Welcome to Canada's online content creator and radio & TV mentor

kowchmedia has the experience to coach on air talent to help them chase their dream for a successful career in radio & TV.

If you’re anchoring or reporting the news; a weather forecaster on radio or TV; a traffic reporter; doing play by play sports; hosting a show in a large, medium or small market; starting out on a college or university campus radio station or broadcasting and podcasting on the world wide web, let us be your coach.

kowchmedia is also a resource for PDs, NDs and GMs.  In today’s radio market cluster, one PD or operations manager is now responsible for music and talk stations. Talk talent are different from music announcers. They are just as opinionated off air as they are in studio. We can help music PDs successfully coach talk talent. We will also monitor your radio station to hear what you don't hear.

Don't be invisible online anymore.

kowchmedia is your new web and social media content creator making it easier and now more affordable to tell your story online. Our writing can make your small business, corner store, restaurant, charity or community group website stand above the crowd.  We can raise your profile on social media by creating company pages on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn and create posts that will push potential clients to your website. Our team produces customized websites and webinars. We have the experience to coach webinar presenters to improve their presentation skills.  For more information go to  http://kowchmedia.com/services/web-content-creator

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Management Consulting

Steve Kowch provides Canadian perspective on news talk radio

No one knows newstalk radio in Canada like Steve Kowch. He has 14 years experience running two of Canada's largest newstalk radio stations. Along the way the shows he produced won 30 local, national and international awards including two Canadian Association of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon Awards. And he consulted a British Columbia FM music station on its forest fire coverage that won a CAB Gold Ribbon Award.

Steve can help take your announcing, reporting or anchoring career to the next level in radio with personalized affordable airchecks.

Let kowchmedia make a difference at YOUR radio station. Book your station monitor today. Steve hears what you don't hear on your radio station.

Email or call Steve at 647 521-6397 today for more information about kowchmedia consulting services, personalized airchecks, station monitors or coaching on air news and talk talent.

Steve helps future broadcasters and broadcast journalists chase their dream for a successful career in media. He teaches at two Toronto area colleges. Among the courses he teaches are intro to radio, intro to radio news, radio features and talk radio. He is the author of 99 Things You Wish You Knew Before Making It BIG In Media.

Read Steve's weekly blog: On The Kowch

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Breaking News Coverage Tips

When news breaks you need to let everyone not listening to your radio station at the time know what is happening. Twitter the news with a link to your station website coverage. If you're doing it right the user name of your Twitter account should be the radio station or name of your show.

Social media should not be an afterthought anymore. It is needs to be part of your plan to bring people to your station in time of breaking news coverage.

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Toronto needs an FM Talk Radio Station owned by TTP MEDIA

Thanks to everyone who supported Tietolman Tetrault Pancholy Media's bid to acquire 88.1FM to create Toronto's first FM news talk radio station. On Thursday May 10, 2012, TTP Media made its pitch at the CRTC's application hearing for 88.1FM. For more information on TTP Media's presentation at the hearing check out my blog.

TTP Media's vision for Toronto's first FM news talk radio station is to have  24/7 local talk shows, 24/7 local top of hour newscasts, more time for radio and broadcast journalism students to get live on air experience, more GTA news coverage and no US syndicated overnight shows or infomercials.

Winter 2012 Ratings Video

Results of the 13-week Winter PPM rating period for Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Montreal were released in March, 2012. Ratings were from November 28, 2011 - February 26, 2012.

Astral Research has released its video analysis of the Winter PPM Radio survey results.

Christmas music had a major impact on ratings in December for stations in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. Ratings for stations playing Christmas music 24/7 jumped 51 to 67%. More details at the On The Kowch Blog

Click here to view the Astral Research video and power point presentation.

Radio Management Consulting

  • Experience in developing talent on air and behind the scenes to work as a team to create great radio

  • Unique way of conducting monitors to help make it easier to solve on air problems

  • Coach music PDs on the best way to mentor opinionated talk show hosts on the air

On Air Host & Talent Airchecks

  • For talk show hosts: It’s not what you talk about! It’s how you talk about it.

  • For music DJs: It’s not how long you have to talk. It’s how you fill time before the music starts.

  • Unique way of conducting show monitors makes it easier for talent to fix their on air problems

Broadcast Student Resources

  • We’re here to help students ace their radio assignments with our constructive feedback

  • We provide student broadcasters airchecks of their campus radio shows or newscasts

  • We help students chase their dream for a career in radio either on air or behind the scenes