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Radio 

An important update on the CFNY Spirit of Radio documentary: How you can be in the movie.

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 Alan Cross 4 Comments CFNY, Documentary, Fans, Spirit of Radio

Back in November, a group of us began work on a documentary that will detail the Spirit of Radio years

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Radio 

Here’s the latest list of auto manufacturers that are dumping AM radio

May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments AM Radio, Auto Manufacturers, Cars, Electromagnetic Interference

The first radio was an aftermarket device installed by the Galvin brothers in 1930. Known as the Motorola, it made

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Music Industry Radio 

My friend Dave asked ChatGPT if AI will replace human radio announcers. Here’s what it said.

May 12, 2023May 13, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment AI, Announcers, ChatGPT, Dave Charles, DJs, Futuri, Presenters, Radio, RadioGPT

Dave Charles, a longtime radio consultant, is a good mate, someone who has been in the business for a very

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Radio 

Why phasing out AM radio in vehicles is a bad thing–especially in Canada

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 Alan Cross 6 Comments AM Radio, Cars, Ford, Streaming

These are not good days for AM radio, the oldest form of radio broadcasting. Yes, it’s sonically inferior to FM

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Radio 

Will AM/FM radios soon be extinct in vehicles? Maybe. Here’s why.

April 10, 2023April 9, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments AM/FM, Electric, EVs, Radio, Subscriptions, Vehicles

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] Ever since the Galvin brothers introduced the first car radio —

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Radio 

Radio, broadcasting’s cockroach, continues to do well

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Audio, Listening, Radio, Streaming, Vividata

I really get tired when people spout off about radio being dead. “Who listens to the radio anymore?” Plenty of

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Radio 

RIP Red Robinson, Canada’s first rock’n’roll DJ

April 2, 2023April 3, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment DJs, Radio, Red Robinson

All the American histories of rock’n’roll talk about the role of Cleveland (and later New York) radio DJ, Alan Freed.

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Documentary Radio 

Another update on the CFNY Spirit of Radio documentary

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 Alan Cross 3 Comments CFNY, Documentary, Martha and the Muffins, Parachute Club, Spirit of Radio

It’s all coming together. Last fall, we embarked on a mission to turn CFNY’s “Spirit of Radio” years (1978-1992) into

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Radio 

If this label’s campaign is successful, Canadian radio stations may soon have to play a minimum amount of Indigenous music

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Canada, CRTC, Indigenous Music, Quota

When the CRTC released its latest (and long overdue) review of radio in Canada last December, there was a line

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Radio Tech 

So how good is this new RadioGPT AI? Can it really be as good as a human when it comes to being a radio announcer?

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Announcers, DJs, Futuri, Radio

Artificial intelligence is all the buzz these days, including here in the radio biz. Take a look at how this

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Radio Tech 

What will happen to AM and FM broadcasts in the future? It’s a tech question that needs to be answered.

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5G, 6G, AM Radio, DAB, FM Radio, iBOC, Legacy Bands, Radio

AM radio has been around since the beginning of broadcasting. FM was invented in the 1930s and surpassed AM as

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