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SOWNY » HTZ FM Web » Today 6:36 am

tdotwriter
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Currently, the websites at 610cktb.com and htzfm.com are both publicly announced as coming soon. Interestingly, it appears the website for 97.7 HTZ-FM will remain at the historical htzfm.com domain name and not the new 977htzfm.com domain registered by Caine himself.

SOWNY » The Worst Summer For Broadcast TV Ever » Today 6:26 am

mic'em
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Well, that's too bad. 

SOWNY » Canada Is The Only Country That Does This In Relation To Local Content » Today 6:22 am

RadioActive
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We all know about the history of CanCon and how it requires radio stations here to play at least 30% of home grown artists. The rules also apply to TV, but there are bizarre rules here that don't apply to other countries which also impose local quotas. 

In places like the UK, France and Australia, a show or movie that takes place in the same nation or was shot there counts towards fulfilling the mandate. Of all the nations in the Canadian Media Fund's list, Canada is the only country that bases its CanCon solely on the personnel involved in a production - and nothing else. 

So if you were to produce a TV series about a Canuck joining the Mounties and trying to save the Great White North from crime but it didn't employ enough Canadians, it won't count as CanCon. I knew this, but seeing the stats side-by-side brings it, you should pardon the expression, home. A Canadian story about Canadians that takes place in Canada isn't enough to make it Canadian. That's insane. Check out the chart below. 

Why Canadian Themes And Filming In Canada Doesn't Count As Canadian Content

SOWNY » CKOC audio has been bad for two days » Today 6:20 am

Or St Catharines at the "White House".  Would that not be possible?
 

SOWNY » CFRB Show Does Salute To Casey Kasem » Today 6:09 am

RadioActive
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It first aired on July 4th, but I heard it on a replay Thursday night. 

It was on the Night Shift with Shane Hewitt and featured interviews with both music publicist Eric Alper and Canadian hitmaker Andy Kim. 

During the two segment back-and-forth, Kim remembered how incredible he felt hearing Kasem introduce one of his songs on American Top 40, and noted how special it was, especially since both men were of Lebanese origin.

Kim also recalled listening to WABC while growing up in Montreal, noting how Cousin Brucie's reviews of how girls were going crazy over the latest pop group made him decide to get into music. 

It's a rare example of when radio looking at itself. And you can hear the entire thing here. 

SOWNY » CKOC audio has been bad for two days » Today 2:18 am

Just out of curiosity, does anybody know where CKOC's and CHAM's studios are currently located? I know that CKLH relocated to 25 Main Street West in downtown Hamilton, but as CKLH and the two AMs are no longer sister stations, I assume they're located somewhere else. Supposedly all three stations vacated 883 Upper Wentworth Street quite a while back. Are the two AMs broadcasting out of Toronto?



PJ

SOWNY » Is Today's News From Washington A Sign of Darker Times Ahead » Today 1:12 am

TomTV
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From the New York Times, July 10 2025:

The FBI is said to be using lie detectors to test employees’ loyalty, asking some whether they have criticized Kash Patel.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/fbi-polygraph-kash-patel.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

Typically, the F.B.I. has turned to polygraph tests to sniff out employees who might have betrayed their country or shown they cannot be trusted with secrets.

Since Kash Patel took office as the director of the F.B.I., the bureau has significantly stepped up the use of the lie-detector test, at times subjecting personnel to a question as specific as whether they have cast aspersions on Mr. Patel himself.In interviews and polygraph tests, the F.B.I. has asked senior employees whether they have said anything negative about Mr. Patel, according to two people with knowledge of the questions and others familiar with similar accounts.

In one instance, officials were forced to take a polygraph as the agency sought to determine who disclosed to the news media that Mr. Patel had demanded a service weapon, an unusual request given that he is not an agent. The number of officials asked to take a polygraph is in the dozens, several people familiar with the matter said, though it is unclear how many have specifically been asked about Mr. Patel.The use of the polygraph, and the nature of the questioning, is part of the F.B.I.’s broader crackdown on news leaks, reflecting, to a degree, Mr. Patel’s acute awareness of how he is publicly portrayed.

