Tomas Barlow wrote:

Well, I agree with you that they do sound very good, those top of the hour intros are easier to put together than it sounds. You produce the intro and extro, but then the hooks are often provided by a service or you can create them yourself, but then they are simply scheduled the same way you would schedule a song and the automation system puts it all together. There isn’t a person producing 24 of those for every day.

We edited the clips years ago for these. However, they are all picked manually (currently), by the amazing Mr. Wayne Webster. 

Radiowiz wrote:

markow202 wrote:

This is awesome!  I remember him from the childhood days of AM 640 and CFTR.   Boom is the perfect station these days for him. 

Apples to oranges. He will most likely be a VT since he is keeping his week end shift on XL 103.
I'm guessing maybe (if this is what listeners want) he'll interview some famous artist and then play one of their songs.
The same vt'd interview could easily air on both stations. 
I honestly do not know if he'll go to the phones or have a prize for callers...etc (anything that works best live)

 

You are incorrect. He will NOT be VT'd.

Heads up that Canada Day 2024 will be EPIC. 
 

Every Tuesday is Turntable Tuesday on boom 97.3, Toronto.

Maybe reach out to them on their website. This isn’t a fault report for Toronto radio engineering.

Deep cuts = big loss in listeners. People like familiar songs to bring back memories and provide comfort. Playing a song that a majority of the population is unfamiliar with will cause them to change stations, which… in market 1 (PPM Toronto), not a smart strategic move.

As for songs getting complaints & getting pulled, not 100% true. Depending on the situation, some songs do get “rested” until a situation returns to normal or tapers off. Stations don’t pull songs because one person complains about it - that is ridiculous. One person does not speak for 1000’s or in Toronto’s case, millions.

Over 600 radio stations across Canada including "other" broadcasters and some grocery stores are all in for "A Day To Listen" all the participating radio stations have been airing ads and posting on socials about it for over 2 weeks now. I for one and am EXTREMELY proud of the industry for pulling together to address this shocking and terrible part of our history. Together we make sure our indigenous brothers, sisters, elders...  voices ARE heard. Yes, it's uncomfortable to hear for some but good. It needs to be addressed and not swept under the rug. We confront it together and make sure it literally IS, "A Day To Listen". 

They should allow imaging & commercial production to count as the 35%. Written, voiced, produced by Canadians. That would ease the pain.

We won't be playing any covers.We make up for it the rest of the week. 

You can still buy the boom album!
https://www.google.com/search?q=boom+97.3+the+album&rlz=1CDGOYI_enCA773CA773&hl=en-US&tbm=isch&prmd=vnsi&sxsrf=ALeKk004VcDlFQq5z6L_MMThYs53meDrPg:1602627956958&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkidOwzrLsAhWRiOAKHSq-A-MQ_AUIFygE&biw=414&bih=622&dpr=3#imgrc=pXMF-gao2g59LM

splunge wrote:

Sounds like something Boom 97.3 did a few years ago, likely as a CCD expenditure.  I just ran across it a few months ago, but all the CanCon greats are there... Glass Tiger, Honeymoon Suite, Biff Naked, Chilliwack, Gowan.... Fun stuff.  Anyone have any further insight into these productions?

https://www.youtube.com/c/boom973Toronto/videos

I have insight into the videos as I'm the producer/director/creator of the series. There was no CCD expenditure at all. No money changed hands what-so-ever, the idea (for BTV) stemmed from a Jimmy Page video I saw then we proceeded to ask artists to pop by and record an episode. We now have over 150 episodes and still going (once it's safe again). The series for "The First Time" was inspired by a conversation I had with Gowan about the first time Eddie Schwartz heard "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" on the radio - every artist has a "first time they heard their song on the radio" story. The First Time is also a way to pay homage to the radio industry at a time where popularity for the medium is wavering.  Thanks for sharing the link and the opportunity to give some background.

Btw... Behind The Vinyl is now a podcast: https://www.boom973.com/behind-the-vinyl-the-podcast/ 

Thanks for the plug, it was a beast to put together but I promise it will sound amazing. There are actually 2 countdowns: Classic Rock and Classic Hits for 32 stations across Canada.
https://www.boom973.com/contest/41264/enterContest/
Participating Stations
 
97.5 K-Rock                 St. John’s, NL
95.9 K-Rock                 Stephenville, NL
98.7 K-Rock                 Gander, NL
102.3 K-Rock               Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
103.9 K-Rock               Corner Brook, NL
Q104                            Halifax, NS
Z97.9                            New Glasgow, NS
89.3 K-Rock                  New Minas, NS
C103                             Moncton, NB
Q88.9                            Saint John, NB
Up 93.1                         Fredericton, NB
Ocean 100                    Charlottetown, PE
boom 97.3                     Toronto, ON
Rewind 103.9                Sudbury, ON
91.7 Giant-FM                St. Catharines/Welland/Niagara, ON
XL103                             Calgary, AB
K97                                 Edmonton, AB
Zed 98.9                         Red Deer, AB
boom 94.1                       Athabasca, AB
boom 101.1                     Brooks, AB
boom 95.3                       Cold Lake, AB
boom 99.5                       Drumheller, AB
boom 104.9                     Hinton, AB
boom 103.5                     Lac La Biche, AB
boom 92.7                       Slave Lake, AB
boom 101.9                     Wainwright, AB
boom 96.7                       Whitecourt, AB
K96.3                               Kelowna, BC
K97.5                               Kamloops, BC
96-3 Cruz FM       

Radiowiz wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

#1 commercial in the morning is Boom with an 11 share.

But is that for content or personality? Stu Jeffries has been on vacation for a few weeks now. 
Drew (I think that is his name?) has been filling in.
 

Stu was on vacation AFTER the spring ratings were over (May 24th).

What I often wonder about the ratings that are post on here is why people continue to measure/post 12+ numbers? Buyers buy A25-54, not 12+. Stations target A25-54, not 12+. Side note: listening patterns have been seriously disrupted during Covid and overall Cume is down for everyone. I have several beliefs why some of the numbers are what they are: Comfort Food for the ears - people in times of stress/worry find comfort in the things they "know" and are "familiar with" ie: Older music they grew up with. Also, as a species we can only take so much when it comes to dire times - we have breaking points where it's information overload, which would explain larger numbers at the start of Covid for the News and talk stations but after a while... society is "okay... I need a break" and escape to avenues where they aren't inundated with information/bad news. They need hope and distraction. Classic Hits, Classic Rock and other stations that play slightly older music provide that. My thoughts. Stay well my friends. 

...and that's why I suspect that the "Stingray newsroom" is actually Canada Press...but I didn't want to assume.

The "Stingray Newsroom" is a collective of broadcastors in the Stingray media chain of radio stations updating our markets nationally, every hour. So, basically... it's Canada wide on Stingray radio stations by Stingray employees.

Just an FYI, boom DOES play requests. Listen at noon sometime. In the overnight we offer up “The Machine” which is like Speaker’s Corner back in the day.