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SOWNY » Did you get this e-mail from Bell Fibe? » Today 1:59 pm

Radiowiz
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I think Rogers Ignite still goes for a full year. 
It wouldn't surprise me one bit if Bell decides to restore more than 60 days for a fee.
That's Bell for ya! lol

SOWNY » Did you get this e-mail from Bell Fibe? » Today 1:31 pm

Radiowiz
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newsguy1 wrote:

As rapacious and callous as Bell might be they have still not gone as far as Rogers did which is why I switched over to Bell.
The last straw for me with Rogers was when I went traveling a few years back and when I came home my phone was not working.
It was a land line which I still have.
Anyway when I called Rogers I was told they had rendered my phone incapable of making phone calls except for 911, but I could receive incoming calls.
This was because I missed ONE PAYMENT on my phone bill.
I had been travelling for about a month.
So I called Bell and asked them what would be involved in switching over..
They did it for free.
I told the person I was dealing with why I was switching and she said something like, "Oh, Bell would never cut off your phone just for missing one payment."
So far that has proven true.
I have missed a payment with Bell and I got a polite email saying so and thanking me if I had already made the payment.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
 

Rogers Ignite land line today does not get disconnected for missing only one payment.  

SOWNY » 680 News Radio » Today 1:21 pm

Radiowiz
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At the end of the CityNews Newscasts (in Toronto) they now simply show credit for Rogers with a red and white screen. No longer adding the words "Sports and media".  
I wonder why they dropped the "Sports & Media" part of their final closing credit line?

SOWNY » New Contender » Today 12:05 am

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RadioActive wrote:

Plus I don't understand the business model. I have to pay you $200 for a "membership" in order to have the "privilege" of paying you more for new furniture I'm probably only going to buy once? Why would I want to do that?

At least at Costco, you can go shopping as many times as you want after purchasing a membership. How often am I going to buy expensive furniture in a lifetime? Is it worth 200 bucks on top of the other costs for that?

Sorry but it makes no sense to me. 

That's what I think of every time I hear this spot. And yes, I hear it an awful lot lately. 

It sounds like they're going after the first time home buyers. (house or Condo)
That $200 membership fee includes complimentary design consultation. ROVE MEMBERS PROGRAM25% OFF SITE-WIDE + 20% BACK IN VOUCHER* For C$200* annually, member benefits include:


  • 25% off site wide for an entire year.
  • 20% back in voucher*
  • Complimentary design consultation.
  • Dedicated concierge order service.
  • VIP access to sales events.  

*Voucher cap at $500, up to $1000 during promotional events.
*Promotional offer.

Direct link:  https://www.roveconcepts.com/membership
 

SOWNY » 680 News Radio » March 26, 2024 12:31 pm

Radiowiz
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Respects going out to the idea that Red is well known as Rogers main colour. 
However, friends  who do not post here tell me that CityNews looks and sounds too much like Global News now. (and Global National)
 

SOWNY » 680 News Radio » March 25, 2024 5:21 pm

Radiowiz
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Hey CityNews @ 5 & 6 (on City TV)
Please put the clock back in the bottom right corner of CityNews. Thanks. 
 

SOWNY » 680 News Radio » March 25, 2024 4:32 pm

Radiowiz
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Someone forgot to tell 310 Reno. They still say Citynews radio.

SOWNY » New Figures: Streaming Continues To Drown Conventional Canadian TV » March 25, 2024 9:49 am

Radiowiz
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Also, some people are cutting the cord and going with IPTV services as their new entertainment choice. 

 

SOWNY » Worst CRTC decisions » March 25, 2024 9:24 am

Radiowiz
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RadioActive wrote:

I just wish the CRTC hadn't been so bullheaded and given two Toronto outlets the chance to compete and survive. CKEY saw the writing on the wall for music on AM and it would possibly have given Toronto its very first all oldies station on the band. And CKO would have had a better reach on 590. We'll never know what might have been, but as a onetime CKEY staffer (long before the FM request), I would have liked to have seen them try.

Two things:

1) Back in those days, FM in Toronto was required to play 49% non hits.
2) What were the ratings for the late great Zed 97.3 back then?
This is the closest example of what CKEY may have been forced to sound like if it were to have moved to FM.

