Sending best regards to @stormradioguy as he begins his final broadcast at @1460CJOY 30 mins from now before retiring from full time duty. ⚡⚡#PlatersPlayback 1988-09-21: Larry Mellott calling the Guelph Platers final season opener at Guelph Memorial Gardens vs Toronto Marlies. pic.twitter.com/Cm7Z75kRS9 — Platers Hockey History (@PlatersHockey) June 28, 2019 That’s some old audio of …
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Happy Temporary Forced Retirement, Bob McCown
"My butt hurts. I'm gone. There will be no more. Good night and goodbye from Toronto."@FadooBobcat signs off the only way he knows how 😂 pic.twitter.com/QTBxAhvZ0M — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 21, 2019 Man, sports talk in Canada is going to be pretty weird without Bob McCown, the latest veteran broadcaster that Rogers has sent to …
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Windchill, You Say?
I heard the silliest thing on 680 News this morning. The weather person, whose name I didn’t catch, said “it’s currently 13 degrees, but with the windchill it feels like 11.” What? Windchill? When it’s that warm and the numbers are that close together? If it’s currently 13 and the windchill is making it feel …
Dear Blue Jays Advertising Department:
I don’t want anything hitting a beefy nutritiony home run in my mouth, especially not something with jack in its name. I’m sure Jack Link’s is a fine product, but I nearly chucked when I heard that ad just now. You’ve unleashed some rather off-putting commercials in the past, but this is by far your …
Some Radio Retirements
Seriously, I’m getting old. The last few years have really driven that home. Everyone I grew up on seems to either be retirement age or dead now. New to the retirement pile is Eddie Matthews, who has spent the last two decades or so as the morning guy at CJCS or Juice FM or whatever …
For More On These Annoyances, Turn On A Radio
Yes I’m an old man and yes times are changing, but I don’t care. And I know that it probably makes things more efficient and a little easier on a few people to do this the way it’s done now, but I don’t much care about that, either. If you’re a radio station and you’re …
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Dear People Who Put Newscasts Together:
Can you do us a favour and not play audio related to somebody famous before telling us why? I can’t pinpoint exactly when it happened, but that’s kind of become the signal that the person has died. CBC World Report started playing Never Surrender this morning and for a good five seconds I was certain …
CKWR Gets To Live And A Better Plan For Christmas Music
We had to pick a new morning radio station today. Our usual stop, CKWR, has made the flip to all Christmas for its daily hosted music blocks and automation as of December 1st. The specialty shows are free to do their own thing, but that doesn’t do us much good when it’s six A.M. and …
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Radio Waterloo, A Documentary About The Creation Of Community Radio Here And In Canada
I haven’t had a chance to watch this yet, but since I’ve seen it recommended in a couple of places that are generally pretty good about recommending these sorts of things and because let’s be honest, odds are it was going up anyway, enjoy this documentary on the history and struggles of community radio in …
Happy Belated Birthday, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
I’m not quite 100 percent sure that this was the very first thing ever aired on CBC radio, but if not, it’s close. It’s Chairman Leonard Brockington’s welcome message to listeners from November 4th, 1936, two days after the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation replaced what had been known as the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, which had …
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