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It's happened again for two weeks in a row - a show that's heavily promoted on AM 640 fails to appear in its designated time slot. Last week, "A Word In Edgewise," which is supposed to air at 8 AM Sunday morning, was replaced by a reroll of a Ben O'Hara-Byrne show from earlier in the week. 

This Sunday was even stranger. The intro to "Edgewise" ran at around 8:06 AM, but before it finished, it was cut off and yep, back to another rerun of Ben. 

I have no idea why this keeps happening - a glitch in the automated software or perhaps someone simply entering a wrong number in the computer. But they need to fix it before it heads into week 3 and the show is again kept off the air in the #1 market in Canada. 

Well, I doubt I'm the only one. Even TSN1050 has listeners in the weirdest times of the day. (Though I'm not sure you can honestly say that about BNN 1150!) 

Still, if they're going to promote it so heavily during the week, the very least they could do is air it at the advertised time. As far as I know, there's no reroll, so if you miss it on 640 (it does run elsewhere, including CHML) it's over. The time slot is perfect for me, because I walk the dog around that time of the morning and let's face it, there's not much else to listen to on local radio Sunday mornings.

And it's actually quite an interesting show most weeks - kind of a clone of CFRB's Roundtable, only using Corus radio personalities from across the country. 

AspectRatio wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

As far as I know, there's no reroll, so if you miss it on 640 (it does run elsewhere, including CHML) it's over.

It's available streaming/on-demand here. That said, its last show audio posted was the July 30th edition, so perhaps it's on a bit of a summer break/hiatus with trying to coordinate vacation schedules for panelists? That, or ended.
 

Yes, it could be on hiatus or cancelled, but then why do they constantly promote it on other shows? There are a couple of other possible scenarios here: 

-It's airing as normal but they're not updating the website for whatever reason or
-They're running a promo for a show they're no longer airing or
-As stated previously, there's a glitch in the automation software someplace. I say that because I actually heard the intro start at 8 AM Sunday morning with the theme music and female announcer, only to get cut off suddenly and replaced by the O'Hara-Byrne reroll 30-40 seconds later. Why would they run the intro, which is part of the pre-produced package, if they had no plans to air the entire show? None of it makes any sense.

I'd call the station but fear I'll never get "A Word In Edgewise!"

Jon McComb is the host, but he's retired from CKNW, and only does this one show. So he's kind of like on a permanent vacation in any event! But yes, he could be away or even ailing. (I remember him from CFCF Montreal back in the late 70s, so he's been around a long time.)

I'll see if the show is there next week and let the board know.