This may seem like a silly thing to say, but once upon a time, the only way to get music was to listen for it. You turned on a radio or you bought a record.

If it sounded good, there was a chance the song might become a hit. That’s what mattered: the sound of the record.

That all began to change in the 1970s, and in less than ten years, sound began to matter less. How the song looked became the thing.

Critics laughed at the notion of a “music video” in the early days. But then came MTV, the world’s first 24-hour music video channel. They called it “illustrated radio”—and it worked.

After that we got MuchMusic, VH1, M2, Edge-TV, MuchMoreMusic, MuchLoud, The Box, and dozens of others around the world. And for years and years, if you wanted a chance to make it big, you had to make a music video. Yes, it was expensive, but too bad—it was all part of the game.

During the heyday, some videos cost millions and millions of dollars. Remember the video for “Scream” by Michael and Janet Jackson back in 1995? In today’s money, that video, which runs four minutes and 47 seconds, cost just under $15 million. Madonna made three videos with budgets of more than $10 million. You can make a feature-length movie with that kind of cash.

Pretty singers with mediocre songs often became stars, while less-attractive performers with good songs had a real chance of being passed over.

The art of the video affected the art of moviemaking. It influenced the way we look at television, not to mention fashion, language, politics, gender fluidity, LGBTQ issues, and so much more. Videos may have altered our attention spans—which kind of concerns me, because this program is an hour long and I need you to hang in there with me.

Music videos exported soft power from the West—especially the United States—to the rest of the world. At one point, MTV was one of the most influential creators and disseminators of culture—and by “culture” I mean America.

That was then. Music videos are still an art form and still necessary (well, mostly necessary) for promoting music, but things just aren’t what they used to be.

How did we get to this point? This is the rise, fall, and future of the music video.

Songs heard on this show:

• Captain Beefheart, Lick My Decals Off, Baby
• David Bowie, Ashes to Ashes
• The Buggles, Video Killed the Radio Star
• Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer
• Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit

Eric Wilhite has a playlist.

The Ongoing History of New Music can be heard on these stations.

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Wet Leg, featuring Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, is one of the most exciting bands to come out of the UK this decade. Here are a few facts about them that might have escaped your attention so far.

First of all, the band is from the Isle of Wight. Rhian and Hester were friends for about ten years before they formed the band. Hester had a job making jewelry while Rhian was a stylist.

(2) They found their name by playing a game with emojis. When the emojis for “wet” and “leg” came together, they decided that was it. Well, maybe that’s the story. Another explanation is that “wet leg” is Isle of Wight slang for non-locals.

(3) When they first started playing live, they were booked for hour-long sets. The problem with that is they only had 35 minutes’ worth of music. They had to fill time with covers and extended jams of their own songs. It was…awkward.

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Here are some facts about Linkin Park that you can use to impress your friends.

(1) Before he moved to LA to join Linkin Park, Chester Bennington had a job slinging Whoppers at a Burger King in Phoenix.

(2) Drummer Rob Bourdon decided he wanted to play the drums when he was ten. His mom was best friends with Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer. Mom got them both backstage, where Joey gave Rob his first-ever drum pedal.

(3) In August 2001, during an early Linkin Park tour—they were part of Ozzfest and playing Boston—Chester was bitten by a poisonous recluse spider at the band’s hotel. His reaction was so bad that he got a fever and endured delusions during a week-long hospital stay. A couple of shows had to be cancelled

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Jack White is a passionate sort of guy and when he was younger, he sometimes let those passions get the better of him.

In 2001, he produced the debut album for a fellow Detroit band called The Von Bondies. Things went well until some kind of beef between Jack and Von Bondies singer Jason Stollsteimer. On December 13, 2003, they got into a scrap which saw Stollsteimer sent to the hospital with a severe beating, claiming that he’d been sucker punched.

Jack was charged with misdemeanour aggravated assault, fined $750, and ordered to take anger management classes. Meanwhile, Jason was unable to do promotion for the latest Von Bondies album, and he maintains this fight killed the band’s momentum.

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When you go on vacation, it’s supposed to be a relaxing, blissful time—and that’s exactly what British singer Kirsty MacColl was looking for on her holiday in December 2000.

After an appearance on a BBC radio show in Cuba, Kirsty, her sons, and her boyfriend, a musician named James Knight, popped over to Cozumel, Mexico, a place renowned for its crystal-clear waters that are magnificent for snorkeling, scuba diving, and all sorts of watersports.

On December 18—while much of the world was listening to her duet with Shane MacGowan on the Pogues Christmas classic, “A Fairytale of New York”—she and her sons, Louis and Jamie, went to the southwest corner of the island to the famous Chankanaab Reef, which is part of a protected national park.

It’s a fantastic spot where divers and swimmers are supposed to be protected from any motorized watercraft. Supposed to be.

Before the day was over, Kirsty would be dead, her body nearly cut in half—and the cover-up of how she died and who did it had already begun.

I’m AC. This is Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry. And this is the story of how powerful and rich people in Mexico have prevented the real story of Kirsty MacColl’s death.

In addition to the  podcasts, you can hear Uncharted on these Corus radio stations (all times local):

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The first Arctic Monkeys album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, was released on January 23, 2006, and quickly became the fastest-selling debut album in British history. The artwork features a black-and-white close-up shot of a guy smoking a cigarette. Who is he? Someone from the band? Nope.

