Category / Think Tank

Our semi-regular series of market explorations continues this month with a look at Halifax, the largest population centre in the Maritimes and the 13th largest radio market in Canada, with 10 commercial…

Classic rock fans in Toronto woke up to some changes on April 7th, with morning man John Derringer explaining that their favourite station was evolving from “Classic Rock” to “Toronto’s Rock Station”.…

A couple years ago we examined the published charts in an effort to see how much material was being shared across the various radio formats you can refresh yourself by re-reading that…

While nobody has declared it official just yet, it definitely feels like we’re in the midst of what will be looked back on as yet another British Invasion at radio, one that’s…

For those outside of the radio business, the term “Christmas Freeze” sounds like it could be a dessert after a holiday meal. But in reality, “Christmas Freeze” is simply the annual seasonal…

When we started Frontside back in 2003, the landscape of the music business was changing seemingly daily. Frankly, the technology of just about every device we used was changing every couple of…

Now that the dust has pretty much settled on the Bell Media acquisition of Astral and final CRTC approval is all that’s stopping the transfer of ownership for the various divested properties,…

Say “Active Rock” and chances are those words will conjure up thoughts of tattoos, long hair and aggressive guitar-driven music, the creation of which was probably fueled by large amounts of Jack…

From where we sit on the music industry side of things (chasing adds, spins, concert presents and the like) it’s easy to forget that radio is actually an entirely separate industry in…

As part of our ongoing series of market explorations, this month we delve into the city that gave the world Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings, is home to the Royal Canadian Mint,…