Ya it is a scam...CTV news reports that this is false advertising and if you feel it necessary to report it to the RCMP...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/online-scam-uses-fake-endorsements-from-media-personalities-to-sell-products-1.4217635

No one would expect Global, City, CTV to have the same type of morning show but the only thing Global has done so far is extend there local morning show in Toronto and call it a national show. So now might be a good time for them to set up there own stand alone show. This would also be a good time to have a show that's not filmed in Toronto.

All the sudden I found myself in love with the world...

It's baaaaccckkk....on CBC at least...Baby it's cold outside...is on the air...

https://www.pugetsoundradio.com/2018/12/11/cbc-reinstates-baby-its-cold-outside/

betaylored wrote:

The disdain and indifference of some french canadians who live in Quebec twords Canada, which is how they see it, is still going strong in 2018-2019. They feel they are a law unto themselves, and have their own ancient legal system that under scores this belief.

This CRTC order comes across like a teacher forcing a rebellious pupil to write out "I must not chew gum in class" 100 times every day for a week, everybody involved knows it's a waste of time... If we were able to listen to the on-air apology, it will likely have a "Sorry. Not Sorry" tone and delivery.

In highest respect to Quebec, it amazes me that they don't have their own QRTC to replace the CRTC there to better serve Quebec and their (french driven) needs.

The disdain and indifference of some french canadians who live in Quebec twords Canada, which is how they see it, is still going strong in 2018-2019. They feel they are a law unto themselves, and have their own ancient legal system that under scores this belief.

This CRTC order comes across like a teacher forcing a rebellious pupil to write out "I must not chew gum in class" 100 times every day for a week, everybody involved knows it's a waste of time... If we were able to listen to the on-air apology, it will likely have a "Sorry. Not Sorry" tone and delivery.

In the continuing saga of Jazz Fm...here is the news release about today's court decision, to ensure the board at Jazz FM make the email addresses available to the group called Save Jazz FM...

Here is the ruling/decision

http://savejazzfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Court-Decision_order-to-grant-email-addresses.pdf


Also, there is quite a more detailed piece about this on Jazz Fm's Facebook page which to me is quite "In your face" but changes need to happen...

I feel as a member donor, the station has definitely lost an edge and it's soul a little...

 

radiokid wrote:

People who want religion, are either watching Yes or another dedicated channel anyway over Global. 

This is exactly it.
Years ago, there was no real home for this type of programming.
Today there is. 
100 Huntly street already airs at 9:30 on Yes TV.  (in reruns?) 
So...maybe that's where people can turn to if they so desire.

It wouldn't surprise me one bit if an encore presentation of ET Canada airs in it's place on Global.
 

Yeah I'd punch up that script a bit. "CKMN-FM, in a state of incompetence, has not been compliant with the base requirements set by the CRTC..."

We’ve probably all heard one of those Canadian Broadcast Standards announcements admitting to some perceived wrong done by a local radio station. But I can’t quite remember the last time a “we did it and we’re sorry” admission was ordered by the CRTC itself.
 
This story also brings up the question: just how many chances does one place get before the Commission says ‘your licence is gone?’
 
It all started way back in 2005, when a Rimouski, Quebec community outlet called CKMN-FM got into trouble with the feds for being in non-compliance with regulations. In that case, they failed to keep proper music lists. As punishment, the CRTC gave them a short term four year licence renewal.
 
You’d think that might have taught them a lesson.
 
It didn’t.
 
Flash forward to 2011 and the CRTC calls the same place on the carpet, this time for failing to file their annual returns. Again, they got away with a shorter-than-normal licence renewal.
 
But it didn’t end there. Speed ahead to 2015, and in the words of Britney Spears, Oops, they did it again. Once more, the Commission found they hadn’t followed the rules. Strike three? Nope. For some reason, the Solons in Hull decided to extend their licence term yet again, this time for just three years to see if they could get their act together.
 
Which brings us to 2018. Finally, finally, after more than a decade of complete incompetence or recalcitrance, the CRTC called a hearing to ask why their licence shouldn’t be pulled.
 
CKMN management admitted their problems, assured the commissioners they’d retrained staff and bought new tracking software and promised they’d fixed everything. So even though the CRTC called the non-compliance issues “serious” and noted it had gone on for “a fourth consecutive term,” they renewed their licence yet again on Friday – this time for just two years.
 
But this one comes with a catch. The station must air the following announcement once a day between 6-

CFTO did a nice profile of the victim on its Friday noon show, including footage of his audition for what he hoped would be a career in sportscasting. 

Murder victim was 'always smiling' colleagues say

Ah yes what talk radio needs - more homophobia!

RadioActive wrote:

CHYR is one of the strangest radio stations I can ever recall. In the years before it moved to FM, it would sign off its 710 frequency at sundown to protect clear channel stations like WOR in New York and sign back on as "CHIR" a second later at 730 during the evening hours - and then go back to the other dial position in the morning.

I can't recall another such arrangement on any other station, but I'm sure it could have happened elsewhere. Very awkward and very bizarre.

It was a "daytimer".  There were plenty of those in the US.  I guess that frequency protection was the only way to obtain a license.

My observations solely had to do with audio quality and processing.  I worked for CIAM in Cambridge (960 KHz oddly enough) in the early 90s.  It sounded wonderful on AM (again following the notion of a "big" sound, not necessarily high-fidelity.).  I would even say it sounded similarly to the CHYR airchecks that I posted here.

**** a little shout out to Ron Fitzpatrick here, speaking of AM 96 **** (hey buddy!)
 

Speaking of sound - what station particularly on FM in Toronto would have the best fidelity of sound?  

Id have to say CHUM and CHFI would have the most clearest.  Afterall,  the HI stands for "high fidelity" in their call letters.