Last Friday I went to the Winnipeg Radio Reunion. So many great Canadian radio personalities passed through Winnipeg at one point or another. Alan Cross, Terry Dimonte, Brother Jake Edwards, Don Percy, Randy Renaud, Racoon Carney and many others you might recognize from the pictures gathered over the weekend. 

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• Live on the Internet Tuesday

• The Best Thing I Listened to This Week

• Take My Survey… Please

  • Voice Over Work

I was never on the air in Winnipeg; I worked there as a program director. My on air years were in Edmonton, Montreal and Nova Scotia. The best part about going to the event was getting to see some friends again, and taking some time to thank a few people who made my life easier along the way. It’s great to celebrate the people who at one time or another, lived a radio life. I’m not sure there is as much to celebrate about radio today. Just in the past week, two FM radio stations in Ottawa emptied their building of all talent and choose to pipe in some voices from away. Again, that’s in Ottawa… Canada’s 5th largest market. The idea of that would have been crazy to consider ten years ago. While I understand that radio is still a popular and chosen medium for many every day - no one can tell me about something exciting to listen to right now. As I mentioned on my show earlier this week - the user experience isn’t very good. You can listen to what I had to say about it here. 

My biggest takeaway as I left the reunion? I love living life waking up to the future every morning in the podcast world. Radio (at least in North America) is still struggling to get the business side under control, and innovate themselves through the first quarter of the 21st century. I confess…. It’s easier working in a growing industry than a shrinking one.

Live on the Internet Tuesday

Arielle Nissenblatt is a podcast enthusiast. Her super power is cutting through the BS Marketing that exists on the internet, and deliver valuable ideas to help you grow your audience. If you have a question on how to grow you audience, you can watch us on YouTube Tuesday at 1pm Eastern. (Go there now and hit SUBSCRIBE) If you have a question for Arielle - email me and I will have it asked for you. Or record it and send it. 

The Best Thing I Listened to This Week

I love the show Twenty Thousand Hertz. Dallas Taylor is an excellent host and of course, I love sounds. But I also loved it when host Dallas Taylor interviewed 5 other people named Dallas Taylor. You can listen to the show here.  

As a complete aside, the podcast is going to be attempting to do a version of the show in video form… (it’s all the rage don’t you know). I’ll be interested to see or hear how that goes.

Take My Survey… Please

One of the best ways to get feedback from an audience is by surveying them. If you listen to the Sound Off Podcast… (or don’t and want to tell us why) please fill out this survey. Upon completion, you will receive my top 10 podcast hacks for 2025. The questions have a lot to do with the type of guests we have on the show, whether you think the show is too short or too long, and how you discovered the show. Not only do I crave feedback, I am desperate for it.

Voiceover Info Here

I mentioned last time that I made s big purchase. It is for my voiceover business but it is not a microphone. It was this Studiobricks Studio. Since moving, I have had trouble securing a really awesome vocal sound for commercials and other voice work. There are just too many airplanes, leaf blowers, and room echo to cope with. The studio was shipped from Barcelona and arrived in Winnipeg. It tears down somewhat easily and can be moved to another part of planet if need be. I’m in the process of putting a camera in there for no reason other than I have a camera in there.