A nice article and feature on TSN's website by hockey guru Bob McKenzie about Gord's love of the Bruins and how the music spoke to hockey fans...and of course Canadian culture...as I heard today on the CBC, The  "Hip" were Canada's House Band...

http://www.tsn.ca/fully-completely-1.494972
 

Last edited by Muffaraw Joe (October 18, 2017 10:46 am)

mjf wrote:

Not too surprised to see a small station like Indie 88 go all Tragically Hip but I'm surprised to see big commercial stations like Boom 97.3 and Q107 playing all Hip!
 

Surprised?  Me too.  Especially during ratings.

SO sad to have lost a man who actually cared about folks...and made his passions known.  Tributes are, obviously, deserved.  But all Hip...all day?  Now?  That's gutsy...and not business-like at all.  Meanwhile condolences to Gord's family and friends.  One of Canada's all-time greats is gone and there's a hole in our collective heart and soul.

Did the P.A. for tonight's Jr. hockey game...THAT included a quick tribute followed by about 45 seconds of silence...just ahead of the national anthem.  The team requested that I do it.  Glad to.  The least I could do really.

I'm sure it was.  The comment wasn't about whether or not is was the right thing to do.  It was about management and sales squirming with it...especially during ratings...which, even though it feels like it, aren't ON and HOT every day.  [even though the run-up to' it' is maybe even MORE important than the actual time when real numbers are actually compiled and where millions of dollars are ultimately, then, divided into piles.]
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And you know what 'boy'...Even at their career peaks less than 50% of all listeners LIKED Elvis...or the Beatles.  So?  It WAS a gutsy move.  What about the other half + of your audience?

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Old Codger wrote:

I'm sure it was.  The comment wasn't about whether or not is was the right thing to do.  It was about management and sales squirming with it...especially during ratings...which, even though it feels like it, aren't ON and HOT every day.  [even though the run-up to' it' is maybe even MORE important than the actual time when real numbers are actually compiled and where millions of dollars are ultimately, then, divided into piles.]
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And you know what 'boy'...Even at their career peaks less than 50% of all listeners LIKED Elvis...or the Beatles.  So?  It WAS a gutsy move.  What about the other half + of your audience?

The beauty thing about "management & sales" at Newcap is we are all on board and encouraged to do what's best. We don't have to screen things or ask permission here - If it'll sound good & makes sense, we do it. Yes, stations like this do exist. As for the other half, the positive feedback outweighed the negative by a landslide. Those that know "boom" know it was genuine and tolerated it. If they didn't like it we simply explained what we were doing, why and that we would return to normal in 24hrs - they seemed cool with it. 

 

cGrant wrote:

   optically, it seems you capitalized on his death: bandwagon-jumping, if you will.

everyone can't be perfect like AM640
 

Don wrote:

So, which is it then? Bad for ratings or capitalizing? Because it can't be both.

Sure it can. Are you assuming my use of the word "capitalising" was used in the positive tense? It was not. Neither is the term "bandwagon-jumping".

Boom is great to listen to during their all 80's holiday long weekends.

And their on-air talent has personality.

Only thing I find is that the music catelog is much more CHUM than back in the day 102.1 the Edge. Some Fiction Factory, Econoline Crush, the Mission etc even if they saved it for weekend nights, would go a long way to refreshing the same ol' tunes they've been playing for yonks.

A few different canadian tunes would be good too. Where's Coney Hatch..Orphan/Queen City Kids?

And, is the Kings "This Beat Goes On/Switching To Glide" now the new bathroom trip tune...cuz it's being WAY WAY overplayed on Boom AND Q107.

Last edited by betaylored (October 19, 2017 7:46 pm)

cGrant wrote:

betaylored wrote:

Boom is great to listen to during their all 80's holiday long weekends.

