International Radio Report
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Sunday, May 11, 2003

Hosts: Sheldon Harvey & Bill Westenhaver



- Montreal Mirror's Best of Montreal survey for 2003:
> So-called distorted results for radio due to rigourous campaigning by some parties...
> Full results: www.montrealmirror.com

- Nod to Yvan Huneault on All in a Weekend (CBC Radio One)

- Team 990's 2nd anniversary as a sports station
> Pat Hickey analysis this past Thursday (May 8) in the Gazette

- Controversial ad pulled from AM 680 in Toronto:
> Ban on pesticides could spread West Nile: lawn care companies

- Salvation Army yanked radio ad
> Actor's accent appears to slag Eastern Europeans

- Radio Netherlands: 10 years of Radio in the Classroom from Canadian teacher Neil Carleton
> Children learn to use worldband receiver, listen to stations from around the world

- KKCS Colorado Springs deejays suspended for playing Dixie Chicks
> Dixie Chicks were against the U.S. war in Iraq and *said* so 


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