 

SOWNY » Guess Who Called Me » March 23, 2024 3:50 am

Radiowiz
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mace wrote:

Several years ago I was asked to do the same thing. I filled out the booklet every day and sent it back. I think I got paid $5 for my trouble.

Lucky you! All I got was a $2 coin for all my effort a good 10 or so years ago. 

I wish they'd call me again.  I wouldn't mind doing it again some time.
 

SOWNY » Move Over PBS. A Fund Raising Beg-a-thon Coming To TVO » March 21, 2024 8:07 am

Radiowiz
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They even have people in the street holding up clipboards begging people who walk by to become supporters of TVO...trying hard to get money out of people is nothing new.
There is also this, which has been around forever:  https://support.tvo.org/site/Donation2?df_id=14041&mfc_pref=T&14041.donation=form1&utm_source=tvo-org&utm_medium=donate-button&utm_campaign=tvo-org-db-ot&utm_content=24D1OL01

 

SOWNY » Rockin' Robin (Robin McMillan) » March 20, 2024 11:31 pm

Radiowiz
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This is sad news indeed. 
Didn't he also spend some time over at the late great WJJL 1440 in Niagara falls? 
 

SOWNY » Bell, Rogers & Telus Tell Gov't. Cttee. Their Prices Are Coming Down » March 19, 2024 5:07 pm

Radiowiz
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Forward Power wrote:

Kinda like years ago, when Future Shop customers would threaten to go to Best Buy... or the other way around. 

Yup. That might still be the case today with Winners & Marshall's also, except, at least they admit they're the same company when you apply for one of their Style cards. 

SOWNY » The Rise And Fall Of A Halifax Man's Illegal TV Streaming Empire » March 19, 2024 1:45 pm

Radiowiz
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I am a Rogers Ignite customer. I have no plans to cancel that.
I just use IPTV casually, as desired when I am tired of the SIM SUB and wonder what's going on in Buffalo NY.

*added note: I also use  IPTV to find programming not provided by cable here. It's entertaining watching (English language) game shows from around the world.  

SOWNY » Bell, Rogers & Telus Tell Gov't. Cttee. Their Prices Are Coming Down » March 18, 2024 11:47 pm

Radiowiz
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RadioAaron wrote:

I'm definitely paying less than ever in the "dataplan" era. Not just less per GB -- less overall. Prices have definitely come down, but your bill won't lower itself; you have to shop around.

It amazes me the number of clueless people out there. 

Actual call to Rogers:  "Lower my rates or I swear to god I will switch to Fido..."

Uh...okay...go ahead!   



 

SOWNY » St Patrick's bore » March 18, 2024 9:18 am

Radiowiz
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turkeytop wrote:

My observance of St Patricks Day is limited to dressing extra carefully in the morning to be certain not to wear anything green.

...and that's where your luck runs out. It is extremely good luck to wear green on St. Patty's day. 
 

SOWNY » Murdoch Mysteries To Do A Musical Episode » March 13, 2024 8:57 pm

Radiowiz
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Makes me wonder how it would have done as a real musical in a theatre here in Toronto, instead of a TV version...

SOWNY » 1010 CHUMs » March 12, 2024 1:08 am

Radiowiz
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laffin wrote:

Bell running radio stations is like having an auto mechanic doing brain surgery! 

Well, at least the auto mechanic is smart enough to let 45 parts of the brain go to real doctors. Too bad it can't be the whole brain. 

SOWNY » Sirius XM Launches Odd New Campaign To Win Back Subscribers » March 11, 2024 10:10 am

Radiowiz
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It gets an A+ for clearly stating who they are, but I give it an F for desire to proceed and order.
There's nothing really there to convince me that I should spend any money on the product. 
 

SOWNY » Why Global May Face A Small Simsub Dilemma On Sunday Night » March 11, 2024 4:15 am

Radiowiz
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RadioActive wrote:

As it turns out, this was one of the rare times the Oscars actually ended on time. So Global and ABC both started "Abbott's" special episode at nearly the same time. (Global began the episode at exactly 10:30 PM, while ABC's started two minutes later to make way for local spots. But I'm guessing it wasn't enough of a difference to defeat the simsub.)

I guess we'll never know what they might have done had things gone differently. 

All those jokes in the beginning about how they started an hour earlier, but they'll still end later.
They managed to end on time anyway.  That's funny. 