The moves, former bureau officials say, are politically charged and highly inappropriate, underscoring what they describe as an alarming quest for fealty at the F.B.I., where there is little tolerance for dissent. Disparaging Mr. Patel or his deputy, Dan Bongino, former officials say, could cost people their job.“An F.B.I. employee’s loyalty is to the Constitution, not to the director or deputy director,” said James Davidson, a former agent who spent 23 y

SOWNY » Sitcoms That Still Make You Laugh [REALLY LAUGH] » Yesterday 11:02 pm

Fitz
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I would say:

Green Acres
Leave it to Beaver
Dennis The Menace ( the episodes with the first Mr Wilson)
Beverley Hillbillies
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeanie
My Favorite Martian
Munsters
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Andy Griffiths ( up to the Barney Fife era)
Honorable mention Lost In Space not a sitcom but fun.

Green Acres actually stared to jell a few episodes into the first season. Once the Hank Kimbell character was fully developed. Does anyone remember that an early episode had Alf playing another character without Ralph. Also Ralph was Mrs. Kravitz on Bewitched for at leaset one episode after the first Mrs. K passed.

Also have been going thru the episodes of Rod Serling's Night Gallery and each show featured up to 3 stories and there were quite a few shorts that I would term horror/comedy.
 

SOWNY » Sitcoms That Still Make You Laugh [REALLY LAUGH] » Yesterday 9:36 pm

g121
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Hansa wrote:

I like 1970s/80s Britcoms ..

Give "My Hero" a try .. it's quirky funny, i found it a real hoot !!
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8n9hgy 
 

SOWNY » What Is CTV's Jessica Smith's Obsession With The Downtown Core? » Yesterday 8:56 pm

mace
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The Weed wrote:

mace wrote:

I use the Clime weather app. If rain [green, yellow or orange] or snow [light blue, dark blue] is approaching you can actually zoom in on your street to see how close the system is to your neighbourhood.

Does the Clime app use the NOAA in the US? If so, there may not be much information soon if the NOAA is defunded.

They do and the heat/tornado/severe thunderstorm watches and warnings are still displayed in great detail.

SOWNY » Sitcoms That Still Make You Laugh [REALLY LAUGH] » Yesterday 8:47 pm

mace
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arc23 wrote:

I would add Perfect Strangers to that list 

Don't be rediculous.

SOWNY » External AM Radio Antenna » Yesterday 8:46 pm

mace
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fybush wrote:

mace wrote:

A few stations I plan to check out reception wise. CFOS, WUFO, WECK, WJR, CKLW/CJBQ and the Weak Buffalo stations on 1120 and 1400. They seem to change call letters often so it is difficult to remember them.

1400 has been WWWS since 1993, actually. I believe that's now longer than it spent as WYSL.

And 1120 last changed calls 20 years ago, when it took the WBBF calls that used to be in Rochester.

Thanks. As soon as I saw the call letters, I recognized them.

SOWNY » External AM Radio Antenna » Yesterday 8:45 pm

mace
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turkeytop wrote:

mace wrote:

A few stations I plan to check out reception wise. CFOS, WUFO, WECK, WJR, CKLW/CJBQ and the Weak Buffalo stations on 1120 and 1400. They seem to change call letters often so it is difficult to remember them.

What is your QTH?
 

I live a bit south of RA. He lives in Northern North York. I am in the Avenue Rd/401 area.

SOWNY » Just Who Is Spence Diamonds Aiming Their Ads At? » Yesterday 8:35 pm

Evuguy
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WIth that, Spence should probably concentrate their ad budget with 680 News, as that's where the higher income earners hang out, at least based on the car ads.

SOWNY » K-LOVE 102.5 Toronto coming soon... » Yesterday 8:26 pm

Evuguy
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Tuned 102.5 just gone midnight and K-Love was back.  Oh well, nice while it lasted.

SOWNY » External AM Radio Antenna » Yesterday 7:34 pm

turkeytop
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mace wrote:

A few stations I plan to check out reception wise. CFOS, WUFO, WECK, WJR, CKLW/CJBQ and the Weak Buffalo stations on 1120 and 1400. They seem to change call letters often so it is difficult to remember them.

I don't know where you are, but using the Grundig antenna here in London I can pull in CFOS and CKNX. I'm planning a trip up to that area some time in the next couple of weeks. I want to take it with me. We used to live up there and I could get CKWW 580 from Windsor, but there was always interference from CFOS. I believe that with the antenna I'll be able to null out CFOS and boost CKWW.
 

