We had a portable cassette player in our house when I was a child and I would use it to chat with people and record songs off the radio. We would act out excerpts of books we were reading and we would do comedy shows, telling jokes into the tape recorder. I had hours of fun with that thing!
In CEGEP, I joined the radio station, hosting a jazz show I called, “The 4/4 Show”. When I was a student there, McGill’s radio station, called CFRM, only broadcast to campus buildings. Once a week, I hosted a morning show, playing whatever tracks I wanted and reading the spots that station administration left for me.
Outside of school, I would rent a mixing board from a downtown store and act as DJ for parties and graduations.
Great fun and, I suppose, very basic training for what was to come in my broadcasting career.
I have released my inner DJ once again, hosting a podcast called RixPix. It highlights songs that have been among my favorites for decades. Truth be told, I am having oodles of fun doing it!
I have to thank anchor.fm for making this platform available to people. What’s even more unbelievable, is that it is all free. I was having technical problems when I first tried uploading RixPix 1 and the support staff at anchor were on top of it, attentive and helpful.
It’s also pretty cool that anchor.fm provides podcast analytics.
For example, I know nearly a quarter of my audience is based in the United States, with nearly three quarters in Canada. I have a smattering of listeners in Germany, Singapore and Mexico.
Nearly half of listeners use Apple Podcasts and about a quarter find RixPix through Spotify.
Nearly half of listeners are between the ages of 28-34 and nearly a quarter between 45-59. Nearly three quarters of RixPix listeners are male.
All of that is great information to keep in mind as I attempt to grow my audience. Anchor.fm even allows listeners to offer feedback. Feel free to get in touch!
I am grateful to be able to add podcaster to my list of hobbies. I hope you’ll give RixPix a listen and get back to me with your feedback.
Music lights the way.
