SpiritLive is a 24/7 web-streaming broadcast station, featuring original content created by students and lead by the RTA School of Media from our studios in the Allan Slaight Radio Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University.

SpiritLive’s goal is to provide RTA students with a platform from which they can create and disseminate media, putting to use the knowledge, skills, and creativity they have honed in the RTA program.

Each year, SpiritLive staff drafts up a document of Programming Standards. Reading through this document is a great way to understand what is expected of you as a member of SpiritLive, and what you can expect as a listener to our content.

Click here to view the Programming Standards for the Fall 2026 and Winter 2027 Seasons.

SpiritLive accepts show applications during the first two weeks of the Fall semester, and the first week of the Winter semester. Students can apply to host a weekly live show or a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly podcast. 

You must pitch your show to us through our application form. Successful applicants will be contacted for an interview. If you pass the interview round, your show will be greenlit and you are now an official SpiritLive Creator! New SpiritLive Creators will then be required to take part in mandatory studio training.

Yes! We are happy to hear what you would like added to our station rotation, and we also accept submissions of music produced or performed by TMU students, which get special shoutouts on-air before they play. Visit the Submit Music page to access the request and submission form!

SpritLive Live Shows are shows that take place at a scheduled time slot once every week. Live Shows run for 50 minutes long, and can be streamed on TuneIn or through our website. 

Podcasts are pre-produced shows that run for up to 25 minutes (or 45 minutes for shows that release monthly) and are available to listen on our podcasts page. They can also be streamed through podcast platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify, if the creator decides to submit their RSS feed to those platforms.

Live Shows are automatically archived (audio only) on a shared Google Drive. Each Live Show and Podcast receives a link to a Google Drive folder when they are accepted for the season, and a shortcut to your show’s archived recordings will be available in this folder. SpiritLive does not provide public archives of Live Shows, and does not save video versions of Live Shows, so we recommend that you record your show on OBS to keep your own archive!

Podcast submissions are accepted every Monday and uploaded to our website on Fridays.

To submit your episode, upload your audio file to your show folder and fill out the Google Form in your acceptance email (we recommend bookmarking the form link for easy access). We will then review your episode and ask for changes, if needed. 

At this point in time, our SpiritLive blog is no longer active. Archives of old blog posts can be found here if you are interested in reading older content. If you are interested in being a writer for SpiritLive, please reach out to us at spiritlive@torontomu.ca

The amount of hours you earn will depend on what initiatives you are a part of. Creative Practice Hours must be logged in the CPH Tracking Spreadsheet that is provided in your show’s Google Drive folder, and this spreadsheet must be linked when you submit your CPH request at the end of the semester. There is no fixed number, but hopefully these will give you a rough idea:

Live Shows: You are guaranteed to earn at least 1 hour per episode. You can earn additional hours for any work that was done prior to your live show. 

Podcasts: You are responsible for logging your hours. The amount you earn will be dependent on how long you spend on pre-production, recording, and editing, and other tasks related to creating your episodes.

Spirit¹ Radio, specialty programming & other opportunities: Hours will vary depending on the needs of these programs and/or the SpiritLive Staff. If you contributed temporarily to a SpiritLive project, make sure that you have been given access to the show’s CPH Tracking Spreadsheet

You can collect Creative Practice Hours through the RTA Creative Practice Hours Portal. Creative Practice Hours should be submitted at the end of the semester, and all shows will receive an email with detailed instructions in the final week of each season.

Once you’re logged in, click on Browse Pre-Approved Projects and search for “SpiritLive”. 

If you are collecting hours for a Live Show or Podcast, scroll down and find “SpiritLive” and click Register Project. If you are collecting hours for a Blog, find “SpiritLive Blogs” and click Register Project. 

Then fill out the form with the necessary information (Supervisor Phone Number: (416) 979-5000).

Once everything is filled out, click Save. And you’re all done!

All Control Room bookings are to be made through the EDC. A reminder that first year students are not permitted to book Control Room 4 by themselves, and that the Control Room 4 + 5 Interview Room cannot be used by itself and must be booked in advance if you intend to use it in conjunction with Control Room 4 or your SpiritLive Live Show.

Here are a few helpful links that will walk you through how to upload your show to podcasting platforms using the RSS feed that we gave you. The link to your RSS feed will be located in the Quick Info document in your show’s Google Drive folder.

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasters.apple.com/support/897-submit-a-show

Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/submit

Google Podcasts: https://podcastsmanager.google.com/add-feed

Stitcher: https://partners.stitcher.com/join