Rob Hopkins – aka “Radio Rob” has used his DIY ethos to become a pioneering force in community broadcasting and open-source innovation in Canada’s North. He’s the founder of Yukon community stations CJUC Whitehorse and the low-power CFET-FM in Tagish, Yukon, as well as OpenBroadcaster – a web-based, open-source system to run community radio and TV broadcast transmitters.
He joins us on Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast ahead of World Radio Day 2026, with this year’s theme “AI and radio,” underscored by the tagline “AI is a tool, not a voice.”
We talk to Hopkins – who was named to Yukon’s Hall of Innovators last year – about his work with Indigenous communities, local radio’s enduring ability to connect, and how OpenBroadcaster is using AI.
