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SOWNY » Did you get this e-mail from Bell Fibe? » Today 12:27 pm

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RadioActive wrote:

I have some stuff on my DVR from 2014. I should probably delete those shows, but I still believe I'll get around to them someday!

Me and my Netflix playlist šŸ˜„

SOWNY » Favourite Television Characters » March 16, 2024 12:11 pm

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mace wrote:

Ian Wolfe played the role of Hirsch, Mrs. Carlson's sarcastic, irreverent butler.

That brings back memories of watching WKRP with my big brother when I was a little kid. HIRSCH!

SOWNY » Anyone remember this song and singer? » March 11, 2024 6:56 pm

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YES thatā€™s it, a thousand thanks!

SOWNY » Anyone remember this song and singer? » March 11, 2024 3:41 pm

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No, not her - this song came out between 2000 and 2005, likely about 2002-2003.

SOWNY » Anyone remember this song and singer? » March 11, 2024 2:59 pm

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I am trying to remember a singer from the early 2000s (I feel old saying that šŸ˜„) so that I can find one of her songs on Youtube. I remember the name of the song (ā€œWhere Iā€™m Goingā€, for what itā€™s worth), but there are enough similarly-named songs that the Youtube algorithm canā€™t find it. Same thing from Google when I search the lyrics that I remember, and I even tried singing it at Google šŸ˜„ maybe I just canā€™t sing!

The song is pop/R&B style, if I had to guess, and I *think* the singerā€™s first name is Melanie or Melody; as I said, sheā€™s Canadian, and the song featured some lines from an American rapper (but of course I donā€™t remember who, someone along the lines of Akon or T-Pain, but not them). I probably heard the song on Edge/CFNY or CHUM-FM.

I donā€™t know if this might twig anyoneā€™s memory, but hereā€™s the chorus as near as I can recall:

Iā€™m gonna get to where Iā€™m going
Slowly but surely
Iā€™m gonna get there, when I do
Maybe maybe Iā€™ll see you


Iā€™ll be chuffed if any of you remember this - itā€™s been stuck in my head for days now!

SOWNY » Ben Mulroney Tears Up Talking About His Late Dad On AM640 » March 7, 2024 9:00 pm

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I would love to see a picture of him if youā€™re up to sharing šŸ˜Š

SOWNY » Ben Mulroney Tears Up Talking About His Late Dad On AM640 » March 7, 2024 1:57 pm

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If I know border collies, Iā€™m sure youā€™ll still be finding his hair around your house for a long time to come :-)

SOWNY » Ben Mulroney Tears Up Talking About His Late Dad On AM640 » March 6, 2024 8:06 pm

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mic'em wrote:

I just had to put my 13 year old border collie down this past Sunday. Of course not comparable to a parent to some people, to me , it was like watching a child die. I am still in slight shock of how fast it happened. Anyone who doesn't understand the unconditional love a dog gives, is not somebody I want to know.Ā 

Iā€™m very sorry for your loss. Itā€™s devastating to say goodbye to a beloved family member that loves you unconditionally.

SOWNY » Ben Mulroney Tears Up Talking About His Late Dad On AM640 » March 5, 2024 1:15 pm

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Nicolas (sp?) posted a nice picture on Twitter of himself with his parents. He said that it was taken eight weeks ago, and it was the last picture he had of his dad.

I must be getting old - I remember when Nicolas was bornā€¦

SOWNY » Visit Americaā€™s Last Morse-Code Station » March 3, 2024 9:36 am

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I read an interesting book a year or two ago called the Victorian Internet. It argued that Morse code and the telegraph opened up Victorian society in a way similar to how the Internet opened up our society.

SOWNY » Alex Pierson Returning To AM640 On Monday » February 29, 2024 11:51 am

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I saw that a couple of days ago, and it did in fact make me cry!

SOWNY » Which Daytime OTA Soap Opera Gets The Youngest Audience? » February 28, 2024 1:55 pm

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I remember when the Global signal was broadcast on FM. I donā€™t recall the frequency, but it was around 87.9-88.1, and I used to listen to Y&R in my car on the way home from school or my part-time job - this was in the late 80s to the mid-90s.

SOWNY » For Monty Python Fans, This Is Sad News » February 12, 2024 7:35 pm

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Hansa wrote:

Capricasix wrote:

Not that it matters, but Eric Idle lives in California.

His tweets also alluded to financial mismanagement by Terry Gilliam - that may be mentioned in the OP, so I should go read the article.

Gilliam's daughter, Holly, specifically, who has been the troupe's manager for 10 years.

My mistake. He did tweet something about never letting a Gilliam child manage your finances, or words to that effect. His daughter also weighed in on the tweet thread, and he said that last week had been one of the worst of their lives, but I couldnā€™t find any explanation as to why.

SOWNY » For Monty Python Fans, This Is Sad News » February 12, 2024 2:06 pm

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Not that it matters, but Eric Idle lives in California.

His tweets also alluded to financial mismanagement by Terry Gilliam - that may be mentioned in the OP, so I should go read the article.

SOWNY » Bell Media Cuts 4,800 Jobs, Selling 45 Stations » February 9, 2024 11:49 am

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RadioActive wrote:

Not to mention once using Supertramp's "Fool's Overture" as its long time theme!)

Iā€™d forgotten that! What a great song.

