I believe CFPL 980 made the change quite a while ago..

paterson1 wrote:

I believe CFPL 980 made the change quite a while ago..

Do they ID themselves on air as GNR980? I know whenever they get referred to on 640, it's as CFPL AM980 and not with the GNR branding. To me, it's not official unless it's the way they talk about themselves on air. I've never quite understood why they didn't launch this thing on every station at the same time. 

Yes they do for their newscasts, and local talk shows.   However during their excellent oldies show with Dick Williams on Saturday and Sunday, they revert back to channel 98, radio 98 and of course 980 CFPL.  During the simulcast with Bill Kelly out of CHML, he calls them just 980 CFPL.  But the produced breaks during Bill's show say Global News Radio 980 CFPL.  I have never heard them referred to on AM 640, but other than Oakley once in a while I don't listen to 640.  Could be that during a show that the host can just say the call letters rather than the whole official title.  It is a rather wordy heading to say every time during the banter of a show, so there could be some discretion for the host, which is not unheard of.  

I'm confused. They have been calling themselves Global News Radio for a while. It used to be "Hamilton's News Talk Leader AM 900 CHML". Now it's usually "Global News Radio 900 CHML".

And reading the story from The Bay Observer, what's happening with Scott Thompson? Says Noon to 3, which is his current slot, but also says Alan Carter at Noon, and Jeff McArthur from 1 to 3. The story says Scott Thompson will host afternoon drive. Do they mean Scott Thompson will host 3 to 6? Usually it's a news wheel at that time.

And will they been news updates from 3 to 6? Ted Michaels and Diana Weeks usually anchors the afternoon news. Ted already said he's retiring in December.

Last edited by Brad (September 6, 2021 1:52 pm)

I see that Alan Carter and Jeff McArthur's programs are now syndicated and will also air on CHML and CFPL in London. Scott Thompson will host 3 to 6 on CHML.

I listened to CHML Saturday for the first time since the announcement was made. They had a local talk show on and local news in the morning. Not once did I hear the letters "GNR" mentioned on air. I thought they made a big deal about introducing that branding. Very strange, but in the 90 minutes I had it on, the host, the newscaster and the promos didn't refer to it once.

Instead, it was always "900 CHML." 

After all that big fanfare, that's pretty strange. 

RadioActive wrote:

I listened to CHML Saturday for the first time since the announcement was made. They had a local talk show on and local news in the morning. Not once did I hear the letters "GNR" mentioned on air. I thought they made a big deal about introducing that branding. Very strange, but in the 90 minutes I had it on, the host, the newscaster and the promos didn't refer to it once.

Instead, it was always "900 CHML." 

After all that big fanfare, that's pretty strange. 

Perhaps the week-end programming is slow to get the memo. lol