Radio Professor Dave Bannerman

In this week's episode, we visit with Dave Bannerman, one of the
richest sources of intel on Canadian radio in the twentieth
century. He retired earlier this year from his role as
radio-TV-journalism instructor at Nova Scotia Community College.
We even take a walk down memory lane of an overnight radio show I
hosted called "The Whine Line", and talk about the talent that
has passed through his classroom. Dave Bannerman was the Program
Manager of the station I worked at in 1989. (Yes, back then there
was a Program Manager AND a Program Director) He was a great
teacher of radio who allowed me to try out things that I thought
might work. Some failed, some worked, and some stuff really
worked. I was surprised when he made the transition to teaching
radio at Nova Scotia Community College in 1995. But as I spoke to
Dave, I realized that Dave had been a teacher all along; his
curriculum had not changed since our days at Annapolis Valley
Radio in Nova Scotia. He had turned out exceptional broadcasters
by stressing a focus on the listener, never getting hung up on
the digital technicalities, and doing what radio does best:
Content Creation. The list of graduates reads like and a Pro-Bowl
roster of Canadian radio:


Fearless Fred - 102.1 The Edge (Toronto)

Gillian Foote - 100.3 The Bear (Edmonton)

Ruby Carr - Z95.3 (Vancouver) Jax - Kiss 92.5 (Toronto)

R.S. Smooth (Ryan Sommers) CKDU 97.5 (Halifax)



Christina Fitzgerald and Morgan Sheppard most recently of Indie
88 (Toronto)


(I know there are many many others; these are the ones that I can
recall in my head... please me and identify yourself as a
graduate if you are in radio today. soundoff@mattcundill.com)
Dave announced he is moving on from the school after 22 years of
service. Thanks Dave!


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including:


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