The 35th Annual Canadian Music Week
Announces Winners For The 2017
Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards
Canadian Music Week is pleased to announce the winners of the Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards (CMBIA), which took place April 20, 2017 in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Centre Toronto. The CMBIA gala was hosted by Jessi Cruickshank and celebrated the best and brightest in all fields of the Canadian music and broadcast industries.
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush were on hand to receive the 2017 Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award in recognition of the band’s contribution to a wide variety of worthy causes since the early 1970s. As the recipients of the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award, Rush received $40,000 CDN, which the band unanimously decided to direct the funds to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research at Sunnybrook.
Jann Arden, 54•40 and Arthur Fogel were also in attendance as 2017 inductees to the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame; and Marilyn Denis received the Allan Waters Broadcast Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards honoured industry from across Canada including: Kelowna’s 99.9 Sun FM for Best Radio Station (Small); Ben Rayner of the Toronto Star was awarded Best Music Journalist/Critic; Barry Stewart from Live 105/Hot Country 103.5 in Halifax for Best Music Directory (Secondary); and Toronto’s Sonic Boom for Best Independent Record Store.
Complete List of 2017 Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards Winners
Broadcast Industry:
MUSIC DIRECTOR MAJOR
Lynch – X929 – Calgary and Wayne Webster – Boom 97.3 – Toronto
MUSIC DIRECTOR SECONDARY
Barry Stewart – Live 105/Hot Country 103.5 – Halifax
MUSIC DIRECTOR SMALL
Scott McGregor – 98.1 The Bridge – Lethbridge
ON AIR MAJOR
Garner Andrews – Sonic 102.9 – Edmonton
ON AIR SECONDARY
Biggs & Barr – HTZ-FM – St. Catharines
PROGRAM DIRECTOR MAJOR
Christian Hall – X929 – Calgary
PROGRAM DIRECTOR SECONDARY
Sarah Cummings – K-Lite/105.7 EZ Rock – Hamilton/St. Catharines
PROGRAM DIRECTOR SMALL
Jenn Dalen – Real Country 95.5 – Red Deer
PROMOTION
May The Best Friends Win – Indie 88 – Toronto
STATION SMALL
99.9 Sun FM – Kelowna
STATION COUNTRY
BX93 – London
STATION CHR
99.9 Virgin Radio – Toronto
STATION AC
98.1 CHFI – Toronto
STATION ROCK
INDIE 88 – Toronto
STATION CLASSIC GOLD
Boom 97.3 – Toronto
STATION MULTICULTURAL
CHIN – Toronto
STATION NEWS TALK SPORTS
680 NEWS – Toronto
STATION MEDIUM
104.9 The Wolf – Regina
Music Industry
PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE (OVER 1500)
Massey Hall – Toronto
PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE (UNDER 1500)
Vogue Theatre – Vancouver
MAJOR FACILITY (OVER 8000)
Air Canada Centre – Toronto
MAJOR FACILITY (UNDER 8000)
Echo Beach – Toronto
CASINO/SPECIALTY VENUE
Fallsview Casino Resort – Niagara Falls
MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Bruce Allen Talent
BOOKING AGENCY
The Feldman Agency
PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
Live Nation
MASS MERCHANT/RETAIL CHAIN
iTunes
INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE
Sonic Boom – Toronto
DIGITAL MUSIC STREAMING SERVICE
Spotify
RECORDING STUDIO
Revolution Recording – Toronto
INDEPENDENT LABEL
Dine Alone Records
INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTOR
Fontana North
MUSIC PUBLISHER
Warner Chappel Music
MAJOR LABEL
Universal Music Canada
MUSIC JOURNALIST/CRITIC
Ben Rayner – Toronto Star
MUSIC SCHOOL
Fanshawe College – London
PUBLICIST
Steve Waxman – Warner Music Canada
Canadian Music Week is Canada’s leading annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of the country’s music, media and entertainment industries. Combining four information-intensive conferences; a trade exposition; a film festival; a comedy festival; four awards shows and the nation’s largest new music festival, CMW spans a six-day period from April 18 to 23, 2017 at the Sheraton Centre Hotel, and in more than 50 downtown Toronto venues, attracting participants from across the globe.
www.cmw.net • @CMW_Week • facebook.com/canadianmusicweek
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