Radio Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Fun! Someone has uploaded 2 hours of The Edge’s 1994 CASBY Awards

I have no idea where this footage of the 1994 CASBY/Music Matters Award originates. To whoever posted this, thank you!

Lots of insider references here, but if you know anything about radio, you’ll appreciate this.

I’d never heard of 106.5 FM The Tank before I stumbled on this article profiling a low-power prison radio station

[I passed a milestone this past weekend. I covered it in my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] This is

When I arrived at CFNY on October 3, 1986, one of the first people I encountered in the halls was

Jeff Vidler and his company Signal Hill is always looking at how people consume music. Here are a couple of

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] After months of lockdowns, stay-at-home orders, and working from home, it’s time

A question arrived from Jake via email over the weekend. I have no answers, so perhaps you can help. Here

While Spotify and Apple Music suck up most of the attention in the world of streaming music, do not discount

After partnering with an Australian broadcaster to open a terrestrial radio station Down Under, TikTok and SiriusXM have announced the

Too many people are quick to write off traditional terrestrial radio as something passé and no longer relevant to the

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver