This won’t be for everyone, but if you’re fascinated by what goes on in radio station control rooms or at least what used to go on in there, nearly a half hour of audio recorded during a morning show on 680 CHFI Toronto in the spring of 1971 might be fun. You can download the …
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I May Have Dodged A Snow-Covered Bullet!
Everybody, sing along! Having gridlock Christmas was almost my experience. The plan was to head out today and head for Mom and Dad’s place, about 300 miles away. But because the roads still sound like they suuuuuuuck, we decided to head out tomorrow. This decision was made with no help from the folks at 570 …
Dear Cheap Bastards…I Mean TSN
If you’re going to simulcast the TV Grey Cup commentary to the radio, first of all don’t, but just as importantly, could you maybe clue the commentators in to the fact that they are being heard on the radio? Perhaps that way they might remember to do things like say the score now and again …
Steve On CKCU Radio This Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
Hi there! Hope you’re all enjoying your holiday Monday. Assuming you get one, of course. this August long weekend is so weird and I don’t think I’ll ever understand it as long as I live. We’re enjoying ours, thanks for asking. The weather has been absolutely beautiful and we’ve been taking good advantage of it …
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Modern Radio Is An Abandoned Mall
There used to be a time when it was all you could do to pull me away from a radio. Now? I hardly ever turn one on. Why should I? There really is no point to it anymore. It’s lost so much of its functionality and personality that there are days when I’m not entirely …
Do You Know What I’m Talking About? You May Not, But You Can Always Ask Some Guy And Hope He Does
Without a hint of hyperbole, I just heard the worst radio commercial I have ever encountered in my 42 plus years of life on this planet. It’s so bad that, I shit you not, I’m honestly not even sure what it’s for. I’m fairly certain that it’s advertising some kind of drug or medical device …
Remember, That’s Klinik With Zero Regard For The English Language
How I failed to notice it before I do not know, but the other night I heard what might be the most useless ass radio commercial in the history of the earth. Yes, the earth. All of it. Back to a time before both radio and commercials, but not before the earth, obviously. It’s for …
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Girls Just Want A Banana Boat
I feel fairly confident that this would not be an idea I would ever have, but I’m glad someone did. Thanks for tossing it my way, Barb. Incidentally, I feel like a bad friend. I don’t think I’ve ever plugged Barb’s World’s Bliss radio show even though she’s been on the air for like two …
Yankees And Tigers On The Radio…In 1934
This is something else. A complete radio broadcast of the September 20th, 1934 game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers. This is the oldest full radio broadcast of a regular season baseball game known to exist (the 1934 All-Star Game is the only surviving full game broadcast that is older than this). …
The Jays Have Real Radio Broadcasts Again
Sportsnet restores Ben Wagner as radio play-by-play voice of Blue Jays, for now Thank god. Dan Shulman did his best, but anyone with a clue knew that this simulcasting garbage was never going to work especially with him not calling every game. Buck is what he is, but what he clearly isn’t is a radio …
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