BROADCASTING/MEDIA Episodes
Talia Schlanger, Musician/Broadcaster
Singer/Songwriter/Broadcaster Talia Schlanger talks about creating her debut album Grace For The Going, hosting NPR’s World Cafe and CBC’s Q, her musical theatre experiences with Queen’s We Will Rock You/Green Day’s American ...
Steve ‘Dangle’ Glynn, Hockey Rants & Raves
Podcaster/YouTuber/Author Steve 'Dangle' Glynn talks about his new book Hockey Rants & Raves, initiating the Steve Dangle experience as an early YouTuber way back in 2007, starting up the SDPN podcast network with partners Ad...
Jeff McArthur, The Morning Show
Global TV's The Morning Show co-host Jeff McArthur talks about approaching 30 years on the air [and his upcoming 10th anniversary co-hosting TMS with Carolyn MacKenzie], expressing his personality through his socks, receiving...
CBC’s Bob McDonald, Just Say Yes
CBC Radio Quirks & Quarks longtime host Bob McDonald talks about fully exposing himself in his new memoir Just Say Yes, his school report cards [“Bobby can do better...much better”], his appointment to the Order of Canada, ha...
Shawn Micallef, Toronto Star/Spacing
Author/Journalist Shawn Micallef talks about moving from Windsor to Toronto in 2000, co-founding Spacing Magazine, morphing from writing for Eye Weekly to the Toronto Star, using psychogeography as the backbone of his first b...
Brad Ross, Communications Counsel
Ex-City of Toronto/TTC Communicator Brad Ross talks about putting out a shingle and opening up his own firm, collaborating with Seth Rogen on TTC public service announcements, the most grievous cases of poor TTC rider etiquet...
Dave Randorf, Broadcaster
Television PxP voice of the Tampa Bay Lightning Dave Randorf talks about his time at TSN, Saturday nights at Hockey Night in Canada, finishing his 4th season calling Lightning games with Brian Engblom, heading to the arena in...
Bruce Dowbiggin, Author
Media Triple Threat/Author Bruce Dowbiggin talks about co-writing with his son Evan [he’s like a sports ‘Rain Man’], the imminent integration of fellow sports journalist Eric Duhatschek into his own family, shuttling between ...
Kevin Newman, CBC/Global/CTV/ABC
Television news anchor and journalist Kevin Newman talks about retirement after a 40 year career, his tough decision to choose between attending Hamburger or Western University, interviewing Leonard Nimoy for UWO’s CHRW campu...
Jay Rosehill, Maple Leafs/Flyers
Former Maple Leafs/Flyers tough hombre Jay Rosehill talks about his 13 year pro career, learning he was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning while exiting the shower, living away from home for the first time while playing for t...
Steven D’Souza, CBC
The CBC’s Steven D’Souza talks about his 24 years at the CBC, his path from Richmond Hill to Ryerson to the Toronto Sun to the Canadian Press to the CBC, getting good advice from Tom Harrington and Peter Mansbridge, how cover...
Claude Feig, CBC
The CBC’s Claude Feig talks about his Venezuelan roots, his emigration to North York, learning tv/radio while shooting hoops at Seneca College, working on ‘Sportsline’ for Jim Tatti and Mark Hebscher, covering the first-ever ...
Tom Harrington, CBC
43 year CBC all-star Tom Harrington talks about his Newfoundland origins, getting his CBC television start on The Tommy Hunter Show at age 7 [and later on Reach For The Top], starting university at 16 [!!!], working the sales...
Frank Ferragine, Frankie Flowers
Breakfast Television's Frank ‘Frankie Flowers’ Ferragine talks about his Holland Marsh origins, running into the Stavros/Longos/Fortinos families at the Ontario Food Terminal, getting his TV start on CKVR because he was the o...
Tim Wharnsby, Journalist/Author
Journalist and Author Tim Wharnsby talks about his time at the Toronto Sun/Globe & Mail/Hockey Night in Canada and shares great stories about the characters involved in Canada’s 2002 Olympic Hockey Gold Medal team including W...
Damien Cox, Media Triple Threat
Journalist/Broadcaster/Author Damien Cox talks about starting out from The Toronto Star’s Scarborough bureau [the Toronto Zoo beat], co-hosting Prime Time Sports with the Bobcat Bob McCown [otherwise known as The Cutting Edge...
Rod Black, Canada’s Broadcaster
Broadcaster Rod Black talks about his [former] moustache, his baseball-playing boys + the fabulous Butler bros [Rob & Rich], running away from home to meet Bobby Hull, DJ’ing at his Winnipeg roller rink, covering multiple Oly...
Lisa Bowes, Broadcaster/Author
Broadcaster turned Author Lisa Bowes talks about starting out as a 'fliegen' at TSN, putting in the extra hours at Maple Leaf Gardens, taking over for Rod Black at CTV Winnipeg, working on CBC’s weekly documentary program Spo...
Brian McFarlane, HNIC/Peter Puck
The Man/the Myth/the Legend Brian McFarlane talks about his 25 years on Hockey Night in Canada, his time down south with NBC and CBS, being in the Maple Leaf Gardens’ gondola for the LAST Maple Leafs Stanley Cup win in 1967 [...
Tom Hayes, Broadcaster
1 Minute Morning’s Tom Hayes talks about career stops at Scarborough Cable/CKVR-Barrie/CTV News/CityNews/Global News, his broadcasting brothers from another mother Bill Hayes/Bryan Hayes/John [Hayes] Derringer, the surprise o...
Tony Ambrogio, Broadcaster
College of Sports Media/TSN’s Tony Ambrogio talks about his interactions with Dan Marino/Darryl Sittler/Wayne Gretzky/Ernie Harwell/Jean Beliveau/Tom Cheek/Dick Enberg/Dino Ciccarelli, the industry innovations that came from ...
Brian Stemmle, Olympic Skier/Broadcaster
CBC Sports ski analyst Brian Stemmle talks about his experiences representing Canada at FOUR Winter Olympic Games, choosing to follow his dream of becoming Steve Podborski instead of Darryl Sittler, his FIRST race also being ...
Dave Mendonca, YouTuber/Podcaster
YouTuber & Podcaster Dave Mendonca talks about the talented team he came up the ranks with at The Score Television Network [Sid Seixeiro, Tim Micallef, Adnan Virk, Simon Bennett, Greg Sansone, Elliotte Friedman, James Sharman...
Feed Drop! Broadcaster Roger Ashby on the Ted Woloshyn Podcast
This is a feed drop from our friends at the Ted Woloshyn Podcast ! Host Ted Woloshyn [a past Toronto Legends guest himself!] interviews Canadian Music and Broadcast Hall of Fame inductee Roger Ashby as he looks back on his 50...