Alan Cross is the Senior Program Director for Splice Interactive, the online arm of Corus Radio.  Between 2004 and 2008, he was program director of 102.1 the Edge/Toronto and was named PD of the Year at CMW in 2005, 2006 and 2008. 

Alan’s acclaimed weekly rock documentary program, The Ongoing History of New Music, debuted in February 1993 and since there, there have over 600 one-hour episodes, all researched, written and produced by Alan. The show is now heard on a dozen stations across Canada and has spun off four books, a weekly national newspaper column, daily podcasts and more than a dozen CD compilations.  His audio books, The Alan Cross Guide to Alternative Rock, Volumes 1, 2 and 3, are out now and are some of the best selling audio books ever for Harper Collins Canada.  Volume 4 is due in late October 2008.

Alan’s latest project is as head of Chief Musical Officer of ExploreMusic and ExploreMusic.com, a new radio-and-web initiative by Splice, Corus Entertainment’s online division.  It provides music fans new ways to discover music and to recommends music to other fans in innovative ways that merge traditional and new music.  Its official launch will be October 6, 2008.