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Media Beat: August 08, 2018

Media Beat: August 08, 2018

By David Farrell

Corus launches 92.5 CHUCK Radio in Edmonton

Rebranded from Fresh Radio, the station takes its name from the large Ukrainian population that has given the city its nickname of ‘Edmonchuck’.


“If you live in Edmonton, you’ll get it. We saw an opportunity in the market to introduce an unconventional and original sound,” says Greg Johnson, FM Program Director, Corus Radio Edmonton. “Edmontonians are proud of their city, and this station embodies that passion.”  – Listen here

David Marsden, Brad McNally team up again

David Marsden and Igor Loukine have announced that Australia’s The McNally Masquerade is coming to NYTheSpirit.com.

Toronto-born Brad McNally was a key DJ at the original CFNY-FM when it was known as the Spirit of Radio and hosted his own show called the Eclectic Spirit. He went on to do consultancy work and re-settled in Australia where he was a PD in Perth.

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Radio: This is how to fix what’s wrong, and it’s not just the commercials

Radio is still among the most popular of all available media, dwarfing online services and even beating television for overall reach. So what’s causing revenue to stay far below what it should be, considering how far the economy has come since the drop in 2008?

My personal belief is that today’s young-buck programmers and executives seem ignorant of the elements of good radio and are pursuing ideas that are intended to help but ultimately hurt a station’s success. What follows are some examples of what sound like good ideas, but ultimately are not. You probably have your own ideas, and I’d like to know what you think as well. – Continue reading Richard Wagoner on The Press Enterprise website

More than 1K U.S. news sites are still unavailable in Europe, two months after GDPR took effect

More than two months after the GDPR took effect, hundreds of U.S. news websites — including digital properties operated by Tronc, Lee Enterprises and GateHouse Media — are unavailable in Europe, frustrating many American tourists, business travelers, and ex-pats as well as Europeans interested in news from the States. – Jeff South, Nieman Lab

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Podcasting’s next frontier: A manifesto for growth

“When people say that ‘Podcasts just aren’t for them’ or that there aren’t topics that they are interested in — maybe we should take them at their word? They need a show — just one show —, and we either haven’t led them to it yet or maybe…just maybe…we haven’t made it yet.” – Tom Webster, Nieman Lab

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Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during The Pop Out – Ken & Friends Presented by pgLang and Free Lunch at The Kia Forum on June 19, 2024 in Inglewood, Calif.
Timothy Norris/Getty Images for pgLang, Amazon Music, & Free Lunch

Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during The Pop Out – Ken & Friends Presented by pgLang and Free Lunch at The Kia Forum on June 19, 2024 in Inglewood, Calif.

Rb Hip Hop

Kendrick Is Still Talking to Drake

Lamar's latest song is a lot to unpack, but one thing is for sure -- he's still sending his rival a message.

This past Sunday (Sept. 8), Kendrick dropped news that sent the rap community into a frenzy. Standing at the 50-yard line as he worked a football throwing machine with a huge American flag behind him, the Compton MC announced that he will be headlining next year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show. He also made sure to throw a subtle shot at his 2024 rival: “You know there’s only one opportunity to win a championship,” he said before loading another football into the machine. “No round twos.”

Two weeks ago, Drake took to his finsta account, @plottttwistttttt, and posted an old video clip of NBA All-Star Rasheed Wallace telling reporters that his Detroit Pistons “will win Game Two” after dropping the first game of the 2004 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Many believed that was Drake’s not-so-subtle way of telling fans that he’s not yet done with the battle. And despite talking heads like DJ Akademiks saying the Toronto rapper has no intention of continuing the back-and-forth, Drake alluded to a continuation on the song “No Face” (probably his best post-battle release) when he rapped lines like, “How you get lit off the n—a you hatin’ on?,” “This is the moment I know they been prayin’ on,” and “I’m just so happy that n—as who envied and held that s–t in got to finally show it/ I’m over the moon, yeah, we’ll see you boys soon.”

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