Broadcast Dialogue caught up with Winnipeg Radio Reunion organizer Ralph “Racoon” Carney – an alum of CKRC and 1290 AM (CFRW-AM) Winnipeg, among other stations - to talk about bringing the event to life, June 12-14. He shares some weekend highlights, alongside Paul Graham, Courtney James, Jim Goddard, and Don Percy.

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.

Broadcast Dialogue caught up with "Tarzan Dan" Freeman this week as he underwent a plasma transfusion to boost his immune system ahead of a stem cell bone marrow transplant.

We welcome Kim Wheeler to Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast during National Indigenous History Month to talk about Words and Culture - the radio program and podcast she executive produces on Indigenous language; how she's feeling about the current state of Indigenous representation in Canadian media; and her recent Canadian Screen Award.

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.

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 Canada's creative community.

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.

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 diagnosis and recovery, life at mid-life, and her advice to other broadcasters living in uncertain times.

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 stations in Hamilton and St. Catharines), on the mediium's much maligned viability, the future of the AM band, and more.

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.

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.

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 volatility, and his renewed passion for affordable internet.

Matt Hird, Senior Research Director at Signal Hill Insights, joins Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast to share findings from the latest Canadian Podcast Listener survey.

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 McMurray, and B.C.'s North Island - where CBC currently does not have an established presence.

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.

Broadcast Dialogue Editor Connie Thiessen and Matt Cundill of the Sound Off Podcast Network chat with some of the winners of the 2024 Canadian Radio Awards, celebrating excellence in Canadian radio.

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 about the state of national radio ad sales.

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 podcast and newsletter launched on Substack, dedicated to exposing power and money in Canada.

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.

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.