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Radio will weather the storm, say execs


TORONTO – We know you’ve heard this before, but Canadian radio executives believe that they are well-positioned to weather – and then quickly recover from – the recession, because of… their local focus. That was the message Thursday afternoon during the radio executive session at Canadian Music Week at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. On the panel were Denise Donlon, CBC’s executive director of radio; Paul Ski, head of Rogers Radio; CHUM Radio EVP Chris Gordon; Newcap CEO Rob Steele; Corus Radio Ontario head Chris Pandolf; and Ian Lurie, who oversees Astral Radio’s English language stations. CBC journo Heather...