Without Darrin Laidman? If not him, who? Is Scott Tucker (Tucker In The Morning) available?

Actually, I kinda liked the Joey & Sam morning combo, (for top 40) but oh well...

Last edited by Radiowiz (March 25, 2019 9:06 am)

Official announcement is on the Global website:

Energy 95.3 returns, bringing pop radio back to the GTA and Hamilton

There's one sort of strange twist for a music station - they're packaging a "best of the morning show" reroll for 6 PM. Not sure if I've heard of a pop station trying that before. 

I really was disappointed in the music shift to be honest...   It's a very minor tweak, and they missed an opportunity to carve their own hole between the mess of POP stations in the GTHA.     It sounds like a shift from HOT AC to a Adult CHR (minor change).  The hype didn't live up to the change to be honest.

I expected them to go more Rhythmic leaning or straight on Rhythmic CHR to fit their way into the noise between Flow and Virgin/Kiss, especially going after Toronto.     Good decision on the morning show though...   Can't argue the ratings Tucker had over at Virgin...   

  

Last edited by radiokid (March 26, 2019 11:54 am)

Adrian106072 wrote:

If people try to look for a crossover between Flow and Kiss/Virgin, or rhythmic CHR, that would most arguably be Z103.5. It literally has all types of music, hip hop, waybacks, euro, latin, EDM and other unique types of hit music. I would say that their afternoon playlist is the most diverse, as yesterday I’ve heard 3 consecutive hip hop tracks near 5:00. Still hoping that they would get the CRTC approval for technical change though...

I completely agree.  Energy, Virgin, CHUM, this is like walking into Subway to buy lunch...its everywhere, sounds and smells the same and stale like the lettuce.   
 

Adrian106072 wrote:

If people try to look for a crossover between Flow and Kiss/Virgin, or rhythmic CHR, that would most arguably be Z103.5. It literally has all types of music, hip hop, waybacks, euro, latin, EDM and other unique types of hit music. I would say that their afternoon playlist is the most diverse, as yesterday I’ve heard 3 consecutive hip hop tracks near 5:00. Still hoping that they would get the CRTC approval for technical change though...

I would argue Z1035 is too into their euro sounds, combined with dated delivery on air.   Z1035 is also Rhythmic leaning and not full on Rhythmic CHR, as they still play a lot of POP/Rock type artists at times. 

I've heard some good ones in the US, that I think could work well here.    I just think they could have wedged themselves in doing a different feel, on a signal that comes into Toronto clearly.     

I enjoyed listening to the two of them on Virgin radio, so I will be finding Energy 95.3 on my dial...

They have real chemistry, don't take themselves too seriously, and one of the things I like the most about Tucker and Maura is that they don't have the forced jolly cheeriness that some music radio morning show personalities can fall into on occasion.*

Congrats to Tucker and Maura on the new gig.


* " How to spontaneously break into laughter on cue several times an hour. "

Last edited by betaylored (March 27, 2019 1:23 am)

It will be interesting to see how the morning show develops. At Virgin there was also Robyn and Wilson and there were ongoing features. However, there is no doubt that Tucker and Maura will be a draw. A lot of listeners were unhappy when they disappeared from Virgin and, whether it is coincidence or not, the number of listeners tuned to Virgin 99.9 dropped significantly during the last rating period.

However, is an "Energy" the station is a disappointment. It is not a true chr and, although Energy 95-3 was a mainstream chr at the end of it's time, "Energy" is really associated with the high energy rhythmic/dance format which attracted a large listening audience. So far this week, Energy 95-3 sounds much like CHFI - another boring down tempo a/c music station. CHUM-FM is more chr than Energy 95-3.