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Dicky Doo · SOWNY

Doug Thompson wrote:
Very proud to have created all of the imaging and IDs for the Roger Ashby Oldies Show from the very beginning to the very end.

Here's hoping the severance cheque R. Ashby will present to D. Thompson this Sunday will be for a generous amount

D.D.

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

Freddy Vette is CJBQ's Legend in the making

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

Dale Patterson wrote:
Can't remember the last time I bought a dead-tree newspaper. Anything I want news-wise I can get for free on the Internet.

Saturday editions are not "news" papers, per se. Content is substantially Opinions and Analyses (background to news of the day)

D.D.

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

YOU WON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT 'TIL ITS GONE;

Contributors to today's issue include:

Tristin Hopper
Donna Kennedy-Glans
Vivian Bercovici
Jamie Sarkonak
Kelly McParland
Howard Levitt
Peter Hodson
Jamie Golomnbek
Arlene Dickinson
Raymond deSouza, and
the irrepressible Conrad Black

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

paterson1 wrote:
That tour sealed the deal with me, and I knew that I wanted to take a broadcasting course in college, and hopefully make my career in radio and or TV.

Hopefully you will post a follow-up continuance

D.D.

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

Binson Echorec wrote:
Ooooooh, he's so dreamy...

S. Kowch or W. Carroll (or both?)

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

SIDE NOTE: Walking in from the lobby, Bill Carroll's studio (locked) was on the left. I wanted to sit in Mr. Carroll's chair and leave a note for him. S. Kowch said that was definitely not a good idea.

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

RadioActive wrote:
Apparently, a tour of the CFRB studios is included. That's really the only part of the prize that interests me.

Approximately twenty (20) yrs ago I was invited to visit CFRB in the St. Clair Ave studios. The invitation arrived from a gentleman by the name of Kowch, We had exchanged personal messages on and off this forum and he had suggested that we should discuss "issues" in private . . . issues that weren't appropriate to air on SOWNY.
It was not a lengthy tour, (perhaps20 minutes) and at the end he presented me with some swag (a mug and a lettered bag to hold the "stuff" and similar things I've long forgotten)

Not a big deal for today's media professionals, but it made my day (I am easily entertained)

D.D.

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Dicky Doo · SOWNY

Condolences to Bullard's mother who was his occasional guest on his noon-hour News/Talk 1010 program. Given the passage of time, she may have gone to her reward ahead of Mike

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

RadioActive wrote:
Hansa wrote:
How did he die?
Preliminary reports on 680 News say it was a heart attack.

The Globe & Mail's Brad Wheeler is arguably the country's finest obituary writer, particularly when there are sensitivity issues.

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

There was a rock group called the Diamonds
Comprised of four Toronto darlins
They recorded a tune by Maurice Williams
That sold millions & millions
But in Canada are seldom heard
As the Poppy Family & Laurie Bower Singers
Seem to be preferred

D.D.

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

CP 24 is reporting that a meteor was observed flying over "wah-SAY-gah beach" Close, but no cigar, as the esteemed founder of SOWNY (and notable author) says
The name of the rapidly-growing community on the south shore of Georgian Bay is pronounced "wah-SAH-gah-beach" (consistent with the nearby Notawasaga River)
Mayor B. Smith was not amused

D.D.
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Dicky Doo · SOWNY

A familiar (to SOWNY old-timers) petition signer from Oshawa. Nice to see he's still an activist

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

Lorne wrote:
"A Million To One" and "Young Love" only reached #23 and #25 respectively on Billboard, so I think that's contributed to them being largely forgotten today

YOUNG LOVE by SONNY JAMES - peaked at #1 in 1957. Tab Hunter's cover peaked at 2, same year

A MILLION TO ONE by JIMMY CHARLES - peaked at #5 1960

Some might suggest that Osmond's 1973 covers of both were attempts to monetize (what was left of) bubble gum

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

RadioActive wrote:
I'm not entirely sure this will work, but they're going for it.

Equity markets aren't "buying" it. Common shares remain stuck @ fourteen ($.14) cents

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

turkeytop wrote:
How would I know? I'm a socialist.

Is important to move cautiously from this point, as the moderator discourages (or outright bans) posts of a political nature. Are you politically active (or just one of the 1969 Woodstock generation variety of socialists?

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

turkeytop wrote:
A small, independent broadcaster can succeed, while the Corporate owned stations are dropping like flies.

Are you saying that Bayshore Broadcasting Corporation, owner of 560 CFOS and others, is not really a corporation?

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

Dale Patterson wrote:
Jack Armstrong voiced the Niagara Raceway spots

Thx -- much obliged

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

Met for coffee this morning w. a few "car" people where the topic of the day was NOT cars (for a change) but rather 1050 CHUM in the summer of '69. I couldn't participate, having left Ontario for Vancouver in the spring of 1968 (where my "CHUM" was LG73 and the drag strip was in Mission, BC

Specifically, who mouthed CHUM's "Sunday, Sunday, Sunday" drag racing promotions . . . the consensus was that it was Jack Armstrong for Niagara Raceway and (perhaps) Tom Rivers for Cayuga Raceway (and/or possibly also for Windsor/Detroit drag strips)

Input?

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

paterson1 wrote:
. . . when playing in Toronto . . .

Sunday games broadcast from the Gardens

NO

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

paterson1 wrote:
Didn't 1050 CHUM also have the Leafs games on Sunday evenings for a few years in the mid 1960's, maybe around 1963-64?

NO

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

The late Craig Smith, who at the time was monitor of this board, posted: "I detest Sleep Country Canada ads but when I needed a mattress, I bought one from Christine McGee. First name that came to mind"

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

laffin wrote:
Still a chore to watch the Jays TV play-by-play as Schulman must get paid by the word.

Hey, Laffin: Dan is b-a-a-a-c-k

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

DX wrote:
Walter wrote:
They could save close to a million bucks by canning that sniveller, Ron McLean.
For the past 10 years, Ron MacLean's primary employer has been Rogers Sportsnet, which produces Hockey Night in Canada, which simulcasts on CBC and uses a CBC Toronto studio. HNIC advertisers cover his salary, whatever it is these days.

He appears on CBC Sports productions occasionally on a freelance basis. Most would have noticed he had a diminished role at the Paris Olympics as an analyst and not a primary host like he had been for many Olympics in the past.

Is McLean the "sniveller" banking "close to a million bucks" or not? Inquiring minds want answers

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

Centerline wrote:
Announced on twitter, seems to effective immediately

900 CHML was going downhill ever since Lee Marshall died

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

"Hello Walz" -- Faron Young

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

Did you ever hear a tenor sax swingin' like a rusty axe? Honkin' like a frog down in a hollow log? Baby, that is rock 'n roll

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

turkeytop wrote:
I grew up in the Owen Sound area, within sight of the CFOS towers. The hog reports and the funeral reports were the high point of the day for many people

Death notices, a.k.a. "another one bites the dust" are read on CFOS in a somber tone, daily just before the noon news. "Dial a Deal" follows the news; clever timing to try to convert grandma's junk into cash to pay for her funeral.

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

daily reports on 560 CFOS are DEATH NOTICES, not OBITUARIES

An OBITUARY is a biography of someone who has died, with information about their lifetime achievements

A death notice advises the date of death and advises the names of spouse, 1st, 2nd and 3rd cousins, uncles & aunts and also provides funeral service information, when applicable

Big difference

Dicky Doo · SOWNY

RadioActive wrote:
Listen to it here.

Yoko Ono tribute artist