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Remembrance Day On The Radio: Which Stations Went Silent?
There's nothing worse on radio than dead air. Unless it's at 11 AM on Remembrance Day.
So I was pretty impressed this year with the number of local radio stations that chose to observe the traditional two minutes of silence on Nov 11th. Some played the traditional trumpet "Last Post," including all the Evanov stations. Others went quiet, including 1010, 640 and 680 on AM and Q107, Virgin 99.9 and CHUM on FM. CBC Radio 1 was, of course, live from Ottawa.
And a few even went an extra mile - both AM 740 and Classic 96.3 finished up with "The White Cliffs Of Dover" by Vera Lynn, a nostalgic classic WWII song about hope the battles would soon end. Boom 97.3 broke its silence with John Lennon's "Imagine." Even Indie 88.1 had carrier current and nothing else for a time.
More surprising was who didn't interrupt programming of those I monitored. KX-96 stayed country. CHTZ-FM in St. Catharines kept playing the hits. And Kiss 92.5 was rocking in its usual way.
Determining if you're going to observe the solemn day is an individual station decision. I'm always fascinated by which ones in this market make the choice one way or the other.
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CHAM stayed with its comedy format. I know it's automated and has few listeners, but in the context of the day, at 11 AM, it seemed especially disrespectful.
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Re: Remembrance Day On The Radio: Which Stations Went Silent?
I mean, I did it too, but flipping around the radio for the entirety of the moment of silence isn't exactly respecting its purpose either.
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I did the moment of silence early, because you only get one chance to monitor this kind of thing. But I thought of that, too, and I take your point.
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