Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast

Across the U.S., broadcasters are proving what radio has always known that it drives real results.

In this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, our U.S. partner Warren Kurtzman of Coleman Insights sits down to talk about how Cox Media Group is using Validate to show advertisers the measurable impact of their campaigns, connecting streaming and broadcast listening to actual website visits and conversions.

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Veteran broadcaster Dini Petty has stepped back in front of the camera after a 25-year absence from television with Trailblazing Talks with Dini Petty, a new series airing Monday nights on The News Forum.

Launched with a one-hour special on Thanksgiving Monday, the series promises conversations about resilience, courage, and leadership, with a goal in Petty's words - who is now age 80 - to remind viewers "it's never too lat...

WABE, the Western Association of Broadcast Engineers, wrapped up the organization's 75th anniversary convention on Oct. 1, setting all-time attendance records.

In a time when many media and entertainment-related industry associations are struggling for membership and co-locating their events, WABE has defied the odds, expanding its reach to build a community of broadcast technicians spanning radio, TV, film, content creatio...

Alan Black would like his newly-founded venture Left of Dial Media to be for podcasting what Criterion is for film.

In a world of popular podcasts like The Joe Rogan Experience, Call Her Daddy and Theo Von, Black is on a mission to champion the things that are strange, new, weird, trailblazing and genre-defying - shows that will be remembered a decade from now.

The problem is unlike film, podcasting doesn't have a canon. Tha...

Veteran Toronto music director and longtime boom 97.3 (CHBM-FM) music programmer Wayne Webster joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast ahead of his retirement at the end of the summer. Often credited with helping shape the sound of Toronto radio, the Broadcast Hall of Famer takes us behind the scenes of his 48-year career.

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Dielectric is a world leader in the design, fabrication, and installation of antenna systems.

With renewed focus on its FM radio business, the company has named two new partners - SCMS in the U.S. and Pippin Technical Service in Canada.

Dielectric President Keith Pelletier joins this special, sponsored episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about the evolution of the industry and the importance of broadcast...

Since 2019, the MADE | NOUS initiative has been putting the spotlight on Canadian talent in film, TV, gaming, and digital entertainment, aiming to shift the perception of Canadian content both at home and abroad.

The industry effort - largely fueled by the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Telefilm - is taking its message on the road this summer, led by ambassador and veteran broadcaster George Stroumboulopoulos.

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Broadcast archives and the original tech they were recorded on is the kind of material collectors Barry Silverthorn and Hamza 'Betamax,' as he's known, are on a mission to preserve as part of their project, Mediatheque: The Museum of Broadcast Technology.

Currently located in Belleville, Ontario, we welcome Barry and Hamza to Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about fostering their shared passion for nostalgia and rai...

Jon Pole, President of My Broadcasting Corporation, believes some of radio's best days are still ahead.

The second-generation broadcaster joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about MBC's continued growth, now positioning the company as one of the biggest independent radio operators in Ontario.

We also get into the Canadian content debate and regulatory burden on stations, and why Pole says his radio group bucking d...

The saying goes that you haven't worked in radio, until you've worked in Winnipeg.

Personalities like Brother Jake Edwards, Terry DiMonte, Don Percy, and many others gathered June 12-14 for the Winnipeg Radio Reunion. It saw colleagues who’ve worked in the market, both past and present, reminisce and reconnect.

Broadcast Dialogue caught up with organizer Ralph “Racoon” Carney – an alum of CKRC and 1290 AM (CFR...

This week on Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast, we’re joined by Jeffrey Maddox, President of Nokia Canada, as the company marks 40 years in Canada and the 100th anniversary of Nokia Bell Labs.

Maddox reflects on the legacy of Bell Labs, from the invention of the transistor in 1947 to its foundational role in shaping modern communications and why he calls Nokia “the company that built Silicon Valley.”

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“Tarzan Dan” Freeman has announced that he’ll be taking another leave of absence from his Bounce Radio midday show to undergo a stem cell bone marrow transplant.

Freeman, who went public with his cancer diagnosis last September, has been undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma.

Broadcast Dialogue caught up with Dan this week as he underwent a plasma transfusion to boost his immune system ahead of the transpl...

June is National Indigenous History Month.

There are few audio programs that capture the spirit of the month more than Words and Culture, the Community Radio Fund of Canada-backed radio show and podcast, diving into Indigenous languages by sharing the stories of both knowledge keepers and those trying to reclaim their language and culture.

Now in its second season, Kim Wheeler is the show's executive producer. I...

Scott Fybush of NorthEast Radio Watch and the Top of the Tower Podcast in Rochester, New York joins this special crossover episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast.

Fybush and I discuss our takeaways from Radiodays North America in Toronto, regulatory happenings on both sides of the border, and our mutual appreciation for the moment Alt Rock is having, among other news from the world of broadcast.

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Departure Festival + Conference gets set to launch its debut edition May 6 - 11, in Toronto, a "reimagined" Canadian Music Week at the intersection of music, comedy, arts and tech.

Randy Lennox, the co-founder and CEO of Loft Entertainment, joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast on the eve of the inaugural event to talk about their new venture with Oak View Group, and building on the CMW legacy, as Departure sets out to sup...

We last spoke with Vista Radio President Bryan Edwards in February 2024 as the company announced it was set to acquire 21 stations from Bell Media in British Columbia as part of BCE's divestiture of 45 radio stations.

More than one year later, Vista is now operating those stations, officially becoming the second largest radio group in the country.

We welcome Bryan Edwards back to the podcast to talk abo...

Gill Deacon's new Substack and podcast, A Love Affair with the Unknown, is all about saying yes to uncertainty.

The former host of CBC Toronto afternoon show, Here and Now, who stepped away from radio last fall, joins this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about her journey to embracing uncertainty - something many of us in the media business can relate to, her Long COVID diagnosis and recovery, life at mi...

When Bell Media announced a little more than one year ago that it was divesting 45 of its radio properties, some people were uncomfortable positioning the move as a positive shift for the industry, but family-owned and operated Whiteoaks Communications Group - which is acquiring four of the stations - is already presenting strong evidence that is the case.

Whiteoaks, which is acquiring CKLH-FM Hamilton and CHRE-FM, CHTZ-FM&...

NAB Show returns to the Las Vegas Convention Centre, April 5-9, with this year's event bringing an expanded focus on hot topics like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on media and entertainment.

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we speak with the National Association of Broadcasters' EVP of Global Connections & Events, Karen Chupka, about what's new at this year's show, the potential impact ...