Among the recurring themes out of the many discussions that took place - both on stage and off - at the inaugural Radiodays North America event, were the need to attract younger audiences, shifting consumer listening habits, including the ongoing battle for in-car, audience measurement challenges , and of course the artificial intelligence vs. authenticity debate . On the latest episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast , we talk to conference veterans including PodNews editor James Cridland ,...
Jun 29, 2023•22 min
Jenny West , one-half of the afternoon drive show on Pattison Media's The Zone @ 91-3 (CJZN-FM) in Victoria, is this year's Allan Waters Young Broadcaster of the Year , annually presented in memory of late programmer Steve Young . West joined us on Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast in advance of Canadian Music Week in Toronto where she received her award during Radiodays North America . In this episode, we cover everything from her podcasting and charity endeavours - which happen to intersect, to...
Jun 22, 2023•24 min
On this special edition of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast , we bring you the opportunity to listen in on a conversation from the recent BC Association of Broadcasters (BCAB) Conference between Pattison Media President Rod Schween and Jimmy Pattison , CEO and Chairman of the Board of Jim Pattison Group . Now 94, Pattison still goes into the office six to seven days a week, overseeing one of Canada's largest privately-held companies, which in addition to 48 radio and three television stations, e...
May 29, 2023•20 min
With Radiodays set to make its North American debut June 8-9, during Canadian Music Week in Toronto, we welcome General Manager and CEO Peter Niegel , and Head of Programming, Nik Goodman , to the podcast. Peter and Nik join us to talk about bringing the spirit of Radiodays to this side of the pond, all the buzz from Radiodays Europe in Prague, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
May 25, 2023•19 min
Veteran Toronto radio personality Maie Pauts is the recipient of the 2023 Rosalie Award, recognizing Canadian women who’ve blazed new trails in radio, named for legendary CKLW Windsor Music Director Rosalie Trombley . Pauts, who this year is marking her fourth decade on-air, is currently heard in middays on Stingray’s boom 97.3 (CHBM-FM) Toronto. She joins this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about her journey through the industry, its constant evolution, and working to exemp...
May 18, 2023•30 min
On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast , we bring you part two of our recap from NAB Show 2023 . If a theme emerged this year, it was the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence-powered solutions and virtual production on the show floor, inducing feelings from apprehension to excitement for their potential. We also talk to MaxxKonnect President Josh Bohn , who was behind pop-up radio station, MaxxRadio in the West Hall. In addition to Bohn, featured on this episode are NAB Product ...
May 11, 2023•27 min
This episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast is the first in a series recapping NAB Show 2023 in Las Vegas, starting with a conversation with David Grindle , the Executive Director of SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers), who took the helm of the organization last July. We also catch up with Paul Beck , President of the Museum of Broadcast Technology in Woonsocket, Rhode Island to talk about preserving broadcasting's analog heritage and the museum's move into providing ...
Apr 27, 2023•16 min
Tracy Moore , the award-winning host of Citytv's Cityline , has been honoured by the Canadian Academy of Cinema & Television with The Changemaker Award , recognizing a Canadian media personality using their voice or platform to call out systemic racism and discrimination and promote values of equity and inclusion. Moore joins us on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about her journey to becoming a changemaker, the evolving climate for inclusivity in Canadian media, and ...
Apr 14, 2023•27 min
It's been a few years since the Canadian Screen Awards took place in front of a live audience, but in a few weeks Canadian Screen Week makes its in-person return with seven awards shows celebrating Canada's screen media and the talent behind it, culminating in a star-studded broadcast special on CBC on April 16, hosted by comedian Samantha Bee . Tammy Frick , CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Academy), joins us on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcas...
Mar 31, 2023•26 min
Over the last number of years, RTDNA Canada's membership had dwindled to just over 100 members as newsrooms tighten budgets and freeze travel for news directors. However, under the leadership of current president Lis Travers , numbers have rebounded over the last few months as the association looks to evolve with the industry. Travers joins us on this episode to talk about the RTDNA's aggressive membership drive and new board of directors , in addition to why she feels we need to spend more time...
