Rogers is in the streaming game, through their partnership with TUBI.

RadioActive wrote:

The Weed wrote:

This is bottom left of the list:
Sources:
Music Canada
The Juno Awards
RIAA
 

Thank you. I obviously did not scroll down far enough. At least those are legit sources, although I tend to give more credibility to Billboard Canada than the others. You didn't mention it, but it's also on the list.  

Now I didn't scroll down far enough 😞
 

My condo building has been Rogers since I got here 30 years ago and probably from the start. Never had much problem with customer service. 30 years back I had to use Bell as my ISP - dial up to begin with, later through a Bell modem, and never got near the speed I was paying for.

Fast forward to today, through Rogers' Multiple Dwelling Unit Division, and I have fibre to my unit - as do all the units in my building and complex (4 buildings over 1,000 units) - a Digital VIP Package for TV and 1.5 GB synchronous Internet including modem and 2 TV Entertainment boxes and remotes. Cost? $40 per month in my maintenance fees. Canadian and US Timeshifting Channels, $4 apiece plus tax and Rogers Homephone with unlimited callinig in Canada and the US for $21.75 plus tax. All a better deal than Rogers employees who get 50% off Rogers services and probaby minimum $250 a month for a retail customer.

I have a friend who lives in a rental apartment building with a choice between Bell and Rogers for Internet and TV and Homephone. She pays retail. Rogers isn't perfect by any means, but I have no complaints being "stuck" with Rogers. If I did, I'd be talking to my Condo Board about options. 

How soon before "Cupertino" transfers to Paramount+?

"I Am What I Play" was conceived and produced by Roger King. His father was on the air in Detroit. Roger has been in Canada for years, was part of Democrats Abroad, and is the owner of non-union voice agency PNA (Performers Network Agency) with offices in Toronto, Montreal and New York City, as well as non-union voice agency Etnic Voice Talent.

The Leafs Habs yesterday was a doube header split-squad at both Scotibank and The Bell Centre at 7 pm.

mace wrote:

College football is a religion in the U.S. No NFL stadium comes close to a seating capacity of 100K Yet Most of the top Division 1 colleges have capacity of 100K+ including Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, Texas A&M, LSU and Tennessee. Most of these schools are located in small towns most, but not all, of which I could never find on a map. For example the Sooners play in Norman, Oklahoma. Never heard of the town and wouldn't have a clue where it is located in the state. Ohio State played Texas Saturday night. Fans of those schools will tune in. They would have no interest if Penn State was playing Oregon on another network. And we haven't even talked about High School football. There are at least five schools that have a seating capacity of over 20K. Some of them make BMO Field look like a cow pasture.

College Football is indeed a Religion in the US, especially in the South. And it's not just the students and Alumni - many of them guilty of Arrested Development at the time of College. It's also the community and region the college is located in. No one except football scouts would try watching all 5 games at once, but the fanatics of any one team would be tuned in to whatever channel had their team.

This article by Wright Thompson should explain all.

The number of US College Football teams in staggering. In the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision alone, there are 138 Teams in 2026.


 

I worked with Rych in 85-86 when I was at CKKW and last saw him at the get together he coordinated several yeaars ago. Sad news.

"The answer is simple: in the event of a true emergency or a blackout, that phone always, always works - something I can't definitively say about my cell service."

I always thought the same. However, in one instance, the power went out in our neighbourhood and not only did we lose electrical, we of course lost internet and cell service, but I also lost my Bell POTS landline. I'm on the border of York and Etobicoke east of the Humber River. Now on Rogers VOIP.

I also have my cell phone call forwarded to home almost all the time and my base station and cordless phones have call block ability, with silent first ring. Not a lot of annoying calls get heard anymore.

Bert Kaempfert's "wonderland By Night" was a favourite.

A movie instrumental - it had words that weren't used - and that charted, was Henry Mancini's "Baby Elephant Walk".

 

Most of the creative people in radio have been let go or retired.

At the old CING 108 in 81, I know the night jocks brought their own records in the ubiquitous milk crate. And the teletype was on a board over one half of the literal kitchen sink and would spool into the sink.

At CKLY in the 80s, the front portion of the unfinished basement, which was shaped like a large bay window, was the storage area for 45s. They were stacked up about a foot high and arranged in neat rows and covered that "bay window" area. None that I saw had sleeves or looked like they had ever been played. I never found out why they were there, but assumed they were 45s sent by record companies that the station never intended to play. I wish, with hindsight, I had asked to take them away. 

All good points, but, for example, if Sinclair buys more stations, the news, as has happened already, will be right leaning scripted and the same blah, blah on all their stations. Sinclair was also one of the groups that immediately pulled Kimmel when he-who-shall-not-be-named demanded it.

When I worked in Lindsay, two things were sacrosanct on the noon news: the farm report and the obituaries.
In Midland it was Tradio and the obituaries.

paterson1 wrote:

Paul Jeffries wrote:

Mavridis wrote:

How about we blame the greedy old station owners instead, who took the big easy corporate payout instead of selling to the next generation.   

Depends on whether the next generation wants to inherit a radio station or not. I can't totally fault an owner who's worked hard all of his or her life and wants to have a nice little nest egg for their retirement. If their kids aren't interested in keeping it in the family, selling it to the highest bidder seems like the best option, I would think.

PJ

I agree with Paul.  Likely many in the next generation of the family business didn't want to be involved with the station that the family started. Could be that many stations were on the slide when it came time to for the kids to take over.  Much better to inherit a Home Hardware which is a growing business and much more stable. 

The original CHUM Group sale is an example.