Tag: Don Shafer

All things Don Shafer from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

Radio & Podcast News – radioCount Spring survey finds tuning up...

radioCount has released Spring 2022 data for five Continuous Measurement markets: Belleville, Peterborough, North Bay, Thunder Bay and Lethbridge. Reflecting data collected between Oct....

Opinion: Don Shafer on Format vs. Talent

Format vs Talent? In David Bray’s opinion, Toronto's Q107 (CILQ-FM) isn’t in any danger of losing listeners by benching its morning team due to allegations...

Radio & Podcast News – Pandemic PPM ratings reveal at-home tuning...

Numeris’ latest PPM release includes the 13 weeks from Feb. 24 to May 24, covering the listening period that saw most Canadians transition to...

Radio & Podcast News – Canadians continuing to connect with radio...

Radio Connects says as Canadians continue to shelter-in-place, they’re still connecting to radio. According to the industry advocate’s latest data analysis, more Canadians tuned...

Radio & Podcast News – WAB celebrates 85 years

The Western Association of Broadcasters held its 2019 WAB Gold Medal Awards Gala Thursday evening at the Fairmont Banff Springs. Hosted by Global Calgary’s...

Don Shafer on the road to reinvention

Roundhouse Radio was Don Shafer's dream, so coming up on the first anniversary of the independent Vancouver station's closure last May, the Canadian Broadcast...

Vancouver’s Co-op Radio proof activism can be financially viable

Situated in the heart of one of Canada's most-challenged urban communities is one of the country's most successful community radio stations, Vancouver's Co-op Radio. Started...

Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Community radio resurgence with Co-op Radio’s...

On this episode of Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast, an off the cuff roundtable on the resurgence of Community Radio with Bryan McKinnon, the...

Roundhouse Radio shareholders to sell to South Fraser Broadcasting for $600K

The shareholders of defunct Vancouver talk station Roundhouse Radio (CIRH-FM) have applied to the CRTC to sell its assets to South Fraser Broadcasting Inc.  Roundhouse...

Roundhouse Radio (CIRH-FM) Vancouver went dark on May 6

Roundhouse Radio (CIRH-FM) Vancouver went dark on May 6 with the station’s ownership group confirming that an offer has been received from an unnamed...