The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum » Zoomer Media takes control of CJOS-FM

andysradio · April 1, 2025 8:06 am

CJOS-FM 92.3 Owen Sound is now Zoomer FM
https://zoomerfm.ca/

paterson1 · April 1, 2025 10:09 am

This is really interesting that they will now have a somewhat localized version of Zoomer in "GreyBruceLand."

Interesting since CFOS is a fair bit like Zoomer with oldies and specialized programming, and very well established. But at least the Owen Sound Rising version of Zoomer gets the jump with FM and a larger coverage area than the new FM for CFOS will reach.

Zoomer was smart not to adopt the classical format for Owen Sound since their station in Collingwood covers most the Owen Sound area already. And they would have needed to apply for a category change with classical.

torontostan · April 1, 2025 10:22 am

Their schedule appears to show they'll syndicate CFZM for most of the day.... meaning a significantly older playlist.... not sure that's wise but alas....

paterson1 · April 1, 2025 10:44 am

I don't understand why so many stations, even small stations, feel that they need two or more hosts to do mornings. Zoomer in Owen Sound hired three announcers for local programming, but two are mornings. So this limits you basically to a live local morning show and afternoon drive weekdays. I would have had three local shows with the talent that they hired.

RadioAaron · April 1, 2025 10:52 am

paterson1 wrote:
I don't understand why so many stations, even small stations, feel that they need two or more hosts to do mornings. Zoomer in Owen Sound hired three announcers for local programming, but two are mornings. So this limits you basically to a live local morning show and afternoon drive weekdays. I would have had three local shows with the talent that they hired.

The two person morning show was there from Bell. Zoomer hired an afternoon host, but that position had been vacant for a few months

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 · April 1, 2025 3:47 pm

did'nt zoomer promiss a rock format?
Because what I'm hearing on the stream sounds the same as 740

RadioAaron · April 1, 2025 3:51 pm

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
did'nt zoomer promiss a rock format?
Because what I'm hearing on the stream sounds the same as 740

They didn't promise anything specifically. They mentioned the format would be more-or-less the same as before, but they're not held to that.

Last edited by RadioAaron (April 1, 2025 3:51 pm)

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 · April 1, 2025 3:55 pm

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
did'nt zoomer promiss a rock format?
Because what I'm hearing on the stream sounds the same as 740

But, sofar, it has a much softer sound from 740.
It sounds more like the old the jewel format.

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 · April 1, 2025 3:56 pm

RadioAaron wrote:
Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
did'nt zoomer promiss a rock format?
Because what I'm hearing on the stream sounds the same as 740
They didn't promise anything specifically. They mentioned the format would be more-or-less the same as before, but they're not held to that.

Oops.
I quoted my own post.
It has more of a soft AC sound

RadioAaron · April 1, 2025 3:57 pm

That's fine too. It doesn't matter.

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 · April 1, 2025 4:02 pm

torontostan wrote:
Their schedule appears to show they'll syndicate CFZM for most of the day.... meaning a significantly older playlist.... not sure that's wise but alas....

Almost like they do for classical fm.
They nead to make a seperate fight back show for CJOS.
Who in Owin sound wants to hear about Toronto issues?

Radiowiz · April 1, 2025 5:09 pm

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
It sounds more like the old the jewel format.

That's exactly what I thought also.

torontostan · April 1, 2025 5:09 pm

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
torontostan wrote:
Their schedule appears to show they'll syndicate CFZM for most of the day.... meaning a significantly older playlist.... not sure that's wise but alas....
Almost like they do for classical fm.
They nead to make a seperate fight back show for CJOS.
Who in Owin sound wants to hear about Toronto issues?

Fight Back is one of the programs that won't be syndicated to Owen Sound, according to zoomerfm.ca

RadioAaron · April 1, 2025 5:22 pm

740 itself has been moving in a softer, more breeze-like direction lately.

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 · April 1, 2025 6:08 pm

RadioAaron wrote:
740 itself has been moving in a softer, more breeze-like direction lately.

And there adding more AC songs from today and playing less 60s.
I was surprised to find ed sheerin's perfect on the last played section on zoomerradio.ca

RadioActive · Yesterday 7:05 am

The Owen Sound Sun Times weighs in on the changes, with an admission from Toronto-based P.D. Gene Stevens that mornings and afternoons will be local, but weekends and evenings will virtually duplicate AM740.

"During weekday morning and afternoon shows, popular greatest hits and favourites from the 1960s through to the 2000s, will be a part of the musical “smorgasbord” being offered up.

Sandwiched in between will be the top 10 at Ten and the next 11 at Eleven hosted by Robbie Lane, along with the Number 1s at One. Lane is back in the evening with the 60s at Six, 70s at Seven, 80s at Eight, and 90s at Nine. At 10 p.m. will be Theatre of the Mind, featuring classic drama and comedy, followed by Stardust love songs at 11 p.m. and the risque music of Midnight Blue at midnight, followed by the all-night jukebox."

Plenty of musical variety at new Owen Sound radio station

RadioActive · Today 11:10 am

The new morning show debuted with a phoner from - who else? - new head honcho Moses Znaimer.

The former City TV boss was given a somewhat sycophantic intro that lasted almost two minutes. But the man has a huge ego, so I'm quite sure he ate it up. He told the morning duo and the audience that he plans to remake CJOS into the kind of "radical radio" everyone remembers from the past.

He decried what he called "traditional radio" that plays the same 40 songs "over and over and over."

And he referred to previous formats like The Dock and Bounce.

You can hear the conversation here.

torontostan · Today 11:43 am

I can hear the tagline already.... "From Graceland to GreyBruceLand... you're listening to Zoomer FM....."