{"author_name":"Broadcast Dialogue - The Podcast","author_url":"https://art19.com/shows/broadcast-dialogue/episodes/9b34f057-2d9c-4be8-bf9b-e59e7383a3fc","description":"<p>Imagine the station you’ve dedicated years of your life to suddenly going completely dark. That’s the reality for 80 <strong><em>Rogers Sports &amp; Media</em></strong><em> </em>employees this week as the company <a href=\"https://broadcastdialogue.com/rogers-sports-media-cuts-230-jobs-shutters-six-radio-stations/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shuttered six radio stations Tuesday and laid off a total of 230 staff</a> across the media division.</p><p>On this episode of the podcast, we’re holding space for the people who built these stations. We're joined by a lineup of Rogers Sports &amp; Media alumni, including former <strong><em>95.7 NewsRadio</em></strong> talk hosts <strong>Sheldon MacLeod</strong> and <strong>Lisa Blackburn</strong> from Halifax, and industry veterans <strong>Robert Linden</strong> and <strong>Amanda Wawryk</strong>, who both spent the bulk of their careers with Vancouver's <strong><em>1130 NewsRadio</em></strong>.&nbsp;</p>","html":"<iframe src=\"https://art19.com/shows/broadcast-dialogue/episodes/9b34f057-2d9c-4be8-bf9b-e59e7383a3fc/embed\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" width=\"720\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"></iframe>","provider_name":"ART19","provider_url":"https://art19.com","title":"Rogers Sports & Media alumni Sheldon MacLeod, Robert Linden, Lisa Blackburn & Amanda Wawryk on station closures and the future of broadcast news","type":"rich","version":"1.0","width":720,"height":200}