Broadcast Dialogue

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.

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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. 

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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.

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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 Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about why they developed Validate, how it works, and using data to make stations as successful as they can be.

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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.

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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 station WPSC-FM Brave New Radio in Wayne, New Jersey.

Among other things, we talk about why college radio is still relevant and why this year's College Radio Day is dedicated to peace.

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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 Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, alt rock radio veterans Christian Hall, SONiC RADiO's Content Director and the National Content Director for JACK FM, and Angela Valiant, the host of the SONiC Vancouver morning show, take us behind the scenes of the launch. We also get into the nuances of alt rock programming, algorithm fatigue, and why Hall believes Vancouver just became the most exciting radio market in the country.

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The latest Infinite Dial Canada survey was released last month revealing that Canada is leading podcast listening.

Broadcast Dialogue welcomes Stephanie Donovan, Global Head of Revenue, at Triton Digital to the podcast to dive into current audio listening trends, including how smart speaker growth is driving listening habits, the revenue opportunities presented, and why this year's Infinite Dial Canada is a great story for radio.

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Belief It or Not, Teach Me How to Adult, You Made Me Queer, and Bites and Bits are just a handful of the podcasts nominated for Canadian Podcast Awards this year.

The 5th annual awards are now open for voting to Canadian podcasters.

Broadcast Dialogue caught up with John Leschinski, Chair of Podcamp Toronto, which is behind the CPAs.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk about the nominees, the future of Podcamp TO, and more.

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Nancy Regan is best-known for her 15-year hosting stint on highly-rated ATV/CTV Atlantic supper-hour lead-in Live at 5...a job she literally fell into after university. Growing up in the spotlight as the daughter of Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan, she found herself addicted to approval, which compounded a lifelong struggle with perfectionism.

Regan is the author of new book, From Showing Off to Showing Up, that she describes as a memoir with a side of self help. Now a podcaster, actress, and presentation coach, Regan joins us on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about emerging from years of masking anxiety and imposter syndrome to walk the path of self-discovery and authenticity.

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The Steele and Vance Show is set to launch this fall on CHEK TV, which will see veteran radio and television broadcasters Lynda Steele and Jody Vance pair up to take on the issues of the day in primetime every week.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, Steele and Vance give us a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the new show. We also talk about Jody's five-year struggle with criminal-level listener harassment, working outside the limitations of corporate media, and more.

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It's been just over a year since Kelowna’s 103.9 The Lake (CKOV-FM) was launched.

Helmed by former Clear Sky Radio President Paul Larsen, the station - under its former ownership was branded as Soft 103.9 - and one of the early casualties of the pandemic.

Now, with a year of operation under its belt, we talk to Larsen about the ups and downs of being a stand-alone owner in a highly-competitive small market, honouring Kelowna's radio history, and more.

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With all of the discussion about increasing representation of marginalized communities over the past few years, AMI (Accessible Media Inc.) wondered why the disability community wasn't being included in that conversation. 

It recently announced the launch of the Disability Screen Office (DSO), in conjunction with the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm.

Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast spoke to Andrew Morris, AMI-tv's Manager of Independent Production, about both amplifying creative voices from within the disability community and eliminating accessibility barriers for those who want to work in Canada's screen industries. 

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During the last few years in media and marketing, many workers in their fifties found themselves unemployed for the first time as the pandemic took hold and they were among the first to be packaged out.

NABS is now re-offering its course for those at midlife wondering what to do next, based on Julia Moulden's book, RIPE: Rich, Rewarding Work After 50. We welcome Julia to this episode of the podcast to talk about discovering passion, purpose and possibility at midlife.

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It's not often media outlets announce they're hiring in the current climate, but CBC News has started recruiting for 14 new permanent positions, focused in small and medium sized markets like Nanaimo, Cranbrook, Grande Prairie, Kingston and the North.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we welcome Susan Marjetti, General Manager of News, Current Affairs & Local, for CBC to talk about the public broadcaster's renewed focus on local connection, ongoing criticism about CBC's role, newsroom diversity, and more.

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8K, the high resolution successor to 4K, has in some ways been one of the technological casualties of the pandemic with its adoption abated in the consumer rush to buy new 4K screens over the last few years. 8K televisions are expected to account for just three per cent of Ultra HD TV sales next year.

You've probably already seen films shot in 8K like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and 2020 black and white feature, Mank, but there's still not a lot of content available in the format.

Broadcast Dialogue welcomes Chris Chinnock, Executive Director, of the 8K Association, to the podcast to talk about 8K's evolution, the debate over its value, and what the association will be showcasing at the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas.

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The vast majority of UHF North American broadcast antennas today are slotted cylinder pylon antennas, which offer benefits including smaller tower footprints, fewer parts, lower windload and superior pattern flexibility. Unfortunately for radio broadcasters, their narrow bandwidth characteristics were impractical for passing full-band FM signals.

Just in time for the 2022 NAB Show and the company’s 80th year in business, Dielectric has unveiled its innovation to resolve these bandwidth limitations with the FMP family of FM pylon antennas. Dielectric will demonstrate its benefits in Booth W7107 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 24-27. David Rusch discusses how these advances were realized with Dielectric President Keith Pelletier.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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