Canadian Radio: Let's Get Together

This week, Matt talks about his time at Canadian Music Week and
after years of everyone staying mum on regulatory issues, there
is a consensus that it's time to install the latest Radio update.
Left unanswered is the who, how and when, but the why answers are
transparent. Declining revenue, changing audio consumption habits
and new players and platforms have left radio in a weakened
position. The keynote speaker at Canadian Music Week was Radio
Futurologist James Cridland who suggested that Canadian Radio get
together and create a lobby group to represent their competitive
needs.


Matt speaks about how complacency has become the norm in his
hometown and in Canadian radio, and is only betting on the latter
to make changes.


If you would like to read the highlights from James Cridland's
keynote, Sharon Taylor assembled a nice summary.


Her Notes from Day 1 of the Radio Active Summit.


Her Notes from Day 2 of the Radio Active Summit.


Finally, if Matt saw you at Canadian Music Week and invited you
on the show, you can book yourself in here.


(An early version of this episode featured an incorrect website
address for James Cridland’s Podnews.net. (Indeed this is the
correct link.)


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