He'd be a great addition, but what time slot would he be given?

Ever wonder what the studio Brady works out of looks like? Here's a glimpse from a Twitter/X post. Notice that the TV is set to CP24 - and not Global. 

I'm sure it's Vassy Kapelos. Here's the PR:

Corus Entertainment is thrilled to welcome The Vassy Kapelos Show, in partnership with Orbyt Media, to its weekend Talk Radio lineup, beginning Saturday, September 6.

torontomike wrote:

I'm sure it's Vassy Kapelos. Here's the PR:

Corus Entertainment is thrilled to welcome The Vassy Kapelos Show, in partnership with Orbyt Media, to its weekend Talk Radio lineup, beginning Saturday, September 6.

If this is true, she's giving up a 5-day a week radio show on iHeart, her nightly program on CTV News Channel and the Sunday Question Period hour for a weekend show for a struggling media company?

I'm not saying you're wrong, but if that's the deal, it doesn't sound like a very good one.

I'd seriously miss Vassy on 1010.

Wonder who it could be if it's not Vassy.

Hmmm.

Howard Stern may be looking for a new gig so.... (JK as the youngsters say)

Last edited by betaylored (September 4, 2025 1:14 pm)

RadioAaron wrote:

She's not leaving Bell

Orbyt Media is Bell. So no, she's not leaving Bell. And yes, it is weird that this show is on 640 and not 1010.

RadioAaron wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

torontomike wrote:

I'm sure it's Vassy Kapelos. Here's the PR:

Corus Entertainment is thrilled to welcome The Vassy Kapelos Show, in partnership with Orbyt Media, to its weekend Talk Radio lineup, beginning Saturday, September 6.

If this is true, she's giving up a 5-day a week radio show on iHeart, her nightly program on CTV News Channel and the Sunday Question Period hour for a weekend show for a struggling media company?

I'm not saying you're wrong, but if that's the deal, it doesn't sound like a very good one.

No, it would be both. Bell offers her show for syndication.
 

But wouldn't that take her off CFRB, to be replaced with what? It doesn't make sense she'd be on both stations at the same time. 

Also, she doesn't currently do a Saturday show. So would this be adding yet another program or a best-of her current shows? If so, she'd be on 7-days-a-week. (She gets Fridays off, but does interviews and preps for Question Period on that day.)

Who could withstand that pace?

It's probably just yours truly, but this doesn't make any sense to me.

This is where this new syndicated show will air on the Corus network:

• Vancouver (730 CKNW) Saturday at 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
• Edmonton (880 CHED) Saturday at 1:00-3:00 p.m.
• Calgary (QR Calgary) Saturday at 1:00-3:00 p.m.
• London (AM 980) Saturday at 2:00-4:00 p.m.
• Toronto (640 Toronto) Saturday at 2:00-4:00 p.m.
• Winnipeg (680 CJOB) Sunday at 1:00-3:00 p.m.

RadioActive wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

If this is true, she's giving up a 5-day a week radio show on iHeart, her nightly program on CTV News Channel and the Sunday Question Period hour for a weekend show for a struggling media company?

I'm not saying you're wrong, but if that's the deal, it doesn't sound like a very good one.

No, it would be both. Bell offers her show for syndication.
 

But wouldn't that take her off CFRB, to be replaced with what? It doesn't make sense she'd be on both stations at the same time. 

Also, she doesn't currently do a Saturday show. So would this be adding yet another program or a best-of her current shows? If so, she'd be on 7-days-a-week. (She gets Fridays off, but does interviews and preps for Question Period on that day.)

Who could withstand that pace?

It's probably just yours truly, but this doesn't make any sense to me.

They're already packaging a weekend best-of show for their own stations.

Bell is picking syndication revenue over 1010 weekend ratings (which are basically nil anyway)
 

RadioAaron wrote:

Bell is picking syndication revenue over 1010 weekend ratings (which are basically nil anyway)
 

This.

On weekends, 1010 has no listeners left to lose.

Last edited by torontomike (September 4, 2025 1:38 pm)

So just to add it all up:

-She does a cross-Canada weekday radio show for two hours over iHeart Monday-Thursday.
-She hosts CTV's Power Play at 5PM on CTV's All News Channel
-She fronts Question Period on CTV on Sundays
-She does a podcast "That Just Happened" that drops every Friday.
-And she's doing Saturdays over Corus stations.

Plus, she's a mom and has a family, as well as anchoring any breaking political news. That is completely insane. How long can someone keep up that kind of schedule?
 

ED1 wrote:

I'm guessing the 2-hour weekly show will have some new content and the rest might be re-rolls from her weekday show that Corus listeners (especially out west) have probably not heard yet. 

It's almost certainly what they're already producing for themselves and no extra work for her. 

RadioAaron wrote:

It's almost certainly what they're already producing for themselves and no extra work for her.

For sure, they're just now selling it to external parties.

RadioAaron wrote:

Probably all barter.

Right, quite likely.

RadioActive wrote:

Ever wonder what the studio Brady works out of looks like? Here's a glimpse from a Twitter/X post. Notice that the TV is set to CP24 - and not Global. 

Here's the Metro Morning competition. With complimentary fruit bowl.
 

Vassy turned up for a live interview on AM640 Friday morning, helping to promote her new weekend show. 

This is a very surreal moment. I honestly can't think of an occasion where a very high profile personality on one radio station or network is now on two at once, including their nearest competition. Can you imagine CFRB's Wally Crouter doing a syndicated show and it wound up on CKEY?

There was a time when exclusivity was an inviolate rule. Times in radio have certainly changed.