Episodes
June 11, 2025
Kim Wheeler on Words and Culture & Indigenous representation in media
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 Indige...
May 27, 2025
Scott Fybush of Fybush Media talks Radiodays NA takeaways, FCC & more
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 A...
April 30, 2025
Randy Lennox on the launch of Departure Festival + Conference
Randy Lennox, the co-founder and CEO of Loft Entertainment, joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast on the eve of the inaugural Departure Festival + Conference to talk about their new venture with Oak View Group, and building on the Canadian Music Week legacy, as Departure sets out to super-serve Ca…
April 17, 2025
Vista Radio President Bryan Edwards on the company's simultaneous 21-station rebrand
We welcome Vista Radio President Bryan Edwards back to the podcast to talk about the company's major rebrand effort as they officially acquire 21 Bell Media radio stations in B.C.
April 8, 2025
Broadcaster and author Gill Deacon on her journey to embracing uncertainty
Gill Deacon, 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 diagn…
March 13, 2025
Whiteoaks Communications Group on its Bell Media station acquisition & hiring push
On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we speak with Whiteoaks Communications Group President Matt Caine, a third generation broadcaster, Station Manager Hollie Taylor, and Bell Media Regional PD Lisa Vinc (who will join Whiteoaks as part of its acquisition of four Bell Media radio st…
March 7, 2025
NAB Show preview with Karen Chupka, EVP Global Connections & Event
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 NAB Show, the potential impact of the U.S.-Canada trade war, and an increased desire to gather again in 2025.
Feb. 14, 2025
Ian Hanomansing on the launch of CBC News' 'Hanomansing Tonight'
Ian Hanomansing joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast as CBC News gets set to launch 'Hanomansing Tonight' - a new live two-hour news show from the West Coast - in the midst of an unprecedented Canadian news cycle.
Feb. 8, 2025
'BC Bob' Kronbauer on charting his own path as an indie content creator
Bob Kronbauer, known to his followers as “BC Bob,” joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about transitioning his signature storytelling style from social media to television as the host of new CHEK-TV show Now You Know BC, his advice to other content creators in a time of platform volatili…
Jan. 24, 2025
Matt Hird shares insights from the Canadian Podcast Listener survey
Matt Hird, Senior Research Director at Signal Hill Insights, joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to share findings from the latest Canadian Podcast Listener survey.
Jan. 17, 2025
CBC News General Manager and Editor-in-Chief Brodie Fenlon
CBC News General Manager and Editor-in-Chief Brodie Fenlon joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about the public broadcaster's recently-announced resource expansion that will see up to 30 new journalists hired, set to be deployed to 22 communities - like St. Catherines, Banff, Fort McMurr…
Dec. 19, 2024
Year-ender with Broadcast Dialogue publisher and Momentum Media President Shawn Smith
On this year-end episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, we sit down with our publisher Shawn Smith, the president of Momentum Media, to reflect on 2024 and his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for the broadcast industry in 2025.
Dec. 6, 2024
The 2024 Canadian Radio Awards
Connie Thiessan and Matt Cundill host the 2024 Canadian Radio Awards in a live stream on December 6th. Winners and Sponsors to Follow.
Dec. 3, 2024
Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast: Agency experts talk challenges and opportunities in national radio ad sales
Joining our publisher Shawn Smith on this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast are Canadian Broadcast Sales President Gerry MacKrell; Omnicom Media Group Chief Strategy Officer Shane Cameron; GroupM Chief Investment Officer Lindsey Talbot and Glassroom General Manager Scott Stewart to talk a…
Dec. 2, 2024
Arshy Mann on the launch of 'The Hatchet'
Arshy Mann and Jordan Cornish are among the Canadian journalists betting on themselves in the current media climate. Best known as the producers behind Canadaland’s COMMONS for the last six years and 13 seasons, Cornish and Mann are striking out on their own with new project, The Hatchet, a weekly …
Nov. 14, 2024
Coleman Insights' Warren Kurtzman on bringing Validate Audio Attribution to the U.S.
Our publisher Shawn Smith hosts this special episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast featuring Warren Kurtzman, President of Coleman Insights, the new licensee of the Pattison Media-created Validate Audio Attribution software platform being used by Canadian, and now U.S. broadcasters.
Nov. 6, 2024
Ronit Novak of The Grain on the rise of AI and creator value
Ronit Novak, host of new podcast The Grain, joins this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast from Made Human Studios in Toronto's Little Jamaica to talk about why creatives need to start talking openly about AI and the future of creativity.
Oct. 31, 2024
Community Radio Fund of Canada Executive Director Alex Freedman
Community Radio Fund of Canada Executive Director Alex Freedman joins this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about the surge in interest in community radio licences, how the sector is meeting a need in news deserts, and the importance of community connection.
Oct. 9, 2024
Alberta's Country Legend, CFCW, celebrates 70 years
Longtime CFCW program director Jackie Rae Greening and creative writer Jo-Anne Christensen, the author of a new book documenting the station's history, join this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, as Alberta's Country Legend celebrates its 70th anniversary, coming off a win for Station of…
Oct. 1, 2024
RTDNA Canada Emerging Journalist honouree Tchadas Leo
Tchadas Leo, the winner of this year's RTDNA Canada Emerging Journalist Award, joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about his media journey thus far, his commitment to telling under-reported Indigenous stories, and his thoughts on recruiting the next generation of journalists.
Sept. 26, 2024
Lacy Atalick on Village Media's 'Spaces' social network
Village Media is getting into the business of social networking with the upcoming launch of Spaces, the digital publisher's localized community social platform that aims to give users a place to gather to discuss shared topics of interest from local sports to community history.S
Sept. 6, 2024
WABE President Tessa Potter on Forging Ahead in Media's New Landscape
WABE President Tessa Potter joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to talk about what's in store for this year's media and entertainment technology convention, her tech takeaways from Paris 2024 where she was part of the NBC broadcast team, and why she believes AI isn't coming for all of the broadc…
Aug. 23, 2024
Canadaland COO Alan Black
Canadaland Chief Operating Officer Alan Black makes his podcast guesting debut on the latest episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast.
Aug. 16, 2024
Howard Law on 'Canada vs. California' & the Online Streaming Act
Media policy blogger Howard Law joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, to talk about his new book on the Online Streaming Act; why he's worried about the survival of Canadian broadcasters, specifically the future of television news; and what the media landscape could look like if there's a change…