Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast

With Radiodays North America 2024 behind us, sometimes it's the events around a conference that reflect ongoing confidence and optimism in the industry. The word "viability" has been thrown around a lot this year in regards to radio, but the first annual Pat Grierson Sales Person Award recipient is proof that success is possible even in a soft advertising climate, recording sales of $7 million in 2022. Cheryl Foster from Stingray’s 93.5 Today Radio (CFXJ-FM) and boom 97.3 (CHBM-FM) Toronto joins us to talk about her journey through the business and making a successful return to radio at age 50 after stepping away to raise her kids. Randy Lennox and Kevin Barton from Loft Entertainment also join us to talk about acquiring Canadian Music Week (CMW) as founder and president Neill Dixonretires after 42 years with the music and radio industry conference.

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Dave Charles is marking 60 years in radio, a career filled with highlights that include the launch of Toronto's Q107 (CILQ-FM), consulting at stations around the globe, and helping emerging artists - like a young Celine Dion - get airplay.

Charles, who continues to consult under the banner of Media RESULTS Inc., was recognized at the Radiodays North America Awards Luncheon during Canadian Music Week (CMW). He joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to reflect on his six decades working in the radio and record industry.

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Luke Rodriguez has been named the 2024 Allan Waters Young Broadcaster of the Year.

Currently the host of afternoon drive on Edmonton's 104.9 Virgin Radio (CFMG-FM) and the station's Assistant Program Director, he'll be recognized at Radiodays North America during Canadian Music Week. He joins us to talk about his broadcast journey thus far, chasing a radio career in uncertain times, and he shares his advice to other young broadcasters. 

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Yann Legarson, CEO of Radioplayer Worldwide, and Paul Kaye, Board Chair for Radioplayer Canada and Head of Audio for Rogers Sports & Media, join Broadcast Dialogue publisher and Radioplayer Country Manager Shawn Smith to talk about the organization's latest developments and tease their upcoming panel at Radiodays North America in Toronto.

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Veteran radio programmer Ronnie Stanton joins this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about his new gig as Virgin Radio International's Chief Content Officer and why it's reinvigorated his optimism about the future of radio.

Ronnie also teases two upcoming sessions he'll host at Radiodays North America in Toronto, June 2-4, highlighting some of radio's successes in his native Australia.

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The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is recognizing broadcast veteran Marilyn Denis with a Lifetime Achievement Award, honouring a Canadian for a lifetime of work that has had a profound impact on the media industry at home or abroad.

Currently the long-running co-host of mornings on Toronto's CHUM 104.5, Marilyn Denis joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about her career, her feelings on the end of Cityline, changing consumer habits, and more.

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Omayra Issa has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader, chosen from thousands of applicants under 40 from around the world.

Born in Morocco and raised in Niger and Saskatchewan, she joined CPAC (Cable Public Affairs Channel) earlier this year after a decade with CBC/Radio-Canada, filing across television, radio and digital in both official languages. Her career of many firsts includes becoming the first Black woman journalist to present the Kesterton Lecture in Journalism at Carleton University. 

Omayra joins us on Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about making change through storytelling, why the status quo isn't good enough, and finding work life balance.

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Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's, the second season of Connie Walker's podcast for Gimlet Media, delved into her own family's history with residential school abuse, marking a breakthrough for the investigative journalist who has been recognized with a Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award, among other accolades, including making the Time 100 list of most influential people of 2024.

We welcome Walker to the podcast to talk about that breakthrough, what's next as Stolen searches for a new home, and how media can better support Indigenous journalists.

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After helming afternoon drive on Calgary's Q107 for six years, Tarzan Dan Freeman was unexpectedly laid off less than 10 days before Christmas in 2022, followed by what he says was one of his hardest years ever convinced his radio career was most likely over.

But like every good comeback story, Freeman now finds himself with a new coast-to-coast show, hosting middays across iHeartRadio's Bounce Radio network.

Tarzan Dan joins us on Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about being back in the national spotlight, his legacy as "that guy" from YTV's Hit List, and his advice to others who find themselves between radio gigs.

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Roz & Mocha will celebrate 15 years on-air together this August. Originating from Toronto's KiSS 92.5 (CKIS-FM) and heard across Rogers Sports & Media's KiSS radio network, we welcome the morning duo to Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about The History of Roz & Mocha - a new audio docuseries exploring their origin story.

Among other topics, we dive into their on-air relationship and staying power, and why as a networked show they're fighting the live and local philosophy. 

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