RadioActive wrote:

As predicted, former Toronto host Bill Carroll - currently living and working on air at CFRA in Ottawa - will be the replacement for John Moore's final hour, as the local morning man looks to reduce his workload on CFRB. 

In typical Bell fashon, the addition won't cost the company anything, since Carroll is already part of the company and is on the air from 6-10AM. 

He promises an all local 60 minutes, even as he's also on covering Ottawa issues. It will be interesting to see how he pulls that off. 

The change begins on Monday.

Never much of a fan, but despite his huge ego, at least Carroll always stuck to news and current events issues, with hard-nosed opinions, unlike the new breed of yakkers who seem more concerned with self-analysis, relationships and the latest season of The Bachelor.  He may be a welcome change from the drivel on 640 during that hour.  I'll give him a shot.
 

BORING

Actually this is a good move.  It will be nice to hear Bill again on a regular basis with his own hour show.  Bill has always been a Toronto guy...

Aytononline wrote:

Ottawa being a smaller market might get pre recorded stuff, but somewhere along the way I think the 9am show will become the Ontario Hour and may one day include Windsor. They are already doing this when they repackage local shows and air them on what's left of Bell Media newstalk stations.

That would be a good idea as well.  Local morning shows are usually finished by 9am.  An Ontario hour based in Ottawa would make sense.

paterson1 wrote:

Aytononline wrote:

Ottawa being a smaller market might get pre recorded stuff, but somewhere along the way I think the 9am show will become the Ontario Hour and may one day include Windsor. They are already doing this when they repackage local shows and air them on what's left of Bell Media newstalk stations.

That would be a good idea as well.  Local morning shows are usually finished by 9am.  An Ontario hour based in Ottawa would make sense.

All good, but unfortunately, it's municipal elections coming up, not a provincial one.
A provincial election would have given Bill a stronger hand.

Last I knew Bill Carroll broadcasts his Ottawa show from his home & has done so for the last two or three years.

I wonder if that is also perhaps a "someday" option for John Moore who continues to look to lighten his load?









 

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unclefester wrote:

Last I knew Bill Carroll broadcasts his Ottawa show from his home & has done so for the last two or three years.

I wonder if that is also perhaps a "someday" option for John Moore who continues to look to lighten his load?

Yes, Carroll has a strong home studio setup and I recall was in fact teased about "working from home" in a Mar 2026 "roast" celebrating his 10 years on CFRA.

Moore has mused openly this week about management saying "What can we do to keep you?" vs. a looming retirement and mentioned the month-long vacation and reduced hours, but the "working from home" I might expect (i.e. even only every Friday or something) never came up. He did that during lockdown, but from what he's said over the years he vastly prefers to be in-studio when people drop by, downtown energy, and producer and board op are on the other side of the glass - he thinks it makes for a better show.

Here's Bill earlier today:



 

Moore confirmed on air Friday morning that if Bell Media had not agreed to letting him off the 9 AM hour, he would have retired. This appears to be his major demand and management wisely gave into it. 

   This will mean one more hour of hard right talk radio in a city that is very Liberal and liberal.  Bill will join Jerry and Deb in daily rants about how terrible Mark Carney and Olivia Chow are, but few will be listening.

dieter wrote:

   This will mean one more hour of hard right talk radio in a city that is very Liberal and liberal.  Bill will join Jerry and Deb in daily rants about how terrible Mark Carney and Olivia Chow are, but few will be listening.

Bill the Shill, followed up by 'Did I mention I worked in Chicago' Agar?  That's a lot of blowing hard packed into 3 hours.
 

AspectRatio wrote:

Bill's show debuted on 1010 today and I flipped back and forth between the CFRA and Newstalk 1010 audio streams and it's the same show - a simulcast. I thought Bill in his conversation with John Moore last week specifically said "It wouldn't just be a simulcast"? It's possible as the show goes on they can and will cut in local topics, pre-taping other segments in time blocks, and he'll take Toronto callers, but so far it's the cheapest money-saving "simulcast" method around.

He also said it's here to stay, depending on the ratings. He just signed a new three-year contract with Bell Media, so even if the CFRB gig doesn't work out - and there's no reason it shouldn't - he's going to be around awhile.

And yes, I heard the exact same promise of it being original content for Toronto. But no matter how they do it there's no way you can be doing two different shows live in two cities at the same time. 

He just started talking about the Toronto Mayor's race. I wonder how that's going over with an Ottawa audience. 

[Edit: Answer: It isn't. as noted above, the feeds from CFRA and CFRB were different after 9:30 AM. The Ottawa show is talking about some medical breakthrough.]

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It was interesting to hear John Moore relay the story of the P.D. of CFRB coming to him and asking who he thought they should hire to fill afternoons. He suggested Deb Hutton or Jim Richards. And to his surprise, they wound up hiring them both. 

I never knew the morning man had a say in who else works there. Perhaps a peek into the inside workings of the station.

Suppose for a moment that Moore had made good on his threat to retire. Who in the world would they get to take his place? I can't see any of the existing talent, as good as they may be, taking on mornings permanently. 

Chrisphen wrote:

Moore's mind was a bit off. Hutton is genuinely repellent ogre and the only person who thinks Richards is clever is Richards.

I have never liked Richards, Hutton? I don't have a strong opinion about her either way.