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This is Episode 100. My years in radio taught me to celebrate the milestones and accomplishments. No more so than the time I spent at 100.3 the Bear in Edmonton. Some background on why I decided to do this show. Back in January when I was planning out the shows for the next few months, I wanted to have Greg Brown aka Jake Daniels on. He and I worked together on 100.3 the Bear in Edmonton from 1994 to 2002, working on the afternoon show for close to 5 years. I never had more fun on the air tha...

Randi Chase epitomizes the lyric in the WKRP theme song, "Town to Town; Up and Down the Dial." The lyric conjures up images of jocks, successful or fired, who shuffle on to the next gig with a new town and call letters. Randi worked in 6 of Canada's top 10 markets before turning 30. After taking a year off to find out what happens when you take the radio out of Randi, she is back on air and having fun with in her favourite province with Vinnie Taylor on Newcap's Real Country 95.5. I had the chance to work with Randi in Montreal and never stopped following her career as it progressively took her west. If it sounds like two old friends catching up, it's because it is. This episode is powered by NLogic.ca - Just by visiting our sponsors you support the podcast. http://go.nlogic.ca/l/130651/2018-05-11/s7fy5 Other Sponsors we encourage you to support: Radio Pepper Prep http://www.pepperprep.com Aiden Wolf Voiceovers http://www.aidenwolf.ca Promosuite - http://www,promosui…

Matt speaks with Brian Munz about growing up in Humboldt, Saskatchewan and working with the Broncos.

When Gerry Forbes announced his retirement, you can forgive CJAY 92's competitors for letting out a silent cheer. For over 25 years in Calgary, Gerry's morning show has been in the top three in a market that is sharply country. In preparing this episode, I reached out to some of the people who had worked with and against Gerry. People like Bob Harris who was his program director throughout the 90's; Terry Dimonte who went up against him from 2008-2012; and Gerry's brother Marty who spent his career in Edmonton, and on the management side. I reached back and asked Gerry about some of the more memorable stunts that he conjured up, what makes Calgary so great, and how one listener would use the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council process against him. This episode is powered by Promosuite. http://www.promosuite.com/soundoff Special thank to our new sponsors (outside Canada): Radio Pepper Prep http://www.pepperprep.com And Aiden Wolf Voiceovers http://www.aidenwolf.ca

Matt gets into the sales aspect of radio with Scott Howard from WOWO-AM in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Matt Cundill speaks with Lauryn Schaffner about her YouTube channel and wonders why she isn't in Radio.... yet.

A few more thoughts about Podcasting and its relationship with radio. Recorded in Spain as I tour the country side eating tapas and watching football. As well, I call up Bob Willette at Rock 94.9 in Oshawa and we nerd out of the branding history of Edge 102.

Gary Begin is the owner of Sound Advantage Media. His company works with radio stations across America is get their branding strategy in order. One of the things I like about Gary is how is business is always working the social media space to promote the latest. At one time that was a book called Radio Programming and Branding: The Ultimate Podcasting and Radio Branding Guide. Gary is going to be adding to that book shortly, with 7 more parts added to it involving podcast. We spoke about what makes an ideal client for Gary, what he believes are the fundamentals to great radio, and what it takes to write a book, and then add to it. This episode is brought to you by NLogic - who have just unveiled their new website at http://go.nlogic.ca/soundoff

Lori Lewis knows how to deal with change, which makes her ideal to lead the way when it comes to navigating the murky waters of Facebook. From its changing algorithm to the overextension of selling your data to third party sources, Lori offers up her tips and expertise to great posting and audience engagement. We also touched on some best practices for Facebook Live which still remains a challenge for talent. Lori is also the chairperson of the long standing Radio Summer Learning Conference The Conclave. The 43rd edition will take place on July 18th thru 20th in Minneapolis. Lori has been so kind to offer up a bonus code for $50 dollars off the registration fee. The codes expires on April 17th and is located at the bottom of this page. This episode is powered by Promosuite who will be on hand at the Conclave as well. http://www.promosuite.com/soundoff

We are off to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia and catching up with Mark Burley. (SUN-FM, AM 1150 & 101.5 EZ Rock) During the 12 years as Group PD and PD of the local cluster, he enjoyed enjoying 8 years with Sun at #1 A25-54 in Kelowna and garnered industry recognition with 6 consecutive Program Director of the Year Awards and Station of the Year for Sun FM on 5 occasions. Mark went through 3 different owners during his time including Standard, Astral and then Bell. He speaks about what ...

