Episodes

Sean Dilworth is half the man he used to be. Figuratively only. In whole, he is stronger, smarter and more confident than ever. He made a life decision to get physically stronger, which led to a number of other changes in his life. Then he came out and told his audience about it last September. In this moment, I knew I wanted to have him tell the longer version of this story on the podcast. I hired Sean back in 2012 and he was every bit as eager, with a smile that's infectiou

Chantal Desjardins is a television and radio personality, stand-up comedian, voiceover actor and emcee. She might be recognized as the regional host of the Montreal Canadiens broadcasts on Sportsnet or maybe from a side-stitching set she delivered on a late-night comedy appearance; there really aren't too many women in sportscasting that you can say that about! Beyond her work on television and radio, Chantal is climbing the ranks in comedy, performing at comedy clubs, corpor

Sharon Taylor's radio career has criss-crossed the country from Moose Jaw, to Winnipeg, to London, to Ottawa and Toronto. From her early days riding the bus with hookers and writing obituaries to her first radio course at Fanshawe College, to the ol' days of smoking in the booth; we cover it all in this week's podcast. Sharon shares her colourful memories of working with Gary Slaight, Chuck McCoy, Kevin Nelson at CKSL, Sandy Davis, and Ingrid Schumacher. She takes us from rum

Dave Wheeler has been a mainstay on radio in Winnipeg since 2003 when he teamed up with Hal Anderson to form Wheeler & Hal on Power 97. The show was a successor to the well established BJ & Hal show and it was big shoes to fill. (BJ being BJ Burke who went on to continued success in Halifax at Q104) I had the opportunity to work with Dave from 2006 to 2012 at Power 97 and really loved how he would create radio without a safety net: I'' define that as "Not stopping the creativ

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 had been using their billboards to promote just the brand. There are a number of reasons for the change including ratings potential, and aligning the brand with other stations in the Pattison Radio family. The launch was conducted in about 2 minutes and was brutally honest. The name Fab refers to an era more 60's and early 70's and the stat

It took almost a half year to happen, but Power 97 got the send off it deserved. Saturday night, an amazing collection of Canadian radio talent from Power 97's past, piled into a Winnipeg bar to share old stories and in some cases, meet for the first time. Leave it to great radio people to find a way to have a radio station promotion for a station that has not existed for a year. What ensued were good times, a few drinks, a lot of laughs. Also the ability to celebrate hard wo

Periscope had its coming out party over the weekend with thousands pulling in live streams of the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. Watching a live stream through a cell phone camera of a TV in a stranger's home is hardly quality stuff. However, the app soared to a whole new level in the world of "must have" apps. Here are some effective methods some radio personalities are using to enhance their shows with Periscope: Terry Evans & Bill Cowen with Bryn Smyth and producer Scotty Ball