Quoi de Neuf
Encyclopedia
Quoi de Neuf is a Canadian
24-hour news
and information radio station
, which airs on XM Satellite Radio
channel 125. The station is primarily a loop of news programming, much of which was originally sourced from Corus Quebec
's terrestrial news stations. Quoi de Neuf focused much more on entertainment and lifestyle news than its English counterpart, Canada 360
.
However, due to budget issues, XM Radio Canada decided to release the staff at Quoi de Neuf. In addition, the format was changed to news radio
and is outsourced
to the French-language broadcast arm of The Canadian Press, with a culture segment done in-house.
On 2008-11-12, Quoi de Neuf was moved from channel 245 to channel 125.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
24-hour news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
and information radio station
Radio station
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, which airs on XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...
channel 125. The station is primarily a loop of news programming, much of which was originally sourced from Corus Quebec
Corus Québec
The Corus Québec network, previously known as the Radiomédia network as it used to be called until May 2005, was a French-language Canadian news/talk radio network serving most of Quebec...
's terrestrial news stations. Quoi de Neuf focused much more on entertainment and lifestyle news than its English counterpart, Canada 360
Canada 360
Canada 360 is a Canadian 24-hour news radio station, which airs on XM Satellite Radio, Channel 155. The channel provides news, traffic, weather, sports and border crossing information, part of which is sourced from Radio Development and also from Canadian Press...
.
However, due to budget issues, XM Radio Canada decided to release the staff at Quoi de Neuf. In addition, the format was changed to news radio
News Radio
News Radio can refer to:* NewsRadio, the NBC sitcom which aired from 1995–1999.* News radio, the all-news or news/talk radio format....
and is outsourced
Outsourced
Outsourced is a romantic comedy film, directed by John Jeffcoat, released in 2006.-Plot:When Todd Anderson's job and entire department are outsourced, he reluctantly travels to India to train his replacement...
to the French-language broadcast arm of The Canadian Press, with a culture segment done in-house.
On 2008-11-12, Quoi de Neuf was moved from channel 245 to channel 125.