sowny.net | The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum


You are not logged in. Would you like to login or register?

SOWNY » Last Days Of Top 40/CHR On AM Radio From 1992 » March 9, 2024 2:04 pm

arc23
Replies: 14

Go to post

When did each Of the AM stations in Toronto drop top 40 music or current music I believe AM640 was the last to have no music programming in any day part But do we have a date for the last bit of CHR music in Toronto on AM?
Also wasn't Tarzan Dan on M640 near the end of their music run ?
 

SOWNY » ASK ME ANYTHING » February 10, 2024 7:01 pm

arc23
Replies: 40

Go to post

Are you gonna do anything Extra when it comes to news at your stations now that there is a vacuum in local news with ctv cutting their local noon newscasts?

SOWNY » Documentary on MuchMusic Comes To Crave On Friday » January 29, 2024 12:25 pm

arc23
Replies: 24

Go to post

Is there any indication on when we'll have a new date for the premier?

SOWNY » For Coronation Street Fans Who Go Back A Long Way » November 3, 2023 6:54 pm

arc23
Replies: 3

Go to post

When did they start broadcasting regular episodes in Canada?

 

SOWNY » LEGACY BROADCAST BANDS WHEN THE LIGHTS GO out? » March 7, 2023 4:07 pm

arc23
Replies: 1

Go to post

https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/whats-going-to-happen-to-legacy-broadcast-bands-when-the-lights-go-out


WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN TO LEGACY BROADCAST BANDS WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT? 

So in years to come, what will happen to these bands? We very much doubt they’ll become a free-for-all, as a badly made AM pirate spewing kilowatts of harmonics audible in the gigahertz is not a desirable outcome for anyone. Instead we’re guessing they’ll languish, forgotten by all but a few enthusiasts polishing their vintage Philco tabletop radios. It’s sad, because we could imagine a vibrant future for an AM band in a world where limited power unlicensed microbroadcast transmissions were legal. This is to some extent already the case in some parts of the world, but if that were to become a more general thing with permissible power in the region of a watt or two then we could see large numbers of short-range stations co-existing across the dial.


 

SOWNY » Why They Should Fire Every Local TV Meteorologist in Toronto » January 15, 2023 4:48 pm

arc23
Replies: 17

Go to post

Which stations have actual meteorologists here in the city anyway? Everybody just gave up and started using the weather network and relying on environment Canada. I've noticed lately whenever there's any weather event that would typically just get covered by the weather people environment, Canada has now started putting out special weather statements more and more To give everybody the heads up even when we don't meet actual warning or watch criteria

SOWNY » This Friday CBC Marketplace Looks At Bell, Rogers and Telus » January 14, 2023 6:35 pm

arc23
Replies: 13

Go to post

https://www.pcmag.com/news/want-cheap-mobile-data-move-to-israel-or-italy?Cable.co.uk examined phone plans in 233 countries and found that Israel has the most affordable mobile data at just $0.04 per GB. The report chalks this up to high smartphone penetration and robust competition from providers who "offer huge data allowances with extensive 4G LTE and 5G network coverage." 
https://www.pcmag.com/news/want-cheap-mobile-data-move-to-israel-or-italy

SOWNY » A note for CFXJ's engineers » November 3, 2022 10:41 am

arc23
Replies: 15

Go to post

sparsons@stingray.com
416-482-0973
CFXJ 93.5

When a station now called today radio can't even get the time right, that is a sad statement. I never realized which station it was setting the clock on my radio and self-setting alarm clock; I assumed it was the CBC.


I don't want to sound like chicken little, but with a time change coming, there will be many Self-setting clocks that will look for re-sync. If the station doesn't want to offer the service properly, they might turn off their clock syncing mechanism. Are there any other stations in Toronto that could provide this service quickly, or is there even a station where these clocks and radios would start to gravitate to with a more accurate time already


 

SOWNY » The Pirate Radio Broadcaster Who Occupied Alcatraz and Terrified the F » April 17, 2022 12:00 pm

arc23
Replies: 0

Go to post

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-pirate-radio-broadcaster-who-occupied-alcatraz-and-terrified-the-fbi?utm_source=pocket-newtab  -- He sat at the same ta ble each evening, sometimes with lighting and sometimes without, a cigarette often in hand, a guest always by his side. In the background, the sound of waves rolling against the rocks and the stuttering of a backup generator were constants. Then, with a crackly yet genuine radio connection streaming through the wires from an unthinkable place — Alcatraz Island — he began speaking in a calm, determined voice. The nation was listening.

 

SOWNY » When Will Newscasters Get Back To "Normal?" » February 20, 2022 12:44 pm

arc23
Replies: 6

Go to post

The last time things felt normal for me was September 10th, 2001
since then, it's "the new normal."

SOWNY » GTA Update Not Secure ... » December 24, 2021 9:13 pm

arc23
Replies: 5

Go to post

look under easier access there keypress lock keys for function keys

SOWNY » CBC Asks CRTC For "Permission" To Show Tokyo Olympics » March 31, 2021 10:38 pm

arc23
Replies: 9

Go to post

it is the described video exemption that is new since 2019 that is  why there is CRTC request.

SOWNY » The Blue Jays are back on TV this weekend! » March 8, 2021 6:52 pm

arc23
Replies: 19

Go to post

Blind, partly blind Blue Jays fans upset with call to replace radio broadcasts with TV simulcast
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/blind-blue-jays-fans-radio-broadcast-1.5941249

SOWNY » Changes at Numeris » January 17, 2021 2:40 pm

arc23
Replies: 1

Go to post

Numeris said its plan is to design a “hybrid” audience measurement solution for markets not measured by PPM, using set-top box (STB) data, PPM and other demographic data that they’ll aim to have in place in “later in 2021” following the build of a national STB solution.
most of the tv networks have been using the data from stbs and streaming anyway so do we all get toonies now   

SOWNY » Sports, yes all sports T.V. ratings are down... » October 9, 2020 10:53 pm

arc23
Replies: 9

Go to post

i listened to more radio sports coverage , during this pandemic, usually streamed online i can forget   the empty seats in my mind i still watch the highlights to see the best plays

SOWNY » Hurricane Radio: Has This Ever Happened Here During A Disaster? » August 27, 2020 8:51 pm

arc23
Replies: 11

Go to post

CHUM simulicasted CP24 ON CHUM-FM during the first night 2003 blackout

SOWNY » How In The World Did This Emergency Alert Not Air Here? » August 4, 2020 5:10 pm

arc23
Replies: 12

Go to post

it will be sent to your phone your in a city / town where the alert [tornado watch / warning] is actually issued for

SOWNY » The Toronto Historical Jukebox » April 24, 2020 9:40 am

arc23
Replies: 6

Go to post

http://torontohistoricaljukebox.blogspot.com/

music and the facts to back that up: each post on the Historical Jukebox blog includes an MP3 file of a song from Toronto’s past and a short but illuminating backgrounder on the song or artist.


 

SOWNY » CBL-FM 60 Years old » April 7, 2020 7:00 pm

arc23
Replies: 10

Go to post

 On 4 April 1960 at 7 p.m., the CBC-FM network came into being, with transmitters in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

sadly  no mention on air during this time

what is your favourite CBC-FM of all time?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBL-FM

SOWNY » Toronto Mike Gets New Gig » December 10, 2019 9:14 pm

arc23
Replies: 20

Go to post

how many head coach's / managers have leafs and jays had in that time 3 decades?

SOWNY » Instant Replay: Odds & Ends 2: 3D TV, Mickey Rooney Sports & FM Mono? » September 29, 2019 1:23 pm

arc23
Replies: 3

Go to post

I think Mickey Rooney was real into Horse Racing and other equine sportd

 

SOWNY » Woodstock: As It Happened » August 17, 2019 2:26 pm

arc23
Replies: 3

Go to post

I am enjoying it, loving all the messages between performences

SOWNY » jays baseball on OTA » August 14, 2019 11:45 am

arc23
Replies: 2

Go to post

philipino Blue Jays pinoy every sunday

SOWNY » New CTV Toronto Weather Person » August 11, 2019 7:10 pm

arc23
Replies: 10

Go to post

do they have weather credentials?

SOWNY » Rogers Gives Raptors "Short Shrift" As All Major T.O. Sports Collide » April 2, 2019 5:24 pm

arc23
Replies: 4

Go to post

has anybody ever realized the raptors are only on one station [no raptors radio multi station network] they will be the first Toronto big league to go online for audio streaming

wasn't CFRB 1010 The original broadcaster of  the Raptors there first  few seasons?
 

SOWNY » NBC Taps Lilly Singh to Replace Carson Daly in Late Night » March 15, 2019 6:07 pm

arc23
Replies: 1

Go to post

will a canadian channel pick up her show?

Board footera