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Encyclopedia > Culture, sport and media in the Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax Regional Municipality, often referred to as HRM, is the largest population centre in Atlantic Canada and is the cultural, sport and media centre of the Atlantic region. In addition to enjoying a lively sports and cultural life, the municipality is host to the regional broadcast centres for the three Canadian television networks, as well as CBC Radio. While HRM residents have long considered their city to be the regional leader as an entertainment destination, the recent Rolling Stones concert in the summer of 2005 in Moncton, New Brunswick has challenged that previously safe assumption. Although in response, Halifax city council has approved 100 000 dollars to a "planned major concert" in which the Rolling Stones are expected to lead. Other bands such as Aerosmith and The Who are also rumoured to be attending but this is not confirmed. The concert has tentatively been set for September 23. However, this is the same night as a NHL exibition game being held at the Halifax Metro Centre. Some councillors speculate that the city doesn't require such a concert and the money could be spent elsewhere, but it has been suggested that the city of Halifax/Atlantic Canada could see profit and economic spin-offs from the concert. Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) is a regional municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. ... The four Canadian Atlantic provinces. ... The four Canadian Atlantic provinces. ... CBC Radio is the English language radio division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... This article is about the rock band. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Moncton (46°6′ N 64°46′ W) is the second largest city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick and is at the heart of the fastest growing urban area in the province. ... Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, often regarded as Americas Greatest Rock Band. Although they are known as a Boston, Massachusetts band, none of the members are actually from the city. ... The Who are an English rock band that first came to prominence in the 1960s. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... The modernized NHL shield logo debuted in 2005, replacing the orange and black shield, which had been used since the leagues inception. ... The Metro Centre prior to a Mooseheads game against Lewiston on December 27, 2005 The Halifax Metro Centre was built in 1978 in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ...

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Arts and culture

Argyle Street in downtown Halifax.
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Argyle Street in downtown Halifax.

HRM is home to a vibrant arts & culture community that enjoys considerable support and participation from the general population. As the largest community and the administrative centre of the Atlantic region since its founding in 1749, Halifax has long-standing tradition of being a cultural generator. While Provincial arts & culture policies have tended to distribute investment and support of the arts throughout the province, sometimes to the detriment of more populous Halifax, cultural production in HRM is increasingly being recognized for its economic benefits, as well as its purely cultural aspects. (See: Creative class.) Download high resolution version (1215x810, 216 KB)View down Argyle Stree, Halifax, NS, June 2004, Photographer: Thorfinn Stainforth File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1215x810, 216 KB)View down Argyle Stree, Halifax, NS, June 2004, Photographer: Thorfinn Stainforth File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The creative class is a group of people that Carnegie Mellon University social scientist Richard Florida believes are a key driving force for economic development of post-industrial cities in the USA. The Creative Class concept is controversial, as is Floridas methodology. ...


The Halifax Regional Municipality is in the process of drafting a Cultural Plan to guide the municipality’s development of its arts & culture over the next twelve years.


While HRM is not as multiculturally diverse as its larger Canadian counterparts, this is slowly evolving, particularly as the municipality and province place more emphasis on attracting immigrants. Muslims comprise the second-largest visible minority in HRM, while the largest visible minority - the historic African Nova Scotian community - as well as the more recently established Greek and Lebanese communities provide important influences for local culture. The municipality's urban core benefits from a large population of post-secondary students who provide a strong influence on the local cultural scene.


Performing arts

Halifax has been the home to live music and theatrical productions virtually since its founding. Writer-historian Thomas H. Raddall wrote that by the 1780s there were no less than two theatres, the “old” Grand Theatre on Argyle Street and the “new” Grand Theatre on Grafton Street. “The plays were mostly farces of the sort popular in London at the time…” (note Raddall). From 1876 until its demolition in 1929, plays, concerts and even operas were performed at the Academy of Music building near the corner of Barrington Street and Spring Garden Road. Reflecting the change in popular taste, the Academy building was torn down to make way for the Capital Theatre, a movie house. The old-style cinema was itself subject to obsolescence, and in the 1970s demolished for the sake of an office building. Thomas Head Raddall (13 November 1903 - 1 April 1994) was a Canadian writer best known for his historical fiction. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Theatre

Currently, HRM is home to a number of theatre groups, the most prominent being the Neptune Theatre. Though Neptune was founded in 1963, live theatre had been performed on the present site since 1915 when it was reputed to be the first Vaudeville house designed and built specifically as a theatre. [1]
Other notable theatre groups include the “open air” Shakespeare by the Sea and Eastern Front Theatre based in Alderney Landing. There are several smaller theatre companies, such as OneLight Theatre Company, Zuppa Circus, Foghorn Theatre and 2b Theatre; as well as various community-based theatre groups including the Chester Players and the Dartmouth Players.
There is a theatre studies program at Dalhousie University and the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium is the largest performance theatre for dramatic and musical events in HRM.

