RadioActive wrote:

The answer, at least this weekend, is Davelle Morrison, a real estate agent and regular guest who comes on every Saturday and Sunday and talks about buying and selling houses. 

She's not terrible, but she admits she has no radio experience and it just shows how thin the bullpen is now that the place is almost empty after all the cuts.

I caught both days of her fill-in as well. As you say, not terrible, and she sounded more comfortable on the Sunday, but a producer (board op?) Jody had to pipe in with the station ID and other cues here or there. Also some confusion about the "640" branding. Good enunciation and a pleasant voice, however.

Pics from her social media.

RadioActive wrote:

Surprised but pleased to hear what I have to assume will be the last Ben Mulroney-hosted "Toronto This Weekend" live on Sunday morning. With his assuming Kelly Cutrara's spot five days a week beginning Monday, there's no way he can continue doing 7 days in a row..

I'll be very curious to see what replaces him next weekend. I hope it's not several hours of rerolls.

I notice this morning, Ben did use a tagline along the lines of "You're listening to 640 - live on weekend mornings, as always". Smart play by Bendixen against the 1010 TV simulcasts, but I agree we'll have to see next week and beyond if they'll throw another weekend host in that slot or slice up some of the week's preceding segments, maybe from Ben's own show!

Interesting that they still haven't updated their schedule page - which features both Cutrara and Dani Stover, both of whom were purged last week. 

The "Contact" page too: https://globalnews.ca/pages/contact-640toronto/

Incidentally, occasionally hosts have said "My producer, Dani" and I assumed it was Dani Stover doing multiple duty as part of her role - but based on that contact page it's Dani Von. Different Dani.

I enjoyed this as well. As you say, Mike immediately addressed the "elephant in the room" by asking "What happened at 640?" near the top to get that out of the way or not attempt to gloss it over, and it was an interesting discussion. Cupido also appeared on Ted Woloshyn's podcast and is doing the rounds to promote her new book.

Deadline today had a bit on Brian Williams:

Brian Williams’ Amazon Election Night Special Signals Streaming’s Emergence For Live News Moments: “It Might Be The Next Big Thing”


And The Ankler talked a salary angle:

TV News' 'Perfect Storm': Brian Williams' Humble Amazon $; Star Exits; Power Struggles as Election Stress Mounts

"On-air guests from news outlets including Axios and Politico will appear alongside Williams, who is fronting the endeavor for a mere low six-figure sum, The Ankler has learned. (In the heyday of his NBC News anchor days, it was reported he pulled down $10 million a year).

This is how weird things have become in the news business as this wild election cycle comes to a head. In an increasingly fractured media environment, the 65-year-old Williams has emerged as a fresh — even hot? — commodity with his return to a TV news arena that has forged no notable breakouts this cycle despite wall-to-wall coverage of the Trump and Harris campaigns since Joe Biden’s calamitous debate performance on June 27."

Dicky Doo wrote:

Binson Echorec wrote:

Ooooooh, he's so dreamy...

S. Kowch or W. Carroll (or both?)
 

Probably Agar, riffing on the "Win a date with..." concept.

RadioActive wrote:

Apparently, a tour of the CFRB studios is included. That's really the only part of the prize that interests me. 

Agreed. Sadly, not quite as bustling and active as when they had their own newsroom. Even Jerry Agar quipped, "Yeah, well - our newsroom's not even in the same building anymore" when a caller reported a news scroll was in error after Olivia Chow's visit to John Moore last week.

eladb wrote:

Mike Bullard also had a show on 820 CHAM during their brief attempt at talk radio. This was before he was on 1010, I believe.

That's right, and I had forgotten about that. Bullard's Wikipedia entry has the dates (excerpt below). I believe he was joined by Judy Croon for that as well? I remember the banter between the two of them.

In August 2009, Bullard became the host of The Mike Bullard Show on Talk820 (CHAM) in Hamilton, Ontario, however his evening show was cancelled when CHAM switched to a country music format in July 2010.

From 2010 to 2016, Bullard hosted Beyond the Mic with Mike Bullard weekdays at noon on Newstalk 1010 in Toronto.

He returned to broadcasting in October 2018 on Sauga 960 AM in Mississauga as host with Lawrence Morganstern of the afternoon drive time show, The Getaway. The show ceased production in late January 2019.

RadioActive wrote:

IAfter the scandal broke, he wound up doing afternoons with another co-host on Sauga960 for a few months.

What a bizarre station that was, and continues to be. Here's a photo from X of a 2018 launch photoshoot. I think that's comic/writer Lawrence Morgenstern (himself passing in 2022) on the photo's far left next to Bullard.

I enjoyed his 1010 noonhour show, if only for the button-pushing and shaking up a few fairly standard surrounding hours. Condolences to his family and those closest to him.

The Michael Moriarty appearance on his talk show is legendary and Wendy Crewson's parody at the end is just the icing on the cake.



 

This is several years old, and not sure how they've revised things (look/feel or functionality), but is the basic principle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o8bMkYtgdY

Slightly different version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq7kPp1ECa8

Or SiriusXM's page:
https://www.siriusxm.com/presets


Alternatively, just ask your dealership. I'm sure they get people wondering about the same types of things and can advise. If you don't want to make a special trip in or phone call/E-mail, ask when you next bring it in for routine service.

I wish the subject line for this thread was better than simply "Help Needed."   A few extra words about the radio or the issue would help!

RadioActive wrote:

[(And by the way, what does "MOT" stand for?)

I had to look that one up myself - "Music of Today".

From a cover story of "RPM Music Weekly" from 1967:
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/RPM/60s/1967/RPM-1967-02-25.pdf

"It took a great deal of planning and deciding to bring about the drastic change in the policy of CKFH, and one that shook the listening foundations of habit listening Toronto. Rock and roll on CKFH? IMPOSSIBLE. As a matter of fact, the new CKFH regarded the term rock and roll as being their policy, but they were now hip to the MOT, that's Music Of Today, and it just so happens that with a population breakdown showing almost 50% of radio listeners being under 30 years of age, they were moving in the direction of capturing a good portion of this audience."

RadioActive wrote:

I have to say I'm not familiar with Keith O'Bryan. I wonder if he was there after I left. Do you know approx. what year that was?

Searching online newspaper archives, I see The Brantford Expositor did a feature on him and his CFTR gig and that's dated February 13, 1974 - they mention Keith is age 22 there.
 

RadioActive wrote:

and please don't get me started on the live hits from Tom's Place

Those are awful. It's been pointed out here before that at least he's supporting local radio, and that's indeed something - but the trade-off with that is putting a non-broadcast professional on the airwaves to ramble on for what feels like an hour at a time. (Not sure how long it is in actuality? 2 minutes? 3 minutes?)    Talking about his gym club workouts. Talking about his last physicals. Talking about the galas he's attended. Zero of that interests me.

Worse is when he opts to break into song and the man simply can't carry a tune - painful.

And even worse, over the last few weeks poor Tom has seemed to have developed quite the stutter beginning his segments. There's always a "G-g-g-good morning, John" for the 1010 throws. Whether nerves or being on the line too long with anticipation, I don't think he has the self-awareness to listen to his spots or have a speech therapist coach him on some enunciation or nerve-calming habits. Just terrible.

I actually think I'd take those repetitive, produced commercials all day in 30-second bites than the rambling Tom, but it's definitely a tough call.

unclefester wrote:

To help with the details the podcast runs 1:49:25 & Bill's comments can be heard starting at the 45:25 mark

Happy listening and please let me know what you think 

Thanks! Here's a link (no sign-on necessary) and one can go to the timestamp you mention:

https://omny.fm/shows/580-cfra/the-morning-rush-with-bill-carroll-august-26-2024?in_playlist=the-morning-rush-with-bill-carroll