The Sound Off Podcast is a series of interviews and discussions about Broadcasting, podcasting and New Media. Matt Cundill is a 20 year veteran of radio and has worked on air, and as a program director. Matt has worked with podcasters since 2016 to increase their audience and the amount of time engaged on their audio. ⚡️mattcundill@getalby.com

&lt;p&gt;Radio&#039;s relationship with its audience has fundamentally shifted, and the industry&#039;s summer of mass layoffs at Cumulus, iHeart, Rogers, Odyssey, and Corus has exposed a deeper crisis than spreadsheets can solve. I basically recap the absurdity of how radio companies built their talent&#039;s social media followings only to sever connections abruptly, freeing listeners to explore alternatives. While industry data still shows radio leading in car listening and ad delivery, the reality on the ground tells a different story: the best moments on any station come from people and personalities, not songs or commercials. And going forward, radio is going to have to do live on some rented ground.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Discussed: &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Why attention, participation, community, and trust have replaced traditional broadcast ratings as the new flywheel&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- How algorithms are prioritizing local content just as radio stations abandon local programming&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- The financial viability of AM radio ownership and why long-form content must be repurposed across multiple platforms&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- What podcasters are getting right about monetization that radio continues to fumble&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Promised in the show notes: &lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTbioJ9SLPc&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Bobby Bones prank story from 2004&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.soundoff.network/show/broadcast-dialogue/the-future-of-am-radio-with-matt-caine-rob-brown/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Broadcast Dialogue podcast with Connie Thiessen, Matt Caine, and Rob Brown&lt;/a&gt; about buying and running an AM station&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/100046710471572/posts/pfbid037w42QVoLUfDovjfoXEzQgacXdEzUb18TToehPR95FZveX4vk9nCndScmSJi53rrEl/?mibextid=wwXIfr&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lamont Hollywood’s Facebook post &lt;/a&gt;about being cut from 107.7 The Bone&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW! The podcast is now available in on video on &lt;a href=&quot;https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/id1123481444?&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;, iHeart, and Amazon Music in the USA. (And naturally YouTube)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://magic.beehiiv.com/v1/6d47025e-1d58-4baa-a093-62edafe3a734?email={{email}}&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;Please sign up for the SOUNDING OFF Newsletter.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; All the things that went unsaid on the show.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also we added the Sound Off Podcast to the The Open Podcast Prefix Project (OP3) A free and open-source podcast &lt;a href=&quot;https://soundsprofitable.com/update/prefix-analytics&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;prefix analytics service&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; committed to open data and listener privacy. &lt;a href=&quot;https://op3.dev/show/225d70b7-fcaa-5bd3-a828-9dc948ab122d&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;You can be a nosey parker by checking out our downloads here.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://megatrax.com/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Thank you Megatrax for continuously supporting the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See Privacy Policy at &lt;a href=&quot;https://art19.com/privacy&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://art19.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; and California Privacy Notice at &lt;a href=&quot;https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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