SOWNY » Sitcoms That Still Make You Laugh [REALLY LAUGH] » Yesterday 7:28 pm

turkeytop
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I've never been much of a TV watcher, so most of the shows mentioned her, I've never seen. But lately, I've been watching old reruns of Corner Gas on CTV every Saturday night. I never saw it when it was on originally The writing is clever.

SOWNY » Sitcoms That Still Make You Laugh [REALLY LAUGH] » Yesterday 7:28 pm

Glen Warren
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Soap - 1977 and on .  The cast was great, I always thought that Robert Guilhaume could steal the scenes that he was in...   His look, or a roll of his eyes or a snarky delivery of his line(s) to Chester Tate....  always hilarious!

Also the two best sequences were Richard Mulligan as Burt on the Spaceship.  And the introduction of Mary's son Bob Campbell with is ventriloquist dummy Chuck...   Bob having breakfast at the table and Chuck reading the morning newspaper!   And, Chuck the Mind reader!

 

SOWNY » the Rogers gouging continues... » Yesterday 7:07 pm

Saul wrote:

Easily Amused wrote:

Ale Ont wrote:

They are getting ready to pay Vladdy.

PUTIN?!?! Eff him. 🤬

Vladdy as in 'He ain't Putin 'em outa da ballpark this year.

Well played, sir! 😁👏

SOWNY » the Rogers gouging continues... » Yesterday 7:03 pm

Saul
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Easily Amused wrote:

Ale Ont wrote:

They are getting ready to pay Vladdy.

PUTIN?!?! Eff him. 🤬

Vladdy as in 'He ain't Putin 'em outa da ballpark this year.

SOWNY » Sitcoms That Still Make You Laugh [REALLY LAUGH] » Yesterday 6:28 pm

arc23
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I would add Perfect Strangers to that list 

SOWNY » London and Windsor Radio Ratings » Yesterday 6:19 pm

brian451
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It just says 98.1 but it was listed. It has an 8.7

SOWNY » London and Windsor Radio Ratings » Yesterday 6:10 pm

km93
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RadioAaron wrote:

km93 wrote:

What about CKLO-Classic Rock 98-1? 

What about it?

How did they do in the ratings? I don't see them listed.

SOWNY » London and Windsor Radio Ratings » Yesterday 5:51 pm

Marc1178
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Classic Rock 98-1 looks like it will stay with Blackburn Radio. 

SOWNY » the Rogers gouging continues... » Yesterday 5:46 pm

Ale Ont wrote:

They are getting ready to pay Vladdy.

PUTIN?!?!
Eff him. 🤬

SOWNY » the Rogers gouging continues... » Yesterday 5:40 pm

Ale Ont
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They are getting ready to pay Vladdy.

SOWNY » Sitcoms That Still Make You Laugh [REALLY LAUGH] » Yesterday 5:10 pm

pinto
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Lately I've been watching
Hogans Heros
Fawlty Towers 
anything Black Adder
Barney Miller
forgot.. Father Ted

SOWNY » External AM Radio Antenna » Yesterday 4:09 pm

RadioAaron
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fybush wrote:

mace wrote:

A few stations I plan to check out reception wise. CFOS, WUFO, WECK, WJR, CKLW/CJBQ and the Weak Buffalo stations on 1120 and 1400. They seem to change call letters often so it is difficult to remember them.

1400 has been WWWS since 1993, actually. I believe that's now longer than it spent as WYSL.

And 1120 last changed calls 20 years ago, when it took the WBBF calls that used to be in Rochester.

Boardhost is a bit glitchy like that. You need to manually adjust the year for the forum to 1986.

SOWNY » Sitcoms That Still Make You Laugh [REALLY LAUGH] » Yesterday 4:02 pm

RadioActive
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The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin used to be on Channel 17 in the 70s. Absolutely brilliant, and it got even better as it went on, after Reggie returned from his fake suicide (and married his old wife while pretending to be another man) forming the Grot Shop, featuring Useless Gifts for People You Hate. Among them - tennis rackets with no strings and salt and pepper shakers with no holes. 

It was a great show and I recommend it highly to anyone who loves outrageous British humour. (Or in the words of Reggie's boss, C.J., "I didn't get where I am today by not liking outrageous British humour...")

It's an acquired taste, but once you get what they're trying to do, you can't turn it off. Full episodes are free on YouTube here. 

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