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 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 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.
 

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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

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?

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

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

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

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.  

*** one does news and hosts, the other one hosts ****

and yes, you do need news in a small market. 

I listened to Zoomer 92.3 online the other night and I noticed the playlist on their overnight show, The All-Night Jukebox, differed from that of the Toronto Zoomer. I don't know if that's just temporary, although I don't suppose it costs that much more to run your own overnight show if it's going jockless. 

The Owen Sound station doesn't show recently played songs (as of yet), but I assume their playlist is as broad as their Toronto counterpart. I don't know the market, but I'm thinking wide playlists work better in smaller communities than they do in places like metropolitan Toronto, judging by the likes of CJBQ Belleville, which seems to play every damn thing under the sun.

Good on Moses to decry stations that play the same 40 songs "over and over and over". (Hmm, that tagline sounds kinda familiar...  )



PJ

paterson1 wrote:

Who said anything about not needing news in a small market?  If anything news is more important in smaller markets since the local paper could be long gone.  Why tie up your only newsperson as a morning co-host?

I think that when the newsperson officially co-hosts a radio morning show lessens the credibility of that newscaster.  Also indicates the station isn't overly concerned with news since the talent is on the air more than in the newsroom.  If you're not in the newsroom, you aren't working on local stories.   Again, in a smaller market with few local news sources, the radio newscasts are important and should be treated that way.  
 

My comment about news stems from your comment "=12px I would have had three local shows with the talent that they hired." 
 You're right about the news position. It should be dedicated to news only, and working on those local stories. A long time ago, at big corporate radio, someone in an expensive suit said, "Let's cut the news departments in small and medium markets because no one listens to the news anymore". 
The worst is when there's two hosts and the news is recorded by a third person who works on another station within the cluster. 
 

I have heard that CFOS could flip to FM sometime later in the summer, but no firm date.  CFOS generally plays a wide swath of music as well, but tends to be a bit more jarring with more rock cuts. CFOS isn't your typical oldies or classic hits station and has some real similarities to Zoomer with block and specialized programs. 

paterson1 wrote:

I have heard that CFOS could flip to FM sometime later in the summer, but no firm date.  CFOS generally plays a wide swath of music as well, but tends to be a bit more jarring with more rock cuts. CFOS isn't your typical oldies or classic hits station and has some real similarities to Zoomer with block and specialized programs. 

Please bring back a little breath of scotland!

paterson1 wrote:

I have heard that CFOS could flip to FM sometime later in the summer, but no firm date.  CFOS generally plays a wide swath of music as well, but tends to be a bit more jarring with more rock cuts

A sampling of yesterday's playlist included the likes of "Teacher Teacher" by 38 Special and "Jump in Line (Shake, Senora)" by Harry Belafonte.

Mind you, a lot of Gen-Xers are probably familiar with the latter from its usage in the movie Beetlejuice. 



PJ