Wasn't there a super right off the top of the show that noted it was taking place in St. John's itself? Therefore, VOCM would have been at 590. (And did they really have such extensive other properties around the province? They were most likely to be repeaters, which would not require a full studio if any at all.) Either way, I'll admit it's a nitpicky detail that stood out to me, but would really be irrelevant to most. 

I have no idea what the TV schedules were like in Newfoundland in those days, but would Johnny Carson be on so early in the evening when the kid was turning the channels on the TV set? Unless they were showing it at around 8 or 9 PM (before his bedtime), which would be unusual for a late night show, it would be on quite late in that province, considering it's on at 11:30 PM Eastern and there were no pre-feeds in those days. (That would be 1 AM Nfld. time.)

And I'm not quite sure what year this takes place, but how many TV channels were there in St. John's at the time? Looks like he went through a few of them, all adjacent to each other, since every time he turned the dial, another station was there in consecutive order. Perhaps they had cable by that time. Hard to say. 

Again, nitpicky, but it shows you where my mind goes for stuff like this!

Actually you are right.  The Super at the beginning of the show does say St. John's 1986.  However in the voice over at the very beginning and Critch says his dad works at the radio station next door, they show the radio in the kitchen and the station showing is around 590, but a few minutes later when grandpa says to turn up the radio when the father is reporting live the frequency on the radio is now showing around 1420, so this is not only the wrong frequency but a flaw with continuity.
 
 I was wondering about Johnny Carson as well and have no idea what time it was shown in Newfoundland.  The program if on at 9pm is early but 1am is awfully late, and who would watch through the week at 1am? If they carried Carson locally on NTV they could have been showing the program in prime time but delayed by one day. 

Son of Critch is a bit over the top in some scenes but as Bill Brioux  mentions in his review the programs style is similar to Wonder Years which also did the same with exaggeration from the memory of a kid,

I worked in St Johns in 1976 and VOCM was the predominant station in the market at that time. I shared an apartment with a guy who was the swing announcer there and they did indeed wear those yellow jackets, I remember them well. I had an interview with the PD at his request , but was told my long hair and moustache didn't fit their image  , if I cleaned up, to come back and speak with him lol. I left the Rock to take a gig in Charlottetown shortly after, the former roommate forged my name on my income tax refund and stole it as I would come to find out later. He could be still there for all I know now. 

tvguy wrote:

On the  Jan 11th telecast there were several scenes with the station’s mobile cruiser.  “ VOCM 590” was clearly visible on the vehicle.

I enjoyed tonight’s episode a lot more than the first one.

Those who like this show would have been interested in Mark Critch's appearance on Evan Solomon's national radio show Thursday. During the interview, Critch revealed several unusual aspects to his sitcom that only he would know:

-He plays his own father in the show, which is odd enough. But the producers not only recreated his childhood home, using some props from the actual place, but also weaved in pieces of his dad's own clothing in his wardrobe on the show. Even the glasses he wears belonged to his late father, with the prescription changed to match the son's current eyesight. 

-When he goes out on a radio report for VOCM, where his father worked as a reporter, he wears the red blazer his dad had when he went out on a story. 

-The premiere episode had a strange story about a moose being hit on the main road, an event that really happened. Critch says every word of that report was used in the show, although he admits to adding the line, "Two people were killed, one seriously," because he thought it was a funny line.

-He never knew his grandfather, who died when his dad was just a boy. So he made up a character he would have wanted him to be like, and the role went to Malcolm McDowell. 

I wasn't overwhelmed by the show, but those details certainly help to show how they really strived for accuracy. I'd like to see more stories in the radio station, but clearly the focus is on the family - who really did live next door to the VOCM studios. 

Not surprised.  What else do they have in the pipeline that will draw viewers?  We stopped watching after 2nd or 3rd episode.  I found the writing/plot lines to be tedious. Perhaps others will weigh in.  Anyone else on the Big Yellow Board watched all of the episodes and is it "must see" TV for you?

I have watched the entire series. I worked in St. Johns in 76-77 and shared a house with one of the jocks from VOCM. I worked at rival Q93. I remember well the hosts having to wear those red blazers during remotes. I ridiculed my then room mate as often as possible.