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Drex was live on 640, in for John Oakley. He'll repeat that shift on Tuesday.
Don't care for him. I'll take Towhey, thanks.
Towhey earned my ear on Tuesday, when he began his show pledging almost no Christmas talk for the next four hours. There will be enough of that over the next two days. I'll be listening to him.
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Towhey noted at the end of his show Tuesday that he would not be back on air until early Jan., subbing for Jerry Agar.
If all these people are off until well after the New Year, what the hell are they running for the week between Christmas and New Year's? A whole week of rerolls? That sounds ridiculous for a station with "news" in its Newstalk name.
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CKTB is airing old radio shows.
AM640 has old reruns of Ben O'Hara Byrne, with the 4,567 reairing of his "music special" interviews.
As noted, CFRB has the story behind famous Xmas songs.
And CBC Radio 1 appears to be non-stop Christmas music.
The only one with semi-regular programming Tuesday night (mostly with reruns of their earlier shows) is Sauga960.
And of course, 680 is all news, regardless of the holiday.
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LBC in London is taking live calls at 4am
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This is quite common and happens every year.- there is no late local news on any of the Toronto TV stations on Christmas Eve.
Global is doing a recap of some Canadian stories that made news this year, followed by a rerun of Global National.
City TV is doing its annual hour-long hymn sing, in a nod to the holiday season.
CBLT has an episode of Kim's Convenience.
And while CTV has its regular National newscast at 11PM, the 11:30 local has been replaced by etalk.
Most have been given the night off to spend Christmas with their families, a nice gesture and the only real night of the year local news isn't broadcast on any TV station in Toronto.
Perhaps surprisingly, the only GTHA broadcaster that actually has a late local newscast on Xmas Eve is CHCH. Good for them.
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AM640 went with Kevin Vuong for its morning show Monday, while CFRB opted for John Tory. Whatever you think of the former mayor, at least he has extensive radio experience.
Vuong is OK as a guest. But as a host? Parachuting a guy with no real experience - especially into the always busy morning slot - makes me wonder what they were thinking. I'm going to assume he'll also be in Tuesday, before Christmas programming kicks in everywhere and there's nothing to listen to on the radio.
OK, I can admit it - I was wrong. After giving Vuong a chance, I actually thought he did a very good job filling in, especially when the competition at 1010 has essentially abandoned all pretence of programming the station during the holiday.
Congrats to 640, which had live shows on morning and afternoon drive, with the exception of Christmas Day. If you want to know why they've finally started beating 1010 in the ratings, just look at this past week. There's part of your answer.
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1010 is now broadcasting a show from Windsor.
They had CP24 on in the morning from 7 to 9.
Yesterday was mostly reruns.
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1010 is now broadcasting a show from Windsor.
They had CP24 on in the morning from 7 to 9.
Yesterday was mostly reruns.
At least the Dan McDonald Windsor show is live. First one in a while.
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He's also doing a good job.
Your going to hate me for saying this, But I like Agar's show.
Jim richards is full of himself.
He's just a whiney downtowner that only cairs about other downtowners.