Category Archives: About Us

NEW SHOW on RTDS!

Hey music fans, starting this Saturday, July 16th at 9am, The Blues Journey with Greg Gaughan starts broadcasting blues to the world via RTDS!

It’s been a few years since we’ve had a blues show, and it’s needed more than ever. Greg is a radio vet that appreciates not only the music but the cultural heritage the blues brings to modern times, and you’ll hear TWO HOURS of it each Saturday at 9a/3p/9p and 3a Sunday, all times Eastern.

Click here for more info on Greg and the show…

TODD MILLER – CANADIAN INDIE MUSIC HOUR on FM Radio!

New show!

Join Todd Miller each week as he features the best in emerging and classic indie music from across this great country!

Independent music continues to be a rich tapestry of many different genres, and Todd will play them all. Folk, Rock, Hard Rock, Pop, Indigenous, Country…this truly is the home of independent music from Canada.

Debuting initially on Bluewater Radio91.3 FM originating from Hanover, Ontario, Bluewater Radio serves the Grey/Bruce area of Ontario. Soon, this show will air on many stations across the country. Check back here often as we add new stations to the mix.

Visit the PLAYLIST page, which will serve to update listeners on what we played, and where you can contact the artists.

If you’d like to submit material for airplay consideration or have a request, drop me a line here ==> Songs

The show is made possible with technical assistance from: Podcast Experts

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New Audio player! click here for info!

While our old site had some technical issues, we’ve replaced it with a temporary one to ensure you could keep listening. We then discovered that our old player did not work with Google Chrome, so today we’ve purchased a new one. It’s on our Listen Page, as well as here…don’t hesitate to reach out if you need help getting connected!

New website coming soon!

Well, the old design has served us well, but it’s time for an upgrade! You’ll notice we’ve had to add a temporary audio player, as the one we purchased years ago is going away. Our new WordPress theme has some exciting features that we *may* take advantage of:

  1. Easy at-a-glance schedule by day
  2. Easy host navigation
  3. Album releases
  4. Other events
  5. Videos
  6. Easy audio player

And much more!

We’re working hard on it, and no definite release date, but as soon as it’s live, we’ll let YOU know 🙂

We’re Licensed! Here’s why…

Music licensing is important…it confirms, financially, the rights owned by creators and copyright holders to do what they wish with music and be compensated thusly. We at RTDS are completely in favour of paying creators and owners for the use of their works, as we are a music discovery service at our core, playing works that people need to hear.

We are licensed to SOCAN’s Tariff 22f and Re:Sound’s Tariff 8, which ensure our usage of copyrighted material compensates these rights holders WORLDWIDE, as both of these agencies have reciprocal agreements with partner agencies across the globe.

Pirate radio has come a long way…we may view ourselves as radio pirates in one sense, but morally we do the right thing, and so should ALL music services!

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SOCAN License

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Weeeeeeeeeeeeee’re BACK!

back online

Whew, what did we miss?!  It’s been a quiet 15 months since we signed off the air, hasn’t it?

We found this AMAZING online radio platform based out of France called Radionomy that is LEGAL, does all our logging for us, collects ALL royalties and distributes them for us to ensure creators and copyright holders GET PAID, and perhaps with a few ads inserted per hour we can make a small stipend…enough to make it worthwhile bringing you ‘music without boundaries’…worth it?  We think so…

We’re in ‘test mode’ at the moment, bringing you some fantastic mixed music heard NOWHERE else.  We’re presently lining up hosts and shows to come back in a big way in the upcoming months, so stay tuned for more great news.

In the meantime, check out our player below to grab an earful of the best deep tracks, past hits and indid music from around the world…

kowchmedia to develop & coach new on air talent at Radio That Doesn’t Suck.com and Talk-Radio.ca!

kowchmedia“This is an exciting opportunity for kowchmedia to work with online radio talent and podcasters heard around the world on RTDS.ca and Talk-Radio.ca I look forward to working with the new generation of online radio and podcasting talent to help them chase their dream to have a successful career as broadcasters,” says kowchmedia President Steve Kowch…READ MORE

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Todd Miller profiled in November’s Post City Magazine, North York Edition!

post cityIf the November 2014 issue of Post City Magazine arrived on your doorstep in the North York area of Toronto, you’ll find RTDS founder and Chief Creative Officer Todd Miller profiled inside!  And if you live outside the delivery area, feel free to read the article below or clicking on it for a larger version, and we’ll also publish a link to the article online when it’s available.

Todd was profiled as part of the Post’s ‘Graduates’ section, and talks about where his interest in radio began, how it’s changed over the years, and where it’s headed in the future.

Find out more about Post City Magazine HERE

 

Post City Article

Larry Green’s “Out Of The Blue” returns to the airwaves on RTDS! Coming September 8th…

larrygreenHeeeeeeeeeee’s baaaaaaaaack!  The highest rated jazz host is now on RTDS!  Larry Green, formerly of JAZZ-FM in Toronto now hosts “Out Of The Blue” heard Mondays from 1-3 pm on RTDS, starting September 8th, and will be re-rolled Tuesday – Friday in the same time slot.  The sprit of jazz. A touch of everything and then some…”  Once broadcast from the top of the CN Tower, Larry will now be heard from the top of Willowdale 🙂

It seems that doing a Jazz radio show was meant to be part of Larry Green’s life. Growing up in Toronto’s multi-cultural Kensington Market area, music was part of the culture and community.

