An important update on the CFNY Spirit of Radio documentary: How you can be in the movie.
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
The first radio was an aftermarket device installed by the Galvin brothers in 1930. Known as the Motorola, it made
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My friend Dave asked ChatGPT if AI will replace human radio announcers. Here’s what it said.
Dave Charles, a longtime radio consultant, is a good mate, someone who has been in the business for a very
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Why phasing out AM radio in vehicles is a bad thing–especially in Canada
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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Will AM/FM radios soon be extinct in vehicles? Maybe. Here’s why.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] Ever since the Galvin brothers introduced the first car radio —
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Radio, broadcasting’s cockroach, continues to do well
I really get tired when people spout off about radio being dead. “Who listens to the radio anymore?” Plenty of
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RIP Red Robinson, Canada’s first rock’n’roll DJ
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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Another update on the CFNY Spirit of Radio documentary
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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If this label’s campaign is successful, Canadian radio stations may soon have to play a minimum amount of Indigenous music
When the CRTC released its latest (and long overdue) review of radio in Canada last December, there was a line
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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?
Artificial intelligence is all the buzz these days, including here in the radio biz. Take a look at how this
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What will happen to AM and FM broadcasts in the future? It’s a tech question that needs to be answered.
AM radio has been around since the beginning of broadcasting. FM was invented in the 1930s and surpassed AM as
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