RADIO IS NOT DEAD. Obituaries for the broadcast medium have been written and re-written over the past 10, 20, 30 and even 40 years and, yet, it lives on. Oddly, for CBC, facing budget cuts that some say may slowly starve it, coupled with the cultural malaise peculiar to Canada that prompts us to doubt many things produced in our country, radio is the Corporation’s biggest success. It’s the ratings leader in many Canadian markets (Jian Ghomeshi’s Q gets better ratings that the legendary Peter Gzowski did). It provides local leadership but with a national focus. When talking to Canadian...
