By David Rogerson

Radiodays North America is just under a month away from June 2-4, 2024, at the Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto. There’s a host of speakers announced for this year’s conference, including four Australians, with over 23 countries participating in a well-rounded agenda.

I’m excited to say I’ll be covering everything RDNA plus the associated Canada Music week celebrations for Radioinfo and Radio Today. The Australian audio market continues to be the poster child for “getting it right” in the radio business.

Joining me in Toronto this year will be newly appointed Head of Music for ABC Audio Emily Copeland talking about strategic brand building. John Musgrove from Commercial Radio and Audio brings his overview behind radio’s success in Australia, providing ideas that could be adapted for your market. There’ll have more details on other key Australian guests closer to the big event.

Also speaking will be Eric Nuzum, veteran podcast creator and strategist, who will distil a career’s worth of wisdom, advice, practical information, and big-picture thinking to help podcasters “make noise”—to stand out in this fastest of fastest-growing media universes.

Sean Ross, editor of the Ross On Radio newsletter and a longtime Classic Hits strategist will be doing a session on: Keeping Throwback Radio Moving Forward touching on keeping the format topical and relevant, musical trends in gold-based formats and how to negotiate a more crowded landscape.

Radiodays North America is about all things audio, over the air, digital and podcasting and will add a further focus on the emergence of AI and its impact on the industry. I’ll chat with Australian expats carving out their media and entertainment successes in a wide range of countries, cities and markets too.

But more on that soon!

With a background covering over 40 years in Media and Communications, David Rogerson is experienced in nearly every facet of the radio and media communications industries from Group Content Director, to National Marketing Manager and Company Director. He is currently a lecturer and mentor at the Australian Institute of Music in the Masters and Bachelor degrees.

In 1997 he founded media and communications consulting company “Strategic Media Solutions”. David’s professional consulting career has seen him sought-after for his insights and client solutions in more than 15 countries around the world.

As a published author of media related books and entertainment journal articles David has personally mentored a wide range of media company directors, industry managers and entertainment executives. In the music field David’s experience covers marketing and digital content development for a range of artists including INXS and is part of the judging panel for the Australian Songwriters Association and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.