Glad some of you are enjoying these nostalgic sites.  Unfortunately with the $64K Question, the truth came out years later that some of the contestants were being given the correcct answers ahead of time.  This scandal resulted in the
rapid decline in popularity of the big money quiz shows.

Direct link to listings is. https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?p=6272482

Radio's Gunsmoke was a western noir....darker and more realistic than the TV version.  William Conrad portrayed a fallible Dillon who was an anti-hero.  The radio show had a grittier feeling and the sound effects were amazing.  Though Conrad did not look the part, it did not matter because he was a better actor than
Arness. The sound effects were amazing.  I think Clint Eastwood would have been a better choice for Dillon on TV

I agree.  Both 740 and classical 96.3 have intelligent well presented newcasts.  They also actually have a radio news department unlike 1010.

Joe Warmington did a very touching tribute in today's Toronto Sun.  Personalities I fondly remember at CHML were Paul Hanover, Norm Marshall, Perc Allen, Bob Bratina, Tom Cherington and Gordie Tapp.  In terms of status, CHML was Hamilton's version of what CFRB used to be in Toronto a full service station with outstanding news & sports. During radio's golden years CHML was affiliated with CBC's Dominion network carrying a wide variety. of Canadian and U.S. programming. As an old time radio buff it is indeed very sad to see an iconic station go silent.

As ffar back as 1954, I recall that WKBW 1520  was playing rock and roll (mostly R&B) each night at 8:00PM with
The Hound  George Lorenz.  I used to listen to The Lone Ranger on Mon Wed & Fri at 7:30PM and immediately afterwards you would hear the sound of a hound  thereby signaling the start of George's show. It was definitely ahead of its time.

Today's Toronto Star has a feature article in their Business section claiming that Corus is close to bankruptcy.
There have been rumours in the past but it now seems to be more of a crisis.  Would any company come to their rescue?  Comments?

Great article except for the fact that the writer totally ignored the 1940s and early 1950s , the golden age of radio.
Those were the years when radio served as the home's primary source of information and entertainment.  WLS was the Chicago affiliate of the NBC Blue network which became the American Broadcasting Company in the mid forties.
During WWII people were glued to radio for war news.  ABC radio was the home of such news commentators as
Paul Harvey, Edward P Morgan and Quincy Howe.  Howard Cosell got his start on ABC radio before starring on TV.
The Lone Ranger, Ozzie & Harriet, Corliss Archer, This Is Your FBI, Bing Crosby, Abbott & Costello and Space Patrol appeared on WLS and ABC radio before switching to TV.  In the early 50s WLS and ABC radio aired entertainment
ranging from the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts on Saturdays to boxing broadcasts on the Blue Ribbon Bouts on Wednesday nights to Friday Night Fights before the Friday bouts went to NBC. During all these years, American radio
(and of course Canadian radio) played a very important role in our culture and should not be forgotten.



 

The station I would bring back is 99.9 CKFM the sound of our Toronto fron the 1970s and 1980s with the likes of Don Daynard, Russ Thompson and Carl Banas.  This was light & easy soft rock at its best. I can still recreate these sounds thanks to Spotify which has a stream dedicated to CKFM from that era as well as other streams bringing back the easy listening sounds of 60s 70s and 80s FM radio.

The Republican shenanigans are in Shakespeare's words Much Ado About Nothing.  For Haley & Desantis, it is an exercise in futility.  Trump has the GOP wrapped atound his little finger and just like the Pied Piper of Hamlin.  they are
lining up and following sheepishly behind him.   What a total waste of time and money for the GOP since their nominee is already a foregone conclusion.  Sad to see the USA sink to the depths of demagoguery.

Great news!  Thanks for this information.  By the way the SyFy Channel is available online at thetvapp.

I used to listen occasionally when they would have guest mechanics and consumer advocates and take calls from listeners with car issues.  I stopped listening when it became nothing more than an infomercial. I actually recall listening to Alan German when he had his own show about car issues on CFRB many years ago. I also enjoyed CP24's Auto Shop with guest mechanics and consumer advocates and found it to be very informative.  We need a 
consumer-oriented program about car issues on either radio or TV in this area especially nowadays when buying a new car is an absolute nightmare with many dealers forcing potential buyers to pay for useless add-nos and other fees.  Even the Wheels section in the Saturday Star which used to be very informative has degenerated into
a couple of pages of fluff.  Where are you Jim Kenzie?  Also on TV or radio where are you George Iny  and
Mohammed Bouchama?
To answer your question I drive a 2012 Toyota Venza ..very reliable and comfortable.  Plan to drive it as long as it lasts.  The after market GPS- radio in it stopped working so I had a new Kenwood unit installed with SiriusXM and
Apple Car Play and I love it.
 

I enjoy listening to radio dramas, especially mystery and horror late at night and these South African dramas are among the best.  Springbok had their own versions of the popular U.S. series Lux Radio Theatre and Suspense as well as original series such as The Creaking Door and Beyond Midnight. You can listen to a substantial number of these shows at the website www.radioechoes.com.  Scroll down the alphabetical list to these shows all beginning
with "South Africa".

I used to be a loyal viewer of CTV National News.  However since CTV has laid off practically all of their international correspondents, I have switched to CBC The National.  CTV has cut costs and is trying to cover the Middle East with
a reporter stationed in Toronto, while CBC has a correspondent in Jerusalem.  The same story applies to news coverage in Washington and London UK.  Having a correspondent right in the middle of the events gives the newscast a whole different feeling.   I wonder if CTV"s ratings have declined or do viewers even care?  Are you OK with big stories being covered from thousands of miles away? Maybe CTV should return to having U.S. network feeds for these stories.

Speaking of classic "terrifying" shows, CITY-TV is currently airing two episodes per night of the original Twilight Zone
series every night from 12:00 Midnight to 1:00 AM.  Still a treat after all these years.