Binson Echorec wrote:

Considering the ability to listen online, I wonder if it would be better to properly mention the originating program that produced the clip used. Perhaps Toronto ex-pats might want to tune in from elsewhere.

Yes, and actually Shane Hewitt from Bell's "The Night Shift" (on seven Bell stations) makes a full meal of this regularly: He does a "in case you missed it" type thing throwing to clips from the day from different stations and clearly indicates the station name and host. Nice idea to promote the brand but if someone finds they're resonating with a particular host and their guests or viewpoint, they can tune in via the app/podcast version or stream it live.

Campaign Desk wrote:

Have you considered Paul & Carol Mott?  I know they're not in broadcasting anymore - but they were one of my favs back in the day!

Not enough oats, apples and saddles currently in the TM basement to attract them!

Horsing around aside, I agree they would be interesting guests, even if done over Zoom. A long career arc from CKTB to 1010 (including a weekend stint, "phoning it in", literally).

Binson Echorec wrote:

I'm now curious if they'll have someone in place for the afternoon shift - or will they just have Longo tape some casts to run? I'm leaning toward the latter.

This thread is eerily similar to https://gta.boardhost.com/viewtopic.php?id=14033 - also on a Friday, back in February. Sadly, taped afternoon news was what resulted there.

Interesting. It looks as if the show has been perhaps now reconfigured to a weekend-only thing? His X (formerly Twitter) bio blurb now reads:

Host “Weekends with Ben O’Hara-Byrne” Corus Radio, Sat-Sun 7-11am ET,  6-10am CT/MT/PT. Former bureau chief Beijing/London" 


In a post promoting Sunday's show, one listener commented "Great show but you deserve a better time slot! Loved listening to you in the evenings! Corus has made a big mistake not giving you a better time slot!"

newsguy1 wrote:

Oh, yes, that expression really bugs me since the actual expression is "we're out of runway."
Planes have runways that they can run out of --, hence out of runway.
Racing cars go around and around in an oval, or at least on a racetrack that ends up where the race started.
You can't run out of racetrack.
ever.
 

I agree it's a bit clunky. But I always instinctively interpreted his use of that saying to mean the particular race is over - i.e. no more laps to be run. "We're all out of racetrack" - that's it, race is done, you can't go around again. You've had X laps and they're all used up. The racetrack is indeed a structure that one couldn't run out of, so is perpetually there, but we're not talking about showing up to an empty track on an off day and going around and around. We're in the context of a race where the number of laps or time is finite and pre-determined, i.e. "End of the horserace".   

Johnny B wrote:

Love that guy...consummate pro...simply an excellent announcer for decades and a great cook and gardener too....best of luck to him wherever he goes and whatever he does.

One of my favourite Chalmers memories is that for a period of time (early to mid 2010s or so) he was doing some work for the "Canadian Traffic Network" and doing traffic breaks on 1010 and elsewhere. Toronto was having problems with sinkholes opening up and seemingly another one in the news all the time. On one traffic break he said "And a stinkhole that has opened up..." vs. "sinkhole" - he somehow made it through the rest of the segment without losing it in laughter, but the bemusement in his voice was clearly there.
 

One thing that user could do is try hitting the https://gta.boardhost.com/ URL directly vs. sowny.net (which redirects to the gta.boardhost.com address). A user can't always control redirects - sometimes the site will script it out that way, or it's hostname or sub-domain resolution, etc., - and the error may persist - but one of the things they can control is removing one of the entry points that serves as a redirect.

MJ Vancouver wrote:

I’ve read there were Canadians who travelled to Buffalo to buy copies of the Buffalo News to bring back across the border. The Buffalo News reported on the Bernardo trial.

One Uncle of mine worked within a public library system at the time in Western Canada and vividly remembers the periodicals department was actually obligated to physically skim and then cut the articles out of the newspaper for the U.S. and international ones they carried, where those articles reporting on the trial, once received and before they went out to customers! Apparently you'd be flipping through the newspaper with holes in certain pages during that trial.

Radiowiz wrote:

I would have loved to have seen Kevin Frankish up against John Tory for a morning ratings battle...

What about Canadian TV host, actor, sketch comedy player Kevin Frank against Kevin Frankish? 

RadioActive wrote:

As I suspected, John Tory will do the morning run all next week, with the other shifts going back to normal. 

Yes, Moore mentioned on Monday (the 12th) that this was likely to be the case, but wasn't sure and quipped that Robert Turner often chides him for not reading E-mail. He was even less certain about his fill-in hosts for this week!

I suppose for Victoria Day on the 19th we'll get "Best Of" rerolls or they'll take CP24 live from 7 am or so?

RadioActive wrote:

He was on 640 in the morning on Brady's first show back and I was actually wondering about that very thing. 

Paikin was also on Davelle Morrison's 640 weekend show both Saturday and Sunday (replaying the same pre-taped interview, both days). Ostensibly about his upcoming "The Agenda" retirement, but sure making a big deal about him.

Here2day wrote:

given that Tim and Devo wore the same outfits as the pre-recorded material.

I'd heard over the years that apparently for a mixture of pre-recorded segments on different days within the industry, it's common to clip on tags/identifiers on the clothing racks to the hangers or to the inside of suit jackets, pant waistbands, backs of ties (if worn), shoe insoles, etc. identifying the day/segment number so the wardrobe is consistent. If they're taping a few back-to-back they'll change between them (even like the taping of game shows in a concentrated block in one or two days). Plus, these days, taking photos too as a visual reference point is trivial.

Very interesting about the "forgot the birthday" thing. Oops!

RadioActive wrote:

Ah, but couldn't one argue he left his job to pursue another and therefore isn't guaranteed that he can get his position back?

This is interesting, and we'll see how things play out. We're not privy to the particulars of the agreement/arrangement with 640 - might it be possible he just took (unpaid) "leave" vs. outright resigning?

Frankish in his first week would occasionally say "in for Greg Brady" - not "filling in", but "in for". That was dropped, but Frankish can't surely think the gig is 100% his.

Newstalk 1010 (on their own programming, 9 am forward) board opp'ing/technical production wasn't great today either. Gaps of silence when a clip didn't fire, wrong intros (Jerry Agar being introduced on Amanda Galbraith's show) or abrupt intro stops instead of fade-outs, the constant audible sound of Jerry Agar's typing and mouse-clicking, tentative or too-early music beds under Heather Seaman's news reports, etc.   There wasn't a single 10 or 15 minute segment without some type of problem.

To be fair, they're already cut to the bone staffing-wise in the most normal of workdays and holiday coverage is a notch below that, and lots of unique programming to generate today with lots of clips from the night prior, so the complexity is atypical - but the end result was still not great for the listener and that's all we should have to care about.

haydenmatthews14 wrote:

So the question is: When will Taz and Nicole return to CHCH?

Taz Boga posted on March 22nd that "Hi there! I have extended my parental leave, so I can spend more time with my daughter.  But I will be returning to @CHCHNews after Canada Day. I’ll make a formal announcement in the coming weeks. Hope you’re having a great weekend!".

So, as of now, looks like we'll see her in July.