I was listening a bit on Saturday. To Ben's credit, he was attempting to call the action when Buck wasn't rambling on and on.

Take my money! Phil Hendrie was a comic genius.

For me, the best part is when people would call in thinking one his "Guests" was a real person.

Jody Thornton wrote:

I got my feet wet at CIAM 960 in Cambridge (I think it originally was CFTJ).  When I worked there, Power Broadcasting ran a dayparted CHR/AC hybrid on it.  When they moved to FM, they were the Zone@92.9, but eventually became modern-day Dave FM.

If I recall correctly, I think the 107.5 licence was applied for as a NEW licence rather than a frequency change for 92.9. The agreement being, if granted the signal at 107.5, they would surrender the 92.9 licence. I'm not sure why it was done this way but that's what I remember.

I was a big 92.9 listener and I don't recall hearing anything mentioned on the air prior to Dave-FM signing on. Listeners woke up one morning and 92.9 was gone.
 

RadioActive wrote:

I'm not sure how much radio experience Paikin has in his background, but he's more than qualified

Didn't Steve Paikin co-host a show with Bruce Dowbiggin on the FAN briefly in the 90's? I think it was called "The Bullpen" or something?
 

Radiowiz wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

Radiowiz wrote:

Too far. Not worth the bother.
Make it available at Walmart stores. Problem solved.

You can also order online through their site, so distance shouldn't be an issue. (Or you can try Amazon.ca.) I'm fortunately located not too far from them and have been in there and purchased a few radios from the place. In a world where it's now almost impossible to find a decent receiver - or in fact, almost any receiver - they have some pretty good stuff. 

Until I see HD radios in Walmart or Best buy, they may as well not exist. 
Average Jill and Joe are not going to go out of their way to obtain one. 
Neither am I. I'd LOVE to have one though. 

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Absolutely! This was one of the problems with the DAB experiment in the 90's. Radios were difficult to find, and when you did find them, they were expensive.
 

I don't quite the business side of this. Why would Audacy want to give up the biggest FM signal in Buffalo?

Typical Corporate radio... always cutting costs.

At first, this was just being 'COVID Conscious', now it's a cost cutting move. The announcers need to be on-site, otherwise this sort of stuff happens:

https://twitter.com/JSterlingCalls/status/1412976881364779010

I love this idea and hope it stays on permanently. If I started up an online station, this is what I'd want to do.

There are so many great songs that barely cracked the top 30 and haven't been played since their original release. Heck, there are many songs that cracked the top 10 that never get played anymore.

It may not be everyone's cup of tea and some radio programming types may cringe when hearing Brittney Spears next to Chuck Berry... but I'll be listening. Glad someone is doing this!

 

haydenmatthews14 wrote:

TheWiz wrote:

torontostan wrote:

Looks like there's about to be a couple bidders (Rogers, Bell, Stingray, Pattison, and so on) for CIND, CIDC or CKFG (the only independent english FMs in Toronto). As such, CFTR, CJCL, CFRB, or CHUM-AM could be up for sale shortly.

There's going to be some stations changing hands, that's for sure.

It will be interesting the see if CJOY in Guelph will make a third attempt at moving to FM. They got screwed last time cause the CRTC tried to claim that CJDV in Cambridge and CING in Hamilton were both Guelph stations since both stations primary coverage maps entered Guelph.

And in Kitchener, the 97.9 Frequency is available for Rogers to use (first adjacent to CHFI which Rogers would give approval for). Do they move CityNews to FM... or do they try to bring an additional station into the cluster? They tried to bring KISS to Kitchener many years ago on that frequency but were denied.

I doubt that they would bring KISS to Kitchener I don't think it would do well with 91.5 The Beat or 105.3 Virgin Radio both of them are Top 40 formats. Unless the KISS brand would be an Hot AC format like in Ottawa and Sudbury.

You're probably right. When Rogers applied for KISS, the radio landscape in K-W was much different, the BEAT didn't even exist at the time. My guess is they will probably try moving CityNews to FM.
 

RadioActive wrote:

According to the CRTC, this is what an "emerging artist" is defined as for now (although they admit they'll need more time to come up with a better definition if this one doesn't work.)