SOWNY » A Radio Station That Feels Like Grandma's House » February 8, 2024 1:18 pm

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Tq345 wrote:

Z103.5 (DC 103 as it was known then) originated in an old house on Broadway in Orangeville. I was on staff when we went on air on May 1st, 1987. It was cozy, but it served our needs. I was long gone by they time they moved to Etobicoke.
I believe the house on Broadway is now a dental practice.

Orangevillian here (until 1991, that is) - I wish I could remember that momentous day but I sadly donā€™t!

SOWNY » A Radio Station That Feels Like Grandma's House » February 7, 2024 10:18 pm

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mic'em wrote:

I am travelling to Ottawa next Wednesday from Sudbury , I will have to check out the 88.1 frequency as I get near the area.Ā 

Perth being southwest of Ottawa, you might not have much luck getting it.

SOWNY » A Radio Station That Feels Like Grandma's House » February 7, 2024 10:16 pm

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Chrisphen wrote:

I was a big fan of HITZ FM and the 'White House of rock'.Ā 

So - was it haunted?

About 100 years ago when I was in university, I used to call Kristie Knight in the evening when I was supposed to be studying šŸ˜„ She was great, and she always took the time to talk for a few minutes if she was able.

And whenever I drive past a place in Milton on Hwy 25 heading north out of town, I think of Hairball at the Hardball.

SOWNY » A Radio Station That Feels Like Grandma's House » February 7, 2024 7:54 pm

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This station is small-town enough that they announce the names of people in the area whoā€™ve recently passed away, and which funeral homes are looking after the arrangements - yet the music they play is surprisingly relatively contemporary, as opposed to ā€œeasy listeningā€, which one might expect from a small station in a rural community. My family and I were in Perth in January visiting my mother-in-law, who often has the station on in the background, and I found myself singing along to the playlist several times! They also have a Big Band show on Sunday mornings.

SOWNY » Which Daytime OTA Soap Opera Gets The Youngest Audience? » February 5, 2024 6:45 pm

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newsguy1 wrote:

When I was a student it was a fad for a while to watch The Young and the Restless.
Mainly because it was so absurd with over the top acting and cheesy story lines.
But we were all young and restless back then.

I guess nothing will last forever

The acting is still OTT and the storylines still cheesy - but itā€™s a standing rule in my house that we donā€™t call my mother-in-law between 4.30 and 5.30 pm lest we interrupt her ā€œstoryā€ šŸ˜„

SOWNY » CBC Radio: The End Of The Long Dash » February 5, 2024 11:10 am

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ā€œPersonally, I think they should restrict them just to the evenings, when people are happy to be home. They could call it "Glad It's Night, With The Pips..." ā€œ

Bravo!

SOWNY » Tucker Carlson's speech in Alberta last night » January 26, 2024 3:51 pm

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And to top it all off, he says men should tan their testicles to increase testosterone.

SOWNY » Another Frustratingly Cloudy Forecast From CTV News » January 22, 2024 10:23 pm

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Lyndsay must have had her baby by now, because when she tweeted her pregnancy announcement in early July, she looked to be about three or four months along.

SOWNY » Bell Rebrands "The Source" In Partnership With Best Buy » January 19, 2024 12:29 am

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Wow, I never thought Lyndon would be back!

SOWNY » Rebel News David Menzies arrested » January 10, 2024 12:31 am

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Iā€™d be willing to bet that Rebel had the grifting website set up even before the incident happened.

SOWNY » Photo of CBC journo used in The(formerly Dixie)Chicks founder's obit » December 24, 2023 11:43 pm

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RadioActive wrote:

This same kind of thing happened to frequent radio panelist Laura Babcock, who appears often on a number of CFRB shows. She has the exact same name as one of the murder victims of Dellen Millard and Mark Smich, who were convicted of the would-be actress' murder in 2012.Ā 

Babcock has complained on air in the past that some people didn't realize she's not the same person who was killed and many are surprised when they discover this Laura Babcock is still very much alive.Ā 

I see her on Twitter fairly often and could never figure out why her name sounded familiar. Thanks!

That was a truly horrible case, and I still think about Tim Bosma and how he took them for a drive in his truck, thinking they just wanted to buy it, and they killed him. They are evil.

SOWNY » 590 Toronto is off » December 21, 2023 3:15 pm

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I used to listen to 680 when I was getting ready in the morning. A few years ago, my husband had plugged an Android streaming box into the TV in our bedroom, which was probably no more than six feet away from the radio in the bathroom. That Android box caused so much interference in the signal, I could hardly hear what they were saying.

Box is gone now and I started listening to CBC 99.1, which has a good strong signal but also some odd interference, the source of which I havenā€™t identified yet.

SOWNY » How To Give A Bl*wjob » December 20, 2023 12:48 pm

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Jody Thornton wrote:

This is where a "heads" up might've helped

For shame šŸ˜„šŸ˜„šŸ˜„

SOWNY » Jack Format To Return To Ottawa-Area Radio » December 15, 2023 5:56 pm

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Rogers should really get the townā€™s name right. Itā€™s Smiths Falls, not Smith Falls (or Smithfalls, as my elderly German mother-in-law who lives nearby calls it šŸ˜„)

SOWNY » What Is Your Favourite "Crank It Up" Tune? » December 14, 2023 12:37 am

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Jump Around - House of Pain
Would - Alice in Chains
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
#1 Crush - Garbage
Tweeter and the Monkeyman - Headstones
I Go Blind - Hootie and the Blowfish
Hello Timebomb - Matthew Good
That Song - Big Wreck

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