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SOWNY » Tomorrows Jays Broadcast starts at 11:30 first pitch at Noon » Today 7:23 pm

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The game will be carried on Sportsnet.

SOWNY » the Rogers gouging continues... » July 10, 2025 5:40 pm

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They are getting ready to pay Vladdy.

SOWNY » It's Just What You Always Suspected About Network News Anchors » July 9, 2025 3:04 pm

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Many years ago, Walter Cronkite was named one of America's best-dressed men.
When Cronkite was told this he quipped, "How would they know, They don't see what I am wearing underneath the desk."

SOWNY » Why Are There So Many Technical Snafus On CTV's Toronto Newscast? » July 1, 2025 8:58 pm

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Ottawa has early shows Saturday and Sunday, until the NFL season.

SOWNY » Happy Canada Day » July 1, 2025 2:03 pm

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Thank heavens for the CBC!!  Do private broadcasters know this is Canada Day?

SOWNY » Canada Day on radio » June 28, 2025 12:24 pm

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Does anyone know if some radio stations will play all Canadian music on Tuesday?

SOWNY » Why Are There So Many Technical Snafus On CTV's Toronto Newscast? » June 27, 2025 9:26 pm

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When you cut staff, this is going to happen.

SOWNY » Stanley Cup Finals Huge In Canada, But Not In The U.S. » June 20, 2025 4:43 am

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I remember the first expansion.  Jack Kent Cooke, a Canadian, owned the Los Angeles Kings and the "fabulous Forum."  He was asked the question concerning fan support.  He says there are thousands of Canadians living here so attendance shouldn't be a problem.  When attendance was dismal, he was asked about his claim that there were thousands of Canadians living around L.A..  His answer was now he knew why these Canadians moved to California.  "They hate hockey."

SOWNY » Where is Dan Shulman? » June 18, 2025 1:19 pm

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I am missing his call of the Jays games.  While I enjoy the job Ben is doing, I am wondering if Dan is taking a break.  And while I am wondering, where is Buck?

SOWNY » No Full Stanley Cup Game 6 On Toronto Radio? » June 18, 2025 2:35 am

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TSN1200 in Ottawa carried the first five games, all via an American network.  They repeated they would carry
game 6.  So, I tuned in to listen and was met with ESPN programming.  So I phoned in to the station.  Security didn't know TSN1200 was supposed to carry the game.  I was sent to the newsroom.  After I explained the screw up, a man said,"this is the newsroom, and that is news to me."  A moment later they switched to the game....the Jays game.  Another example of corporate incompetence.

SOWNY » Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys RIP » June 11, 2025 1:40 pm

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I am a huge Beach Boy fan.  I will be grieving All Summer Long.

SOWNY » A TV First: CNN To Air Live Broadway Play Starring George Clooney » June 9, 2025 3:40 pm

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I thoroughly enjoyed it.  But could someone explain the musical interludes?

SOWNY » ESPN's Feed For Sunday's Oilers Home Game » May 25, 2025 9:03 pm

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They are two different shows, so no simsub on CBC and Sportsnet.  City simsubbed the ABC/ESPN show.

SOWNY » Canadian TV crews televising sports from the United States » May 7, 2025 10:30 pm

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This is something I have wondered over the years, and the wise people on this board may have the answer.
When Canadian sports team play in the United States, do they use their own mobile?  Do they bring a full crew or being a skeleton crew and hire technicians from the the U.S.? Do they have to hire locals?

SOWNY » American Hockey Fans Prefer Sportsnet Coverage To ESPN » May 7, 2025 5:19 pm

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Perhaps some Americans watched the CBC coverage which is produced by Sportsnet.

SOWNY » A Question For Jody Thornton » May 5, 2025 6:40 pm

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Many years ago, CBC radio in Ottawa asked the traffic reporter how information was gathered.
The answer.  Traffic cameras, listeners and monitoring the private stations.

SOWNY » Leafs Radio Game Airing On 680 News, Due To 590's Jays Commitment » April 29, 2025 10:30 pm

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CKO in Ottawa carried the Expos but could only carry so many in a row and so many a week.  I remember when CKO outbid CKFH for the Leaf rights.  So, getting permission from the CRTC is probably right.

SOWNY » Cdn. NHL Teams Proving A Problem For U.S. Stanley Cup Crews » April 28, 2025 2:35 pm

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Remembering the topic of will CBC carry hockey on election night.  With two games featuring American teams, the answer is no.
Good to note is they carried three games yesterday.  And on the Senators post-game show on TSN1200 a man phoned in and thanked the CBC for showing the hockey games.

SOWNY » Cdn. NHL Teams Proving A Problem For U.S. Stanley Cup Crews » April 24, 2025 1:02 pm

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I am surprised being on site to call the games is not part of the contract with the NHL.

SOWNY » Eric Alper Picks The 10 Greatest Songs About Radio » April 16, 2025 2:10 pm

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"And everything I had to know,
I heard it on my radio."
Queen

SOWNY » Could Stingray Be Looking To Buy More GTA Stations? » April 12, 2025 7:37 pm

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Stingray still has channels on Bell Fibe in my area.

SOWNY » Oakley Topic: Is IPTV Illegal? Most Callers Were Fooling Themselves » April 7, 2025 5:57 pm

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Some of my friends have these boxes and receive a pile of channels.  My opinion is owning the boxes is legal, however most of the channels received are not, as the CRTC has not cleared these channels for Canadian consumers.
I would love to see the Canadian broadcast system survive, but these boxes are slowly killing the media business.

SOWNY » Gene Hart (sp) » April 6, 2025 1:06 am

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The only Gene Hart I heard of was the original radio voice of the Philadelphia  Flyers.  I think his daughter still sings the National Anthem at Flyers home games.

SOWNY » It's Official: Humber College Ending Radio Program » April 3, 2025 1:18 pm

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Algonquin College as well.  They have two frequencies: a very low power AM station at 1710, and an FM licenced at 107.9.
 

SOWNY » Report: Rogers extends NHL rights through 2038 » April 2, 2025 1:19 pm

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Anyone with a Rogers phone plan, cable or internet can probably expect a rate increase.  Would there also be layoffs?  Or selling some radio?  And do they have enough money to sign Vladdy and Bo?  Stay tuned.

SOWNY » Report: Rogers extends NHL rights through 2038 » April 2, 2025 11:36 am

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I don't know if Simmons is still part of a show in TSN.  But, anytime he gets a chance, he hammers anything to do with Rogers.  Bruce Garrioch is the same in Ottawa.  He appears on Senators broadcasts and works for Postmedia.  TSN has Garrioch in their pocket.

SOWNY » Rogers Fucks Up Simsub AGAIN!! » March 31, 2025 11:11 am

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During the NFL season, simsub is usually a problem.  Corporate incompetence.

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