SOWNY » More Nonsense with Sports Channels!! » March 10, 2024 7:49 am

Radiowiz
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The solution for the Volume problem is to buy speakers for the TV.
This way you can have BOTH TV and speaker volume on for one, and TV volume only, on for the other.
(meaning, turn off the speakers, but leave the TV volume on)
Problem solved.  

In a perfect world we wouldn't have to touch anything in the first place, but unfortunately, it's not a perfect world.

SOWNY » Bell Media does it again... » March 9, 2024 1:52 am

Radiowiz
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turkeytop wrote:

Lisa Laflamme?

CP24, not CTV, and it would have been recent.
 

SOWNY » Bell Media does it again... » March 9, 2024 1:20 am

Radiowiz
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Did someone recently leave CP24?
"CP24 – Toronto’s Breaking News – is looking for an experienced News Anchor / Reporter. As an accomplished journalist, you will bring credibility and solid news judgment to the role.  The successful candidate will have outstanding on-air presentation skills and a track record for anchoring and reporting on live breaking news events."

https://jobs.bell.ca/ca/en/job/BECACA416786EXTERNALENCA/Anchor-Reporter-CP24-Bell-Media-Unionized
 

SOWNY » Big Brother Canada is back... » March 7, 2024 4:54 am

Radiowiz
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Glen Warren wrote:

I find the return of this series kind of mind boggling given the financial situation at Global / Corus... 

More and more product placement every season. 
 

SOWNY » Something You Never Thought You'd See: A New Network Soap Opera » March 7, 2024 2:36 am

Radiowiz
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Strictly a guess-it will perhaps take the Y&R timeslot and Y&R will move off cable onto Paramount +.
I gather this idea from the fact that NBC moved a very popular soap to Peacock (In the States)

SOWNY » CP24 & CTV News Toronto Now Under Same Exec. Producer » March 6, 2024 3:00 am

Radiowiz
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Binson Echorec wrote:

Maybe they'll start sharing weather people!

I think part of the complication may be the Union stepping in, not allowing CTV to use CP24 staff? 
It's kinda silly though. 
CTV news would be a lot better if weather came from the CP24 weather studio, & Sports should come from a TSN Sports Desk. That would be smart!  

 

SOWNY » CP24 & CTV News Toronto Now Under Same Exec. Producer » March 5, 2024 5:52 pm

Radiowiz
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Why only now? Why not a long time ago?

SOWNY » A Great Moment In "Radio Revenge" After A Lousy Layoff » March 5, 2024 2:51 pm

Radiowiz
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RadioActive wrote:

Saul wrote:

If they spent the cheque on even a decent dinner, could it have been all that much? I hope they had plenty left over ... 

It was my understanding it was only a tiny part of the cheque. But they believe the guy they sent the picture to got the message. 

Great. I hope the lawyer only took a small percentage as his (or her) cut.

SOWNY » Isn't It Long Past Time For CFRB To Find A Permanent Aft. Show Host? » March 5, 2024 2:50 am

Radiowiz
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RadioAaron wrote:

Economically, they'd be best to move Overdrive and Bell's half of the Leafs games to 1010 and shut down 1050. At this point the difference between a great or a mediocre afternoon host is +/- half a share point.
 

I think the main purpose of keeping the lights on @ 1050 is so there is a spare home in the event that sports spill over and air at the same time.  

SOWNY » How Long Can Cable's "Ghost" Networks Like MuchMusic Survive? » March 4, 2024 1:58 am

Radiowiz
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Tomas Barlow wrote:

Walter wrote:

mace wrote:


When I first subscribed to A&E, I always watched "Biography" and "Time Machine". Now, all they seem to air are endless reruns of "The First 48"

Exactly, whatever the hell 'The First 48' is.
 

It’s fun to pretend not to have heard of a show that has been on the air for TWENTY YEARS isn’t it? It’s one of the favorite games on this message board. As is painfully obvious by the title it’s a reference to widely known fact that the first 48 hours are the most crucial in any murder investigation. After that the odds of solving the crime drop significantly.

I can honestly say I have never heard of the First 48 show. I don't watch A&E.  I am very thankful for the freedom to choose 20 channels in a Flex 20 pack.
A&E is not one of them. I have no plans to make it one. 

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