The streaming music services, led by platform, are funneling millions of dollars out of Canada through subscription fees. They don’t even have to charge sales tax on those subscriptions. And there is no
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[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] With American Thanksgiving, the retail carnage of Black Friday just a few days away (anyone got the over/under on how many people will be
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This graphic came with today’s Broadcast Dialogue newsletter. Canadians are listening to live radio a LOT more than even the people running the radio industry believe. Radio is dead? Hardly. Advertisers and agencies
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When it comes to listening to audio in the car, the ol’ AM/FM radio is still #1. But there’s competition out there. The Radioplayer app offers exponentially greater radio stations delivered through IP.
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It’s a big day in the world of astronomy for large parts of North America. An annular eclipse (the moon almost covers the entire disco of the sun, leaving only a tiny “ring of
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Here’s an excellent trivia question: What radio feature has been running in Canada the longest? Here’s a hint: It’s been a fixture of our public airwaves for more than 80 years. It’s the
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For almost a year now, a group of us (including former staffers Ivar Hamilton and Scott Turner) have been working on a big-budget (well, for a documentary) on the history of CFNY (now
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Is AI going to be bad for jobs? Yes. Very, very bad. But can it do as good a job as curating music news for August 16, 2023? Yeah, probably. More music news?
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Hal Harbour (born Doug Barron) was a co-worker towards the end of the Spirit of Radio Days at CFNY-FM/Toronto. Not only was he pull regular announcer shifts, he worked tirelessly with the city’s
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When Paris decided to stage the Universal Exposition of 1889, Gustave Eiffel built his famous tower on land granted to him by the city. Believe it or not, it was designed to be
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Nuke it. Nuke it from orbit before it multiples. As someone who has been in the radio business for over 40 years, I’m obviously against replacing human announcers/DJs with AI. Doing so would
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