RadioActive wrote:

It's also the 25th anniversary of the Y2K non-disaster, but we sure went through a lot of panic, wondering if the lights were going to go out at midnight Jan. 1st, 2000...

Back in the 1990s, David J. Smith was a fundie preacher (ex insurance salesman) whose 'Newswatch Magazine' radio program ran weeknights on WWKB 1520, 10-10:30 p.m.  Very much in the style of Herbert W. Armstrong, besides government and spiritual conspiracies Smith believed that Y2K was the upcoming end of civilization. 

That belief didn't stop him from trying to get listeners to buy a yearly subscription to his magazine as near as a few weeks before the date of Y2K.

🤔🤨

Watch out for Fedoruk making a comeback? 🤔

CHML AM at least ran old time radio shows straight through from Christmas Eve afternoon, right through Christmas Day.  That gave a majority of the staffers time off.  This year, they'll be offering holiday static. 🙁

I had occasion to listen to Jack Kruezer's sports report this morning on WBFO FM, and was surprised at the mechanical cadence it seemed to have.  Is it possible that although he is listed as a 'Junior Multimedia Reporter / Play-By-Play Voice' at the WBFO web page, they are using AI?  Possibly some editing program that makes for a clunky report?

Listen here, and see what you think:

https://www.wbfo.org/people/jack-kreuzer
The Scoreboard, December 16.

His biography at the website says Kruezer is a singer and actor as well. 🤔

Walter wrote:

Binson Echorec wrote:

Might be just me but in the era of Google, these trivia shows seem, well...trivial. It's no longer about what obscure tidbit you might happen to know but how fast you can look it up while waiting on hold.

How do they manage to be wrong so regularly, then?  "He won an Oscar for playing the titular character in 1972's 'The Godfather'!"  "Uhhhh, gee, um, I'm not sure... Christopher Walken?"
 

There's a subset of older callers who seem to just dial in and hope they'll have a clue.  Afternoon drive program on AM 740 showcases this.

Can I change my screen name from Easily Amused to Grumpy Curmudgeon? 🤔

In one career stop in the late eighties into the early nineties, the maintenance department lunchroom radio was always tuned to 'See How'.  From there I developed an appreciation for older country music.

Along these lines, I recall working with plenty of tradespeople originally from the UK, who weren't amused when you showed up with an oxy-acetylene cutting torch, when they had requested their version of a torch.  A flashlight.

Remember when journalists and broadcasters were wordsmiths? 🤨

Capricasix wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

I don't think this is up to date, but for what it's worth:

CityNews: Meet Our Team

On a superficial note, it really irks me when lists are alphabetized by first names rather than last!

Agreed, but possibly accommodating listeners looking for the biography?  Quite a few might be looking for 'Martin Whatshisname'.  I had a foreman who was name challenged, constantly sending our maintenance workers out to see 'Whatshisname' on #6 crane. 😁

I try to have a listen whenever I'm on the 401, heading to Ottawa to visit relatives.  As their website mentions, an eclectic mix.

On the way back home, it's usually 680, to keep an ear on traffic conditions around Toronto.

mace wrote:

Thank you for this. Now I know which stations to avoid for the next six to eight weeks.

Seconded. 😁
Especially McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime'.

RadioActive wrote:

I wondered about that. Isn't he effectively competing against himself with two India-based stations in almost the same market?

I don't know what revenue streams might look like, but twice the stations yield twice the commercials?

I drove delivery truck for a home freezer plan / grocery business 45 years ago, and the owner saw a place for 'in house' competition from a second company, specifically catering to disaffected past customers of the original company.  Unpainted trucks, and unlabelled boxes of meat and groceries, all from the same warehouse and freezer plant.  Not even new drivers were hired, just ship both companies products in the same unmarked trucks.

Radiowiz wrote:

The station does not sound very healthy. 
In other words, I don't mean it's a sic aka cool station.
I mean a lot of things about the station just don't sound right. 

Specifically?

Binson Echorec wrote:

Just witnessed another gem this morning (I might have a new drinking game lol):

While trying to explain that the term is called "Daylight Saving" (correct) versus "Daylight Savings" (incorrect), Mr. Perkins' explanation for this is because it's only one hour that's affected. Uhh, no; it's  because "daylight" is an unquanttfiable and cannot be pluralized - much like "sky" versus "skies".

So while I applaud them for trying to correct the widely-misused phrase of "Daylight Savings", his reasoning was amateurish at best.

I recall a protracted email exchange I had with one of the weekend weather forecasters at WIVB, after she proclaimed on a Sunday years ago that "we gained an hour of daylight today."  All sorts of nastiness ensued after I sent her an email correcting the gaffe.  She stuck in her heels in defending her phrasing.

Has he performed his hosting duties for the 'Come From Away' show and brunch contest?  He might be grumpy over that, be it pending, or recently completed. 🤔