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Rogers Sports & Media shutting down news radio stations including 95.7 News Radio Halifax

Rogers said declining audience and advertising revenue drove the cuts, affecting about 80 employees and ending local broadcasts in several markets.

  • On Tuesday, Rogers shuttered radio stations Sportsnet 650 in Vancouver and Sportsnet 960 in Calgary, affecting 80 total employees across the network closures.
  • Five years after Bell Media shut down TSN 1040, Rogers terminated local programming as traditional AM radio listenership declined amid competition from podcasts and streaming audio.
  • Rogers says it will continue broadcasting Vancouver Canucks games on remaining properties, though hosts Mike Halford and Jason Brough were absent Tuesday morning when remote operations took over.
  • On Monday, Rogers Communications completed its purchase of the final 25 per cent of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment, paying Larry Tenenbaum $4.3 billion for the stake.
  • Beyond sports, Rogers is also closing NewsRadio stations including Vancouver's 1130 AM, Halifax's 95.7, and Kitchener's 570 NewsRadio, reflecting sweeping cuts to traditional broadcast assets.
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THE MOJ: Vancouver loses another sports-talk radio station

It’s happened again. Another sports-talk radio station in Vancouver has been shut down. News began leaking on Sunday night that changes would be coming to Rogers’ properties across the country including Sportsnet 650 in Vancouver. In talking to one individual on Monday night who is employed by Rogers, he knew there would be some cuts coming but what he didn’t know was that both Sportsnet 650 and News 1130 would be shuttered. When the news did co…

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St Catharines Standard broke the news in Welland, Canada on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.
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