People all over North America recognize the voice of Alan Cross as the authority on the history and impact of music. As the host of The Ongoing History of New Music, Cross educates and entertains his audiences with stories of bands, musicians, and trivia, enlightening his audience about how music has evolved and changed the way that we view the world.

In addition to his hosting gig of The Ongoing History of New Music, Cross’s current project is ExploreMusic and ExploreMusic.com, a radio-and-web initiative dedicated to music discovery and music recommendation.  The program consists of a daily half-hour radio show carried by the biggest rock stations across in Canada, a weekly national TV show on Aux-TV, a variety of podcasts and weekly national column in Metro newspapers.

Cross is the Senior Program Director for Corus Interactive and Integrated Solutions, the online arm of the radio division of Corus Entertainment.  Between 2004 and 2008, he was program director of 102.1 the Edge/Toronto, the second-biggest contemporary rock station in North America.  He was named Program Director of the Year at Canadian Music Week in 2005, 2006 and 2008. 

Along the way, Cross has interviewed the biggest names in rock (U2, Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode, Foo Fighters, Beastie Boys, Killers, Kings of Leon, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Joe Strummer, Green Day, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, the Cure, Beck, Blur, Oasis, Trent Reznor, Courtney Love, Morrissey, New Order, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, Green Day, among countless others.)

Cross has written four reference books on music, recorded four best-selling audio books, appeared as music analyst on national and international TV and contributed to various newspapers and magazines. He writes a weekly national music column for the Metro commuter papers, and speaks both at universities and colleges as well as for agencies and corporate business gatherings.

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How things like social networking, curators and mobile applications are changing everything.

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3. 10 Musical Myths

Busting some of the most common preconceptions in rock and the music industry.

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1. The Future of Music

Where we're going as fans, musicians and as an industry...

1. Music Trivia

Fun, music-related games to entertain a crowd at a conference, meeting, event, etc.

1. The Future of Radio

What's going to happen to this 100+ year-old technology?

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