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Intro
Pat Bohn has been widely regarded as an innovator in radio broadcasting. He has spent 25 years developing Bohn & Associates into the largest and most successful radio consulting firm in Canada.

Pat knew from a young age he wanted to be in the radio industry, evident at the age of 15 when  he got his first job in radio at CKKR, while still attending high school. in Rosetown, Saskatchewan Canada. By the time he graduated Pat had landed a position on air with the station.

Station Stories
In 1972 Pat was hired by CHAB Moose Jaw, owned by Moffat Communications. The radio station was a development base for some of Canada’s leading radio performers, programmers and general managers.

In 1981, Moffat Communications, Ltd. acquired CJJD and immediately upgraded the station's facilities and appointed Pat Bohn to program the station. Moffat changed the station call sign back to CHAM in 1982.

After completing the format change, Moffat moved Pat to program its anchor radio station 630 CHED Edmonton. Under the leadership of Bohn, CHED was named Canada’s Radio Station of the Year.

While at CHED, Bohn was able to attend and cover the highly publicized exhibition boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Dave Semenko “cement-head” on June 12, 1983 in Edmonton.

In August 1986 Pat Bohn, along with colleague Chuck McCoy, resigned from Moffat Communications and started their own Consulting group: McCoy Bohn Communications International Inc. Their first clients were their previous Moffat stations. The location of offices in Vancouver, BC, rather than Toronto or Ottawa, signalled an intent to corner the sizeable western Canadian market.

Bohn & Associates Media
Bohn & Associates Media has helped clients navigate new paths to programming and ratings success and in the process has been involved in creating some of Canada’s leading radio brands.

Working with Rogers Communications, Bohn was present as Rogers built their empire from 2 to 40 stations. Including both the introduction of CHFI – AC debut at #1 and 680 News the first all news station in the country and which quickly became the top billing station. Pat also consulted on Q92 in Montreal.

Broadcast Dialogue Sales (BDS)
A joint venture with Broadcast Data Systems brought electronic airplay monitoring to Canada in 1995, and BDS quickly became the industry leader in monitoring intelligence. Nielsen Entertainment acquired BDS Radio Canada from Pat Bohn (Bohn & Associates) to bring the sales and marketing for the Nielsen BDS Radio Canada service in house effective May 2009. BDSradio.ca is the only all-digital airplay research and monitoring service for stations seeking accurate music information. Nielsen BDS captures more than 100 million song detections annually on more than 1,900 radio stations, satellite and video channels in 176 markets across Canada, the US and Puerto Rico. Nielsen BDS data is the foundation for Billboard and Radio & Records airplay charts. These charts were recently designated the official charts of record by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

JACK
In 2002, Rogers Communications enlisted Bohn to roll out their successful launch of JACK-FM in Vancouver; Bohn then acquired the rights which led to the expansion of JACK-FM throughout North America.

JACK is the most successful radio format in North America with its upbeat and unconventional “Playing What We Want” attitude. JACK can be heard in Canada, US, UK and internationally. With a larger and more varied playlist than other commercial radio stations, JACK plays music from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. It is not unusual for a Jack FM station to have a playlist of over 1000 songs compared to normal FM stations which sometimes have playlists of fewer than 500 songs. The format has been likened to "...an MP3/iPod set on shuffle." The stations are officially classified as the Variety Hits or Adult Hits format by radio research companies. The voice behind JACK is and always has been Howard Cogan.

The concept for JACK and no DJ was birthed in Vancouver, BC in 2003 and later spread through the US starting in 2004 with the first FM station in Denver, CO. With lots of press around the launch of JACK there were write ups in Blender, TIME, and Rolling Stone.

Sparknet
Bohn & Associates Media announced that it joined forces with SparkNet Communications effective January 1st, 2010. This merger aligned two international businesses and brought together Canada’s leading broadcast consultancy and the driving force behind the success of the JACK FM and Playing What We Want radio brands in the United States and Europe.

Sparknet demonstrated innovation in its work while consulting for NOW Radio in Edmonton, changing how listeners interact with radio. Using the slogan “Join the Conversation” NOW Radio seamlessly integrates social media with radio and has seen unprecedented success doing so.

Sparknet also worked internationally doing both research and consulting for multiple stations and radio groups. Working Closely with OXIS Media In the UK, Sparknet helped build the JACK brand across Europe. Based on the North American Model of JACK, JACK Oxfordshire is the most awarded Local Radio Station in the UK, with over 25 wins in the last 5 years. In 2013 OXIS launched JACK FM 2 previously Glide FM.

Sparknet sold the rights and trademarks of JACK and Playing What We Want to OXIS in early 2015, deciding to concentrate on the US JACK Business and let OXIS do what they do best in the EU.

Bohn & Associates Media
In September of 2015, Bohn & Associates Media returned to an independent position selling the JACK brand to Sparknet. This move allows Bohn & Associates Media to focus solely on consulting in the Canadian Radio Industry.

Accolades
In addition to advising numerous media executives with their radio and TV license applications, Pat has served as a representative of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and as a consultant to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.