RadioActive wrote:

What does the shift change do to their morning "Breakfast Wrap" that they put online? That primarily consisted of an edited version of the 5-6 AM hour, with the thinking being most people aren't up that early, so they can catch up on what they didn't hear. Are they still going to bother?

Looks like the "Breakfast Wrap" is no more indeed; the last episode posted was September 1st.

As for Tim Denis and CKTB, is that last hour live or are they slicing up some segments from the preceding few hours on a given morning and doing an "encore"/"best of" hour?

RadioActive wrote:

Good question but I would hate to think they would do a reroll at 9 AM! Even CFRB doesn't stoop that low.

You're probably right, as it's during the day. I was thinking about that overnight experiment first hosted by Jim Richards and later David Cooper that ran midnight to 5 am. In that, the 4 am to 5 am hour was just a straight reroll of the first hour from earlier - I guess they figured few people listening to that first hour would still be listening later on!

John's off tomorrow (Friday Sept 8th) .. John Tory in again to sub for Moore .. 

Listener wrote:

This may become a permanent spot for John Tory and, if so, I will be searching for another radio station.

I'm thinking of a few possibilities:

1) This may truly be one-off fill-in slots for vacationing hosts throughout the schedule and the station is hoping to get any publicity out of it (they sure over-promoted Tory's first fill-in as a "major announcement", etc.)

2) Perhaps seeing how Tory does and the reaction towards him. I can see him returning to the afternoon drive slot of "The Rush", which he once hosted, and they find a television slot for current host Reshmi Nair somewhere, where I think she's actually stronger.

3) As noted elsewhere here, Moore frequently complains (seemingly at least every hour of each show) about the hours of the "plum" morning drive role - "the crack of stupid", waking up at 2 or 3 am, no social/evening life, trouble napping as part of his routine where some hosts can nap/fall asleep right away, etc.   Perhaps they put Moore back to his old afternoon drive slot - where he'd take callers again like he's doing with the 9 am hour experiment currently - and Tory takes the morning show slot?

4) Some other permanent show slot for Tory on 1010 not related to #2 or #3 above. Weekend mornings 6-9 am? Currently just rerolls and CP24 simulcasts. Not sure Tory is exactly the kind of folksy, story-driven host good in those "listen with your cup of coffee" Saturday and Sunday slots, but maybe.

Last edited by AspectRatio (September 8, 2023 7:10 am)

Anybody would be a better morning host for the station than little Johnny.

For those that know, he's brought the once mighty 'RB lead-in ratings down, down, down every year he's been there.

I can't imagine Tory would be interested in having to get up at 4AM every day on any regular basis He certainly doesn't need the money. 

Incidentally, it's been quite the musical chairs rotation of news anchors for Moore's show since Ashley Legassic's departure on September 1st: Patricia Mohamed, Heather Seaman, Tiffany Hendsbee, Victoria Matiash and possibly another one or two I don't recall or wasn't listening to at the time. Doesn't seem to be a CTV job posting currently for the gig so I assume they're trying to determine who to fill it internally with - unless it'll just be constant rotating based on availability.