mace wrote:

No problem, as long I can still choose not to listen to Canadian artists if that is what I desire.

in other words, after i listen to 40 min of led zeppelin and Bruce Springsteen, don't suddenly force me to listen to 10 minutes of summer of 69' 
and that's the issue with forcing Canon on digital media. a medium about user choice cannot be regulated the same way we are!

paterson1 wrote:

I find when Radio One does get into politics with phone in programs,. 

when dose radio one have real live programming? i didn't grow up with the CBC so i wanted to give it a shot, i tried listening for about 2 weeks, leading up to the April election, i would tune in around 9 AM and 5 PM for my commute, the only program related to the election, was a premade "we talked to Canadians in this riding" show, every other time i tuned in it was random podcasts with heavy productions on random topics, the only other one i remember was frogs in Africa, the other topics i simply cannot remember, it was just so off topic and unimportant, it was like i was listening to CFRB or CFIQ overnight and weekend programming. 

is CBC one not the place for news, talk topics and national updates?
 

i had been hearing rumors that the brokered producers have been leaving CJMR in droves, i checked the location of their TX site, looks like in recent years development has encroached right on top of them, i think its safe to say, they would not pass safety code 6. 

as one who grew up on Q i just dont listen that much anymore, and when i do listen to any corus rock station its always playing Evanescence! i much prefer Giant FM out of Niagara, they largely still play classic rock, as well as more rock sounding modern rock(if that makes sense): sheepdogs, foo fighters, black keys etc. 

other then the odd killers song, and the omni present Bryan Adams. its a really good rock station 

yes ive played the demo for this!
also check out killer frequency! its a little bit different.

you play as a late night DJ, then suddenly people start calling in about a string of murders across town,
since the police station had its power cut by the serial killer, your job is to guide your callers to safety,keep the show on air, and search the radio station between breaks for clues.

i found the writing to be fairly accurate, around the radio side, they really encapsulated that small market station politics feel in my opinion! station owner is a conspiracy theorist, you got that one guy who keeps calling in trying to plug his own business for free, etc.

originally it was for VR, but you can play it on a screen. I recommend it!

from my understanding there is 2 AM HD radio stations in Canada. CHLO for many years, and last year one in Quebec came online!

how will local radio respond? all my generators are topped up, UPS units all relatively new. 
so on the engineering front? some blankets and a cup of tea! ( oh god i hope)

i tried to respond last night but i guess you cant respond on mobile? anyway i checked at 11:10pm and they are very much on air and at that moment playing country interestingly 

tip toe around the CRTC? have you read a technical brief, or a reply to a CRTC response! plenty of engineers, legal council and well versed station managers have subtlety discovered 101 ways to tell the CRTC to GFYS and  every time i read one it makes me smile! 

great! ill just deploy my collection of vintage FM exciters that's taking up storage space lol! 

if there is one thing that drives me crazy, its trying to get onto the roof tops of some of these buildings downtown, it is harder to get clearance from their internal management, then it is for the CN tower, 

so deploying a vast network of little synced FMs is not a exciting prospect for this guy.

maybe if you only look after 1 FM you might have the time?

anyway besides that i don't think "this is it" "the regulation to save radio" that US broadcasters keep asking the FCC for! and as for the CRTC... last i checked they were still "out of the office" 

MERRY CHRISTMAS FOLKS!

damn my mom had so much cityline stuff i just tossed out a bunch of books! i do have some episodes on VHS tho

btw, defund is not close shop!
cbc seems to be beloved across the nation i am sure they can drum up ad revenue like the rest of us... worst case they can follow the PBS model!

once we cut them loose, if they fail its on them, and if they site that "operating TV and Radio in the modern era is not sustainable" then we should all in unison turn and look at the CRTC

who would also apparently be on the chopping block

i was giving 1150 a listen and its all my kind of music, but why would i listen to it on AM when i got 107.1 and 91.7 for all my classic rock? in my opinion as one under 30, the only way AM works today, is for talk and news... and sometimes sports! 

at the very least you can always find the sold off overstock of radio shack components in various mom & pop electronics shops around!

Saul wrote:

Aren't 1430 and 1610 also on the Island?

was 1610 the site that was sitting in the lake on the south side? i have only ever heard rumors' about that!