Your 'must hears' are mostly segments rather than shows, and Under the Influence is indeed a good one.

Chrisphen wrote:

Your 'must hears' are mostly segments rather than shows, and Under the Influence is indeed a good one.

Out of segments, I love the blacklocks report.

I don't really have any must hear or must skips.  However shows I will listen to if they are on when in the car and depending on the topic or music. In no real order..

Cross Country Check Up
70's at 7 on either BOOM or Zoomer or both
Vassy Kapeloss
Ben Mulroney
80's at 8 Zoomer
Q
End of John Moore and start of Bill Carroll
Afternoon and some weekend programming on CKTB from time to time

Since the demise of CHML and Newstalk 570, I haven't been listening to AM talk radio nearly as often.  Also I have been listening to more of Canada Talks and NPR on Sirius XM.
 

Last edited by paterson1 (September 8, 2026 3:58 pm)

Shorty Wave wrote:

Here is the list of radio shows I enjoy:

Moore in the Morning (CFRB): Usually have this on when getting my day started, enjoy the Round Tables and regular pundits like Scott Reid, Tom Mulcair and the likes. Also like the “Five Things You Need to Know”.

Bill Carroll (CFRB): Sometimes catch this show weekday mornings after Moore. Relatively new to me but I’ve enjoyed it so far!

Fight Back (AM740): if I’m near a radio weekdays at noon, I will tune in, although it can be hit or miss, depending on the topic and guests, like many shows I guess!

Vintage Favourites (AM740): Gene Stevens hosts and produces this weekly show and does a great job! It is well researched and presented Sundays starting at 2pm.

Cross Country Check Up (CBC): I quite often will catch the full two hours, unless I have to BBQ!

Under The Influence (CBC): possibly one of the best shows on radio, dealing with advertising “through the ages”!

BLUZ-FM with Danny Marks (JazzFM91): I usually tune in as I am winding down on Saturday evenings. Marks is a great host and knows his stuff, great blues and rarities!

Sunday Morning Trivia (CFRB): Jason Agnew does a decent job of putting this 3 hour quiz show together, I have even won before!

Big Band Sunday Night (AM740): if you enjoy big band music, this is a solid five hours of it, hosted by Dean Hollin who knows his stuff and has a huge archive by the sounds of it!

The British Invasion (AM740): Robbie Lane hosts this shows Saturdays at 6pm, usually well programmed by a knowledgeable host!

The Weather (CBC): It’s not so much a show, but the woman who does the weather 8pm weekdays has a great voice!

There is also a lot of radio I don’t care for, like most people, what can you do?

Radio 1 still has some good shows, and the lady who does the weather on there is calming unlike on 1010 who overexadurates about how hot it is outside.

brian451 wrote:

I tend to listen to a lot of music shows, I don't really enjoy talk radio unless it's sports, so I usually tune into the hockey show that's on at noon on 590. Otherwise I like things like the Weekend Cafe and The Electric Ballroom on Indie 88. Ongoing History as well as Records and Rockstars are good music based talk shows. 
Also the Ed The Sock show is good too. Mix of conversation and music. 
Another show I enjoy that is not on AM or FM is Howard Stern. I still listen once or twice a week, when I can  

 
brian451, you might have heard that Stern is down to one live show a week and has a new deal with HBO:-

“….the radio host's show will air one new live broadcast every Monday instead of two a week when it returns on air on September 14. Then HBO Max will release a filmed version of the three-hour radio show on Thursdays starting September 17”.

This info is in a couple of articles online. He’s 72, so not surprised he’s winding it down a bit!

Weekday mornings (prior to commute): Metro Morning
Weekday mornings (commute): Metro Morning or John Moore if it's tolerable, with occasional checks of 680 for traffic.
Weekdays at woik: When I have time, podcasts or KEXP's stream.
Weekdays drive home: Corpse Radio 1, 680 for traffic, or the awesome tunes on my USB stick. Except on Fridays - CIUT has the most effective drive time show on the local airwaves with Unknown Pleasures. Loud angry music is required to dissipate the Stupid that emanates from other area drivers. The Waveform is also good, but Tuesdays are a different matter.
Weekday evenings: podcasts, shortwave.
Weekends: Mostly NPR programs - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, On the Media, Radiolab, This American Life (only if it doesn't feature dead kids...which is rare), KEXP or WFMU streams, and shortwave if nothing else does it.

mic'em wrote:

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:

Here's my list, warning, some are religious, and, i like some ethnic shows for the music.
1: Jerry agar.
2: ben mulrony on AM 640.
3: The national crawford roundtable on wdcx.
4: Ravna gora serbian show for the nice accordion music and there traditional instruments.
5: Fight back with libby znaimer.
6: Theater of the mind.
7: A show I stream from moody radio, In the market with janet parsial if I'm spelling that corectly.
8: The irish program on Chin 1540 and also the croatian program, Irish for the music and my haratage, croatian for the music and they speak some english, so you get to learn about music in another language.
9: A little breth of scottland, now only on mixcloud, I used to try to tune in every sunday on am 740.
Not as much as there used to be.
I'de never miss the mauts, the john donabe show, tarik fata, or sounds of yugoslavia with mike milicevic, or franky benson's irish program on 740.
And 1 I used to sleep to when I was a kid, lovers and other strangers.
And 1 I wish the evanovs kepped, the lounge and the instrumentals show.

CKLU out of Sudbury broadcasts a Scottish music show Wednesday 's around noon, and repeated Friday. It's two hours, the announcer is very Scottish, I find it hard to understand him at times, but my Nova Scotia heritage has me enjoying the music. I remember my uncle in Cape Breton along with other guys playing the old traditional songs around the wood stove when we visited as a kid with my family. You can find it online. There might be archived shows as well. 

