Two hundred and thirty positions with Rogers Sports and Media have been cut, Tuesday, as it shuts down six radio stations across the country.
In a news release from Broadcast Dialogue, the stations set to go off air include 1130 NewsRadio (CKWX-AM) Vancouver, Sportsnet 650(CISL-AM), Vancouver’s last remaining sports radio station, 660 NewsRadio (CFFR-AM) Calgary, 960 AM (CFAC-AM) Calgary, NewsRadio 95.7 (CJNI-FM) Halifax and 570 NewsRadio (CKGL-AM) Kitchener.
A spokesperson from Rogers Sports and Media says the licenses will return to the CRTC.
About half of the positions are corporate, support, sales, marketing programming, production as well as on-air and television.
“The media business continues to face headwinds driven by declining advertising revenue and changing audience habits,” a Rogers spokesperson said in a statement to Broadcast Dialogue. “These changes are part of our plan to focus on our investment in areas that will drive growth long-term.”
“After a thorough review of our radio stations, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to close six stations in four markets due to declining audience and revenue trends – we continue to own and operate 44 radio stations in nearly 30 communities across the country and to invest in local news in the impacted markets,” said the statement.
