My dad's first "new" car was a 1967 Chevy Biscayne. He couldn't afford the radio. He had the wreckers take the radio out of his 1958 Delray and install it in the Biscayne.

CTV simsubs a fair amount of U.S. programming. When CFTO was carried on Buffalo cable systems, instead of substituting the local feed over both channels, a simple notice was placed on the screen indicating that the channel was temporarily unavailable.

I don't know how old or accurate this information is, but according to Wikipedia here are some of the Canadian stations available to American viewers depending on location, proximity to the border and cable operator's decision. MAINE; CBC/SRC/TVA from Atlantic Canada or Quebec. BURLINGTON/PLATTSBURG: CTV/CBC Montreal and/or Ottawa. MASSENA: OTA Montreal. WATERTOWN: OTA CKWS. UTICA: Cable CKWS. BUFFALO: It says CBLT, CFTO and CHCH on cable, but I think just CBLT [SD] now. ERIE: OTA CFPL,CITY.  TOLEDO; OTA and some cable CBET. DETROIT: OTA CBET, TVO, CKCO[Sarnia] Global [Chatham] PORT HURON: OTA Global/TVO Sarnia. BAY CITY/MIDLAND: Cable CBMT or CBET. GRAND FORKS: Cable CBWT [Areas further north also receive CKY] MINOT: CBC/CTV Regina SEATTLE; CBUT. Areas further north also have access to CIUT,CHEK and CHAN. It appears that CBC is the only Canadian network that is reasonably consistent  in its availability to American viewers close to the border. I have no idea how accurate the OTA information is. It was probably done in the analog era.
 

I was having a Fish & Chip lunch with a friend when the alert happened. It was weird hearing 40 phones all going off simultaneously.

After listening to the Todd Storz documentary, I wonder if Allan Waters looked into WHB and WQAM before making his final decision on what to do with CHUM's format. Despite stiff competition from FM stations in the mid 1970's, WHB continued with its top 40 format for an amazing 31 years. [1954-85] I am sure if Top 40 had been permitted on FM in Canada, CHUM, CKOC and CKLW would have all moved the format to FM very early 1980's.

I haven't watched any of the late night shows in years, primarily because I am no longer familiar with the guests who appear. If I have never heard of them, why would I care about their latest movie, book or podcast they are going to promote.

Radiowiz wrote:

I wouldn't mind seeing Marketplace get enough funding for a full hour instead of 30 minutes.
It's a really good program.
 

Agreed. It is appointment PVRing for me and it is usually viewed within the next 24 hours.

I think A.I. would be a vast improvement over the stumbling and bumbling attempts by the CTV News@6 anchors to deliver a Toronto weather forecast when the actual presenter is off.

I don't listen to NPR so I am not aware if they have a political slant in their programming. As for PBS, depending on the topic, I often watch Nova, Frontline, American Masters, American Experience, Independent Lens and P.O.V. Having access to three affilliates [Buffalo, Detroit and Seattle] is a nice bonus.

When it comes to Looney Tunes, I love any of the cartoons that feature Marvin the Martian. However, my absolute favourite of all time is the 1957 Stan Freberg voiced Three Little Bops where the three little pigs form a jazz combo and the big bad wolf is continuously rejected from joining them. The music is pretty hot also.

The original Match Game [also hosted by Gene Rayburn] ran on NBC Daytime from 1962-69. I was able to find the pilot episode in B&W on youtube. Colour broadcasts began in 1963.

9:15AM. Still no announcement.

After the Ottawa short handed goal, the look on the faces of Leaf fans was priceless. OMG! It's starting to happen again. Senators are playing with house money in game six. They weren't expected to win the series, never mind two games. If this series goes seven games and the Leafs lose, they will be the only NHL team in league history to win a series after being down 3-0 [1942] AND lose a series after being up 3-0. This would hurt much more than the game seven in Boston where they blew a three goal lead with less than 8 minutes remaining in the third period.

Hansa wrote:

mace wrote:

Historically, has this ever happened before? Two party leaders losing their seat in the same federal election.

1968, NDP leader Tommy Douglas lost his seat as did Social Credit leader AB Patterson (who led the rump English Canadian Socreds - the Quebec based Creditistes were a separate party in the 1960s)

Thanks Hansa. I knew someone would know.

leafs67 wrote:

I will be streaming CHCH's coverage on http://parrot.tv. Parrot is another FAST service I use since cutting the cord.  On another thread which I cannot find at the moment, a user recommended http://tvpass.org, if you guys remember who it was, thank them for the tip! 

 

It might have been me. It is run by the same folks that brought you thetvapp.to. They offer a paid service that has more channels and a guarantee against bufferring and complete shutdown. This occasionally happens in primetime with an abundance of NHL and NBA playoff games overloading the system. I investigated their subscription service which was quite reasonably priced. However, bitcoin is the only payment accepted. Hard pass.