Multiple radio stations across Canada dropped the sports format today. The moves are related to cost-cutting at Bell Media, which owns TSN.
Steve Faguy of the Montreal Gazette reports that stations in Hamilton, Vancouver, and Winnipeg have dropped sports talk entirely, including their TSN branding. TSN sports talk stations in Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto remain in tact.
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None of the eliminated sports talk stations had local NHL play-by-play rights. Edmonton’s CFRN-AM is the only sports talk station without NHL play-by-play that Bell Media has left untouched for now.
The station in Hamilton will now carry a business news format, anchored by Bloomberg. The stations in Vancouver and Winnipeg are set to announce new formats on Friday.
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