i noticed it on 680 in the car an hour ago ....

i noticed that too... it was a pretty glaring omission.   wonder if Olympic rights were involved.

RA, that's a standard tactic for trying to prevent a fragmented market.  The incumbent says that only with synergies can a second station be successful.  In many cases, they aren't wrong and it does influence the Commission.  However, in this case, Cabin is already established and has proven they can develop audience and advertiser share. 

My prop bet is on Cabin to win this.... assuming a licence is awarded at all.  Don't forget, the CRTC initially said there was no room for another station, therefore they would have to roll back their previous decision should they award anyone.

RadioActive wrote:

If I had a choice between listening to a radio station programmed by a J. Robert Wood or a Rick Sklar or one with a CRTC drone at the helm, you know which one I'd have my dial tuned to. They don't know radio. Regulate who gets what frequency. Decide who gets awarded a licence.

But for God's sake, let the pros do what they do best and keep the government bureaucrats' noses out of programming. Period.

Why is that so hard to understand?

WTF are you talking about constantly.... the CRTC  DOES NOT regulate mainstream commercial radio programming other than 35% Cancon, which has been debunked as a threat.

BTW were you aware that one of Canadas biggest radio companies is now run by a programmer instead of an accountant???

that sale was finalized on December 19, 2024
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2024/2024-336.htm

i'll take vince carter news over taylor swift coverage for just one day! 

betaylored wrote:

Considering the slightly annoying and possibly prohibitive shipping cost of ordering a physical copy of The Spamalot Diaries from across the pond or the States right now, we're fortunate that the Toronto Public library has just this afternoon added both the audiobook and book of The Spamalot Diaries to their online catalogue.

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Whither Canada...  indeed

andysradio wrote:

splunge wrote:

Isn't GO FM the operators of the LPFM community station in Casselman and repeater in St. Albert?

It's no low power stn. The main transmitter is in Dunvegan with 20kWs with a repeater in Cornwall
 

what's the call sign?  is that CHOD?

iirc CHUM did that kind of giveaway at the CNE  in the 70s....  small radios with the dial literally soldered to 1050

Please in this thread, can we keep the focus on Bayshore and Kevin Brown's retirement after a successful career?
Bayshore IS a "Corporation" certainly, but has one owner who is interested in growing the brand by listening to people like Kevin.


 

that's too bad.  he just got the amhurstberg radio station a couple of years ago.

i wonder how much rogers is paying for the AI tech vs hiring a student or recent grad....

newsguy1 wrote:

It's so bad that when the terrific BBC news panel show "News of the World" was cancelled about a year ago after 14 years on the air the host Dara O'Brien quipped that it was typical of the BBC to not be able to carry on a relationship with anything over the age of 14.

 

I think you're referring to "Mock the Week".  It was a topical comedy show.  "News of the World" was it's theme song, sung by The Jam. 
Monsoon Poultry Hospital.

Buzzy Krumhunger wrote:

In this Morning Zoo scenario who are Doug and Dinsdale and who is Spiny Norman?

aaah a simple but effective python reference....

the black album is also disliked by many hardcore fans.... it's when they "sold out".  master of puppets is far superior!