TTP Media may not have finalized plans
for a launch date yet of its English news talk radio station at 600 on the AM
dial, but that hasn’t stopped the man pegged by Paul Tietolman to run the show
from getting ready.
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| Paul Tietolman |
“Since January I have been using
social media to let Montrealers know there will be a new choice to get their
news and to talk about issues of the day on the radio,” says Steve Kowch from
his home in Mississauga where he too is waiting for a launch date.
“Two months ago, I reached out on
LinkedIn to connect with people in the Montreal area. The results have been
overwhelming. More than 1,200 people in Montreal’s English and cultural
communities have connected with me on LinkedIn since May.
"My new connections on LinkedIn
include young entrepreneurs, college and university grads, actors,
entertainers, artists, sales people, office workers, CEOs and moms and dads who
are all integrated in Quebec society and are proud to call the Greater Montreal
area home.”
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| Steve Kowch |
Steve says some are potential
contributors to the radio station because of their commitment to Montreal’s
English community through their involvement in charities, social services,
business or the arts and entertainment scene.
In January, Steve used social media to
reach out to people whose dream is to be on the radio to send their resume to steve@kowchmedia.com and tell him what
they can bring to the new radio station. So far his inbox has more than 200
potential candidates, including some well known broadcasters who want to work
at the new radio station.
“It is amazing the talent out there
for not only talk show hosts, but reporters, anchors, producers, sales staff,
production and operators,” says Kowch. “It is a gold mine of emerging talent.
We will not have a problem of living up to our promises at the CRTC to
introduce new and diverse voices on the radio station”
Steve’s latest On The Kowch blog at http://kowchmedia.com/blogs/on-the-kowch
provides more information on what the New AM600 – his working title for the new
radio station – is going to be all about.
“Choice … this is what it’s all
about,” he says. “With the CRTC decision allowing Bell Media to own four of the
five English radio stations in Montreal – including the city’s only newstalk
station - the time is right for another
English radio station in Montreal with new compelling, opinionated talk show
hosts and live local newscasts 24/7.”
To find out what Montrealers want to
hear and what they think is missing on Montreal radio, Kowch has launched the montrealneedsam600@gmail.com
email address.
“I have a track record in Montreal and
Toronto of bringing stations closer to the community by making myself available
to listeners to hear what they like and don’t like," Kowch says. "I just want to get the jump
on what Montrealers want to hear by providing them a forum to express their
opinions before we launch.
“We’re building this station from the
ground up. So it is important we get this right before we throw the switch to
go on air. What better way to do this, than to ask Montrealers for their input by
sending an email with their ideas to montrealneedsam600@gmail.com .”
