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EPISODES



TJ Connors Elected to the White House of Rock
TJ Connors and I have crossed paths a few times. The first was he travelled to Winnipeg in 2009. Then he was the morning host at the Wolf...


What JJ Johnston Learned from Steve Young
I never worked with Steve Young. I did get the next best thing which was to work with many people who did work with him. JJ Johnston was...


Larry Gifford: The PD and Podcaster
Larry Gifford has worked at great radio stations across the U.S.A. like KIRO in Seattle and Sports radio 710 ESPN in LA. After a stint in...


Getting Social with Lori Lewis at the Conclave
Lori Lewis is the chair of the 42nd Conclave which will be taking place July 26th to 28th in Minneapolis. Lori has a popular column...


R.A.B. Stands for Radio Advertising Bureau
Erica Farber is the CEO of the Radio Advertising Bureau in the United States. And the picture says it all: She loves radio! If you ever...


The Bi-annual Barrett Sports Media Episode
Jason Barrett launched his sports media company just over a year ago. The Company is designed for sports properties to steer their way...


Hal Anderson is Back on 680 CJOB
He shouldn't have been fired to begin with. There. I said what everyone knows. For the 34th instalment of the Sound Off Podcast, I took...


The Audience Insights of Jeff Vidler
Jeff Vidler has been involved in research for a long time. After the podcast had been recorded, I remembered a time when, as program...


Greg Simpson Previews CMW 2017
Canadian Music Week is taking place in at the Sheraton Centre Downtown in Toronto April 18 to 23. Greg Simpson has been working them...


Sportscasting: That's Where the Fun Is
Sports is fast becoming the format of choice for graduating media students. With the commodity value of music at an all time low, and...


Goodbye 2016... and Happy New Year!
I met Perry Michael Simon twice a week this summer. At the Podcast Movement in Chicago, and again the next week at Conclave in...


Wishing You a Very Terry Christmas
Terry Dimonte is the morning man at CHOM 97.7 and he LOVES Christmas. Every year he spends the Friday before the morning show breaks for...


The Spirit of David Marsden
David Marsden was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry and Broadcast Hall of Fame back in 2011. Most of us might consider hitting...


Talent Coaching Excerpts with Mr. Paul Kaye
Paul Kaye is the National Talent Coach for Rogers Radio. He held a similar role at Newcap in Calgary (Amp 90.3) and Vancouver (Z95.3)...


The View From the Kowch
After he was let go from CFRB, he made a natural segue to teaching, consulting, and talent coaching with his company Kowch Media. If this...


The Return of Charles Adler
Charles Adler has made his way back to Corus Radio, the place he spent nearly a decade doing a national radio show from 2004 to 2013....


Christopher Ward's Book of Much
Christopher Ward was one of the first Much Music VJ's. (If I have to explain what a VJ is, then this episode is too old for you; go back...


The End of Radio's Millennial Apathy
This week, I speak with Leslie Scott from KNDD 107.7 The End in Seattle. You can't work on radio without tripping over some doom and...


Terry Evans is 6 Foot 5 and Intimidating
Terry Evans has been an Edmonton radio mainstay for 36 years. I know this because 18 years ago, he reminded me that he has been on the...


Bonus Blog: U.S. Election Redux
I don't have time to sit around and be everyone's therapist on social media when it comes to the U.S. election results. So many of the...

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