Episodes

CRTC Chairman Reminds Broadcasters: Your License is Public Property

You probably did not spend your lunch hour watching CRTC Chairman, Jean-Pierre Blais address the Canadian Club in Toronto on Wednesday....

Fab 94.3 Becomes The New 94.3 - The Drive

At 10am Central Time on February 5th, Fab 94.3 Winnipeg became the New 94.3 The Drive. For the last two weeks, the Pattison owned station...

Broadcasting Is The 8th Most Stressful Job

Annually, the good people at Career Cast release their list of the ten most stressful jobs for 2016. The methodology of the survey is...

The Importance of Feedback

One of the things I really enjoy about working with on air people, is seeing them succeed. I received a really nice e-mail from an...

The CHOM Christmas Show with Justin Trudeau

Terry Dimonte loves Christmas. The Friday before Terry Dimonte and Heather Backman depart for vacation, the CHOM 97.7's airwaves fill...

Steal This idea. It's Awesome.

Ace Burpee has good ideas. His annual list of the 100 Most Fascinating Manitobans of 2015 was unveiled last week in the Metro News...

Colin Cowherd: Flailing NFL QB's Should Go to the CFL

Yesterday on IHeartRadio's The Herd, host Colin Cowherd suggested that the CFL is a great place for clipboard carrying NFL Quarterbacks...

Staggered Crossing forced a change in Canadian Bankruptcy Law?

In 2000, I was introduced to Julian Taylor and the band Staggered Crossing through their song "Further Again". In the years that past,...

A Collection of Responses on the Bell Media Layoffs

The following is a collection of opinion based articles I found on the internet regarding the recent changes at Bell Media. A nationwide...

The Radio Road Trip: Diary From a Client Visit

Monday 7:40 am: My plane arrives. The station owner picks nme up and briefs me about the city's attractions and topography. I punch up...

Next Review of Radio: Questions For the CRTC Commissioner

Every week I say, "I must remember to ask that question the next time the CRTC decides to conduct their review of radio." I will be...

The Best Radio Promotion Ever was also The Worst.

Okay - so there won't be a huge celebration or a big cake; and you won't find the date on any calendar. But it's an important day to...

Radio Lessons from the Canadian Election

There's a lot of similarities between running a political campaign and programming a radio station. Let's assume your station is a...

Why Vote?

Earlier, this year, the Conservative government removed Elections Canada's ability to advertise. In the past Elections Canada would...

Will this Sign Influence Two Elections This Fall?

The federal election campaign is well underway and the first group to hit the campaign trail June 3 is not even running. The Friends of...

You Need to Have a Podcasting Strategy

A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a long time radio personality and he asked me, "Do you think if I had a podcast it would help or...

Vince McMahon Could Out Program Your Station

The WWE taught me a lot about show business, branding and creating a successful broadcast. Just about everything you need to know about...

Five Reasons Why Programming Rock is more Challenging

Here are five reasons (in no particular order) why it is harder to program than other radio formats: Talent: If you don't have a morning...

Five Great Things About Radio You Need to Remember

It's hard to turn a blind eye (or ear) to how bad things allegedly are in radio. Each time an article or stat is published, radio's...

The History of the Death of Radio

Over the past few years, radio has taken its fair share of shots from other platforms. Terms like "yesterday's news", "old and outdated",...