[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] My neighbourhood is lousy with electric vehicles: all flavours of Teslas, scattered Volts and Bolts, a selection of Hyundais and KIAs, a couple of
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In the 1920s, radio was to music what the Internet is today. When commercial radio was born towards the end of the First World War, no one played records on the radio. In
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[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] Many years ago, someone asked singer Tom Waits about his favourite sounds. He replied, “a baseball game on an AM radio on a warm
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Video never quite got this radio star. One of the mainstays of Toronto over the decades, Q107 is turning the big 4-0 this week. To celebrate, the station is hosting a birthday bash
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I spent a chunk of yesterday at Ryerson University talking to students in the Radio and Television Arts program. As the official Broadcaster in Residence at the Allan Slaight Radio Institute, I help
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Okay, so this doesn’t have to do with music–but it does have to do with broadcasting, one of the topics this site covers. Like the best satire, it cuts extremely close to the
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Every year, the CRTC release a report on the health of the Canadian broadcasting industry. Here are some highlights that should save you from diving into the whole report. In 2013, the average
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