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Stafford & Bullard's Surprising Reaction To Prince's Death
It was just before 1 PM when the news of Prince's death broke Thursday and Mike Stafford's reaction was equally stunning. While admitting he wasn't a huge fan and that in his CFNY days, they were snobbish about the artist, he acknowledged the man's talent. And then he added this.
"Why does this always happen on my show?" he lamented.
It was a surprising statement and I have to give him the benefit of the doubt that he didn't really mean it the way it came out. But it definitely sounded insensitive.
Still, at least he was willing to talk about it. Over on 'RB, which broke it about a minute or so before, Mike Bullard admitted to being a huge fan and refused to talk about it at all, hoping it wasn't true. "I don't want to jinx it," he mused. Not exactly what you'd expect on a station that brands itself as NewsTalk, specializing in breaking stories and being able to handle topic shifts instantaneously.
Altogether not quite the reaction I would have expected from either of them.
TMZ: Prince Dead At 57
AP: Publicist Confirms Prince's Death
Wow, has 2016 ever been a terrible year for celebrity deaths, especially in the music world. And we're only in April. At this rate, by December, I'm wondering if there will be anybody left.
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I just heard about this! Holy Crap!
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RadioActive wrote:
"Why does this always happen on my show?" he lamented.
With all due respect to the deceased etc., I'd be saying the same thing.
Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
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Wow, has 2016 ever been a terrible year for celebrity deaths, especially in the music world. And we're only in April. At this rate, by December, I'm wondering if there will be anybody left.
I second that. I just can't believe that the next time I listen to Let's Go Crazy, I'll be hearing a dead man. (not meant to be insensitive - but that news just shocks me)
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Great talent...gone.
Radio Dead just got a whole new playlist.
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I don't know why I have to defend myself but the "why does this always happen on my show" wasn't insensitivity. Excuse me but I have to go and put a paisley filter on my Facebook profile pic.
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I imagine it's hard for people to understand the emotional 180 that needs to take place on a show when something like this happens. It has to be acknowledged, but it's a no win situation unless it's John Lennon dying again. The show is sailing along and it's like running full speed down a corridor and right into a metal pipe you didn't know they had installed the night before.
Rather you than me. I'm not denying his obvious talent, but I wouldn't be able to make any comment about him whatsoever on anything after his purple rain album.
I don't know why I have to defend myself but the "why does this always happen on my show" wasn't insensitivity. Excuse me but I have to go and put a paisley filter on my Facebook profile pic.
Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
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According to @norm: "In honour of Her Majesty's birthday, the CN Tower will be lit purple and violet tonight."
Wonder how those colors will be interpreted by the great unwashed.
I'm sure City Hall in an effort to please everyone will switch the colors to violet and purple half way through the evening to honour The former Artist Formerly Known as The Artist formerly known as Prince".
Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
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I don't know why I have to defend myself but the "why does this always happen on my show" wasn't insensitivity. Excuse me but I have to go and put a paisley filter on my Facebook profile pic.
As noted, benefit of the doubt. The news was sudden and stunning, fan or not. It just sounded odd, given the story that had just broken. It's kind of the same reaction you get when you're trapped on the 401 for two hours after a terrible accident. Two people were killed in the crash, three more were seriously injured and all you can think to yourself is, "why did this have to happen to me?"
It's "Human Nature." Oh, wait. Wrong artist that died too young. (Speaking of being insensitive...)
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This has been an extremely interesting thread, but the big question remains outstanding:
HOW MANY radios does RadioActive monitor over the course of a day, in order to catch such on-air situations?
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HOW MANY radios does RadioActive monitor over the course of a day...?
Enough to deserve the moniker RadioActive. 
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This has been an extremely interesting thread
It certainly makes plain the limits of some of the contributors.