The View from the Kowch

Steve Kowch is a talent coach, radio consultant and ran two of
the biggest News Talk stations in Canada for many decades; CJAD
in Montreal and News Talk 1010 CFRB in Toronto. As I was
interviewing Steve about talent and journalism, I thought of all
of his experiences he had with the mega-sized news stories he
covered in Montreal and Toronto. (FLQ, PQ, Referenda, Olympics,
Sars, Rob Ford) As this is a podcast designed to better
broadcasters everywhere, it's only fitting that we spoke to the
author of "99 Things You Wish You Knew Before You Make it Big in
Media".


Most of what I know about newsrooms and journalism came from
having worked at CHOM/CKGM in the early 90's, (although Steve had
left for CJAD, he had taught the likes of Mark Kelley, Ann
Shatilla and countless others how to pass on what they knew to
others. If it sounds like Steve laments the days of busier
newsrooms and the knowledge sharing that transpired, he has high
praise for those doing journalistic work today.


Thanks also to the people who make this show possible
every week including:


Promosuite


Justin Dove at Core Image Studios


Megatrax





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