Did'nt know there's still scotish shows on canadian radio.
The coast in cape bretton has an east coast traditional music show on sunday afternoon.
And for 24/7 east coast and celtic, my gotos are stingray music's online channels such as celtic, Canada east coast roadtrip, and maritime folk, and an online station called cb fm.
Also, ckwr's newfie show has a 24/7 station on live365 playing only newfie music.

When I lived in the 9-5 world, if traffic on the 401 was extremely bad on the drive home, I would listen to WNED, It seemed to make the traffic move a bit faster. After an hour of 94.5, going to CHFI sounded like head banger music to me.

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:

The coast in cape bretton has an east coast traditional music show on sunday afternoon.
And for 24/7 east coast and celtic, my gotos are stingray music's online channels such as celtic, Canada east coast roadtrip, and maritime folk, and an online station called cb fm.
Also, ckwr's newfie show has a 24/7 station on live365 playing only newfie music.

Lately I, an English Canadian with some small-town Anglo-Quebecer roots, listen to over 90% Francophone music.

If you’re interested in great Canadian music, and a lot with heavy “neo-trad” roots influence including Celtic influence, there’s so much material there. You don’t need to understand every word or even most to enjoy and appreciate.

Stingray Music’s Francophone channels have been really useful crash courses.

Note to Stingray if you’re reading this: Please s'il vous plaît give us an Acadian and Atlantic Canadian Francophone artists channel (Lisa LeBlanc, Salebarbes, Les Hay Babies, Caroline Savoie, Sylvie Boulianne, Serena Wu, Moustache Rodéo, and classic artists like 1755 and Annie Blanchard, etc.) and a Franco Canadian artists with roots from outside Quebec channel (the above plus Les Rats d’Swompe, Céleste Lévis, Reney Ray, Ponteix, and classic artists like CANO, etc.) Incredible scenes right now, stacked with talent and material.

Last edited by Jonathan W (September 14, 2026 8:42 am)

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:

Chrisphen wrote:

Weekday mornings (prior to commute): Metro Morning
Weekday mornings (commute): Metro Morning or John Moore if it's tolerable, with occasional checks of 680 for traffic.
Weekdays at woik: When I have time, podcasts or KEXP's stream.
Weekdays drive home: Corpse Radio 1, 680 for traffic, or the awesome tunes on my USB stick. Except on Fridays - CIUT has the most effective drive time show on the local airwaves with Unknown Pleasures. Loud angry music is required to dissipate the Stupid that emanates from other area drivers. The Waveform is also good, but Tuesdays are a different matter.
Weekday evenings: podcasts, shortwave.
Weekends: Mostly NPR programs - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, On the Media, Radiolab, This American Life (only if it doesn't feature dead kids...which is rare), KEXP or WFMU streams, and shortwave if nothing else does it.

I can tell your a disconnected leftie who rarely listens to real talk radio on 1010.

I hope that was a joke  " disconnected"  after he listed multiple and varied sources, come on.
 

Shorty Wave wrote:

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:

Chrisphen wrote:

Weekday mornings (prior to commute): Metro Morning
Weekday mornings (commute): Metro Morning or John Moore if it's tolerable, with occasional checks of 680 for traffic.
Weekdays at woik: When I have time, podcasts or KEXP's stream.
Weekdays drive home: Corpse Radio 1, 680 for traffic, or the awesome tunes on my USB stick. Except on Fridays - CIUT has the most effective drive time show on the local airwaves with Unknown Pleasures. Loud angry music is required to dissipate the Stupid that emanates from other area drivers. The Waveform is also good, but Tuesdays are a different matter.
Weekday evenings: podcasts, shortwave.
Weekends: Mostly NPR programs - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, On the Media, Radiolab, This American Life (only if it doesn't feature dead kids...which is rare), KEXP or WFMU streams, and shortwave if nothing else does it.

I can tell your a disconnected leftie who rarely listens to real talk radio on 1010.

 
Scarboroughbluffsradio99, I’d be a bit more selective about being judgy if I were you. Nobody here is perfect. Just read your own post from time to time for example, I could go to town on some of them. So treat others here as you are actually treated, with respect and tolerance. Thanks.

Thank you Shorty.
And you are way more diplomatic than I was about to be.
Almost every 'media quote' from this person refers to political leanings...right...left..Muslims.. Jews..etc.
I wish he would filter himself.
It takes away from what this forum is about. 

Last edited by RayDeeOh (September 14, 2026 12:03 pm)

What I listen to on my commute really depends on what is happening. If the weather is bad, or a major traffic issue that involves the roads that I use, its 680. For short political commentary I use 1010. For the Ontario or Federal budget I use CBC Radio 1. This is normally a 1 hour radio special between 4pm and 5pm.

If I am in the car and one of the Toronto teams is playing I will listen to 1050 or 590.

After that I will use the time with Podcasts or Audio Books.

Shorty Wave wrote:

gch wrote:

I enjoy Robbie Lane's shows on 740....and the Celebrity Spotlights with Larry Jackson are favourites for me.


Also, Gene Stevens, with his Sunday afternoon program is great   

It is interesting that, through the day, 740 plays a wide variety of music, right up to some more  current artists..

The station has evolved in the last 25 years, and I hope they continue to have success.


 

 
Good picks gch. I think that AM740 puts the work in still with Gene Stevens, Larry Jackson, Dean Hollin and the likes, as there is some great research with their programs, and great music of course! It reminds me of how radio once was, and that’s not bad!

Love 740.
Before CKWR changed formats, it was almost a commercial version of CKWR.
I just wish CKWR went back to its old format.