MZ Media Inc. Announces CRTC Approval To Launch New Classical Music FM Radio Station in Collingwood Region

Toronto, ON: MZ Media Inc. has announced that the CRTC approved their application for a broadcasting licence to operate a new specialty Classical Music FM radio station based in Collingwood and serving the area north of Toronto popularly known as Cottage Country. The new service will broadcast the world’s greatest classical music plus arts billboards, community messages, public service announcements, regional information, and local traffic and weather updates.

MZ Media Inc. owns and operates Toronto-based The New Classical 96.3 FM (CFMZ-FM) & The New Classical 103.1 FM (CFMX-FM) in Cobourg, English Canada’s only commercial all-classical music radio stations.

“We’ve got the licence and expect to find an appropriate FM frequency within 90 days which will bring this unique Classical Music and Fine Arts service to communities such as The Towns of the Blue Mountains, Wasaga Beach, Meaford, Creemore, Midland, Penetanguishene, and Port Severn, in addition to Collingwood.  The area is a magnet for talented, arts oriented, well-educated Zoomers who need an over-the-air outlet for their musical tastes, plus regional news, in particular pertaining to the visual and performing arts, and crafts,” said media pioneer Moses Znaimer, Founder and CEO of ZoomerMedia Limited.

ZoomerMedia owns and operates MZ Media Inc. and is Canada’s only diversified multi-media company devoted to content serving Canada’s 14.8 million 45plus demographic aka Zoomers (Boomers With Zip!).

PLAYING THE WORLD’S GREATEST MUSIC

From Mozart and movie music to Offenbach and opera, Collingwood area residents will be treated to the Greatest Music Of All Time with veteran classical jocks like the morning show’s Mike Duncan & Jean Stilwell, Afternoon Oasis’ Alexa Petrenko, A Little Night Music’s John Van Driel, and Nocturne’s Marilyn Lightstone. Listeners will also hear Live From The Concert Lobby performances from great classical and crossover artists like superstar soprano Measha Brueggergosman, Grammy Award-winning pianist Lang Lang; and vocal sensations Il Divo, The Priests, plus Libby Znaimer’s ever-popular Zoomer Reports.

SERVING THE ZOOMER DEMOGRAPHIC

Zoomers are a robust and flourishing segment of the area’s population, in 2010 comprising a majority 52.7 per cent. The CRTC recognized that a new Classical Music radio service would reflect their currently underserved musical interests and provide local arts organizations such as the Collingwood Arts Centre, the Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, Authors by the Bay, the

Collingwood Music Festival, and the Meaford Museum, with the opportunity to reach this audience that does not relate to mainstream commercial radio.

“It’s a fact that classical radio reaches the most affluent, well-educated, traveled, and cultured listeners, that is to say, the Zoomers. Our Collingwood-based station will provide advertisers in the region with a rare new opportunity to connect with this coveted generation and grow their businesses and events,” said George Grant, President & CEO, MZ Media Inc.

For a taste of the station, listen to The New Classical 96.3 FM online at: classical963fm.com

Timeless * Zoomers and Immortality, An Exhibition Curated by Moses Znaimer. In collaboration with Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts. Deadline September 23, 2011

Since time immemorial, humans have used the visual arts to both define and understand that which is timeless. Through procreation, through knowledge and belief systems and the creation of works of art and architecture, we have tried to create that which can withstand the confines of time. One might say we have striven to achieve a measure of immortality.

But, does time actually exist, or is it merely an invention we use to measure change? As Zoomers and Artists, what are we creating that might survive the ebb and flow of time?  Click here to read more (PDF).

CBC Sports announced today a blockbuster five-year agreement with the International Skating Union (ISU), delivering an unprecedented level of coverage of the biggest international skating events on multiple channels and platforms. Click here to read full press release (PDF).

The channel that will transform you has transformed itself.  On May 1, 2011, Moses Znaimer, ZoomerMedia Limited Founder and broadcast pioneer, will introduce The Brand New ONE featuring a new look, a host of new shows and a new logo. Click here to read the full press release (PDF).

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but romance can always be in the air – at any age! That’s why ZoomerMedia Limited is pleased to announce the launch of its most recent online property www.Zoomersingles.com – Zoomers’ online link to Mating, Dating, and Relating.  Click here to read full release (PDF).

Put it on. Get it on. If you’re thinking of what to give – or play for – the apple of your eye on Valentine’s Day and beyond, look no further. Moses Znaimer presents ZOOMER’S CHOICE: BUT I STILL BELIEVE IN LOVE, a new CD of his personal selection of “surefire romantic songs and hurtin’ music guaranteed to get that special someone in the mood”. These are songs that Moses has listened to all his life … mellow, moving and meaningful, without the cynicism of much of today’s pop music. “Like the music we play on The New AM 740 – Zoomer Radio, these are tunes from an age when the music’s tempo was slower, when you could still make out the words, and people still believed in love,” says Moses.  Click here to read full release (PDF).

Over 225 exhibitors, a 40-foot interactive multimedia Giant Colon, performances by the cast of the Mirvish production of The Sound Of Music, ZoomerFashion Shows, Beatles, ABBA and Bee Gees tribute bands, a tea garden, an art exhibit, investment and fitness zones, and loads of free samples, giveaways, and demonstrations are just some of the highlights at the second annual ASPIRIN® 81mg ZoomerShow, Canada’s Largest Consumer Show and Lifestyle Expo For Men & Women 45plus.  Click here to read full release (PDF).

Under the leadership of President Moses Znaimer, CARP, Canada’s largest and most powerful association for the 14.5 million Canadians 45plus, is proud to announce the formation of PinkCARP, Canada’s first chapter uniting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) Zoomers 45plus.  Click here to read full release (PDF).

On July 20, 1969, more than half a billion people worldwide watched television as astronaut Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon. It was the largest TV audience for a live broadcast up to that time. On Monday, July 20, 2009, exactly 40 years later, Moses Znaimer will inaugurate his extensively renovated MZTV Museum of Television at a new location, 550 Queen Street East, home to The New Classical 96.3 FM, The New AM 740, MZTV Production & Distribution, and ZOOMER Magazine. Once again, the public will have the chance to experience the world’s most comprehensive collection of historically significant television sets and memorabilia.  Click here to read full release (PDF).

Will Computers Teach Humans in 2030? On Wednesday, February 4, 2009, the world’s elite thinkers and doers will gather at the famous TED conference in Long Beach, California, for the announcement of the launch of Singularity University (SU), a groundbreaking new institution to be located at the NASA Research Park in the heart of Silicon Valley.  Click here to read full release (PDF).