Not long after the PodShow Podcast Network appeared in the United States a few ambitious Canadian podcasters created networks in the north: Tod Maffin began the FourSevens Podcast Network, Wayne MacPhail initiated the Rabble Podcast Network and Bob Goyetche created the ROGIC Podcast Conglomerate.
Podcasting was still in its early days when these networks were formed. Hear the stories behind them:
★ FourSevens Podcast Network:
★ Tod Maffin shares the story:
☆ When it debuted, the FourSevens Podcast Network included:
- Six String Nation by Jowi Taylor
- Top Five Records by Anna Lazowski
- Jim Dupree: Enthusiast by Dan Meisner
- Food for Thought by Stephanie Domet
- Simulacrum by Chris Skinner
- Mandatory Rest Period by Kim Maffin
- Open Your Ears by Tod Maffin
- How To Do Stuff by Tod Maffin
★ Rabble Podcast Network:
★ Wayne MacPhail shares the story:
☆ When it debuted, the Rabble Podcast Network included:
- Africa Files: The Pulse
- Better Than Music
- BoilingFrog
- Comeuppance
- Earth Chronicle Productions
- FierceLight
- Homebrew
- House of Sound and Story
- Needs No Introduction
- Nodcast
- Occasionally Disturbs Others
- Podcast DIY
- Rabble Radio
- RabbleVision
- Radio Book Lounge
- RedEye
- RPN Now
- The Peak Oil Primer
- The Sniffer
★ ROGIC Podcast Conglomerate:
★ Bob Goyetche shares the story:
☆ When it debuted, The Rogic Podcast Conglomerate included:
- The Bob and AJ Show
- The CatFish Show
- PodQuiz
- Mostly Tunes
- The Zedcast
- Digital Detroit Radio
- Electric Sky
- Kaflooey
- Shane and Tom’s Squeezebox
- The Canadian Podcast Buffet
The Rabble and ROGIC networks remain active. FourSevens folded in the summer of 2006.
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