Like hiring a new hand for the Titanic after it's already sunk, except 640 was never really more than a leaky row boat.

Not worth finishing.  It was a reject for a reason.

It services Mississauga.  Quelle surprise.

They should hire the sniveller.  He'd fit right in.

A whole week without Agar working in plugs for his Saturday foodie radio show with his kid?  Poor guy needs 2 weeks off.  Or 3. Please?

Shorty Wave wrote:

The Raptors had a fairly decent season last year and even made the playoffs. I’m hoping Kawhi Leonard’s return is the spark they need, once again. I enjoy watching the Raptors on TV and hopefully will take in a game in person this year, although tickets went up, again!

Even after the wretched season the Blue Jays just put us through, count on their ticket prices to be jacked again next year.  Suffering fans will be paying for last year's thrill ride and the worst contract ever signed for a decade.  It'll be interesting to see if the packed houses continue, when reality finally sets in.
 

Hard questions?  Moore would rather chat about the Chief's collection of tea pot cozies.

I'm starting to suspect he's having a secret affair with Ben Mulroney.

If he runs his company the way he ran Canada, it'll be bankrupt before February.

Richards' volume is an issue, but the most grating thing on Toronto radio has to be Jerry Agar's 'laugh'.  A real channel-changer.

RadioActive wrote:

Back in its heyday, CFRB was known as Ontario’s Authoritative News Voice. Now they don’t really even have a newsroom, let alone much of a voice. But one of the features that made them so popular were the “news and commentary” presentations that aired throughout the day. I know the ratings were huge for Jack Dennett’s 8 AM newscast, in which he not only told you what happened, but what he thought about it, complete with excellent writing and delivery.

Then there was Charles Doering’s news and views at 11:50 AM every weekday. Not to mention the biggest one of them all, Gordon Sinclair’s pontificating on the day’s stories at 5:50 PM.

Whatever happened to this trend, where a fairly learned news person would add their own interpretation to the significant stories of the day? You didn’t have to agree with them. Sinclair could be especially curmudgeonly, which kept people tuning in. Perhaps it could be argued that the talk shows that follow the news now serve that function. Or that there aren’t enough knowledgeable news people left to actually comment intellectually on the day’s stories.

Either way, I sometimes find I miss the occasional comment section that used to make the newscasts on 1010. But  then I suppose not everybody shares that opinion…

I share that opinion.  I listen to radio for news, information and respectable opinion on both.  As a habitual listener for decades, I remember how it used to serve that purpose extremely well.  Over time, like other traditional sources like newspapers and TV, declining ad revenue due to online garbage and dwindling attention spans of the sheep-like masses addicted to their ironically-named 'smart' phones, have reduced all three to pale imitations of themselves.  I was never a fan of Bill Carroll back in the day, but now find myself gladly listening to his hour on 1010 daily, for a small taste of what talk radio used to be.  We're in big trouble, when most people now loo

If radio still exists, somebody will still be filling in on the 'Alex Pierson Show'.

CBC is woke.  Canadians are broke.  Have a toke.  What a joke.

They could always bring back the nominal host, but that's crazy talk.  Better to keep their few remaining listeners in the dark, through a cavalcade of awful fill-ins.  They deserve to go under.

CBC?  Is Eurovision ready for Inuit throat-singing?