The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum » John Moore Shoots On Ben Mulroney

unclefester · June 27, 2025 8:50 am

As some of you know Mr. Moore appears on his hometown radio station CJAD in Montreal each weekday morning at 7:20 a.m. with a brief entertainment feature.

Montreal morning host & long time Moore friend Andrew Carter may have caught Mr. Moore a bit off guard yesterday when he asked "What's Ben Mulroney doing these days"?

Moore responded by informing Carter that Ben is "actually working at a rival radio station in Toronto & he's got quite a chip on his shoulder".

Shots fired????

Well he went on to say "that works in talk radio...it's not my style but a lot of people in talk radio are kind of in-your-face and angry about everything all the time".

I haven't listened to Ben Mulroney enough to comment about the accuracy of Moore's opinions as they apply to his Global competitor but I'm sure many of you have.

Did John Moore paint an accurate picture of his radio rival?

RadioActive · June 27, 2025 9:11 am

I wish I'd heard this. Wow.

I think I might have said something like "Last I heard Ben Mulroney is still involved in media," and leave it at that.

The fact Moore went into such detail is surprising.

unclefester · June 27, 2025 9:18 am

RadioActive wrote:
I wish I'd heard this. Wow.

The Andrew Carter podcast from yesterday (Thursday June 26) at about the 16 and-a-half minute mark

Saul · June 27, 2025 9:44 am

Does anyone outside radio really care? Neither of them matters enough that it's worth the airtime ... can't the stations do better?

Walter · June 27, 2025 9:51 am

Mulroney is far more passionate and opinionated than Moore, whose excitement level never reaches above mildly bored unless he's shilling for Jiffy App or Frank Leo. Give me Ben over bland every time.

g121 · June 27, 2025 10:17 am

Walter wrote:
Mulroney is far more passionate and opinionated than Moore, whose excitement level never reaches above mildly bored unless he's shilling for Jiffy App or Frank Leo. Give me Ben over bland every time.

*chuckles* talk about bland/boring/repetitive .. how about someone who mentions the "Jiffy App" in almost every post he makes ..

Jody Thornton · June 27, 2025 10:27 am

g121 wrote:
Walter wrote:
Mulroney is far more passionate and opinionated than Moore, whose excitement level never reaches above mildly bored unless he's shilling for Jiffy App or Frank Leo. Give me Ben over bland every time.
*chuckles* talk about bland/boring/repetitive .. how about someone who mentions the "Jiffy App" in almost every post he makes ..

Yeah I was going to say, Walter's hate-on for John Moore is a tad strong; almost to the point of sounding problematic.

torontostan · June 27, 2025 10:29 am

"If AM radio hosts fight on the air and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

RadioActive · June 27, 2025 10:32 am

torontostan wrote:
"If AM radio hosts fight on the air and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"

Well, worse yet, he did it in a totally different market where few Toronto listeners would ever hear it. So it really isn't an issue.

Although it would not surprise me if Ben Mulroney hears about it now that it's been given some exposure here.

67GreenRambler · June 29, 2025 11:38 am

Where does he hear these things?

Binson Echorec · June 29, 2025 12:36 pm

Neat photo. Forty years ago that photo would have been buzzworthy and possibly gossip generating: one station's morning man golfing with the PD of its direct competitor.

In 2025, yeah, not so much.

Walter · June 29, 2025 2:12 pm

Jody Thornton wrote:
g121 wrote:
Walter wrote:
Mulroney is far more passionate and opinionated than Moore, whose excitement level never reaches above mildly bored unless he's shilling for Jiffy App or Frank Leo. Give me Ben over bland every time.
*chuckles* talk about bland/boring/repetitive .. how about someone who mentions the "Jiffy App" in almost every post he makes ..
Yeah I was going to say, Walter's hate-on for John Moore is a tad strong; almost to the point of sounding problematic.

I don't hate John Moore at all. Never met him. Probably a swell fellow. Been listening to him on 1010 since the by-gone days of his entertainment spots on old Ted Woloshyn's show, then listened to him afternoons for years. Yes, I remember 'The Cocktail Hour'. I am very familiar with on-air John Moore, thanks, and don't dislike him a bit, let alone 'hate' him. Back off. I loathe the 'Jiffy-App' spots. Nothing more, or Moore, to it than that.

Easily Amused · June 29, 2025 2:16 pm

Binson Echorec wrote:
Neat photo. Forty years ago that photo would have been buzzworthy and possibly gossip generating: one station's morning man golfing with the PD of its direct competitor.

In 2025, yeah, not so much.

Don't read too much into it. Tee times at that course might be at a premium, and some starters and course rangers can be quite inflexible with their pairings. 😁

Jody Thornton · June 29, 2025 2:21 pm

Walter wrote:
Back off. I loathe the 'Jiffy-App' spots. Nothing more, or Moore, to it than that.

OK never mind the "back off" BS. That's on you. You pop up with a comment EVERY SINGLE TIME that John Moore comes up, and it has gone deeper than Jiffy App in tone, content and anger level. So the impression I got from all that was PERFECTLY appropriate. If I'm wrong, then great, but you sounded as I assessed.

Walter · June 29, 2025 2:30 pm

Jody Thornton wrote:
Walter wrote:
Back off. I loathe the 'Jiffy-App' spots. Nothing more, or Moore, to it than that.
OK never mind the "back off" BS. That's on you. You pop up with a comment EVERY SINGLE TIME that John Moore comes up, and it has gone deeper than Jiffy App in tone, content and anger level. So the impression I got from all that was PERFECTLY appropriate. If I'm wrong, then great, but you sounded as I assessed.

Okay, forget 'back off'. Get lost will do, and does.

RadioActive · June 29, 2025 2:35 pm

Jody Thornton · June 29, 2025 3:34 pm

RadioActive wrote:

Sure we can. I just have a lower tolerance nowadays for needlessly angry and dumb

Walter · June 29, 2025 3:38 pm

Jody Thornton wrote:
RadioActive wrote:

Sure we can. I just have a lower tolerance nowadays for needlessly angry and dumb

Me too. Bless you Rodney.

g121 · June 29, 2025 4:12 pm

Jody Thornton wrote:
.. as I assessed.

You assessed correctly Jody ..

RadioActive · Today 7:43 pm

Guess who was a guest on Shane Hewitt's show on CFRB Thursday night? None other than Nicholas Mulroney, son of the former Prime Minister and brother to competitor Ben Mulroney on AM640. I missed most of it, but I wonder if Hewitt asked about any of his siblings...

67GreenRambler · Today 10:12 pm

I heard half of it but was put off by the unacceptable quality of sound from the guest. It's everywhere now. It seems sounding like you're in a submarine is perfectly fine and not considered unusual today. Bring back the old Northern Electric.

As to the content, "everyone in my family is great".