An update on the CFNY Spirit of Radio documentary
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
Read MoreFor 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
Read MoreIs 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?
Read MoreHal 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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Read MoreNuke 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
Read MoreA desperate 15th-place radio station in Portland, Oregon, is crowing about cloning Ashley, their midday announcer, with AI. The station–ironically called Live 95.5 (it may be “live” but not “a-live”) is getting roasted
Read More[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] I still remember the Delco AM radio in my dad’s 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 that sat smack in the middle of the dash with
Read MoreTime is short for longwave. Here in North America, AM radio occupies a spectrum that runs from 540 kHz up to 1700 KHz with channels separated by 10 kHz, hence stations like Global
Read MoreBack in November, a group of us began work on a documentary that will detail the Spirit of Radio years of CFNY-FM/Toronto (now known as The Edge), that period between 1978 and 1992
Read MoreThe first radio was an aftermarket device installed by the Galvin brothers in 1930. Known as the Motorola, it made it possible for everyone to be entertained and informed while driving. That first
Read MoreDave Charles, a longtime radio consultant, is a good mate, someone who has been in the business for a very long time. Like many of us in the industry, we’re watching the rise
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