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Dance

Halifax is the home of several dance organizations, the oldest and largest is the Halifax Dance Association[2]. Founded in 1973, Halifax Dance has over 1400 members (2005) and is the largest dance organization in the Atlantic region. Halifax Dance offers recreational classes in ballet, modern, jazz, creative movement, tap, hip-hop and physical theatre. It also offers the Intensive Training Program (ITP) for more serious study of dance, choreography and performance. Halifax Dance has several companies-in-residence: The Young Company which tours Nova Scotian schools and annually presents The Nutcracker; as well as the modern companies Mocean Dance and Verve Mwendo.
The other major dance organization in HRM is the School of Dance at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts[3].
Halifax's immigrant communities also have an array of dance troupes that perform all over the HRM and Nova Scotia. One of these troupes is Romiosyni Dance Group (Greek Community of Halifax) which headlines at the annual Greek Festival and performs throughout the Maritimes. The group is comprised of volunteer instructors and dancers who share the love of Greek dance and culture. Their costume collection comes from the various regions of Greece and their repertoire includes a large number of traditional Greek dances.

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Music

The musical scene in Halifax is broad and richly varied, from European classical to Celtic and Acadian traditional to the various forms of indie. It is the home of Symphony Nova Scotia[4] which dates back to 1897 when it was known as The Halifax Symphony. Many of its musicians have joint teaching appointments at the Dalhousie University School of Music and the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts. Symphony Nova Scotia's conductor since 2002 has been Bernhard Gueller.
HRM is home to a vibrant hip hop community. Some notable artists to have emerged from Halifax include Buck 65, Universal Soul, Classified, April Wine, and The Joel Plaskett Emergency. During the 1990s, the former city of Halifax was excitedly billed as the next Seattle because of its vibrant indie rock scene. Although it never managed to achieve Seattle's musical fame, a number of artists did emerge, including Sloan, Thrush Hermit, and Sarah McLachlan.
Also see Music of Nova Scotia.

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Visual arts

The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, since its founding in 1887 as the Victoria School of Art and Design,[5] has had a major influence on the visual arts in Nova Scotia, particularly in urban Halifax. Many NSCAD graduates have remained in Halifax and practiced as graphic designers, photographers, film-makers, muralists, ceramicists, jewellers and weavers. The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University (NSCAD) is a post-secondary art school located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ...


HRM has a number of art galleries, both public and private, including the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Zwickers Gallery, Eye Level Gallery and Studio 21. As well, NSCAD has its own exhibition space, the Anna Leonowens Gallery in Historic Properties. The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is located in the central downtown region of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ...


Film

HRM has become a film-making centre, with many American and Canadian filmmakers using the city's streetscapes, often to stand in for other cities that are more expensive to work in. The city's port status also makes it a popular location for films about ships; scenes from the films Titanic (1997), The Shipping News, and K-19: The Widowmaker were all filmed in the region, as well as numerous silver-screen movies and various documentaries. For other uses, see Titanic (disambiguation). ... The Shipping News is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx which was published in 1993, and a film of the same name, released in 2001, set on the Canadian island of Newfoundland. ... K-19: The Widowmaker is a movie released July 19, 2002, about the first of many disasters that befell the Soviet submarine K-19. ...


The tourism industry has had a strong influence on the region in recent decades and provides important spin-offs throughout the retail, restaurant and accommodation sectors, particularly in the downtown urban core of the former cities of Halifax and Dartmouth. In the summer, downtown vendors cater to cruise ship passengers and tourists, while destinations such as the Public Gardens, Point Pleasant Park, Casino Nova Scotia, Citadel Hill and most-famously Peggy's Cove all benefit from visitors. Map of park at main entrance, July 2005 Point Pleasant Park is a large, forested area at the southern tip of Halifax peninsula. ... Casino Nova Scotia is located in Nova Scotia, Canada, and has locations in Halifax and Sydney. ... Inside Citadel Hill Citadel Hill is a glacial drumlin located on the Halifax Peninsula. ... Peggys Coves famous lighthouse. ...


