A new Futuri-Nielsen study concludes that there is a “profound appetite” for time-shifted content among radio listeners, particularly among younger audiences, yet those opportunities remain largely untapped. The study, conducted this past January, looked at perceptions and attitudes of a variety of audiences to time-shifted audio. The email survey involved 602 radio listeners, A18+, who […]
The Canadian Music Week (CMW) Broadcast Jury has released the list of nominees for this year’s Canadian Radio Music Awards. The winners of the CRMA’s are chosen by the combined votes of On-Air Staff, Program Directors and Music Directors. Online voting will open next week with the awards to be handed out Thursday, May 9 […]
Radioplayer Canada recently celebrated its second anniversary of streaming Canadian radio stations to millions of listeners each week. On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast, our publisher Shawn Smith in conversation with Michael Hill, managing director of Radioplayer Worldwide, on the rise of radio streaming, the future of the in-dash radio experience and […]
Numeris has announced a massive change to the ratings system for Canadian radio. Ninety-five Small and Medium markets, including Red Deer, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Halifax, which still rely on diary results, will move to year-round measurement as of this summer. The result will see audience data releases reflect a rolling average. Data will be collected […]
On this Broadcast Dialogue podcast, publisher Shawn Smith talks to Canadian country superstar Terri Clark. It’s shaping up to be a great year for the Medicine Hat, Alberta native…in addition to releasing a hit duet with Dallas Smith, and touring both solo and as part of the Chicks with Hits Tour with Suzy Bogguss and Pam […]
Canadian alt rocker Bif Naked and former Howard Stern Show sound designer Ron Tarrant are the new national imaging voices of Rogers’ Rock radio brands across Canada. As of Jan. 1, they join existing voice Vanessa Marshall, on a new imaging package being rolled out across all 10 Rogers Rock stations across the country. Broadcast […]
Broadcast Dialogue podcast, publisher Shawn Smith talks to Zach Sang in Los Angeles, the fresh-faced host of the Zach Sang Worldwide Countdown, which made its debut on Rogers Radio stations earlier this year. Sang is being credited with paving the way for the next generation of radio personalities. Broadcast Dialogue has been required reading in […]