Broadcast Dialogue

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.

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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 exemplify Rosalie Trombley's legacy. 

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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 of the Year award winner Magnifi and the company's Chief Revenue Officer Meghna Krishna; producer, director and M&E solutions architect Tom Thudiyanplackal, who was at NAB Show representing the Entertainment Technology Centre at the University of Southern California (USC); Vu Technologies R&D Program Manager Ben Meyers; Brandon Costa, Director of Digital at SVG (Sports Video Group), and Yaroslav Altunin, tech editor at NoFilmSchool.com.

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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 props to the industry.

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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 her own work as a host to bring more authenticity to television.

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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 Podcast to talk about taking leadership of the organization, the Academy's move to gender-neutral performance categories, and the importance of coming together to celebrate Canadian content.

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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 celebrating the industry's wins, rather than focusing on the challenges.

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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 Media is very carefully and intentionally testing the integration of generative AI.

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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 things audio. 

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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 at Bell Media, including SVP of Bell Media Agency and Brand Strategy, and SVP of Program Planning and Promotion at CTV.

He joins Broadcast Dialogue publisher Shawn Smith on this episode of the podcast to take us inside his time at CNN, among other career reflections, and his plans to offer "coaching" for media creatives in semi-retirement.

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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 Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe, her new podcast - produced with the Apostrophe Podcast Company - diving into the making of the legendary radio show. 

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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 potential impact of AI on media creators.

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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.

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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 including how they're approaching contentious policy issues like Bill C-11.

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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 & Editor-in-Chief Zane Schwartz to talk about the not-for-profit's mission to help Canadian journalists uncover government waste and corruption and facilitate more investigative journalism.

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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.

While 9.1M residents live in regional Australia, and the average income is $93K a year, just 10% of national media budgets were spent there when the campaign started.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome Boomtown Chairperson and Chief Sales Officer for Southern Cross Austereo Brian Gallagher, to talk about how educating media buyers has paid off and why he's bullish on the outlook for commercial radio.

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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 of Northern Lights Entertainment, joins us to talk about embracing CanCon, his enduring passion for radio, and how a kid from Mira Bridge, Cape Breton ended up the licencee of two radio stations in the far north.

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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 sounds in the healthiest way possible. He joins us on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, joined by UC Health Voice Pathologist and Voice Health Expert Katelyn Reid. Both performers themselves, Reid and Smith offer some solid advice here on how to optimize your vocal health no matter what part of the performance industry you work in - from warm-up and recovery to best practices and why morning voice doesn't have to be a thing.

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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.

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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 Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) President Kevin Desjardins on their takeaways from this year's event. We also catch up with Evanov Communications President Paul Evanov, whose late father and radio pioneer Bill Evanov was inducted into the OAB Hall of Fame, one of the highlights of Connection '22. 

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