Just as an aside, when I was about 6 years old, my mother took me to CHUM at 1331 Yonge St. for a tour on my birthday. I was a radio crazed kid even then and I remember seeing Bob McAdorey behind the mic from the control room, with the ops cueing up the next record. He gave me a wave from inside the booth, and I was thrilled. 

It's something I still recall all these years later. And while I doubt any kid today would consider that a good birthday gift, it's one of my best childhood memories - just to see how things worked behind the scenes at my then-favourite radio station. 

With the Rogers move, that wouldn't be possible anymore. It makes me kind of sad, because there was always something special about a physical place that housed a radio station.

You're probably right and maybe I'm being foolish - but I remember all the time my family would drive downtown when I was a kid and passing by the buildings that housed both CFRB and CHUM at Yonge and St. Clair. And farther down, the CKFH sign.

I loved seeing those places and often wondered what was going on behind those doors. So forgive my nostalgia, but those locations sparked my imagination and further love of the medium. 

It wouldn't have been the same if they weren't there. Which, ironically, they no longer are. 

My son attended Canadore college in North Bay, enrolled in the radio course, which he completed in 2015. Part of his studies included doing time at the Rogers FM rock station there. He became and still is, friends with the fellow who at that time was the afternoon drive personality. I had the opportunity to spend an afternoon there as a guest, and clearly remember the guy telling me he was also being broadcast on the Timmins Rogers station, in fact, did live cut ins as the show progressed between the two. So, this news regarding the station in Timmins has been taking place for a decade already. At least as far as afternoon drive is concerned. 

Brock and Dalby. They are on Q92 in Sudbury and the Rogers outlet in North Bay that I know of for sure. 

The 'airwaves' are supposed to be public property. Stations that are granted a licence are supposed to serve their community. That should include a local studio; even a modest one.