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February 12, 2025 8:07 am  #1


Virgin, Corus & More: How Radio Is Adapting To Changing Times

It's not often you'll read a newspaper story devoted to radio, but the Globe & Mail published a great piece on Monday about the changing face of the medium - and how it continues to survive despite competition from so many other sources vying for your attention. 

The story interviews radio people ranging from Alan Cross of Corus to Shannon Burns of Virgin Radio, and looks at how stations are trying to keep listeners tuned in across the country. That includes taking radio to where its audience is - including those who may never have even heard of it.  

"Burns converts TikTok followers into Virgin Radio listeners, sometimes teaching her younger audience what radio even is. Cross does speaking tours and has his own podcast, available on Spotify and Apple Music. CKRZ 100.3, which began in 1987 as a pirate radio station in an old army barracks within the Six Nation of the Grand River in Brant, Ont., sells bingo cards."

The dial of destiny

 

February 12, 2025 9:50 pm  #2


Re: Virgin, Corus & More: How Radio Is Adapting To Changing Times

More than bingo cards. The accumulated Toonie Jackpot was won last Sunday with 2 listeners winning $11,500 each. Get your tickets at the station in downtown Ohsweken.

 

February 13, 2025 8:33 am  #3


Re: Virgin, Corus & More: How Radio Is Adapting To Changing Times

Seeing the 1927 photo of those floor model radio sets being manufactured brought back memories. My grandparents had a similar style set in their living room. Very hitech for its time. Five preset buttons with the station call letters printed on the buttons. I know WGR  and WBEN were there. Probably CKEY, CBL and CFRB too. Don't remember it getting used much because my grandparents had recently purchased a 23" television. It had something on the channel knob I had never seen before. Between ch 2 and 13 there was a "dot" Perhaps the set had UHF capability.