Kimmel has been making noises about ending his show for a few years now - his show has been on for more than 20 years - and will likely be the first to leave. We'll see if ABC replaces him with another comedy talk show, moves Nightline back to 11:35, or exits late-night altogether. (Without a name like Ted Koppel I expect Nightline is relatively cheap to make so I expect they'll just move Nightline forward and abandon 12:30 - or schedule late-night reruns the way CBS did before Letterman.)

mic'em wrote:

Ford stabbed the federal PC party in the back in my opinion. 

There is no federal PC party. Perhaps that's the problem?

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)

I guess he can star in a Weekend at Bernie's remake now.

They'd have to lease time on someone else's transmitter.

Perhaps RCI should build a few AM border blasters and create a Radio Free America schedule for our friends in the US?

CBS' After Midnight has been cancelled after two seasons. The late night comedy game show had been renewed earlier this month for a third season but was cancelled after host Taylor Tomlinson decided not to renew her contract in order to focus on her burgeoning stand up career. CBS has decided not to replace her or the show.

This follows late night cutbacks last year at NBC with Late Night with Seth Meyers laying off its band due to cuts and a decision to cut the Tonight Show to four new shows a week instead of five, opting to air repeats on Friday nights. (Interestingly when Carson cut his schedule down to 4 and the 3 nights a week, it was the Monday and Tuesday night shows that were effected. Of course that wasn't done due to network cuts but because of Carson's demands for a reduced workload.

Jimmy Fallon has predicted that none of the networks will have late night shows in a decade.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/business/media/taylor-tomlinson-after-midnight-canceled.html

RadioAaron wrote:

brian451 wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

Seems clear that 98.9 stays Country with Big G and Matty. I’m guessing 98.3 keeps its format and reverts to FLY-FM branding.

There’s no condition for WLYK to serve the US audience. The CRTC used the word “should”.
They’re very intentional with the difference between the words “should” “shall” and “must”. They have no jurisdiction over it anyway.

From the decision In response, Mr. Pole and Mr. Dickson stated that the acquisition of WLYK-FM occurred before the Bell Media acquisitions and that the process of branding had already begun. They indicated that they would revert WLYK-FM’s programming back to target Cape Vincent once the Commission renders a decision on the acquisition of the two Kingston stations.

They can’t “revert” it back to serve Cape Vincent. It never did. They said the right thing, but they don’t have to change anything.

I've been to Cape Vincent and Watertown. It's really wild that a small Canadian city like Kingston is the big smoke and the neighbouring US towns across the border are the underpopulated hinterland.

Here's how they announced the change

https://youtu.be/s8cQazufoxo?si=5SnL6WpD1ESebKf-

Campaign Desk wrote:

jughead jones wrote:

What a class act. Thank you, Dean, for reminding us why you cannot hold steady employment. Maybe Dean should spend much less time taking shots at a radio professional like Greg Brady and more time worrying about resuscitating his own failed career. Last I checked, talking trash does not keep you relevant in the industry. That said, Dean is as irrelevant as they come with respect to the media, so this is consistent with his presence, maturity and ability.

Agreed.  People need to stop giving this grifter any further attention.  What a disgrace the Liberals have become...

How are the Liberals responsible for Blundell's rants?

I wonder if the art scandal will come up?

RadioActive wrote:

Well maybe. But don't forget he spent nine years on the Fan590 as well as the years at 640.

One of the hallmarks of politics is name recognition. So even if a few hundred or thousand voters in his riding are familiar with the name, it could make a difference.

That's opposed to someone you never heard of trying to get your attention. My argument is his being on the radio all those years is a slight advantage. Doesn't mean he'll win. But it couldn't hurt. 

That said, I was surprised this story didn't get more newspaper coverage. As far as I can tell, only the Toronto Sun gave it any space at all. And even then, it was only because of former BT host Kevin Frankish's return. 

Kevin Frankish aims to give 'BT' some 'competition' with new morning gig on Toronto's AM 640

Honestly, more people are going to think he's the eldest son from the Brady Bunch than recognize him from the radio.

Binson Echorec wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

I don't think anyone would accuse John Moore of being a Conservative. 

He'd have to be accused of being a radio host first!

All kidding aside, the only non-right-leaning hosts (aside from Moore) I can think of would be Kelly Cutrara, Dani Stover, and maybe Jim Richards and Shane Hewitt? I haven't listened enough to Richards or Hewitt to determine, they generally stay away from that stuff from what I have heard.

Conversely, does CBC1 have any right-leaning hosts?

Rex Murphy was one of CBC's highest profile hosts.

How many open NDPers are there at 640 or 1010? It seems to all be conservatives with a few moderate fence-sitters.

I assume this is a leave of absence and he'll be back if he loses.

So are there any hosts at 640 or 1010 who aren't Tories? A bit strange that programmers in the most liberal city in the country think the way to ratings success is to have wall-to-wall Conservatives on the air on weekdays. Talk radio in BC at least has managed over the years to have a few former NDP politicians as hosts.

As much as I despise Trump, it's hard to justify continuing to spend hundreds of millions on shortwave as a medium. VOA and its sisters also use other platforms though which are both more effective in some ways but also easier for target nations like China and Iran to block.

All Voice of America Full Time Employees Put on Paid Administrative Leave, VOA May Survive But Emerge Much Smaller, Future of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, other USAGM Grantees Uncertain

https://www.usagmwatch.com/all-voice-of-america-full-time-employees-put-on-paid-administrative-leave-voa-may-survive-but-emerge-much-small-future-of-radio-free-europe-radio-liberty-radio-free-asia-other-usagm-grantees-uncer/