Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast

After more than two decades on-air together, Clay St. Thomas and Karen Daniels are ending an epic run co-hosting mornings on Pattison Media-owned JR Country (CJJR-FM) in Vancouver, going out on top as the #1 music station in the market.

Clay & Karen join us on Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast ahead of the show's retirement to reflect on their longevity, what makes a successful on-air duo work, and what's next, beyond sleeping in.

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Wil Lee, like a lot of us, was skeptical about NFTs when he first heard about them...but less than a year after creating his own NFT collection, the littles, the Vancouver entrepreneur has struck a deal with TIME Studios to create an original children's series based on his IP.

We welcome Wil to this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about his meteoric success in the space, and why broadcasters and producers should be paying attention to the hype around web3.

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Canadian Music Week (CMW) makes its in-person comeback June 11-16 in Toronto as the gathering that brings together music, business and broadcast, marks its 40th anniversary this year, albeit with a pared down format as live music and non-essential travel just begin to return after a devastating two years.

We're joined on Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast by CMW President Neill Dixon and CEO Danya Dixon to talk about what attendees can expect from the Festival, Music Summit and Radio Active conference, as well as leveraging pandemic lessons for the future.

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Gord Steinke is arguably one of the best known media personalities in Edmonton, but it's not as well known that he has serious street cred as a musician, starting his career touring with bands out of Saskatchewan and Ontario before deciding to pursue journalism.

The RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award honouree just celebrated his 30th anniversary with Global News. He joins us on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about music, motorcycles, and retaining his passion for telling stories.

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CJNE-FM The Storm and CITJ-FM Core Country in Nipawin, SK are up for sale.

Owners Norm and Treana Rudock have spent two decades owning and operating the stations, but are now about to retire.

They spoke with our publisher Shawn Smith on Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast about serving a fast-growing community and following their passion for radio.

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Last weekend, a number of camera crews covering the Pacific Highway border crossing protest, south of Vancouver, were swarmed, jostled, yelled at and spit on - one of many such incidents that's happened across the country over the last few weeks that is changing the way journalists are doing their jobs in an effort to "blend in" where possible.

In Metro Vancouver, ongoing protests have also been coming to the media outlets themselves, with rotating "Media is the Virus" rallies held outside CTV, Global, CBC and Citytv.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome CTV Vancouver news director Ethan Faber, to talk about the realities of what it's like to be a beat reporter right now, how we got here, and the struggle to return to civilized discourse.

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Carol Off will co-host her final episode of CBC Radio's As It Happens on Friday, Feb. 25.

After an estimated 25,000 interviews, the former foreign correspondent leaves the show as its longest-serving host to move on to other projects. We're pleased to welcome Carol to this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast where the venerable host talks about everything from her early influences and favourite interviews to regaining trust in media. 

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The Joe Rogan Experience continues to be the biggest podcast globally on Spotify - and consistently the most listened to show in Canada, despite the recent misinformation controversy that motivated artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell to demand removal of their catalogues from the streamer and prompted Spotify to jettison more than 40 episodes of JRE from the platform.

Signal Hill Insights decided to dig deeper into the court of public opinion and so on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome back Jeff Vidler to talk about their latest research, Spotify, and the state of podcasting in Canada.

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Rogers Sports & Media's Star 95.9 has made its debut in Calgary, accompanied by a playlist tweak from the former CHFM, with a goal of boosting the mood of listeners as the Adult Contemporary format - once king in the workplace - now finds itself competing with limitless options in the work from home space.

The station also marks a milestone by introducing the market's first female-led morning show helmed by Billie Jo Ross and Candice Kaye.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome Billie Jo and Candice, along with Star 95.9 Content Director Julisa Ly to talk about putting another crack in the glass ceiling, the evolving Calgary radio market, and more.

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You probably know Dave Trafford and daughter Erin Trafford from their work in news/talk radio and television news. The father-daughter duo is now part of the growing number of former media who've moved into podcasting, collaborating on the Story Studio Network, a podcast production and branded content studio they co-founded last May.

Dave and Erin join this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about making the leap from news to digital entrepreneurship, how the pandemic and industry layoffs propelled their journey, and why Erin believes journalists make the best entrepreneurs.

Story Studio Network is hosting a Podcast Potential - Masterclass & Open House happening Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 11 a.m. ET. Learn more here.

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