Famous People
This newer addition to the Acadia roster is always looking out for the team. Based out of the Halifax stations, he is a massive Sci-fi fan, and loves Transformers and Star Wars.
Who is Andrew Melanson?
An easy one to start - this Nove Scotia station is known in the community by it's Call Letters, the final two of which are named after the town from which it broadcasts.
What is CKBW?
This is the name of the force that draws two opposite charged objects together. Think of your refrigerator.
What is Magnetism?
This product, sometimes known as Targeted Digital Advertisement also goes by another 1-word name.
What is Programmatic?
On May 6th, 2004, this hit sitcom aired it's final episode. The cast took home $41 million dollars each for the final season.
What is F*R*I*E*N*D*S?
This colleague owns a theatre local to her town that carries her name.
Who is Candi Badanai?
This station was originally named "The Tide"
What is CHTD?
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This is the bacterial ingredient in most bread products that causes leavening, or makes the dough "rise".
What is yeast?
This could be "on-site" or "off-site" but in simple terms, this 3-word product is how to rank higher on Google.
What is Search Engine Optimization?
Airing on May 31st, 2000, this reality show changed the landscape of competition reality and had everyone talking. Remember when they thought it was cheating to create an "alliance"?
What is Survivor?
This colleague is a Toronto Maple Leafs and Blue Jays fan, but his heart is truly in Nova Scotia, as you can see from the enormous wooden map on the wall behind him on Teams.
Who is Eric Whynot?
This small town station is broadcast over a very long range, not by repeaters but by individual broadcast licenses that can carry different ads. It's Call Letters carry an abbreviate of the town from which it broadcasts.
What is CKDR?
This technology provides up to 30% of NB'ers electricity needs in any given year. Most people don't lump this in with "green" technology, but this power-generation source releases no greenhouse gases.
What is Nuclear Power?
This is a cutom one-page website is generally a for a contest, short-run promotion or temporary contact collection. We are looking for a 4-word answer.
What is a High-Converting Landing Page?
Also in 2004, this medical drama starred a pain killer addicted doctor on the hunt to uncover medical mysteries. Somehow Lupus always seemed to be his first suspect.
What is House, M.D?
Parlez-vous Francais? This colleague graduated high school from Samuel-de-Champlain, and although they grew up in both languages, according to the government, English is their second language.
Who is Matt Brun?
These Call Letters share some commonality with the international airport. A bit of a misnomer, as the airport is not on the same side of the bridge as the city proper, being located in Enfield.
What is CKHZ?
Since 1841, we have light in the darkness by using this device. Originally it ran electricity through platinum wires, but quickly moved to Tungsten which is much cheaper.
What is the Incandescent Lightbulb?
This free service that we offer as a part of our consultation process. This 2-word report is an evaluation of the customer's existing web presence.
What is the Snapshot Report?
After a mysterious 6 season run, this drama aired it's final episode on May 23rd, 2010. Matthew Fox has admitted his career has suffered from the run of the show and has been cut from most projects since it's run.
What is LOST?
This colleague came to work for Acadia after selling their convenience store. No wonder they are willing to work around the clock (tsk tsk!).
Who is Tania Poole?
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Originally named for the topographical profile of the city, colloquially named the Sleeping Giant by residents, these are call letters of the station.
What is CKTG?
We are all familiar with the water cycle, but this other natural cycle is very important to farmers and agriculturalists. Without this cycle there would be no more plants as the ground would not be 'fertilized'.
What is the Nitorgen cycle?
An important source of revenue is dollars that come back in month over month with no input from us. Although this is not a big line item for the customer, it adds up. This product must be sold alongside any website that we are providing to customer at a starting price of $100/month.
What is Hosting?
Created by the author of Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, this drama had the second-highest ratings after survivor. The cast included many stars, but to highlight a few, Geroge Clooney, Julianna Margulies, Linda Cardelini, John Stamos, Noah Wylie...
What is ER?