Jam! was a Canadian website which covers entertainment news. It was part of the

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online portal, formerly owned and operated by Quebecor through its Sun Media division, and now owned by

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. Jam! was the only media outlet that published a comprehensive collection of the official Canadian record charts as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems. CKXT-TV, Sun Media's television station in

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, aired a nightly entertainment magazine series, ''Inside Jam!''. However, due to low ratings the program's airtime was reduced substantially. Effective March 24, 2006, the show went from a daily program to a weekend only show, before later being removed from the schedule altogether. One of the hosts of the show,

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, announced on the programme in February 2010 that he would be leaving the show to join the CBS affiliate in

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as their entertainment reporter. His co-host Tara Slone re-located in August 2010 to

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, maki ...

to become co-host of

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on CityTV Calgary.

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