The Tall Ships came to Halifax Harbour in 1984, 2000 and 2004. Yacht races such as the biennial Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race and the Route Halifax-SPM (Halifax to St. Pierre) provide additional flavour. Important festivals include the Nova Scotia International Tattoo (sometimes exaggerated by locals as North America's largest annual indoor show or the world's largest indoor show), the Atlantic Jazz Festival, the Atlantic Film Festival, the Multicultural Festival, the Greek Summerfest, a Lebanese festival, and the annual International Busker Festival. Halifax also hosts an annual new music festival called the Halifax Pop Explosion each fall. The Tall Ships Challenge® is an annual event organized by the American Sail Training Association alternating in a three year cycle between the Great Lakes, the Pacific and the Atlantic coasts of North America. ... The Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race (MHOR) is a biennial sailing race which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005. ... Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (French Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon) 46°47′N 56°12′W is a French overseas collectivity consisting of several small islands off the eastern coast of Canada near Newfoundland. ... The Nova Scotia International Tattoo is a show given by military bands and display teams. ... Busking is the practice of doing live performances in public places to entertain people, usually to solicit donations and tips. ... Featuring the very best in new and innovative music from Halifax, Canada and around the world, the Halifax Pop Explosion a small annual music festival that takes place every fall in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Founded in 1993, the Halifax Pop Explosion has actually been three different events that are...


The Halifax Port Authority has recently announced a potential plan to redevelop a waterfront area adjacent to its passenger/cruise ship terminal (which includes Pier 21); this will be known as the Seawall and is being promoted as a Bohemian district. The Halifax Port Authority (HPA) is a port authority operating as a not-for-profit Crown corporation of the Government of Canada. ... Pier 21 is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the Halifax Ocean Terminals, near the South End Container Terminal. ... Though a Bohemian is a native of the Czech province of Bohemia, a secondary meaning for bohemian emerged in 19th century France. ...


Entertainment and nightlife

HRM is reputed to have one of the highest number of bars per capita of any Canadian city; even its QMJHL team is named after a New Brunswick beer company, Moosehead. Many bars have live music every night of the week and artists performing almost any style of music can be found. Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope restored) Official languages English, French Flower Violet Capital Fredericton Largest city Saint John Lieutenant-Governor Herménégilde Chiasson Premier Bernard Lord (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 10 10 Area Total  - Land  - Water    (% of total)  Ranked 11th 72 908 km² 71 450 km² 1... Moosehead Breweries Limited, located in Saint John, New Brunswick, is Canada’s oldest independent brewery. ...


Venues

Outdoor concerts are often performed on the slopes of Citadel Hill and at Alderny Landing in Dartmouth. Major indoor concerts take place at the Halifax Metro Centre. Inside Citadel Hill Citadel Hill is a glacial drumlin located on the Halifax Peninsula. ... The Metro Centre prior to a Mooseheads game against Lewiston on December 27, 2005 The Halifax Metro Centre was built in 1978 in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ...

  • The Pavilion is an all-ages club and operates as a venue to foster new performers and offer a stage for burgeoning bands to try out their tunes. It also hosts up-and-coming out of town bands and creates a community among indie and especially punk musicians.
  • The Marquee Club is the place for the bigger indie acts in Halifax, in an old, run down looking commercial building in the North End. Considered one of the best live music venues in Atlantic Canada, its stage has hosted a who's who of local and Canadian music staples. The Marquee is no longer open as a bar, and is available for rent as a "concert hall."

Source: "Indie nation", Canadian Geographic Online In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Halifax skyline at night Halifax neighbourhoods and boundaries of former city in relation to Halifax Regional Municipality Halifax, founded in 1749, is a community and former city in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... North End can refer to: North End, the Northern part of the island of Lundy in England. ... The four Canadian Atlantic provinces. ... Canadian Geographic is the bimonthly magazine of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS). ...


