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[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] Many years ago, someone asked singer Tom Waits about his favourite

Video never quite got this radio star. One of the mainstays of Toronto over the decades, Q107 is turning the

I spent a chunk of yesterday at Ryerson University talking to students in the Radio and Television Arts program. As

Okay, so this doesn’t have to do with music–but it does have to do with broadcasting, one of the topics

Every year, the CRTC release a report on the health of the Canadian broadcasting industry. Here are some highlights that

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
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