Jon Liedtke is an on-air host at AM800 CKLW, co-host and producer of Rose City Politics, and a member of SAG-AFTRA.
He used to own community newspapers, co-founded and operated Higher Limits, Canada’s largest cannabis lounge, and raised over $1 million dollars in the cannabis production industry bringing a company he co-founded from inception through to construction approval status.
He has been featured in The Washington Post, Al-Jazeera, Yahoo Finance, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, CBC, The Detroit Free Press, The Detroit News, Dave and Chuck the Freak, AM800 CKLW, CBC Windsor, The Windsor Star, WDET, Bell Media radio stations, Blackburn Radio, the Bay Street Bull, and ourWindsor.ca, among others.
He plays trumpet in The Nefidovs.

Detroit Free Press Oct 2018 (Mandi Wright)
EVENTS
- THE NEFIDOVS/ ROYE TROUT/ RELIEVER LIVE AT THE CHELSEA UNDERGROUNDFeb. 10 2023 at The Chelsea Underground – The Nefidovs, Roye Trout & Reliever $10 and all funds go to the Downtown Mission. Bring your dancing shoes.
Reporting
- The Next Chapter with Chris Holt
- AM800 CKLW: Jon Liedtke interviews Tom Mulcair about the PM & premiers healthcare meeting
- Rose City Politics: Jon Liedtke asks Premier Ford if health changes are enough (VIDEO)
- AM800 CKLW: Jon Liedtke interviews Pierre Poilievre on bail reform following OPP killing
- Rose City Politics: Multiple multi-billion dollar corps weigh in on…Windsor’s mayor race?
- AM800 CKLW: Jon Liedtke interviews Jason Kander
IN THE NEWS
- CTV WINDSOR: Pelissier Street Parking Garage
- CTV WINDSOR: Advance polls offer drive-thru voting
- SURGE 105.1: Zellers is Coming Back and the Memes Have Been Epic
EDITORIALS & MUSINGS
- Jewish thoughts on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- The Politics of Consumption (sites)
- Hamilton gets a “Bus Barn”? Why not “Garage Mahal”?
ROSE CITY POLITICS
- Rose City Politics: Turbo and the Baconator
- Rose City Politics: Live from Maiden Lane: Mostly Gristle
- Rose City Politics: Powered by Millennial Rage