Not sure if she made the sunshine list, did not check but Sue Sgambati is doing communications for South Simcoe Police.

I could not agree more.  I have always believed that local, entertaining and informative.  Throw in good music, not the 300 that everyone else is playing but great tunes.   Thought about this for many years but could never move forward.  I wish great success for this.   And of course the most important of all, no voice tracking.  Be live.  

So I am confused, although that is not difficult.   Sold 45 stations, let go 4800 people.  That is over 100 per station.  There is no way any of these stations had 100 people working at them, even with support (sales, accounting ect.).   Where are the rest of the people impacted from ?

Was taught (at Humber College) not to ignore big events like the Bills game while on the air.   Instead right off the top and throughout the show promote immediate updates all evening long, as well as promoting what you had ahead.  And give the game updates.   Gives the listener the best of both worlds, and it really does show that you are live and on top of what is going on in your area.  

Have not seen a mention yet of CKAN in Newmarket.  My home town, I applied while in College.  Heard nothing.  Got a job at another small market station and then a medium market TV station.  Finally got the rejection letter about 5 years later.  Had to laugh.

So I was cruising to the golf course on Sunday late morning as I usually do and flipping around the dial trying to find something to listen to and I happened to hit B-101, the Corus station in Barrie.
They were playing a program they called the Acoustic Brunch.  It was quite enjoyable, as opposed to the same 100 songs played on most other stations.
What I found interesting was the diversity in the music they played.
Just a sample, but acoustic versions of hits from Sam Roberts, Bon Jovi, Collective Soul, The Cure, as well as New Girl Now by Honeymoon Suite, and What's Up by 4 Non Blondes.
Sadly no live announcer.  Would have been nice to get background info on these versions.  Were they actually on albums, or one off's.  Do the bands ever do these versions live in concert, ect.
What I am saying is I really enjoyed the program.   
Not sure if this plays on any other Corus stations across Canada, but check it out for something completely different.

A friend of mine works for the Rogers TV community channel here in our area. 
He told me that he and all other full time employees working the station have been offered voluntary buyouts, and they were very generous.   He has been there more than 20 years and the offer was for 2 years salary.   In most cases it is one year and you have to fight like hell to get more, but anyway.
I wonder if this is the first sign that the Rogers community channels will soon disappear.

OK, this might sound a little weird, or perhaps oldtimers is kicking in, but wasn't Rolf Benirshchke a former NFL field goal kicker ?  The name sounds quite familiar, and I think in context to the NFL.

Speaking of teases, while working for a CTV station, the Executive Producer had a simple formula for writing.
It was simple.."make a statement, and then make a promise."
For example, "..snow is on the way tonight.   Coming up, we will tell you how much in your area, and when."
This formula is still used quite frequently, and although it might be effective, it certainly gets very repetitive.

So I was the MC at a golf tournament years ago, and Johnny Bower was one of the special guests.  After the round and prior to dinner I was doing my thing at the mic and was told that dinner would delayed.
Had to fill time and was interviewing Johnny so I asked him about the song.   Then I asked him if we could sing it.  Johnny was great, he agreed.  Luckily, and I don't know why but I knew all the words.  So that is one of the hilites of my career, singing Honky the Christmas Goose with one of the greatest Leafs of all time.   Actually have about 15 seconds of video of it somewhere.
BTW, Johnny was great.

Just spit ballin here but if they used the audio would the stations not have to pay to use it.  A payment to SOCAN or what ever the organization for Canadian musicians is.  

=12pxHe was allowed to keep working and made millions.  He's almost retirement age so it's not like this is gonna ruin him.  He'll still sit court-side at the Raptors games and drive a really nice car and probably keep getting freebies.  

I totally disagree.  Companies and organizations will run and hide.  All will collapse around him and no one will go near him.   It is over.  He is now toxic.

I will start with I am useless with technology but is anyone else having trouble with Twitter.
I always go to GTA Update on this site, click on one of the posts and it takes me right to Twitter.  From there I click on Home and it goes to all of the people or groups I follow.
Since yesterday the Twitter page just comes up blank with the Twitter logo only.
Help.    Any suggestions

A story I read somewhere was that when CHUM was looking for a new morning person at the time, it apparently came down to 2 candidates.  Jungle Jay who got the job, and the other was Irene Ryan who played Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies.   Oh how things would have been different.   I always wondered about this story because at the time there were no women in prominent on air positions like AM drive on major market stations.   Can anyone here on the Big Yellow Board confirm or deny this story.

Don't want to sound like an old geezer here but back in my time vacation requests would be submitted and if the shifts could be filled in your absence, all was good.  If others had requested the same time off and there were not enough people to fill shifts, you were S-O-L.   If a couple of different people wanted the same week off it came down to seniority.   What was most important was making sure all of the shifts were filled.  Obviously this is not what is important at GNR 640.   A wise man once told me if you lose them in the summer it is tough to get them back in the fall.