Matt speaks with his new friend Gregr from the End in Seattle

Matt speaks with his favourite morning radio host from CBC-2 Raina Douris.

Matt Speaks with Stingray VP of Branding & Content Steve Jones.

Matt convinces Comedian Chantal Desjardins to come on the show.

Jean-Marie Heimrath became interested in podcast sometime in November 2016. He has always been fascinated by the business side of the entertainment industry he has worked in. Whether it be the record industry when he worked for Island Records, the business of radio syndication when he worked for the Sound Source Radio Network., or being at the forefront of streaming with Iceberg Radio. His knowledge of monetizing content is incredible and will have you re-thinking exactly what business you are in. Earlier this year, alongside Jeff Ulster and Bob Kane, he has formed The Podcast Exchange, A new company that uses market research, advanced metrics, and geo-targeting to give advertisers better access to the Canadian podcast audience. The name Jeff Ulster has appeared before in our podcast series (Episode 72) when he explored the Canadian Podcast Listener - a Landscape Study with Jeff Vidler. (The study is again, available on the show page for this episode) This episode is powered by Len…

Matt speaks with the creator of Vuolo Video Airchex Art Vuolo.

Matt Speaks to Sharon Taylor about her time at Standard Radio, Hot 103 in Winnipeg and CFTR in Toronto.

Matt Speaks with Bruce Barker who returns to the radio scene after a stroke

Drake Donovan is a voiceover professional who writes your copy as well as voices it.

Chris Scheetz is thing morning host at CISN Country 103.9 in Edmonton and he spoke about his country radio life

Karen Steele is the new Program Director at 99.9 Virgin Radio in Toronto. She has worked in radio for over two decades and in this episode, she walks us through her impressive career, from small markets to big ones, from radio to film and back to radio again. She even throws out a couple dollops of advice along the way, so stay tuned, this one's a keeper! Over two decades of hard work, running compelling campaigns all the way along, Karen climbed the ladder from intern, to assistant program dir...

There is something refreshing about starting a brand new year with a brand new episode. Radio, and podcast should be excited for 2018; not since the iPhone and iPod has so much technological been exchanged at the holiday season. The good news is that it is a speaker and it plays radio. Perry Michael Simon is the News/Talk and Podcast contributor for AllAccess.com. We spent time looking back at the year in N/T Radio, the state of Sports Radio and Podcast, and then look ahead into 2018 which is certain to be all about what we can do with our smart speakers. Perry is already ahead of the rest of us with his Evening Bulletin Podcast which is masterfully easy to access if you got a smart speaker for Christmas. This podcast episode is brought to you by Promosuite -

Terry Dimonte is back for another Christmas episode. The CHOM 97.7 Morning man has a love for Christmas and radio. Last year we spent our time talking about his relationship with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This year, we spoke about his love of Canada, his morning routine, and the loss of his dear friend Kenny Shields of the rock band Streetheart. Terry and I have known each other since 1987 and we spent Christmas of our 30th year of friendship by doing a podcast. Merry Christmas! This episode is sponsored by NLogic and Lens for Radio. http://bit.ly/2oLHQmQ

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 radio is back in the house, but so are a whole bunch of new audio competitors, including newspaper and podcast brands who are entering the world of audio. Steve has also been a fixture at the Podcast Movement with research showing that most podcast listeners only get through about 75% of a podcast before checking out. (Numbers that are consistent with out podcast) This podcast is brought to you by Nlogic. http://bit.ly/2yn3uCo