Mar 24, 2023•18 min
Jeff Elgie is the CEO of Village Media , a growing network of more than two dozen local news sites that run on the Sault Ste. Marie company's proprietary content management system that it also licenses to other publishers. In this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast , Elgie takes us inside the company's business model and its recent push into Queen's Park, in addition to touching on some hot button issues including why he's NOT a fan of Bill C-18 , the Online News Act, and how Village Me...
Mar 18, 2023•26 min
Radiodays North America will make its debut in Toronto, June 8-9. Replacing the long-running Radio Active conference that's historically taken place during Canadian Music Week , CMW has patnered with Radiodays Europe to bring the conference brand to North America. On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast , we welcome Ross Davies, one of the leads on the Radiodays North America steering committee, to talk about bringing the event to this side of the pond and renewing excitement for all...
Mar 10, 2023•21 min
Rick Lewchuk , who most recently served as Senior Vice President, Creative Marketing and Brand Standards for CNN Worldwide , has unveiled his new firm Film at 11 Marketing , providing coaching for news, sports, and entertainment marketers. For over a decade, Lewchuk oversaw on-air and off-channel brand and marketing for all CNN Worldwide businesses including CNN, CNN International, CNN en Español, HLN, CNN Go , and CNN Digital . That followed nearly 20 years in senior-level executive positions a...
Mar 02, 2023•35 min
There are few modern radio programs in the storytelling genre that have resonated with audiences like The Vinyl Cafe. Hosted by the late Stuart McLean, the long-running CBC Radio show, aired from 1994 to 2016, in addition to public radio in the U.S. and UK. For the first time, The Vinyl Cafe's longtime producer Jess Milton is sharing behind-the-scenes stories from her 15 years working on and touring with the show. She joins us on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about Bac...
Feb 14, 2023•38 min
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has released its 11th annual Key Trends Report , exploring how the screen-based industries might evolve in the coming years, including where advertising, viewer habits, and media technology are headed. On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast , we welcome the CMF's Richard Koo, VP, Analytics & Strategic Insights, and Florence Girot, Manager Foresight and Innovation, to discuss this year's findings; why the death of traditional tv is overstated; and the ...
Feb 06, 2023•30 min
Tessa Potter , President of WABE (Western Association of Broadcast Engineers) - the first woman to lead the volunteer organization - joins us on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about the state of broadcast engineering, the challenges of training the next generation, the importance of industry connection, and plans for WABE's upcoming conference in Vancouver this fall. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priva...
Jan 27, 2023•28 min
After two years of virtual events, the Canadian Media Producers Association's Prime Time , Canada's pre-eminent conference for media production, broadcasting, distribution and media policy, makes its in-person return, Feb. 1-3 in Ottawa. Andrew Addison, CMPA's Vice-President of Communications, Marketing & Membership, joins us on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about Prime Time's expansion, the appetite to return to in-person events, and this year's speaker's lineup i...
Jan 18, 2023•17 min
The current reality is that it's harder than ever to do investigative journalism amidst a broken freedom of information system and tight resources, in the shadow of bigger-than-ever crisis PR machines. The Investigative Journalism Foundation (IJF) has launched in Canada aimed at helping change that with the introduction of a series of searchable databases tracking political donations, lobbying and charitable tax returns. On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast , we welcome IJF CEO &a...
Jan 12, 2023•21 min
If you attended Ontario Association of Broadcasters Connection '22 , you may have taken in the first panel of this year's conference, The Wizards of Aus , looking at the moment of resurgence radio is having in Australia. Part of that growth is attributed to Boomtown - a collaboration between Southern Cross Austereo, Prime Media Group, WIN Network, Australian Community Media, Imparja, ARN, News Corp Australia and oOh!media - which markets regional radio and television to national advertisers. Whi...