A Canadian artist shall be considered an emerging artist until a period of 48 months has elapsed since the release of the artist’s first commercially marketed song.

For the purpose of this definition, the concept of artist includes duos, trios or groups of artists operating under a defined identity. If a member of a duo, trio or group begins a solo career or creates with other partners a new duo, trio or group with a new identity, the solo artist or duo, trio or group shall be considered an “emerging artist” according to the above criteria.

Again, 5% doesn't sound like a lot, but if your format doesn't allow for something new, it could potentially be a problem, if the CRTC plays the stickler on this. 
 

For stations that play some newer music, this shouldn't be an issue. But how are classic hits formats supposed to play "emerging artists"? Sounds like the CRTC didn't think this through, even thought they were working in this for what... two years?

RadioAaron wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

They include a new morning show and a few other shifts in, well, their shifts. 

I haven't heard the Ottawa station since it went all news under the new branding, but it sounds like it's less headline-oriented than its Toronto counterpart, with talk shows on in place of the newswheel in key dayparts. 

The changes are outlined here. 

And this moves the newswheel out of morning drive, too.

Quite the interesting move from Rogers whom until now has put all their eggs in the "Newswheel" basket as opposed to "NewsTalk".

This could be interrupted as. a.) More cutbacks at Rogers as the All -News format is quite expensive to run. Or b.) A change in programming strategy.

Quite frankly, I think the All-News format has run it's course. It was revolutionary when it was introduced 35 years ago, promising not having to wait for the information you want. But all of that information (news, sports, weather and even traffic) is available instantly now on your phone.

If this doesn't work, it will be interesting to see what happens next. In my years working in radio, my impression was that 1310/101.1 had always struggled with making money since flipping to News in 2010.

alangee wrote:

I used listen to Landry and Hogan all the time in the morning. For me it was the best morning duo they ever had. Sadly, what is on today, leaves me cold. 

Sports radio in Toronto generally leaves much to be desired. I was in Boston recently and Boston has two really great sports stations (both on FM too). Both stations took calls, had passionate hosts and were entertaining to listen to. None of this is happening on Toronto sports radio these days.

eladb wrote:

The big announcement was that Sauga 960 will be airing Hamilton Tiger-Cats games.

Really? THIS was the big secret announcement? The cat was already out of the bag, this was on the ti-cats website two weeks ago: https://ticats.ca/article/ticats-audio-network-announces-2022-broadcast-lineup

But on a positive note, I was listening leading up to the 'announcement'. Richards was talking about the Jays, and it was a refreshing change to hear sports talk that wasn't just two hosts reading off a stat sheet, there was some actual substance to the discussion. Good job Richards, I'll definitely be tuning in again.
 

Tomas Barlow wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

It is in fact airing on CJOB

I stand corrected.  I had heard that Funny 1290 was airing it.

CJOB was airing it... but they took the TSN radio feed.
 

Media Observer wrote:

A question for those of you who listen to the radio play-by play,  while watching the game on TV.  How bad is the time lag now between the two?  I seem to recall it,  when I used to do this back in the '90s.

I'm asking because tonight I am really enjoying listening to Ben Wagner call the game and am thinking of setting up an old (but decent sounding) Realistic AM/FM radio I have packed away.

Unfortunately, syncing radio and TV broadcasts for sports games isn't as easy as it used to be. Back in the 80's and 90's my father and I would do it all the time and the timing was spot on. But since then, TV has gone digital while radio has remained analog.

This means the TV broadcast is always behind the radio broadcast. And depending on how your cable system delivers the signal, this delay can be anywhere from 4 to 40 seconds, streaming the game on any device would be on that upper end as well.

For many years now, there is has been a company that sells a radio with a built in delay for the proposes of being able to sync radio and TV broadcasts for sports fans (https://www.sportsyncradio.com/). I don't have one but it looks interesting.

For me, I have SiriusXm which gives you access to all major sports broadcasts. Their feed is delayed by a few minutes (for whatever reason). But using that and the PVR feature on the TV, I have been able to sync up the broadcasts that way. It usually takes a few pitches to get it just right but once I've done that, it's wonderful experience.