Connie Thiessan

Canada

Podcast Host at Broadcast Dialogue Podcast

root beer-drinker, cowboy boot-wearer, record collector, editor @broadcastdialog, @carttca contributor. Tweets about film, TV, radio, music & the Winnipeg Jets.

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Corus predicting further 20 per cent TV ad revenue decline in Q4

2 days ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

Corus Entertainment says it’s anticipating further declines in TV advertising revenue, as the company announced its third quarter financial results Thursday. The quarter saw Corus slash employee costs by seven per cent as part of an overall reduction in expenses equalling $10 million in cost savings.
LISTEN: Winnipeg Radio Reunion highlights with Racoon Carney, Don Percy, Courtney James & more

2 days ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

The saying goes that you haven’t worked in radio, until you’ve worked in Winnipeg. Personalities like Brother Jake Edwards, Terry DiMonte, Don Percy, and many others gathered June 12-14 for the Winnipeg Radio Reunion. It saw colleagues who’ve worked in the market, both past and present, reminisce and reconnect. Broadcast Dialogue caught up with organizer Ralph “Racoon” Carney – an alum of CKRC and 1290 AM (CFRW-AM) Winnipeg, among other stations – to talk about bringing the event to life.
Jeff Chalmers joins Toronto's JAZZ.FM91

5 days ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

JAZZ.FM91 (CJRT-FM) has announced that veteran broadcaster Jeff Chalmers is joining the not-for-profit station in afternoon drive as of today, as longtime host Brad Barker departs the station. Chalmers will be heard from 2 – 6 p.m. ET, weekdays, arriving from Stingray’s boom 97.3 (CHBM-FM) where he’s been an on-air personality since 2014.
Edmonton broadcaster, producer Sunny Sidhu succumbs to complications from scleroderma

1 week ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

Edmonton broadcaster, producer and realtor Sunny Sidhu passed away Friday after a lengthy battle with scleroderma and other health issues. He was 51. In May, Sidhu underwent the amputation of his left leg due to vascular failure, following an angioplasty, after spending much of the last year in and out of hospital. He had undergone more than 35 surgeries since his diagnosis with the autoimmune disease at age 11.
Four Senses Entertainment launches Vibe 99.7 in Squamish

1 week ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

Four Senses Entertainment has launched Vibe 99.7 (CFDT-FM) in Squamish, BC in line with the branding of its Whistler CHR station, formerly known as Whistler FM (CKEE-FM). Initially slated to go live on Monday, Vibe 99.7’s launch was delayed until Thursday afternoon, complicated by wildfires coming within 20 metres of the transmission tower outside Alice Lake, where Vibe is co-located with CBC.
KiSS Throwbacks format launches on former Metro Vancouver SONiC RADiO stations

1 week ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

Rogers Sports & Media has launched KiSS Throwbacks on its former SONiC RADiO stations in Vancouver, Abbotsford and Chilliwack. Introduced Thursday morning, the move sees the KiSS brand reintroduced to B.C.’s Lower Mainland after a two-year absence. Rogers expanded its Edmonton Alternative Rock format SONiC to Vancouver in June 2023 with an infamous viral stunt that saw the station abruptly switch to playing Rage Against The Machine’s Killing in the Name Of on repeat ahead of the launch.
Audio storytellers appeal to feds to recognize podcasting as 'core cultural industry'

1 week ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

A group of Canadian podcast companies, producers and audio storytellers have written an open letter to Canadian Identity and Culture Min. Steven Guilbeault appealing to the federal government to recognize podcasting as a core cultural industry.
LISTEN: Tarzan Dan shares an update on his cancer journey

1 week ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

“Tarzan Dan” Freeman has announced that he’ll be taking another leave of absence from his Bounce Radio midday show to undergo a stem cell bone marrow transplant. Freeman, who went public with his cancer diagnosis last September, has been undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma. Broadcast Dialogue caught up with Dan this week as he underwent a plasma transfusion to boost his immune system ahead of the transplant.
Whiteoaks Communications Group welcomes 30+ new employees, freelancers

1 week ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

As Whiteoaks Communications Group closes on its acquisition of four Bell Media radio stations in St. Catharines and Hamilton, the company is welcoming more than 30 new employees and freelancers. As of Monday, 97.7 HTZ FM (CHTZ-FM) and 610 CKTB St. Catharines are part of the Whiteoaks group of stations, alongside newly-rebranded Hamilton stations, Legend 102.9 (CKLH-FM, which formerly carried Bell’s Bounce branding), and dream 105.7 (CHRE-FM, previously a MOVE Radio station).
Tarzan Dan to take leave of absence to undergo stem cell transplant

1 week ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

“Tarzan Dan” Freeman has announced he’ll be taking another leave of absence from his Bounce Radio midday show to undergo a stem cell bone marrow transplant. Freeman, who went public with a cancer diagnosis last September, has been undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma. He returned to work in late November after being off since mid-May of last year.