Radio's Summer of Discontent

Coming off the heels of a positive vibe at Radio Days North
America, the radio landscape is flooded with bad news regarding
1300 layoffs, 6 Canadian AM radio stations being closed down
entirely, Canada's Bill C-18 leading to the throttling or
complete shutdown of news on Google and Facebook respectively,
Bell asking the CRTC to reduce its local promise of performance
and the launch of Futuri Media's Radio GPT on Portland's KBFF
leading to some inner-industry outcry. Matt Cundill once again
has some thoughts on all of it.


In this episode you will hear Matt talk about the buzz around AI
Ashley, the new rules for talent to negotiate their contracts
with radio stations, he deciphers how we got here, and then
unpacks as much as possible with Bill C-18 and Facebook blocking
news in Canada. Matt also suggests that if Canada really wanted
to take a stand, they would simply tax digital advertising to
foreign entities.


A Transcription of this episode is available here.


This show is made possible every week by contributors like:


Blurve: A great way to help you prep your Show.


NLogic: TV & radio advertising and audience data solutions


Megatrax - Licensed Music for your radio station or podcast
production company.


See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California
Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.