapore, the Czech Republic, Poland, and the United Nations headquarters in New York. Before his assignment on Parliament Hill, Richardson was CTV News' Los Angeles Bureau Chief, covering the Michael Jackson trial, Hurricane Katrina, space shuttle landings, the Mexican election, and the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino.

"This team here at CTV Ottawa remains large, strong and committed to telling your stories. That, of course, will not change," Richardson said. "I will have more to say on my final show in July. I'm looking forward to my final weeks here, as always, holding up a mirror to this community every day, like we have for more than 60 years."

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I am not a CTV Ottawa regular viewer but I did notice when I was starved for information on what was going on with the trucker convoy that he got out from behind the desk and did excellent reporting on the ground from downtown for several weeks.

This type of in-depth ongoing news coverage of a local story isn't something you typically see in Ottawa.

Half the city could blow up and one gets the impression that none of the local stations would interrupt Wheel of Fortune and the Young and the Restless.
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Not a fan of CTV Ottawa in general, but Graham did a decent job.
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I think Kate Porter is back at CBC!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...-lrt-1.7388313
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I think Kate Porter is back at CBC!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...-lrt-1.7388313
Good for her and good for us. I always enjoyed Porter's reporting when she was previously with CBC. Her articles were well researched and mostly accurate, and provided a more unbiased explanation of things than her colleague, Chianello... who always seemed to have a petty and personal tone to her writing.
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I just paid $12 for one year subscription to the Citizen on-line. Are they on the way out, I wonder?
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I just paid $12 for one year subscription to the Citizen on-line. Are they on the way out, I wonder?
Hope not. I wish they killed the Sun though. Almost exclusively the same content in both.
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Mort de Denis Gratton, une grande voix franco s’éteint
Par Mario Boulianne, Le Droit
7 décembre 2024 à 12h37




Sa voix s’est éteinte, mais sa plume vivra à jamais.

Samedi matin, le chroniqueur du Droit Denis Gratton, qui était âgé de 64 ans, est décédé paisiblement à sa résidence du quartier Vanier d’Ottawa, dont il était originaire et où il vivait avec sa conjointe Manon Lajoie.

Ce célèbre Franco-Ontarien, neveu de la grande leader Gisèle Lalonde dont il a souvent parlé, était aux prises avec un cancer virulent depuis plus de deux ans. Son décès a été confirmé par sa famille en début de journée.

Denis Gratton laisse dans le deuil Mme Lajoie, son fils Jean-Michel Gratton, sa bru Karine Gagnon-Cardinal, sa petite-fille Mélodie ainsi que des milliers de lecteurs et lectrices qui l’ont adopté et aimé au fil de ses 32 ans de carrière au quotidien Le Droit.

On venait notamment de lui trouver un troisième cancer et il avait décidé de s’en remettre aux soins palliatifs. Mais il avait insisté pour vivre ses derniers jours chez lui, avec les siens, et non dans un hôpital ou un centre médicalisé de fin de vie.

«La peur de la dernière fois»

Lors d’une longue entrevue qu’il nous a accordée à la fin de l’année 2023, Denis confiait qu’il était à ce moment devant le plus grand défi de sa vie.

Il nous expliquait qu’il affrontait alors un cancer métastatique qui s’était d’abord révélé sur les poumons pour ensuite se propager à plusieurs organes vitaux ainsi qu’au cerveau.

«J’ai été élevé dans la boucane, confiait-il. J’ai fumé, mes parents ont fumé et presque tout mon entourage fumait. Tu sais, je n’ai que moi à blâmer et aujourd’hui, je dois me battre contre cette foutue maladie.»

Lors de cette rencontre dans un petit café du secteur Hull, on sentait que le bagarreur n’avait pas encore jeté les gants.

Lors de cette rencontre dans un petit café du secteur Hull, on sentait que le bagarreur n’avait pas encore jeté les gants.

On ne connait pas encore les détails entourant les funérailles de Denis Gratton. La famille aimerait, pour l’instant, vivre ce deuil dans l’intimité.

«P’tit cul» de Vanier

Comme il aimait le dire, Denis Gratton était un «p’tit cul» originaire de Vanier, petite enclave francophone collée sur Ottawa qui, aujourd’hui, en est devenu un quartier.

Avant de faire ses classes en journalisme, il a œuvré au sein de l’appareil gouvernemental pendant «sept ou huit ans». Toutefois, c’est le journalisme qui le passionne.

Il fait son entrée au quotidien Le Droit d’Ottawa au début des années 1990 comme correspondant régional dans l’Est ontarien. C’est alors qu’en novembre 1993 - à peine deux ans après son arrivée au journal - une opportunité inattendue s’est présentée à lui.

La direction du journal a demandé au jeune journaliste de partir avec les casques bleus canadiens en Bosnie. Après plusieurs discussions avec les patrons du Droit, il est enfin convaincu et accompagne l’armée canadienne. Une mission d’un mois qui a complètement changé la carrière du jeune journaliste.

C’est à ce moment-là que la carrière de chroniqueur a débuté. Il écrit ensuite une chronique hebdomadaire «à la page 8» du quotidien pendant 30 ans.

