Guests

Aug. 24, 2021

Morgan McCarthy: Wisconsin Radio Online Everywhere

Morgan McCarthy is the host of the 715 Newsroom, a local Wisconsin online radio news source that provides news in the Chippewa Valley area in a way that is never boring.
Aug. 17, 2021

Chris Byrne: No Longer Unknown

Chris Byrne is the afternoon drive host at Pure Country 89 in Windsor. He believes a relative unknown in the radio business but we have memories and remember him changing the sign in Fort McMurray when its residents returned…
Aug. 12, 2021

Catherine O'Brien: Podcast Superfriend

Catherine O'Brien is the owner of Branch Out Programs in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The California transplant turned in her career as a tax preparer for one in podcast. We met back in 2016 in Chicago and have made it point now …
Aug. 3, 2021

Skywalker: Personality on Demand

We spoke with Skywalker, aka Jarrett Galeno from K104 in the Hudson Valley. Skywalker is a personality you might hear on other stations across America in Cookville, Tennesee, Rutland, Vermont or Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He live…
July 29, 2021

JJ Kincaid: Made for Radio

JJ Kincaid does mornings at New Country 101.5 in Atlanta. He's been in radio since the 90's, making his mark at CHR stations across America, including KDWB in Minneapolis and Z100 in New York. I've been fortunate to meet JJ …
July 24, 2021

Terry DiMonte: Live from My Dining Room

Terry DiMonte takes a break from taking a break from social media and joined me to talk about his summer live from my dining.room. Since his "retirement" from CHOM last May, he's enjoyed sleeping in and visiting with friends…
July 20, 2021

Lena Shulman: Where Shall We Begin?

Researching for podcast episodes is different in the pandemic. I often have met the person long before I interview them. Perhaps we shared a coffee or drink, maybe we worked together or I saw them speak at a conference. Perh…
July 13, 2021

Jessica Rhodes: Interview Connections 5 Years Later

Yes it has been five years since we had Jessica Rhodes from Interview connections on the podcast. Since then Jessica has grown the business to a six and now 7 figure business. How did she do it? Small steps and "grind and gr…
July 9, 2021

John Mamola: Programming For a Championship

John Mamola is the program director of WDAE, the sports station in Tampa Bay. We had him on the show back in December of 2019 and his life sounded busy. With the arrival of COVID, the sports world got turned upside down. For…
June 30, 2021

Stu Schwartz: Still The Stuntman

There are a lot of things that come to mind when you hear the name Stu Schwartz. The Ottawa morning host has been a radio staple in the market since the mid-90's, first making a name for himself as Stuntman Stu, then as a sp…
June 22, 2021

Paige Neinaber: The Minister of Good Times

Paige Nienaber knows radio promotions and marketing. He's been involved with some really big ones - and one that I definitely remember because I saw it play out on CNN. (Wild's infamous Haircut on the Bridge). In this episod…
June 16, 2021

Christian Zyp: Moving Radio

Christian Zyp is a host on Edmonton's CJSR's Moving Radio. But you're not listening to this episode for that. The story of our friendship begins on the radio in 1995 with the release of Van Halen's Balance CD. Back then radi…
June 9, 2021

Vinny Barrucco: Un Vrai Montrealais

Thanks also to the people who make this show possible every week including: Promosuite Justin Dove at Core Image Studios Megatrax
June 5, 2021

Steve Goldstein: How Many Podcasts are there really?

Steve Goldstein and I had a chat for this special bonus episode about how many podcasts there are. REALLY. Steve is the Founder/CEO of Amplifi Media, an audio innovation firm that offers counsel, production, and marketing of…
June 2, 2021

Valerie Geller: Never Lose A Listener

Valerie Geller has inspired many to be better broadcasters through her work. Many of those lessons can be found in her 2011 book, Beyond Powerful Radio, the follow up to the 1996 work, Creating Powerful Radio. I would consid…
May 25, 2021

The Great Radio Reset

Matt goes solo this week with some ideas for the Great Radio Reset. With the pandemic coming to an end and radio stations looking to the future, we've assembled a list of things to think about. Some are some old ideas that s…
May 19, 2021

Skye Pillsbury: Podcast Purist

Long before I even knew that Skye was friends with my super close cousin Kingman, I wanted to have her on the show. She was a guest with Sound Off Alum Jim Harold shortly after we all convened on Orlando for Podcast Movement…
May 11, 2021

Sheri Lynch: Still In Control of the Show

One of our biggest podcast episodes was back in October of 2017 when we had Sheri Lynch on the show to talk about taking control of the Bob and Sheri Show. By control, that means retaining things like digital rights and havi…
May 1, 2021

Fred Jacobs' Tech Survey: Radio In The Year Of Covid

Tech Survey has been an annual study by Jacobs Media since 2005. But 2021 will be one for the ages. Completed during a pandemic, Tech Survey 2021 tells the radio story of what happened to our radio listeners when Work from h…
April 27, 2021

Dani Stover: Sunshine in the Shade

Dani Stover has a wonderful studio with a beautiful sounding microphone and produces content for radio, and podcast. She's not the first unemployed creator to grace the podcast. Given the state of Canadian radio which is awa…
April 21, 2021

Darryl Spring Talks To Bands

Darryl Spring is passionate about rock radio. Although it started out with an attraction for what was coming out of the club shows of then CFNY-FM 102, Darryl knew radio was his future. From Loyalist College, to Q92 in Timmi…
April 14, 2021

Tracy Johnson: Talent Coach and Consultant

Tracy Johnson is a Morning Radio Consultant and Talent Coach. Coaching radio talent is the most important investment you can make in your station's future.
April 9, 2021

Matt Cundill: There's No Episode to Hear Here

Matt turns on the mic to tell everyone he's taking a break from recording an episode this week. Then rants for nearly 12 minutes.
March 30, 2021

Joel Denver: All Access Dot Com

Joel Denver from AllAccess.com joins Matt to talk about resilience, perseverance, innovation and going forward.