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CKNW, Vancouver’s long time talk and news radio mainstay, is getting a big shuffle.

A trio of veteran voices, Jon Hall, Jeremy Lye and Tim Dickert, were let go on Tuesday. The station’s newsroom will no longer be downtown at the station’s TD Tower studios and will be integrated into Global B.C.’s operation in Burnaby.

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The station’s talk shows will continue to be produced downtown. The studio has occupied two floors at the TD Tower in recent years; how the smaller downtown presence will be configured is unknown.

Station owner Corus Entertainment cuts jobs at their properties across the country, according to reports.

Tuesday’s moves come after former assistant news director Charmaine da Silva left at the end of February for News1130 and former chief engineer Rob Brown left for Winnipeg.

Rishma Govani, a spokesperson for Corus Radio and Global News, confirmed the news late on Tuesday.

“Earlier today, there were a handful of changes at Corus Radio designed to maximize our content delivery. We believe our new structure will help further grow audiences across multi-platforms and position our radio brands for the future,” she said.

The company’s stock closed the day trading at $6.22 per share, half what it was worth at the beginning of the year and now an all-time low for a closing price (it hit 6.14 shortly before close on Tuesday).

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