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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Alt-Rock One-Hit-Wonders of the 90s, part 2

[Still with the summer repeats but I can assure you that I’m already hard at work on the new season

[How’s the summer so far? Getting caught up on OH shows? Here’s another encore. Back with new episodes in September.

There’s been much discussion about the death of rock over the last couple of decades, but despite all the eulogies,

All popular music, no matter what the genre, tends to move in cycles of varying lengths. There is some chatter

This week’s question comes from a discussion I had with a radio fan who was wondering why Q107/Toronto–formerly a pure

[As the summer research continues, so do the encore presentations of past programs. This is the next installment of the

Technology has been tried to kill off radio for decades, but the oldest of all media is still here and

This is shaping up to be a summer of 90s nostalgia. I mean, look who’s going to be on tour

At the dawn of the 2010s, alt-rock was still, well, rockin’. The top tracks of that first year came from

Before 1991, the world of alt-rock was a rich and diverse place. The number of sounds, textures, scenes, and genres

The music festival is hardly a recent creation. People have been gathering in fields to hear music for centuries. In

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
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver
The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
Mark Silver