I am all about the 80's!! My absolute favourite decade; memories of high school, weed and loss of virginity. That said, I must admit that even I get tired of the 80's long weekend halfway into Monday.

 
cGrant, same thing happens to me. That's why I was banging on about Boom expanding their library. They also miss out by not playing tunes for their Q crossover listeners. Rainbow's "Street Of Dreams" and "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" is a much better song from Night Ranger, but all they play is the treacle-y "Sister Christian." Alan Parsons Project...Uriah Heep, Corect Spelling "Love Me Today" - there's enough solid 80's pop/rock to make a strong long weekend line-up.

It's gonna be horrible listening to oldies radio serving 'those' who attended school from about 1989 til now.  Gawd awful shit.

Anyway...I'm glad that Boom has a different attitude re: radio.  If it's apparent to the listener THAT might explain how they've inserted themselves into the equation re: ratings...'specially with the fellas who are severely 'underserviced'...'cause they're fellas.

I still wouldn't have gone all-Gord/all-Day.  [fill in show-host's name]  Will pay further tribute to Gord Downy this morning at 10:00 [3 songs max], at noon [3 more], at 4:00 [3 more], tonight at 8:00 [3 more]

I agree with cGrant. [the moon must be in the 7th house and Jupiter has realigned with Mars?]  90 something percent won't call to complain...they'll just go elsewhere.  1 artist marathons ain't gonna fly no matter what the occasion.

Not sure about Ms.C.'s "proven scientific fact" though.  I can't recall how many times I lost my virginity but I'll tell you this...it was great every time.  And the thing that was long and hard on me was grade 2.  Must be why I remember all the GOOD songs from the mid 50s well into the 90s when severely diminishing quality forced me to stop listening to the radio.  [music radio that is...'cause talk radio has always been a yawn festival for me]

At least now some...repeat SOME...of the current releases are pretty good.  Most of it's still crap though.

Oh and what the 'eff' are Q 107 doing?  Take some viagra boys or you'll never see Alice.  Man you're missing the boat with some of that pablum you've added into the mix.  Grow a pair.

It might have been my 8th year in grade 2.

Ms. C. wrote:

Old Codger wrote:

It might have been my 8th year in grade 2.

If you remember the sixties you were probably listening to Beach Boys Pet Sounds L.P. 
 

So I guess 'Love You' is right out...

Prod Guy wrote:

cGrant wrote:

betaylored wrote:

Boom is great to listen to during their all 80's holiday long weekends.

I am all about the 80's!! My absolute favourite decade; memories of high school, weed and loss of virginity. That said, I must admit that even I get tired of the 80's long weekend halfway into Monday.

Just don't listen at 6 am on a weekend morning during their cancon wasteland.

Totally forgot about this quirky anomoly, if that's the word I'm looking for.* I love me some Frozen Ghost, Strange Advance, and let's not forget the Northern Pikes with their hit song 'Cancon Wasteland' erm, 'Teenage Wasteland."
 
*if it's the wrong word, you gotta know someone will Webster's the definition. And by someone I mean g.c (appreciate it when he does though.) ;)

Last edited by betaylored (October 25, 2017 5:05 am)

RadioActive wrote:

mjf wrote:

Not too surprised to see a small station like Indie 88 go all Tragically Hip but I'm surprised to see big commercial stations like Boom 97.3 and Q107 playing all Hip! 

Here's the other side of the coin. In an article posted on fyimusicnews.ca, the head of Rogers Media Rock Radio explains why many of his stations went All-Gord-All-The-Time for days after Downie's death. I'm not sure I agree with him, but he does make a case for what they did.  

The Story Of Gord-FM

One comment from this story stands out. I agree 100 per cent.

[size=125][size=100]"Programmers play safe sometimes and for good reasons. There are proven and successful programming rules that we should never forget, but we can’t operate with blinders or be too afraid to colour outside the lines."

I believe consistency is important for a radio station, but so are the occasional surprises you throw at the listener. It keeps things interesting, and makes you stand out. It's no different than any other business, really.[/size][/size]
 

Last edited by Dale Patterson (November 6, 2017 5:27 pm)