Guests
Dec. 18, 2017
Alexa, Play the Episode with Steve Goldstein
With the arrival Amazon Smart Speaker products in Canada, I thought it would be a good time to speak with Steve Goldstein from Amplifi Media about what it means for radio stations. Indeed there is a race to secure names like Z100 and Mix 96, the same way we raced for URL's back in the 90's. The rad…
Dec. 13, 2017
Amber De La Garza: E-Mail is Killing Your Productivity
Matt speaks with the host of Productivity Straight Talk about handling the mess that is your inbox. It just doesn't have to be this way.
Dec. 4, 2017
Blair Bartrem's Romance with Radio
Blair Bartrem is the program director at Toronto’s Q107. Over his 30 plus year’s in radio, Blair has worked in promotions and as program director at legendary brands like CHOM-FM, Q107, Mix 96 & Mix 99.9 in Montreal and Toronto. His promotions have ranged for award-winning to haven’t always rubbed …
Nov. 27, 2017
Radio Professor Dave Bannerman
In this week's episode, we visit with Dave Bannerman, one of the richest sources of intel on Canadian radio in the twentieth century. He retired earlier this year from his role as radio-TV-journalism instructor at Nova Scotia Community College.
Nov. 14, 2017
Dave Wheeler Radios Without a Safety Net
Matt Cundill speaks with now former morning host at 92 CITIFM in Winnipeg, Dave Wheeler
Nov. 6, 2017
Jeff Vidler's Podcast and Gen-X Insights
Jeff Vidler’s company Audience Insights teamed up with Jeff Ulster and conducted a deep dive n podcasting. The study was commissioned by the Globe & Mail. The study’s goal is to help podcasters develop content strategy, increase opportunities for monetization and create a road map for growing a you…
Nov. 1, 2017
Seth Resler On Launching a Geo-Local Podcast
Seth Resler has just released a new podcast called the D-Brief. He has experimented with everything from backstage podcasts at conferences, to travel podcasts, and finally realized that he really hated audio post-production, and that having your hard drives full of audio created creative clutter. T…
Oct. 24, 2017
Podcast Questions and Untold Stories by Charles Adler & Broadway Bill Lee
The Sound Off Studios are being renovated this week, so I took unloading some house keeping. Namely, I answer questions that I get asked a lot about podcasting. Can I make money podcasting? Should I do a podcast? How long should a podcast be?
Also, I play two never before heard stories from two of …
Oct. 14, 2017
Sheri Lynch Taking Control of The Show
Sheri Lynch bought her own show. Yes, I know that sounds really weird considering that her name is in the Marquee, but she essentially got tired of trying to manoeuvre her branding through radio station filters, that she take...
Oct. 11, 2017
The DAZN Dzaster
When the NFL announced they had a partnership with a British company to carry what was NFL Sunday Ticket via streaming, major alarm bells sounded in my head. Not one to rebuff change, I welcomed our UK overlords and their streaming television idea because frankly - what choice did I have. After 5 w…
Oct. 1, 2017
Donna Halper - Radio, Religion, and Rush
Donna Halper is an associate professor of media at Lesley University. She is also in the process of leading an incredible life in radio as a music director, later as a consultant, and now as a professor of media. She is largely credited for breaking new bands including Rush when she was the music d…
Sept. 21, 2017
Lauren Hunter's Edmontonland
Lauren Hunter from Sonic 102.9 in Edmonton is in the hot seat this week. Apart from a brief stint in Kelowna, she has been in Edmonton her whole life and knows the city well. We talk about everything from how to tackle the social media beast, to what makes a post go viral, and, of course, Connor Mc…
Sept. 17, 2017
Jason Barrett's Fall 2017 Sports Media Rundown
This week Jason Barrett from Barrett Sports Media joins us after a tumultuous summer that saw Sports and Politics further collide. There were also a number of sports personalities making the news for all the wrong reasons, and ESPN found itself at the center of most national headlines for layoffs o…
Sept. 15, 2017
Socast CEO Elliott Hurst on Radio's Digital Path
Sometime around 2007, it became about websites and monetizing them. The company I was working for started to remove the digital parts our station was using. The preverbal shit hit the fan and I knew that the people in charge didn’t have a clue on how to use digital to monetize the future. Sadly, th…
Sept. 1, 2017
Jamie Watson is Voice Boy
Jamie Watson is more than a station voice. He works with imaging producers, program directors, and morning shows. He started writing and voicing commercials, and parlayed those talents into becoming a leading voice for radio imaging, commercials and cartoons. In this episode, Jamie tells us about t…
Aug. 29, 2017
When Broadcaster Matt Met Podcaster Matt
Matt Sutton worked with me in 2013 and 2014. On my trip home from Podcast Movement, we went to lunch.... and made a podcast at the same time.
Matt Sutton is the afternoon host at Z95 in Vancouver. I got off the play just before 11am and we went to hit the Wicklow Pub where I pulled out my recorder …
Aug. 23, 2017
Live from Podcast Movement 2017
We wander the halls of Podcast Movement 2017 in Anaheim. I provide a few takeaways of things I have learned so far, plus catch up with some of the notables who have been on our podcast before, or are starting a new podcast shortly. I was speaking on a panel this year at the Jacob's Media sponsored,…
Aug. 12, 2017
Peter Anthony Holder's Great Conversations
Peter Anthony Holder has interviewed a lot of people. From the famous to the quirky, his weekly show "The Stuph File" is syndicated on radio stations around the world and delivered in podcast form every Sunday night. Peter has a new book out now called "Great Conversations: My Interviews with Two M…
Aug. 6, 2017
Rob Greenlee of Spreaker Speaks Podcast Truth
Rob Greenlee is the Head of Content at Spreaker. Recently, I spoke with him on a panel at the Conclave Radio Learning Conference in Minneapolis. At the end of the session, the moderator and panelists all felt we had a few more things we could have gotten to if time had permitted. No worries. That's…
July 28, 2017
Dahlia Kurtz is Unorthodox and Unconventional
Dahlia Kurtz does not do things conventionally. She has worked in radio, written a national newspaper column, nearly went to the Olympics, and spent her first day in radio under water. And she lived to tell me about it. We worked together for a period when she was at 680 CJOB in Winnipeg and I felt…
July 24, 2017
Alan Burns Answers My Burning Questions
Alan Burns has been consulting radio stations since the mid 80's, and knows a thing or two about change. His company Alan Burns and Associates has had long standing relationships with some of the biggest brands across North America. His company is well known for their "What Women Want" research whi…
July 7, 2017
Ira Haberman on How Digital Changed Radio
Ira Haberman is the host of the Sound Podcast and passionate about storytelling, and the Grateful Dead. Put it together, and that's a podcast. He has hosted the Sound Podcast since December, but its success has radio roots as he was working as creative director for Corus Entertainment's Deep Sky in…
June 28, 2017
Dave Farough's Great Ideas for Radio
Dave Farough has a lot of ideas about radio. Today he published some of those ideas on his LinkedIn page entitled "If I Had a clean Sheet of Paper" and I asked them if I could add them to my page - and then the only thing that was missing, was the companion podcast.
On this Canada Day in 2017, we s…