Tourism market key to radio stations sale

From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls radio is making room for The Moose. Haliburton Broadcasting Group, best known for its 13 Moose FM stations across Ontario, has added Niagara Falls FM stations The River (CFLZ) and Z101 (CKEY) to its stable, pending approval by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). “We’re thrilled to…

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The Fall of Niagara Falls

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has an awesome article about Niagara Falls, New York, and the problems it has faced over the last 40 years: Niagara Falls’ descent into blight—in spite of its proximity to an attraction that draws at least 8 million tourists each year—is a tale that Hudson’s little newspaper has been telling for years. It…

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NPC projects continue under temporary board, Booker says

From the Niagara Falls Review: Two of the big projects on the plate of the Niagara Parks Commission will continue over the winter despite Monday’s turfing of four government-appointed commissioners and their temporary replacement by six senior bureaucrats. Chairwoman Fay Booker said a government-ordered competition to pick a company to run boat tours on the…

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