Sports

Hockey is probably the most popular sport in the HRM. The Metro Centre is home to the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Halifax Mooseheads, who usually lead the league in attendance. The older Halifax Forum hosts the Halifax Wolverines Junior-A team. The Dartmouth Sportsplex hosts the Dartmouth Destroyers of the CEHL (Partly owned by the Trailer Park Boys). Canadian Interuniversity Sport hockey is also popular, with teams from Dalhousie University and Saint Mary's University having a fierce rivalry. The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (French: la Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec, abbreviated QMJHL in English, LHJMQ in French) is one of the three Major Junior A Tier I hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. ... The Halifax Mooseheads are an ice hockey team in the Eastern Divison of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. ... The Halifax Forum is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... The Dartmouth Sportsplex is an arena located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... CIS Logo Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. ... Dalhousie University is a university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ... St. ...


The Saint Mary's Huskies Canadian Interuniversity Sport football team is a very popular draw, and play their games at Huskies Stadium. Rumours of a Canadian Football League team have been around for decades, with one team, the Atlantic Schooners, existing only on paper. Halifax has considered lobbying to have a CFL team located in the area, though the proposal has never been formally endorsed by the municipal or Provincial governments. Huskies Stadium hosted Touchdown Atlantic, a CFL exhibition game, in 2005, and planned to host another in 2006, but the suspension of one of the scheduled teams forced the cancellation of the game. The Saint Marys Huskies are the mens and womens athletic teams that represent Saint Marys University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ... CIS Logo Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) is the national governing body of university sport in Canada. ... The Huskies Stadium is a Canadian football stadium in Halifax, Nova Scotia that is host to Saint Marys Huskies. ... The Canadian Football League (CFL), also known by its French name, Ligue canadienne de football (LCF), is a professional league located entirely in Canada that plays Canadian football. ... The Atlantic Schooners was a conditional Canadian Football League expansion team in 1984, to play out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. ...


Many other sports are represented in the area. The Nova Scotia Keltics play in the Rugby Canada Super League, and there are many soccer and baseball leagues. // Introduction The Rugby Canada Super League (RCSL or Super League) is a national, semi-professional rugby league in Canada. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ...


HRM has been selected to host the next World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in May, 2007. The inaugural World Indoor Lacrosse Championships were held in Hamilton, Kitchener, Mississauga, and Oshawa, Ontario, Canada in May, 2003. National teams from Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, the Iroquois Nation, Scotland, and the United States participated. Canada defeated the Iroquois Nation in the final by a score of 21-4. The World Indoor Lacrosse Championships is an International Lacrosse Federation-sanctioned event. Halifax will also co-host the 2008 IIHF World Championship with Quebec City. The inaugural World Indoor Lacrosse Championships were held in Hamilton, Kitchener, Mississauga, and Oshawa, Ontario, Canada in May, 2003. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Pride in our past, Faith in our future Area: 288. ... Oshawa (2004 population 150,000, metropolitan population 296,298) is a city on Lake Ontario located 56 kilometres east of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... International Lacrosse Federation was founded in 1974 to promote and develop the game of lacrosse throughout the world. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require removal of excess red links (links to non-existent articles, like this one). ...


Halifax has been selected as the bid city for Canada in the Commonwealth Games. This is the first time that Halifax has ever been chosen as the bid city. The proposed facilities for the 2014 Games are projected to cost upwards of $700 million dollars, however, Halifax officials estimate the economic spinoff of the event to be $2 billion. The largest cost ($285 million dollars) would be the construction of a 40,000 seat stadium and sports complex (including athlete's village) at Shannon Park in Dartmouth. Officials believe that Shannon Park would be the most suitable area as it is by the Halifax Harbour and is linked to all the major roadways but this location is disputed for many reasons. The construction of this stadium would also allow Halifax to host the CFL franchise. The Commonwealth Games Federation will announce the host city for the 2014 Games at an Annual General Assembly in Sri Lanka on November 9, 2007. Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. ... Night view of Taipei City. ... 2014 (MMXIV) will be a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Media

