A 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
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[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
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Time 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
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Back 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
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The 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
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Dave 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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These are not good days for AM radio, the oldest form of radio broadcasting. Yes, it’s sonically inferior to FM and is prone to all kinds of static interference (power lines, lightning, etc.)
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[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] Ever since the Galvin brothers introduced the first car radio — the Motorola — back in 1930, we’ve enjoyed all sorts of audio while
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I really get tired when people spout off about radio being dead. “Who listens to the radio anymore?” Plenty of folks, it turns out. Vividata just finished another study of Canadian consumers and
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All the American histories of rock’n’roll talk about the role of Cleveland (and later New York) radio DJ, Alan Freed. Going deeper, there was also Dewey Phillips, Wolfman Jack, Murray Kaufman, Bill Randle,
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It’s all coming together. Last fall, we embarked on a mission to turn CFNY’s “Spirit of Radio” years (1978-1992) into a documentary. It was a special time in radio and music. It needs
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