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If Seth Rogen is doing transit announcements in Vancouver and Toronto, why can’t Terry from FUBAR do the same in Calgary?

With Seth Rogen now providing the guest voice for both Toronto and Vancouver transit, Terry Cahill from FUBAR (think Bob

We’re all about trying to identify hate groups, apparently. Who are these people? Where can we find them? What do

Musicians can be a quirky lot. Most of these quirks are (mostly) harmless. Sometimes, though, they move into realms of

Calgary and area musicians can now enter submissions to the YYC music awards and have until May 31 to do

Calgary’s National Music Centre (NMC) has launched a new online platform in celebration of Canada 150, allowing fans to browse

I stumbled across this one when poking around SoundCloud. Preoccupations, who are from Calgary (the formerly named Viet Cong, t00),

The timing might not be the greatest–downtown Calgary is suffering mightily because the collapse in oil prices–but the good news

Juliette Jagger, a frequent contributor to these pages, wrote this history of Toronto’s Horseshow for the National Music Centre, which

It’s hard to believe that Calgary hasn’t had its own music awards event up until now. But this is a

Chris Tenz, a fixture to many Calgary indie musicians, died Saturday. It was a suicide, which he discussed in this

April 24, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Calgary

Here’s a local Shaw cable show from Calgary featuring Zack Hewitt (Kool FM), Bob Steele (XL 103) and Tim Morgan (Q

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