RadioActive wrote:

although I can't believe he left out "FM" by Steely Dan. (True, it doesn't mention a particular station, but not all of his picks do, either.) 

At that rate, why not add in the Reunion Life is a rock...but the radio rolled me.

Will he go against the grain?

Muffaraw Joe wrote:

Did anyone take over the morning show on CBC 1 Toronto yet? 

Michael is a top notch journalist and is a bit of a throw back...he will be missed.


 

I don't think any official replacement has happened yet.  David Common has been on a fair bit and he is good. He almost has a more "commercial" sound to him and he can be funny with the traffic/news people. So that likely means he won't get the job!! 

Did anyone take over the morning show on CBC 1 Toronto yet? 

Michael is a top notch journalist and is a bit of a throw back...he will be missed.


 

Unfortunate error but I can see such happening in this day and age. I confirmed that it was the Rydell version  b/c I Shazam'd it . I  listened to the stream on oldies 107.7 Arnprior where the shows plays from 12 to 3 on Sundays. 

Bradburn's article refers to R. J. Buss as a former CKLW Program Director. He wasn't. He was a former General Manager of CKLW AM & FM.

https://bigfightweekend.com/news/report-dazn-in-need-of-financial-rescue-due-to-covid-19/

Ironically, I think I heard Rydell's version on Ashby's show many years ago ... it stayed with me because it was so different, not just from Peter and Gordon's version but also from Rydell's earlier hits. But as you said, when I've heard Ashby play a different version of a song in the past, he's always said that this was what he was playing. And that's an aspect of his show that I like -- but to state the obvious, it shouldn't happen with a listener request for the hit version of a song. I agree with what you said about this in your first post, that this indicates that someone else is inserting the music into the show after Ashby records his intros and extros. 

More proof that everything old is new again. I'm not sure how many here know how incredibly restrictive (and annoying) the International Olympic Committee is when the games are airing. They have very strongly worded language in their agreements that ONLY the host broadcaster can show highlights from any event for 24 hours. After that, other stations are free to broadcast a few highlights (also limited in length.)

The problem, of course, is that a day later more events have taken place and more medals awarded and something that happened 24 hours ago is old news and no one really wants to show it by then. (That's why you see so many still photos on other stations - that's all they're allowed during the restricted time frame.)

All of which brings me to City TV sometime in the 80s or 90s, which faced a dilemma - the Canadian team was going for the gold medal in hockey and of course it was huge news. But they couldn't show any highlights. So Jim McKenny, one of their sportscasters at that time, brought in one of those old table hockey games and they proceeded to tape a shot-for-shot recreation of the highlights they couldn't show using the "players" on those swivel sticks. 
 
It wasn't terribly effective in the end, but at least it was a clever idea designed to try and get around the restrictions. So while the situation is new, as you can see, it's been done before. Just not with such good graphics!   

It's not often you see Canadian TV spotlighted in what is essentially a U.S. online site, but with the pandemic, a lot has changed. TVLine's lead story this weekend was about a number of Canuck shows the American networks may want to consider as television production remains on hold. 

Most of them are pretty familiar, but I have to admit, I've never heard of "Departure" or "New Eden."

We're not used to getting very much attention from down south, which may be why a fair number of Canadians have commented on the story at the bottom of the article. 

9 Hidden Canadian TV Gems (In Case U.S. Networks Have More Slots to Fill!)

Alan Cross picks a Top 10 of radio, although I can't believe he left out "FM" by Steely Dan. (True, it doesn't mention a particular station, but not all of his picks do, either.) 

In fact, given how vital radio was in spreading rock and roll, I find it hard to believe there are so few songs about the medium overall in the music.  

Ten songs about real-life radio stations and DJs, as picked by Alan Cross

Yeah, that sounds like it. Not a great version, especially after you've heard the original. 

Ashby's show is noted for playing alternate versions of songs, but he usually makes it clear that's what they are. Not in this case. (Although I wonder where they got that alternate version of "Stop In The Name of Love"  by the Supremes that they aired this week. He never said where it came from.) 

I never understood the purpose of these ads. Is the listener supposed to get terrified and contact someone? Who? Each of the grain farmers individually and invite them to tea? Or am I to text the PM or tweet the Prez? And say what? That I love grain, whatever the hell that is? Am I for or against something? Anyhoo, I've lost interest because i saw a squirrel.

Jewel 92.1 lists what songs Ashby plays but they are usually 1 or 2 weeks behind. They may show which version of "World Without Love" that was played.  The only other option would be on iHeartRadio since they usually show the artist and song. 

Loved the little story about Sgt. Pepper on the show this past week and the explanation of the OPP badge on Paul's uniform from the album cover. The Beatles playing in Toronto on August 17 1965 and one of the police on security detail gave Paul an OPP badge as a souvenir .  Also the fact that another cop on security that day in Toronto was a Sargeant Pepper.  To any Beatle trivia fan that is an amazing story.

Yes, what the Grain Farmers of Ontario should be doing is make the ad less political. Easy to do by not mentioning Trudeau or Trump.

What they should say in the commercial would be something like- "Why is the US government helping American farmers with (dollar amount) in aid during this national pandemic, and so far the Canadian government  has not offered Canadian farmers any assistance or aid.  And the federal government has been pushing us to grow more this year to combat any food supply shortages this summer"...etc. 

This now says the same thing and leaves the politicians out of the ad.  This would resonate more with the public in my opinion  By including Trump and Trudeau in the copy and somehow attempting to compare the two is the wrong approach...too personal and too political..