Print

The Chronicle-Herald is a daily broadsheet paper, covering mainland Nova Scotia. The paper is independently owned, and usually has a moderate conservative editorial policy. The Daily News is daily tabloid paper, focusing primarily on Halifax. Its editorial style is populist, and it is owned by Transcontinental Media. The Coast is a free "alternative weekly" focused primarily on HRM's urban core, especially the Halifax Peninsula. The independently owned paper is known for its generally left leaning or progressive editorial policy. A Maritimes gossip tabloid Frank Magazine was established in HRM and subsequently expanded into central Canada; it has since retracted to focusing on the Maritimes. The Chronicle-Herald is a broadsheet published in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... The Daily News is a newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the... The Coast is a free weekly newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... Recent cover of Portland, Oregons Willamette Week An alternative weekly is a type of weekly newspaper that eschews comprehensive coverage of general news in favor of opinionated reviews and columns, investigations into edgy topics and magazine-style feature stories highlighting local people and culture. ... Aerial Photo of the Peninsula The peninsula, bordered by Halifax Harbour, the Northwest Arm, and the Bedford Basin, is the part of Halifax that was first settled. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Frank is a noted pair of Canadian scandal sheets and satirical magazines, often compared to the British title Private Eye. ...


Television

Several television shows are created in Halifax including the CBC news satire show This Hour Has 22 Minutes as well as the mock-reality show Trailer Park Boys for Showcase. This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a Canadian television comedy, which airs on CBC Television. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ...


Several television stations operate in HRM:

The CTV and Global stations broadcast to the entire Maritime Provinces. ASN is a cable/satellite-only network operating in conjunction with CTV Atlantic. Several specialty digital television channel licenses have also been developed in HRM in recent years by Salter Street Films.Cable services are provided by EastLink. CBHT came on the air in 1954 as an owned and operated station of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... CBC Television is the primary English language television service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... CJCH-TV is a Canadian television station, broadcasting in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. ... CTV Atlantic (formerly known as ATV) is a system of four television stations in the Canadian Maritimes, owned and operated by the CTV Television Network. ... CTV is Canadas largest privately-owned English language television network. ... CIHF is an Canadian television station, serving the Maritime provinces. ... The Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is a major English-language television network in Canada, owned by CanWest Global Communications. ... CBAFT is the Societé Radio-Canada station serving Acadians in Moncton and the Canadian Maritimes, and Franco-Terreneuvians in Newfoundland and Labrador The station has rebroadcast transmitters throughout all four Atlantic provinces. ... Télévision de Radio-Canada, often simply Radio-Canada, is the main French language television service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... The Maritimes or Maritime provinces are a region of Canada on the Atlantic coast, consisting of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. ... The Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN) is a television service serving Atlantic Canada and owned by Bell Globemedia through CTV. Designated by the CRTC as a satellite-to-cable television programming undertaking, it is essentially a local station without any broadcast transmitters, and available in the region on cable television and... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... Artists impression of a Boeing 601 satellite, as configured for digital television transmission by SES Astra Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and movie production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ... See also East-Link (Ireland) and Bragg Communications d/b/a EastLink in Canada. ...


Radio

Various radio stations broadcast in HRM:

Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) In popular music, country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, and old-time music that began... CJCH is a Canadian radio station owned by CHUM Limited. ... Oldies is a generic term commonly used in the United States and Canada to describe a radio format that concentrates on popular Top 40 music from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the mid-1980s. ... FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... CKDU 97. ... Dalhousie University is a university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the mid-1980s. ... CBHA is a Canadian radio station. ... CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... CBAX-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts SRCs Espace musique network at 91. ... Espace musique is the French language musical radio service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société Radio-Canada, the national public broadcaster in Canada. ... CBAF is a Canadian radio station. ... La Première Chaîne is the news and information service of la Société Radio-Canada, the French-language public broadcaster in Canada. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... Community radio is a type of radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area, broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more powerful broadcast groups. ... Community radio is a type of radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area, broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more powerful broadcast groups. ... A photo of Fishermans Cove in 2001 Eastern Passage is mid-sized communty on Nova Scotias Eastern Coast. ... CJNI is a radio station broadcasting in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada at 95. ... CIRH is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 97. ... C100 FM, Halifax CIOO is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 100. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Top 40 (radio format). ... Halifax radio station CHFX (FX101. ... CBC Radio Two is an FM radio network in Canada, operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... CKHZ-FM is Halifax, Nova Scotias newest Rhythmic Top 40 radio station. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Top 40 (radio format). ... CFRQ is a Canadian rock radio station, broadcasting at 104. ... Rock, Rock n Roll, or Rock and Roll is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, a bass guitar, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as keyboards (organ, piano synthesizers) and brass (trumpet, trombone) are common in some styles, however, brass... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ...

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