Way too young and rotten that he was let go after medical leave, shame on Rogers. R.I.P. Mr. Rohomon.

Binson Echorec wrote:

Shorty Wave wrote:

Just a thought, there’s only two of The Who left, so if Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr got together, could/would they call themselves The Beatles?

Hilarious - could you imagine the outrage? The Beatles had already disbanded when John and George died. The Who were still active when Keith Moon died, and were on the eve of a(nother farewell) tour when Entwhistle died.

That difference alone is why Paul, Ringo and two other stand-ins could never assume the name The Beatles.

 
I actually could imagine the outrage, good response Binson Echorec!

I have watched this show and was pleasantly surprised, it has a good vibe to it and a slice of Canada you don’t often see, especially in a sitcom format.

I enjoyed St.Denis Medical, which was new this season. I like the mockumentary style sitcom and this one is from Justin Spitzer, who also did Superstore and the short lived American Auto. I read yesterday that there will be a second season, so something for me to look forward to!

Lorne wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

I got up on a bus once to pick up something and lost my seat. So it can happen to anyone!

Now with all due respect RA, this is a political discussion ... if you want to post jokes like that, I'm sure there are plenty of other places on the internet where you can do so. 

 
This post made my morning, both very silly, well done!

RadioActive wrote:

Mark Carney pledged to not only continue funding the CBC, but to also boost its budget by $150 million.

Will that result in more extended or better programming? If he delivers on that pledge, it will be interesting to see where that money will be spent and if viewers and listeners will notice. An expansion of news programming was one of the areas it appears that extra dough could be used. 

 
Knowing the CBC, they just hire more to their already bloated ranks!

Easily Amused wrote:

Shorty Wave wrote:

What I don’t get is that Rogers has a sports radio station in Toronto, AM 590, and you’d think that the Stanley Cup playoffs would be one of their big events of the year. Yet they chintz out when it comes to decent coverage as the play-by-play uses a monitor. This same company just dropped $11 billion for another NHL deal, so they must have a few shekels. Maybe get out of radio if you can’t offer a decent service. God they annoy me!

A wise coworker often said "tripping over $100 bills to pick up nickels."

 
That describes them to a tee, cheap in the wrong places, that’s for sure! God, they still annoy me!!

Thanks for this RA, will check it out!

This is the first live program announcement from MuchMusic that I have seen in years. All they seem to air these days is back to back episodes of The Simpsons. Boy, Much once was a powerhouse for live performances, loved it back in the day!

Aytononline wrote:

The funeral will take place Saturday at 10am local time. This means live overnight programing for the networks and stations that cover it.
It will be interesting to see who goes over to Rome and who covers it from a studio here.

 
I can imagine that CBC and CTV possibly sending a small crew, but most likely CBC, they have a few bucks.

I find the Point S commercial a bit disturbing as when I was a kid, one of my classmates stuttered, not always but with certain sounds and the “P” sound was probably his worse, and would go on a bit. Even as kids we knew not to tease him about it, he was a decent guy. Apparently his stutter improve as he got older, but we could tell it embarrassed him as a kid. So I quickly change stations when I hear the “P-P-P” machine starting up!

Footnote, what’s with all the bad commercials of late?? Some really terrible creative out there!

Like Sean Ross, I too enjoy AM740, but I think one of my main reasons is that they put great effort into their weekend programming. They produce quite the cross section of original material, ranging from a gardening show to “the immortals” of music. Most AM stations in this market fill their weekends with re-rolls, which is fine if you haven’t heard it before, but seems like a cop out to me.
Good article, thanks for posting RA.

One last thing, when I read this topic’s title, “The only Toronto OTA not carrying the English debate”, I knew it was Citytv, go figure!

RadioActive wrote:

 
The non-Rogers version of City TV that I remember would have covered this. 

 
100% RadioActive, and that was because the non-Rogers Citytv cared about their service to the community, remember their “Toronto Television” slogan? I bet they would have provided debate coverage even if they weren’t OTA as Znaimer actually cared about Toronto and felt his station had an obligation to the public.

Rogers, on the other hand, have no sense of commitment to their viewers, just the bottom line. Their news is the weakest of the locals and it shows that it doesn’t matter to them, just a contractual obligation. I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t cover election night. Sad that, they once mattered, and actually cared.

RadioActive wrote:

It's been a while since I enjoyed an "Under The Influence" like this one. On this week's episode, adman Terry O'Reilly plays mistakes in the message, with people screwing up both live on air (including Johnny Carson) and behind the scenes (Orson Welles and Gary Owens.)

As often happens, it's what you were never supposed to hear that winds up being the most entertaining part of any spot. 

You can catch the outtakes story on CBC Radio 1 Saturday morning at 11:30 AM or listen to it now.

 
Caught this yesterday, very entertaining episode! I try to catch Under the Influence usually on Saturday morning, just after errands! William Shatner’s bit was pretty good as well as Orson Welles’.