Broadcast Dialogue

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this sponsored episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, Tieline Technical Sales Associate Jacob Daniluck discusses The Gateway 4, a powerful DSP-based 1RU IP codec designed for live remote broadcasting applications, as well as STL or SSL links. The Gateway 4 enables transport of multiple channels of mono or stereo audio across the public internet or any QoS-enabled IP network, including T1 and T3 connections and private WANs with MPLS. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast we welcome Julie Adam, President of News & Entertainment at Rogers Sports & Media, and first-time author to talk about her new book, Imperfectly Kind: Why Kindness Is The Must-Have Superpower You Need To Lead.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On our year-end podcast, we usually focus on the newsmakers in the broadcast, podcast, tech and streaming space...but this year Broadcast Dialogue and our parent company, Momentum Media Marketing, are closing the year with a huge internal move as James Wallace, the digital strategist who has been the backbone of the company for the last 12 years, returns to the agency world. We're happy to say we've recruited Jeff Lush as our new Director of Digital Media, who leaves a similar position at Rogers Sports & Media after 16 years. On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome the two digital experts to debate the state of the industry, predictions for the New Year, and more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A lot of you listening love to have a love-hate relationship with Twitter, but 2021 was a big year for the social platform and its Canadian operation. Twitter Canada substantially scaled up at its Toronto office with the app also rolling out an ambitious series of product updates ranging from newsletters to social audio, safety features, and a subscription tier...not to mention that since we recorded this episode in November, co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO.On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we talk to Twitter Canada "tweeps" Conor Clarance, Head of Sports Marketing, and Shay Thiyagarajah, Partnerships Manager, on how these new features are being embraced, how Canadian media is leveraging Twitter for live events, and tips for getting that elusive little blue "verified" checkmark.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hilary Brown knew she wanted to be a foreign correspondent when there were no women on the job. She ended up becoming the first female foreign correspondent for ABC News, reporting from trouble-spots around the globe from the early 1970s onward for more than 35 years, filing from every continent except Antarctica.From Vietnam - where she was one of the last journalists to be lifted by helicopter from the roof of the American Embassy in Saigon - to Sarajevo, Baghdad, Jerusalem, and eventually the CBC Toronto anchor desk.We welcome Hilary Brown to this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about her new memoir War Tourist, which documents a well-lived life as well as some of the baggage that comes with a lifetime of covering conflict.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Q101 (CKMQ-FM) Merritt is a small Pattison Media-owned station in B.C.'s Nicola Valley. With a staff of just three, the radio station is the only broadcast media outlet located in the community that was evacuated Nov. 15 after torrential rain that triggered flooding and mudslides in the region.Those evacuations included Q101 which is continuing to carry on operations from sister station B100 (CKBZ-FM) in Kamloops. Station Program Director Roger White took time to speak to Broadcast Dialogue earlier this week about weathering a year of wildfires and water, on top of the challenges of the pandemic.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

South Asian broadcasting trailblazer Shushma Datt will be recognized at the upcoming Jack Webster Foundation Awards with the 2021 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award, which honours an exemplary B.C. journalism career.Datt, who faced significant racism from mainstream media, persevered and started her own 24-hour South Asian radio station on a sub-carrier frequency, later becoming the first Indo-Canadian woman to be granted a CRTC licence with the launch of Sp!ce Radio AM 1200 in Burnaby in 2005. Over the years, she's also produced and hosted television programming for Shaw and OMNI, including the long-running “Women In Focus.”On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we're pleased to welcome Datt to talk about her media journey, how far the industry has come and how far it still needs to go.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Women in Film and Television - Canada Coalition (WIFT-CC) in conjunction with Reel Families for Change, has released the results of its Family Care Report—a cross-Canada survey highlighting how the pandemic has compounded child care challenges for women in film.On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome Reel Families' Heather and Sean McQuillan and the report's author, Susan Brinton, to talk about why the industry should be trying to keep more women in the workforce. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Like a lot of legacy publications, The Canadian Jewish News has had its ups and downs in the new digital reality, even facing closure at one point. But the pandemic has spurred a digital-first rebirth of the publication that includes a revamped podcast network focused on telling uniquely Jewish Canadian stories.On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome Michael Fraiman, Executive Director of the CJN Podcast Network, and journalist and author Ellin Bessner, the host of The CJN Daily, to talk about the relaunch, its challenges, and the advantages of being niche media.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After parting ways with Sportsnet Radio earlier this year, this was supposed to be the summer of Dave Cadeau...but the Hamilton Tiger Cats had other ideas.Cadeau, the former Director of Programming for Sports Radio at Rogers Sports & Media, has been recruited as the Executive Producer of the new Ti-Cats Audio Network - an in-house content machine super-serving fans with daily and game day programming - amid increasingly scant resources in conventional broadcasting.On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome Dave Cadeau to talk about the future of pro-sports media content and the ever-changing sports radio landscape. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.