ryan jespersen

Ryan Jespersen is one of the great broadcast to podcast success stories. After being relieved from the coveted 9 to noon position at the venerable 630 CHED in Edmonton last year, Ryan hatched a plan to move his audience from terrestrial to digital, and at the same time fill a need for real talk in the digital space.

In this episode, you will hear how Ryan got into radio i(and later TV) n Red Deer, Alberta, moved north to Edmonton where he hosted Breakfast television and eventually on to Corus owned 630 CHED. We spoke about Alberta politics and how it compared to when I was there in 1990's when Ralph Klein's Conservatives held a 40+ year stranglehold on the province - and how it devolved. We also talked about how he monetizes the show, how he moved people to digital, and what the goals of the show are in the future.

You can find more about Real Talk with Ryan Jespersen on our episode page.

We also spoke about my friend Christian Zyp who was a guest on the Sound Off Podcast a few months ago. Zyp appeared on Ryan's show and you can see appearance here.

Thanks also to the people who make this show possible every week including:

Promosuite

Justin Dove at Core Image Studios

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Check out Part 2 here.

Ryan Jespersen stormed onto the podcasting scene a few months ago with his daily news program, Real Talk. The show quickly became one of the most popular shows in North America, as the former longtime radio host seamlessly mixed daily live talk radio with the freedom of independent podcasting.

The Forgotten Corner is pleased to welcome Ryan to the show for a two-part interview, where we learn about the lifelong Albertan and what led him to radio, plus we talk politics in Alberta, how they’ve changed over the years and what it’s like being in the media under the current United Conservatives.

Follow Jespersen on Twitter at @ryanjespersen and listen to his show weekday mornings at ryanjespersen.com.

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