His name is Chris McClure. He was the frontman of a band called The Violet May and was a close friend of the group back then. Today, he’s known as Steve Bracknell, a comedy character on TikTok that spoofs an amateur soccer coach, kind of like Ted Lasso but much sillier.

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MILAN – From golden jumps to record-breaking goals, here are five things to know from Feb. 16 at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics:

GOLDEN OLDHAM

Parry Sound, Ont.’s Megan Oldham won gold in women’s freestyle skiing big air at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, topping the 10-woman final with a combined score of 180.75 from her first two jumps. China’s Eileen Gu, the defending Olympic champion, was next at 179.00, while Italy’s Flora Tabanelli took bronze four months after tearing an ACL. Oldham fell on her third and final jump — by then it was a victory lap — and embraced Gu before stepping onto the podium. The 24-year-old also won bronze in slopestyle earlier in the Games. It is Canada’s second gold medal and 11th overall of the Games.

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SARAULT WINS THIRD MEDAL

Moncton’s Courtney Sarault added to her medal haul with silver in the women’s 1,000 metres in short track, her third podium finish of the Milan-Cortina Games. The 25-year-old had already won silver in the mixed team relay and bronze in the 500 earlier in the week. She becomes the third Canadian to medal in the event, joining Nathalie Lambert (silver in 1994) and Kim Boutin (silver in 2018).

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POULIN SENDS CANADA TO GOLD-MEDAL REMATCH

Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice to lift Canada to a tight 2-1 semifinal win over Switzerland and into another Olympic women’s hockey gold-medal game. The captain became the first player to reach 20 career Olympic goals, breaking Hayley Wickenheiser’s record of 18. Canada will face the United States in Thursday’s final, marking the eighth straight Olympic final appearance for the Canadians, who are 5-2 in previous gold-medal games.

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PAIRS PODIUM PUSH FALLS SHORT

Canada’s medal hopes in pairs skating faded as Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud slipped from third to eighth after errors in the free skate. The duo, who posted a personal-best short program Sunday, scored 199.66 overall after mistakes on multiple jumping elements. Former world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps finished 11th at 192.61. Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara rallied for gold with a clean, personal-best free skate.

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REBOUND AND ROLL IN CURLING

Rachel Homan’s Ottawa rink halted a three-game slide with wins over China (10-5) and Japan (9-6) to climb back to 3-3 in round-robin play. Canada now sits tied with Denmark for fifth place, with only the top four teams at the end of the round robin Thursday advancing to Friday’s semifinals. On the men’s side, Brad Jacobs continued to roll, improving to 5-1 with an 8-2 victory over Czechia.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 16, 2026.

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One person is injured after police say he jumped out of a second-floor window to escape a fire in Windsor, Ont., that left a dog dead and two other pets missing.

Windsor police say they are investigating the Sunday night fire as a suspected arson.

They say emergency crews were called shortly before 10 p.m. to a house fire on Byng Road.

Police say a male occupant who jumped out of the building was taken to hospital to be treated for injuries that are not considered life-threatening.

They say a dog died and a cat was rescued, but the whereabouts of two other pets are unknown.

Investigators are asking nearby residents to check surveillance and dashcam footage for suspicious activity.

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MILAN – Canadian figure skaters Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud fell to eighth in pairs, while former world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps placed 11th at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games on Monday.

Pereira, of Milton, Ont., and Michaud, of Trenton, Ont., entered the night in third after a stellar, personal-best skate in Sunday’s short program.

The duo scored 125.06 points in their free program to music from the film “Gladiator,” finishing with 199.66 following mistakes on their jump sequence, throw triple loop, side-by-side triple salchow and death spiral.

Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps finished with 192.61 after Stellato-Dudek’s fluke fall on the exit of a lift cost them several points in the short program. The Canadians scored 126.57 in their free skate to “Poeta en el Mar” by Vicente Amigo, almost 14 points below their season’s best.

Two-time world champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan captured gold, bouncing back from a shaky short program to post a personal-best 231.24 with a clean, mesmerizing free skate (158.13) to draw a standing ovation.

Georgia’s Anastasia Metelkina and Luka Berulava won silver with 221.75, while Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin took bronze (219.09) after winning the short program.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 16, 2026.

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Three people, including the suspect, were fatally shot during a Rhode Island youth hockey game Monday, authorities said.

Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves told reporters that three other victims are hospitalized in critical condition.

“It appears that this was a targeted event, that it may be a family dispute,” she said. Goncalves did not provide details about the suspect or the ages of those who were killed, though she said it appeared that both victims were adults.

Authorities were continuing to try to piece together what happened and speak with witnesses, she said.

The shooting happened at Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, a few miles outside Providence.

Outside the arena, tearful families and high school hockey players still in uniform could be seen hugging before they boarded a bus to leave the area. Roads surrounding the arena were shut down as a heavy police presence remained and helicopters flew overhead.

Pawtucket is nestled just north of Providence and right under the Massachusetts state border. A town of just under 80,000, Pawtucket had up until recently been known as the home to Hasbro’s headquarters.

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