Dec 16, 2022•35 min
While the issue of CanCon quotas is contentious, CKIQ-FM Iqaluit recently took the bold step of revamping its format to an all-Canadian playlist. The move, in part, was in response to a previous CRTC violation for failing to meet Canadian Content quotas because of challenges presented by the MAPL formula, which determines how Canadian or un-Canadian a song is, regardless of whether it's recorded by a homegrown artist. On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast , Glenn Craig , President ...
Dec 06, 2022•20 min
Earlier this year, ACTRA Toronto undertook a survey looking at the extreme vocal work that video games are now demanding of voice actors. It found roughly 40% of members asked almost always experience vocal fatigue or stress during such a voiceover session with another 20% finding it hard to recover vocally. In response to those concerns, University of Cincinnati Professor of Voice D'Arcy Smith has created the Vocal Combat Technique , a method to help voice actors and performers make aggressive ...
Nov 19, 2022•38 min
Matt Cundill introduces this special edition of the podcast recapping our 2022 Broadcast Dialogue Canadian Radio Awards winners announcement. Matt & Broadcast Dialogue Editor Connie Thiessen are joined by winners Rob Seguin, Wendy Duff, Adele Newton, Stu Jeffries, Troy McCallum, and jurors Randy Reid and ChiChi Liu. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Nov 11, 2022•41 min
The Ontario Association of Broadcasters (OAB) Connection '22 came back with a bang as it returned in-person for the first time since 2019. If there was a theme that emerged this year, it's that radio, in particular, is faced with more uncertainty than ever amid audience and advertising pressures and questions around a changing regulatory landscape. In spite of all that, there was a measured level of optimism from broadcasters. Broadcast Dialogue spoke with several executives, in addition to Cana...
Oct 25, 2022•14 min
The Ontario Association of Broadcasters (OAB) CONNECTION 2022 conference makes its hotly-anticipated in-person return, Oct. 18-19. On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast , we're joined by Jody Brooker , this year's OAB Conference Chair, to talk about the industry's appetite to get back to the business of networking, programming a conference for a post-pandemic world, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...
Oct 13, 2022•12 min
In part two of this sponsored series on Validate Audio Attribution , Andrew Snook , Director of Digital at Pattison Media , talks about the development and tech behind their new radio advertising attribution platform. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Oct 12, 2022•21 min
The Broadcast Dialogue Canadian Radio Awards are back for a third year and open to submissions until Monday, Oct. 17. On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, our editor Connie Thiessen and Canadian Radio Awards administrative lead James Wallace answer your questions and offer tips on how to submit an entry that will make an impact with the jury. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Oct 06, 2022•15 min
One of the challenges of radio sales in the digital area is validating the effectiveness of radio advertising with quantifiable data. Pattison Media has developed new game-changing tech platform, Validate , which it eyes as an industry-wide solution for radio, developed by radio people. Pattison is partnering with Momentum Media Marketing , the parent company of Broadcast Dialogue , to bring Validate to market. Rod Schween , President of Pattison Media, joins this special episode of Broadcast Di...
Sep 20, 2022•19 min
On this special sponsored edition of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast , Dielectric President Keith Pelletier discusses a variety of exciting new technologies being offered to TV and FM broadcasters in North America and worldwide. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Sep 15, 2022•13 min
Over 600 college radio stations in more than 45 countries will celebrate World College Radio Day on Friday, Oct. 7. On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast , we welcome the event's founder Dr. Rob Quicke. You'd be hard pressed to find someone more passionate about college radio or with more street cred in the space as one of the students who helped launch the UK's first-ever FM college station at Oxford University in the '90s, in addition to 15 years as the General Manager of campus ...
Sep 12, 2022•40 min
Arguably one of the biggest radio stunts of the last decade happened earlier this summer with the launch of Rogers Sports & Media's SONiC RADiO format in Metro Vancouver. A stunt that saw Rage Against The Machine's polarizing track Killing in the Name enable the transition from the former KiSS format. In the 30-hour space between, the ensuing theories about why went viral, covered by outlets from Esquire, Rolling Stone , and CBS , to The Guardian and The Daily Mail. On this episode of Broadc...
Aug 23, 2022•26 min