«J’ai été choyé»

Au fil des ans, il a également produit plusieurs séries «spéciales» de chroniques. On retient notamment Les derniers Canadiens français, publiée en mai 1994; Un franco chez les anglos, en mars 1997, une tournée de l’Ontario dans le cadre de la lutte pour la survie de l’hôpital Montfort et Au pays de Zachary, en août 1999, une couverture du Congrès mondial des Acadiens à Lafayette, en Louisiane, sans oublier ses textes rédigés lors de la couverture de la fermeture de l’hôpital Montfort.

Son rôle dans cette «saga » a permis au quotidien Le Droit de recevoir une mention d’honneur au concours des Prix Michener du gouverneur général du Canada.

De son propre aveu, il a «eu la chance de rencontrer des centaines, voire des milliers de gens extraordinaires qui, par leur histoire, leur vie, leur courage, m’ont tant appris de la vie.»

Denis Gratton a signé sa dernière chronique dans les pages du Droit le 24 mars 2023, à deux jours des 110 ans de son quotidien chéri.

Quelques jours plus tard, la députée libérale d’Orléans, Marie-France Lalonde, lui avait rendu hommage à la Chambre des communes.

https://www.ledroit.com/actualites/a...IHSLXZXO7F3LI/
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Rebecca Zandbergen named new host of CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning
Zandbergen has spent more than 20 years at CBC across the country

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Posted: Jan 10, 2025 8:24 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago


Rebecca Zandbergen will be the new host of CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning starting Tuesday.

Zandbergen has been with CBC for more than 20 years, including time hosting and reporting in Ottawa, Halifax, Iqaluit, Whitehorse, Windsor and Kelowna.

She formerly hosted CBC Kelowna's Radio West and more recently London Morning for six years, where she won two national Radio Television Digital News Association Awards, before returning to Ottawa in 2023. She has been a frequent guest host on national radio shows including The Current and The Sunday Magazine.

Zandbergen grew up south of Ottawa in Iroquois and studied journalism at Carleton University. She also taught at Carleton, in Rwanda and in South Africa.

Friday morning's announcement was made both on the air and in a news release from CBC Ottawa.

"My first and most important job as host is to help people better understand each other," said Zandbergen in the release.

"There are some pretty big rifts in this country — Ottawa Morning needs to be a place where we can talk about that honestly."

Her first day as permanent host will be Tuesday, Jan. 14. Previous host Robyn Bresnahan spent 13 years in the chair before moving on to host CBC's This is Ottawa podcast.

Ottawa Morning is broadcast live from 5:30 to 8:37 a.m. ET on CBC Radio and on the CBC News app.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...rgen-1.7427309
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I just paid $12 for one year subscription to the Citizen on-line. Are they on the way out, I wonder?
I did the same a week or so ago. Replaced the paper copy that we still got that was going to be $56/month (not sure if that includes taxes or not) but that was way too much. Over the years the print edition has got thinner and thinner and a lot of the news is stale (2 + days old sometimes in the print edition). Got rid of the landline a few years ago, now the print edition. Cable is next
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Matt Skube signs off from CTV News Ottawa after 11 years
By CTVNewsOttawa.ca Staff
Published: April 29, 2025 at 5:35PM EDT


After more than 11 years in the capital, CTV News Ottawa’s Matt Skube is signing off.

Skube announced earlier this month that he will be leaving CTV News Ottawa, as his family embarks on a new adventure.

“I really want to thank you, the viewers. I’ve been fortunate to be on the air in this city for more than 11 years. There is nothing I’ve enjoyed more than telling your stories and being able to make people smile,” he said during his final CTV News at Five broadcast Tuesday. “There have been a ton of ups and downs, difficult stories, light moments, but I will always cherish the interactions I’ve had with so many people in this community. Thank you for sharing your stories and for making this community what it is. I’m certainly going to miss it.”

After growing up in Thunder Bay, Skube attended St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia before enrolling at the College of Sports Media in Toronto. He landed his first broadcasting job at Thunder Bay Television after graduation before moving to Ottawa.

Skube joined CTV News Ottawa as the weekend weather anchor in 2013, before helping to launch CTV News at Five.

Skube says he and his family are moving to Toronto, but this is not the end of his broadcasting career.


“After a little bit of time off, my family and I will be moving to Toronto this summer. I’m also happy to share that I’m going to be staying in broadcasting, filling in on CTV and Bell Media programs and stations,” he said in a post on Instagram.

“I already have some wonderful memories from time spent in the ‘Big Smoke’ and I can’t wait to make more with my wife and the boys. While we will miss Ottawa, we’re thrilled and looking forward to this next chapter.”

In addition to anchoring CTV News at Five and CTV News at 11:30, Skube has supported numerous events and causes, including CHEO, Ronald McDonald House, Kids Help Phone and the Salvation Army’s Toy Mountain campaign.

“From that part-time weather role, Matt eventually moved to news as weekend co-anchor with Katie Griffin and hosting a weekend radio show on Newstalk 580 CFRA. He helped us successfully launch CTV News at Five. He has appeared as a prominent news anchor on all our local newscasts,” said Peter Angione, Director of News & Information Programming, Bell Media Ottawa.

“While we are sad Matt is leaving, we are thrilled for Matt and his family on their next adventure in Toronto. We are going to miss Matt, but we will be cheering him on, as we know whatever he does next, he’ll shine.”

CTV News Ottawa’s Stefan Keyes has been named as the new anchor for CTV News at Five and 11:30.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/articl...fter-11-years/
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