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Speaking of ridiculous, this really doesn't belong here, but I found it hilarious, anyway.

Remember this station?

Anyone remember the old Mojo Radio at 640? "Talk radio for guys," went the slogan back then. Well, now a station in the U.K. has decided to take that idea and flip it on its gender, introducing a new format that plays female artists - and only female artists. It's a spin-off of the Jack idea, although why they didn't call it "Jacqueline" or "Jackie" is beyond me. 

In the #metoo era, and with an emphasis on gender equality, I have to wonder how a format that played only males would be received. Come to think of it, could they even get away with a Mojo Radio today?

All-female radio station called JACK launching today 

The fidelity for music listening is god-awful regardless of the genre played being good.  This goes for all AM stations.

unclefester wrote:

Well I hope that every time he starts his car on Tuesday morning and heads for Toronto that his conscience bothers him...nags at him...naws at him... 

And I hope the voters in his area let their conscience be their guide when the time comes...

41 hundred dollars in mileage in 2015 on the taxpayers dime...

So maybe somebody at Newstalk1010 can show Sandy their rate card and prove to him that if he did the right thing and paid his own way he'd still be getting a smokin' deal.

Disappointed in Jerry too...

The voters have spoken

Sandy has been turfed out of office


 

Aytononline wrote:

Did anyone else notice, they stopped saying "CFRB" and "I Heart Radio"

Actually, they're still doing both at the top of the hour news ID, but I think you're right that there's less emphasis on that ridiculous "iHeart" branding that I believe is fairly meaningless to the public at large. 

Did anyone else notice, they stopped saying "CFRB" and "I Heart Radio"

Having a powerful 'voice' as the official Newstalk 1010 station voice may seem old school, and maybe a change was needed, but there is nothing notable about the new voice. The vocal tone is pleasant, but the read is matter of fact, there's no attention getting delivery to interest the listener.

CFRB could have used a distinctive voice, a voice that personified the station.

But if they didn't for financial reasons... to riff on the old saying: penny wise, sound foolish, or at best, absolutely average.

They play a lot of music as a Peel branded news and talk station. Hopefully, their talk programming will be a compelling reason to listen to 960 am in Mississauga. I cannot help but think the business plan for this station isn't viable in the longer term and this station will unceremoniously cease in the next 2 to 4 years. In the meantime, I'm enjoying their music but that won't pay the bills on the am dial. 

I thought both 1010 and 640 did OK jobs with their respective experts on the radio, but I was absolutely astounded that RB didn't go to John Tory's acceptance speech live.

Instead, they talked about the results, had a slurring-sounding John Moore promoting the re-elected Mayor on his Tuesday morning show (perhaps the cocktail hour came too soon or he was just tired) and went to commercials and a traffic report, as Tory was giving his thanks to the crowd. 

I can't believe they didn't have it, although the whole thing aired uninterrupted on 640. A technical glitch or deliberate? Either way, it was a very strange call. But at least I got to hear part of Giorgio Mammoliti's gloomy concession speech, so that was something. 

And one more thing - if you live in Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Mississauga, Brampton, Oshawa or any of the areas outside T.O. and wondered who won in your riding, you wouldn't find it on the radio, TV, or in most of the newspapers online. Outside of the occasional mention about the close race between Patrick Brown and Linda Jeffrey running for mayor in Brampton, it was all Toronto all night - as if no one else existed.