Been listening off and on and I'm kind of impressed by the range of oldies they're playing. It's pretty unusual. 

Considering it's the Gilligan's Island station, do you suppose they ever play "Liar Liar" by (wait for it) The Castaways?

Radiowiz wrote:

I wonder...what happened to their website? http://www.bobdenver.com/radio/ 

Their website address has changed slightly. This is the new one, without the "www."

https://bobdenver.com/

Netflix, Amazon, Disney etc. charging sales tax is hardly a Netflix tax.  It is something that should have been happening when they started to do business in Canada.  Everyone talks about being treated equal, now these entertainment giants are.

Available as well on the Radio Garden App, just search for "WGAG".

Or - http://radio.garden/listen/wgag-lp-93-1/pFDePHZt

Dan Shulman has done radio and still does games for ESPN radio occasionally.  It is not rocket science to adjust to 
this situation and Martinez should be trying to do so but he obviously doesn’t seem to care.

Dale Patterson wrote:

Glad they mentioned "The First Lady of Television", Faye Emerson. Wish there had been more on Broadway Open House, another original show that was a forerunner of Tonight. Some clips of that show survive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc2lEW21Zno

If you search Broadway Open House on the Uncle Earl's Classic TV Channel site, you will find two episodes from Dec 14, 1950 and Jan 30, 1951. I believe some of the original commercials are included.

They also asked if people would listen to podcasts produced by their favourite radio personalities.

Oh and one dude mentioned he listened to Sauga 960

Nothing surprises me in radio anymore. But I have to admit this did. 

There's a radio station in the small town of Princeton, West Virginia that broadcasts at 93.1 FM with a whole 100 watts of power using an oldies format. But it's the owner of the place that makes it interesting. It was started by the late Bob Denver, the former star of Gilligan's Island. And it's known by its nickname, "Little Buddy Radio," which is what the Skipper called his befuddled first mate in the TV show. 

How did this come about? Turns out Denver retired from showbiz to take care of his autistic son and they set up the radio station as a means to raise money for people who have that issue, as well as others who need help. Not sure how a 100-watt non-profit radio station does that, but well, good for them for trying. 

Denver died in 2005 but his wife still runs the foundation behind it. 

The station's official call letters are WGAG-FM and I'm assuming the Professor is the chief engineer and that someone is pedaling that bicycle to keep the power on 24 hours a day.

If you want to hear what it sounds like, here's a link that works.

Little Buddy Radio

$75 is hopefully in the mail soon.

They asked us what stations we listen to and our general thoughts on talk radio.  Some of the more specific questions involved us listening to a few different clips of different styles of talk radio; ie host with caller, two hosts bantering or just host speaking by themselves and we were asked our thoughts on each.

I think about 10 other people were in my group.

geo wrote:

grilled.cheese wrote:

I'm in the Zoom meeting now.  This is exciting.

If the fee had been $100 instead of a lousy $75, do you feel the focus group would have been more exciting or less exciting but more focused?
 

I would say the excitement level would increase but not the level of focus.

This story makes it pretty clear that Bell wasn't interested in a new contract.

It really is sad how much talent they have pushed out the door.

Global did a great story about it and CTV just has the video provided by CHOM (unless I missed it)

https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/terry-dimonte-announces-hes-leaving-chom

Will there be a sneaky across the board increase with all the streaming services, Bell's Crave etc.

Netflix is totally worth a few bucks more a month. I'd probably drop Amazon, but part of their content is free with the regular monthly fee for Amazon Prime.

Good thing CBC's Gem is "free", what an uninspired thing it is, constantly freezing in the middle of a show, and saying try again later. No thanks.

Despite the government vowing to not bring in a so-called "Netflix tax," it now appears certain it will be just one reason you'll be paying more for your subscription to any U.S. service next year. 

Using Netflix or Amazon Prime? Get ready to pay more, expert says

Encouraging. Now when may be hope to skip commercial breaks?