It’s coming: NEWS 1130 and CityNews to join forces Oct. 18
Posted October 14, 2021 10:01 am.
Last Updated October 14, 2021 10:02 am.
As of Oct. 18, NEWS 1130 and CityNews will come together as one to provide you with more news coverage, in more ways, whenever you need it: on your radio, smart speakers, television, and online.
But that’s not all. Our radio station is formally changing its name to CityNews 1130 to recognize the merging of our teams to create a nationally recognized local news powerhouse across multiple platforms.
@NEWS1130 is now @CityNewsVAN, continue to follow us here for Vancouver's #1 breaking news, traffic, and weather.
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— CityNews Vancouver (@CityNewsVAN) October 13, 2021
We want you to know you will still get the same trusted information from our team of award-winning reporters and anchors that you have come to rely on, plus all the latest news, traffic, and weather.
“We’ve been doing work for years behind the scenes between the different newsrooms, between the TV newsroom and the radio newsrooms, to improve each other’s content,” said Dave Budge, Vice President, News and Information of Rogers Sports & Media.
“It’s a tremendous alliance that allows us to have each other’s back, to share content, to just make sure that we’re using their combined strength of our resources across different platforms to have more journalists covering more stories, providing more coverage and just improving everything that we offer on all the platforms that we have… We get to say we are one big team with one name, and that’s a great feeling.”
We have merged our social handles so you can easily find the news you’re looking for and need to know.
You can find us on Twitter @CityNewsVAN. We can also be found on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, all under the name CityNewsVAN.
We know there are endless choices for you to get your daily dose of news. We’re evolving to continue giving you the best experience in getting your updates and information for decades to come – whether it’s on the radio, TV, online, social media, or through your smart speaker or our app.
We’re all excited to usher in this next chapter in our journey and continue to serve you and our community.
“I think it’s about simplifying the choice for our audiences, especially in a time when it’s harder to trust news organizations [and] it’s harder to trust the information that’s out there,” Budge said.
“(We’re) letting people know that the radio station that they’ve loved and listened to and valued all these years [joins] an organization that has the same high standards … We make a choice simpler for the audiences: If they’re going to CityNews on their iPad, on their phone, on their smart speakers, on the radio in the car, and on TV, they’re going to get the same quality content.”
