My pet peeve - and you hear it a lot - is when they say so-and-so graduated such-and-such a university. No, it should be "graduated from." The person graduated, not the university.

Just got word that "Big" Don Biefer died this morning after a long illness. Big Don jocked all over southern Ontario and New York state, including stints at CKFH and CFTR Toronto and FM 108 in Burlington. He was also at WOLF in Syracuse, CKLC Kingston, CKLB Oshawa, CHIC Brampton, CHAM Hamilton, CJSS Cornwall and CHSJ St. John, N.B. He was 74.

I've known Don for years. A great guy, always upbeat and a source of many very funny radio stories. He told me how he would do a Sunday shift at CHAM from 7-midnight, then drive like mad to Toronto to do 1-6 a.m. at CFTR. Don told me he was never late and never got a speeding ticket.

Big Don was a treasure. R.I.P.



http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/ckfh-biefer-73.mp3

  

Edward Winter as Col. Flagg on M*A*S*H comes to mind among characters who made an occasional appearance.

Brilliant casting for the role of the over-eager CIA man.


 

It would surprise me if this wasn't happening.

Danny Gallivan and Rick Jeanneret are at the head of my list.

Not a fan of Joe Bowen, but then again I''m not a Leaf fan. Go Wings go!

Latest BCE earnings report...

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/bce-reports-2023-q4-and-full-year-results-announces-2024-financial-targets-and-3-1-annual-dividend-increase-to-3-99-per-share-837288748.html

My favourite song of hers was her first, "Beautiful People", originally released in 1967 but got no national chart action. Should've been a bigger hit, IMHO.

 

The Big 8 news team in the early '70s, including Lee Marshall.

Just watched the Lightfoot doc and it was amazing, Lots of great archival footage.

RadioActive wrote:

I was only a so-so fan when it came to Gordon Lightfoot but I was still interested in his story. So when I discovered way too late that YesTV, of all places, was showing "If You Could Read My Mind," the documentary based on his life, I tuned in the last half hour. (It was on New Year's Eve night but I missed the listing.)

I have to say the part I saw, which was about the latter part of his career, was quite engrossing. Among the revelations I never knew: The version of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald heard on the radio, arguably his biggest hit ever, was the very first take of the tune they put on tape in the recording studio. 

Musicians who played on the track admitted they did a number of versions, but there was something about that first virtually unrehearsed one that was just perfect - and try as they might, they couldn't improve on it. So though it almost never happens, that first take was the one that became famous. 

The film was made in 2019, just four years before Lightfoot passed in 2023. 

In any event, I would like to see the whole thing. And on a hunch, I found that I - and everyone else - can see it for free online. It's on CBC Gem and although you may have to sign up with that website, it won't cost you anything. From the part of it I saw, it looks really worthwhile. (Just make sure your VPN, if you're using one, is set to Canada.)

Find it here. 

It is being re-run on CBC's Documentary Channel (Rogers 258 I believe) Sunday at 6 a.m.
 

Maybe Ted Slauson showed up...

https://theinternetsaysitstrue.com/2022/11/28/ted-slauson-the-man-who-beat-the-price-is-right-rewind-2/

680 News is my go-to station for traffic and weather.

RadioActive wrote:

I've been watching a few shows on CBS this past week and I've noticed they're doing something that seems a bit over the top. At the end of every show - every show! - they do a kind of split screen over the end credits, reminding people there are 96 or 93 days until the Super Bowl airs. 

This has been going on for a few weeks and as of Thursday night, it was down to 80 days. It appears they intend to continue with this shameless countdown until the day before it actually airs.  

Look, I get the importance of the contest - it's almost always the single biggest viewing event of the year and it rakes in millions of dollars in advertising. But promoing it more than three months ahead? That just seems excessive to me. At least wait until January or the end of December when it's a little closer.

This is the earliest promo for any TV event I can ever recall. It would be like advertising Christmas is coming - but in early June. Or going all Christmas on the radio in early November - oh, er, wait a second...

But really, when is too soon too much?

Oh that's nothing. NBC has been promoting next summer's Olympic Games since ... last summer!
 

The documentary also has a permanent spot on Rock Radio Sxrapbook

http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/afvn.html


 

Radiowiz wrote:

How old would Al be if he were alive today?

He would be 91.

Boliska died April 7, 1972, the day before his 40th birthday.