After many years of studying music, including Toronto’s Oakwood Collegiate, Larry began working delivering mail at CBC Toronto. Del Mott, a CBC host of many national radio shows, had befriended Larry at the corporation as well as hearing him play at various venues. He helped this fledgling radio voice get hired at CHVC- Niagara Falls, Ontario, his first radio job. This rude radio awakening was followed by on-air performances in Guelph Ontario; Vancouver and Penticton, British Columbia; and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Toronto and several other Canadian stations.

Larry eventually ended up doing the afternoon drive show on the then experimental CHUM-FM in Toronto. During his stay at  CHUM, he was also appointed creative director of the entire group of CHUM stations at that time, and was the first Canadian recipient of the coveted Armstrong Award, “for excellence in FM broadcasting”, given out by Columbia University.

Larry hosted the first music show on Toronto’s CITY-TV, and co-hosted a national children’s show on CBC-TV (After Four), with Jan Tennant.

Eventually, Larry moved into the music business as the marketing director for GRT Records, and then the National Promotion Manager for WEA Music ( Warner Bros. Elektra and Atlantic Records ).

He was approached by CFNY-FM Toronto, and asked to do their weekly jazz show. That show produced great ratings for the station, and soon after, Larry syndicated his Out of The Blue show nationwide with the same results.

Always expanding his horizons, Larry moved into program management for Telemedia Broadcasting. He assumed the responsibilities of Program Director/Operations Manager, and was a front-line contributor at their CRTC FM hearing.

Larry continued his association with CBC radio, firstly as the jazz host of Catherine O’Hara’s Later The Same Day, and later on, producing and hosting a 13-week national series using the Blindfold Test theme.  All of his work was celebrated and well-accepted by audience and management alike. Some of the shows included musicians like Ahmad Jamal, Ernestine Anderson, Chuck Mangione, Joey DeFrancesco, Oliver Jones, Phil Nimmons, Rob McConnell and others.

An international opportunity also arose, and Larry created, produced and voiced a successful jazz show on the web at theiceberg.com.

Although Larry has consistently acted as a mentor, and consultant, he augmented that part of his career by creating a program for the Learning Annex called Putting Your Voice To Work. This very successful program ran for two years, and was designed to teach techniques for developing voice talent for commercials, animation and announcing.

He also was an instructor for Humber College’s Broadcasting Program.

Larry joined JAZZ FM91 April 1st, 2002, and could be heard Monday – Friday, 2 – 6pm. Larry was consistently at the top of the stations ratings, continued to interview dozens of international and Canadian  celebrities and  was the Winner of The National Jazz Broadcaster of the year, .( 2006 ), and was nominated for this same award in 2007.

As part of his duties at JAZZ FM 91, Larry took a program idea, named it JAZZOLOGY, and developed a format for this extremely successful, accredited program that incorporates jazz students from four Toronto area Colleges and Universities. Larry hosted, produced and directed this show. As a result of the success of Jazzology, Larry was nominated for an honourary degree at the University of Toronto.

To get in touch with Larry or find out what he played, email him: larrygreen AT rogers.com

Out Of The Blue can be heard live Mondays from 1 – 3 pm, and previously enjoyed on Tuesday – Friday from 1 – 3 pm, or heard on demand at anytime below:

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THE SPRIT OF JAZZ. A TOUCH OF EVERYTHING AND THEN SOME…

One “Listen Live” link for ALL! Coming this week RTDS can be heard in the US natively!

breaking news

You probably know that RTDS is heard in the United States via our Live365.com channel, as they include our US performance and publishing royalties as part of our monthly streaming package.  But the sound quality is not as good as we could do ourselves and you have to login to Live365 to listen or use the Flash player on our site, which means that Apple devices can’t tune in.  NO more…

We’ve negotiated our own licensing in the US, so as of Tuesday August 12th you can listen natively in the US via the Listen Live link that currently says “Listen Live – Canada/World”, AND in higher quality, AND because it’s HTML 5, it works natively on ALL devices via a browser!!

playersThis also means that we will be BACK on iTunes radio, and you can easily hear us via Apple TV, Roku, etc. or hook us up to your home theatre system…if you have a better system than your computer.

However with gain comes a little pain – our stream address WILL CHANGE.  If you use the built in player via our website, nothing needs to be done on your end.  If you have entered or bookmarked the Listen Live link directly, or entered it into a WiFi radio, you’ll need to update the link on Tuesday to: http://streamingthatdoesntsuck.com:8000

If you have ANY trouble listening, drop a line anytime to feedback AT radiothatdoesntsuck DOT com or call us at 1-866-269-6155.  Thank you for your patience and support we’d be “nowhere man” without you 🙂