https://youtu.be/kQg16PnPpF8?si=UfFYI33F5uoZPwa2

I need something new and fluffy to watch so after reading these posts about Tracker I had to see what it was all about. It IS goodish. A not unattractive main character with the charm, grin and looks of Ben Affleck, emotional payoff every episode, semi-witty quips and affectionate banter between co-stars and a fair amount of risk and physical action. It's like an oddball mix of maybe Magnum PI, MacGyver?, and another popular show... I can't quite figure out which one??? 📺🤔

The Tracker trailer is posted above in case you're curious. Depending on how the Leafs perform in the next month, some alternative programs might come in handy. 🙏🏒

I wonder if by cancelling the show and bringing it back twice the network was trying to get the best deal possible at the time. The words "negotiating with Sony" in the TV Ratings Guide article could be a clue, so perhaps it's really just creative accounting by CBS. Cancel the show, cancel the current contracts. Resurrect the show. Write new contracts.

there's something to be said for "regular" television that you don't get with a streaming service: the joy of flipping around the channels on a Sunday afternoon, discovering a favorite movie like Jaws, The Untouchables or Aliens has just started, which of course inspires you to immediately forget about everything you had planned to do, and drop into the sofa to watch said movie...

Radiowiz wrote:

betaylored wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

Yeah, it's just Freedom's version of Chatr or Public Mobile

I've been with Chatr since they were Mobilicity and have had no complaints about service. (knocks on wood) Although the wifi I use is with Bell. (the cynics tech version of CYA)

Mobolicity used to be around when Chatr was also around. They weren't with Rogers until Rogers bought them and shut Mobilicity down, merging it with Chatr. 

 

good to know how it really happened, thanks Radiowiz 😄

Shorty Wave wrote:

I enjoy listening to Dan Riskin when he’s a guest on 1010. He’s their science go-to who has a deep interest in bats. Good natured, well informed guest with a sense of humour!

Agree, he's always interesting and makes whatever he's talking about relatable. I also enjoy Carmi Levy who has a knack for explaining how data theft and other tech stories can actually impact the listeners.

You'd think 1010 would be smart enough to put together regular promo spots for both Dan and Carmi. CFRB could sprinkle the promos in and brighten up those unwieldy and ginormous commercial islands. Make it a real feature with a catchy tagline.

I enjoy Maureen Holloway as well.

I've seen Josie Dye make guest appearances on various Bell shows and with her charm and brains think she'd be a natural on 1010 for not only guest appearances on pop culture stories but also parenting and other topics. Perhaps even as a pundit on one of the roundtable discussions. There's a huge gap at 1010 when it comes to younger listeners and the crossover from the CHUM audience could only help 1010.

newsguy1 wrote:

He had eek lips!  A tragic medical condition.

winsome lose sun

Excellent list of tunes RA.

I'll add:

Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden

Shadows In the Moonlight by Anne Murray

My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light Em Up) by Fall Out Boy

and a perfect bumper song
Steal My Sunshine by Len

This has the makings of another Geraldo Rivera and The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults television spectacular.

After listening to the weather expert on MITM this morning tell John we shouldn't count on clear skies for Monday's eclipse, I'm mildly interested.

What should be interesting is all the news coverage and twitter posts from people who made the effort and traveled to the "zone of totality" and the stories they'll tell about the traffic jams, uncivil behavior and mild to major hiccups that can occur when large groups of humans congregate.

I needed to know if I was moore or leslie right, I was close, in the Lethal Weapon definition of the word, it was mid-mornings.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/leslie-roberts-to-leave-cjad

A group of experts, sociologists, psychologists etc. should make a study of why some people, for example Avery Haines, eventually recover and regain their careers and why others don't, and has social media made it almost impossible to get past a very public scandal.

TomTV wrote:

Global News's anchor Leslie Roberts comes to mind immediately. After that huge scandal that saw him leave, he did eventually return to anchor CTV from what I recall.

I also believe he had a good run doing the morning show on the Montreal sister station to CFRB (and one of the radio station's I grew up listening to) CJAD, this is going back a while ago, Leslie and John Moore used to do on-air segments together.

Wonder if Mike Stafford could ever return to radio.

It's not like there's a huge pool of on-air talent out there... well, that the people who helm the broadcast corporations seem to be able to find and develop.

https://twitter.com/HannahThibedeau/status/1774267869087281526?t=KI6uboqfxkxQBEySec_A-A&s=19

I'm curious to see what media corporation Hannah's moving to and what she'll be doing, and who will take over the afternoon shift.

Reading the many supportive replies on her post as well as other posts from CBC pals it's clear she was, is, highly respected and will be missed.

Thank heavens for Boom and CHOM, they're even more essential on a long weekend.

it's not surprising that someone as talented as Martin Short has been spending a good deal of personal time with Meryl Streep, whether they're best friends or something more romantic remains to be seen

as a teenager I always thought SCTV deserved as much attention and praise as SNL even though they were very different creations

I would love to hear the The Radio Kandy Show segments on the big yellow board. 🤞🎙️📻

Super article, thanks RA.

I've been watching a bunch of The Outer Limits episodes that are posted on YouTube, man they really were well done and creepy as hell at times.

Star Trek is comfort food. Fringe is excellent, and worth hunting down. And Battlestar Galactica is aging gracefully too. I liked Orphan Black.

Yesterday I saw the trailer for the new Disney version of Dr.Who and it looks like it might be goodish. I like the new doctor.