The house of Corus’ properties in Kingston
Personnel at Kingston’s Corus owned radio stations have been informed that they not had a job with the corporate as of Friday morning.
In a value chopping measure, Corus eliminated all on air personalities from their Kingston based mostly stations, 96.3 BIG FM and FRESH 104.3.
As of Friday morning, the station web sites for BIG FM and FRESH 104.3 listed solely exhibits which are simulcast throughout a number of stations.
In a press release, Corus mentioned the stations will proceed as Kingston based mostly after some restructuring, with localized content material being recorded in different markets.
“On the audio side, BIG 96.3 and Fresh 104.3 will remain in Kingston, and the stations will utilize voice tracking to continue to produce local content made for and reflecting Kingston,” Corus mentioned in a press release.
“In the news division, we have reimagined our broadcast schedule in Kingston, Peterborough, and Kelowna with a focus on supper hour and late-night news programming. Additionally, our local online team will now operate under a new model to better support local breaking news.”
The corporate known as the adjustments “difficult but necessary” and mentioned they have been made within the identify of effectivity, however the variety of jobs misplaced in Kingston have but to be confirmed.
At the start of 2023, Corus dedicated to chopping off roughly 25% of their complete workforce in Canada, and on Monday mentioned they have been on monitor to remove these 800 jobs by the top of August.
Invoice Hutchins, longtime information anchor for CKWS World Kingston, confirmed on Friday that he was departing from the station as this spherical of cuts unfolds in Kingston.
Hutchins labored for the station for twenty-four years and anchored the 6 PM information for 27 of these.
“After 34 years at CKWS TV and over 27 years anchoring the 6pm news – I am signing off after some 7,000 newscasts,” Hutchins mentioned in a tweet.
“I will always cherish those on both sides of the camera as I move on to a new chapter. The vast number of job cuts today mark the end of an era for CKWS TV and 70 years of local broadcasting history.”
Some private information to share – after 34 years at CKWS TV (Corus/World Kingston) and over 27 years anchoring the 6pm information – I’m signing off after some 7,000 newscasts. I’ve had the privilege of working with numerous, proficient journalists and different workers previous and current.
— Invoice Hutchins (@Kingston_Hutch) July 19, 2024
The corporate has been experiencing declining income from yr to yr, and just lately misplaced the rights to Warner Bros. Discovery properties to Rogers, who will now be the house of networks like HGTV and The Meals Community leading to one more lack of income for Corus.
Corus’ Chief Monetary Officer John Gossling mentioned the corporate might want to grow to be a extra “sustainable business that will focus on core activities” however what which means for native programming in cities like Kingston is unclear.
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