Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast

May to August PPM ratings came out this week and for the first time in 15 years, Toronto's Q107 is the #1 commercial radio station, topping the ratings with both men and women, 25-54, and women 18-34.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we talk to Corus Regional Program Director Tammy Cole on rock having a moment and Q107 staying the course as a familiar destination in uncertain times.

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With Toronto's G98.7 (CKFG-FM) now in receivership and the licence up for grabs, a group of Black voices from Canadian radio, the music industry, and others are appealing to the CRTC to keep the station Black-owned.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we're joined by Aubrey Clarke, Nova Nicole, Ian Andre Espinet and Alicia West to talk about Keeping the Black Voice on Canadian Radio.

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Kevin Getz's new album, On Air, is essentially a protest album of radio's disposability. While radio's roots are in the moment, the 102.1 the Edge (CFNY-FM) Toronto swing host believes there is a lot of great material falling under the radar, that much like comedy should have a chance to live on.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we talk to Getz about how the album came together, COVID's impact on the creative process and challenging yourself, as a host, to create content for emerging platforms.  

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Jeff Vidler of Signal Hill Insights and music and radio blogger Sean Ross of Ross on Radio discuss pandemic radio tuning on both sides of the border, explore the question 'are middays the new mornings?', and talk about Apple Music's expanded live radio offerings and what that means for terrestrial and satellite radio, as well as the rest of the streaming landscape.

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Kat Carter had a meteoric rise in radio, going from her first job in Belleville, Ontario to middays in Vancouver in less than three years. But after returning to her hometown of Toronto and CHUM-FM, she made the decision to leave the industry in 2018 to take care of her health.

She's now the entrepreneur behind retail site and online community TheRadioNerd.com. Broadcast Dialogue caught up with Carter to talk about sharing her passion for the medium and advice for broadcasters on how to avoid burning out.

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Imagine being a young journalist right now as thousands of reporters, editors and broadcasters are being laid off and freelance budgets have dried up.

That's the situation the group of student journalists and recent grads behind new longform journalism site The Pigeon find themselves in.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we talk to managing editor Tegwyn Hughes and editorial team member Bayleigh Marelj on creating their own opportunity, while building a platform for underrepresented voices.

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Brent Jolly has inherited the presidency of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) at what might arguably be one of the most turbulent periods for media in the organization's history.

With pandemic media layoffs now in the thousands, he also comes into the position as journalism finds its credibility under attack and press freedoms under pressure.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk about the COVID-19 Media Impact Map project the CAJ is involved with, broken business models, and the road ahead for Canadian journalism.

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Laith Marouf has been fighting for more diversity in Canadian media for more than a decade.

His background in community radio and television, led him to help found the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC), which believes that any real change has to start with the CRTC and more transparency at the public broadcaster. To that end, the organization has filed a procedural request with the commission to compel the CBC to release detailed employment equity data as part of its upcoming licence renewal process.

Broadcast Dialogue editor Connie Thiessen spoke to Marouf, who lives in Montreal, from Beirut where members of the organization have been consulting and now find themselves waiting out the pandemic.

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On this special, sponsored episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, David Rusch of Audio Broadcast Canada talks about the challenges of unique broadcast antenna environments with Steve Moreen of Dielectric.

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Coop, the host of syndicated weekend radio show RedCup Country, grew up listening to country music when country wasn't cool. Coop tells Broadcast Dialogue's Shawn Smith, that's why he jumped at the chance to host Country Music's biggest, weekly on-air party. 

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