BIO

Sarah Burke is an award-winning Canadian broadcaster, podcaster, and producer based in Toronto. She is the host of the Women in Media Podcast and the Founder and CEO of the recently launched Women in Media Network. She produces several podcasts on her network including the Jann Arden Podcast with multi-platinum, award-winning singer, songwriter, actor, author, and podcaster Jann Arden, and Trust Me, I’m a Decorator with renowned Television Hosts Debbie Travis and Tommy Smythe. She is also teaching podcasting at Western University through the Faculty of Information and Media Studies.

Sarah began her career at Corus Entertainment’s FM96 (CFPL-FM) in London, Ontario in 2008 while completing her degree in Media, Information & Technoculture (MIT) at Western alongside a diploma in Broadcast Journalism from Fanshawe College. While at FM96, she hosted a weekend show, an evening show, and eventually the #1 afternoon drive show in the market.

In 2017, she accepted a programming position with SiriusXM in Toronto curating playlists and creating content for The Verge, SiriusXM Country, Iceberg and what was formerly Canadian Indigenous Peoples’ Radio. She has covered music festivals and conferences all over North America from Cavendish Beach, Prince Edward Island to Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Nashville to New Orleans. Her highlights include covering the JUNO Awards, the Canadian Country Music Awards and SiriusXM’s Top of the Country competition.

Sarah resigned from her position as Manager of Canadian Music Programming at SiriusXM in 2022, where she oversaw the music selection and content creation across English, French, and Indigenous channels in a variety of formats. She played an integral role in launching several new SiriusXM channels including North Americana (359), Poplandia (754), Les Tubes 80-90 (765), Noël Incontournable (753), and The Indigiverse on SiriusXM (165); a new home for the music, news and views of Turtle Island. The Indigiverse team won Broadcast Dialogue’s 2021 Canadian Radio Award for Best Multi-Market Program with the series Turtle Island Talks which premiered on the inaugural day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada.

Sarah continued has continued to work closely with Indigenous creators as Executive Producer for Orbyt Media’s A Day to Listen, an annual radio broadcast that airs on 500 radio stations throughout Canada on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This program has also been recognized by Broadcast Dialogue’s Canadian radio awards.

Sarah’s world is never quiet. If she’s not at a concert, spinning a record from her extensive collection, or listening to the latest episode of The Broken Record Podcast with Rick Rubin (her favourite), chances are she’s cheering on one of her favourite Toronto sports teams or being active. In her spare time, Sarah loves golfing, biking, or breaking a sweat at F45. Sarah enjoys time outside close to the water (typical Pisces, sorry not sorry).