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Random music news for Saturday, September 15, 2018

Gotta take the dogs for detailing today. Let someone else struggle with 25 kg bull terriers who don’t like having

Def Leppard is touring with Journey this summer–plus all their music is finally available on digital music services. That calls

Wait. A whole show devoted to Journey’s ubiquitous megahit “Don’t Stop Believin’?” Are we insane? Maybe a little bit, but

Major League Baseball players went on strike on this day in 1994. That was a bad one. It took me

Despite the fact that a slew of new songs skyrocket to the charts every year, there always seems to be

The class of 2017–the 32nd annual class since this thing started–has been announced. Here’s who will make it into the

Should I bother cutting the grass today? Or are we done for the year? (I vote the latter.) And now,

Sixty-five years ago today, one of the most important radio shows of all time debuted on the BBC. You should

Now in Singapore. How bands manage to live out of tour buses and hotels for months on end is beyond

The thing about classic rock is that they’re not making any more of it. Sure, you can make a decent

…brokeNCYDE. It wasn’t even close. * * Here’s the bracket. In round ten of our NCAA-style competition to determine

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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