RadioAaron wrote:

And if the owner spends as much on marketing as he does in Toronto for FLOW (zero) nobody's gong to hear it.
 

Flow 98.7 is @ the CNE in the Food Building for Food day every year. 
The morning (or mid day person?) is the announcer that is live on location encouraging people to spin the wheel. (er, press the button, the wheel has gone digital as of recent years)

They also went live on location Canada day, so they are out there... 



CNE Food products day:  https://www.theex.com/attractions/food-products-day/

Last edited by Radiowiz (August 18, 2024 10:13 pm)

Radiowiz wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

And if the owner spends as much on marketing as he does in Toronto for FLOW (zero) nobody's gong to hear it.
 

Flow 98.7 is @ the CNE in the Food Building for Food day every year. 
The morning (or mid day person?) is the announcer that is live on location encouraging people to spin the wheel. (er, press the button, the wheel has gone digital as of recent years)

They also went live on location Canada day, so they are out there... 



CNE Food day: 
https://www.theex.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Untitled-design-29-600x360.png

Real marketing that costs real money. Outdoor, social, etc.

RadioAaron wrote:

And if the owner spends as much on marketing as he does in Toronto for FLOW (zero) nobody's gong to hear it.
Real marketing that costs real money. Outdoor, social, etc.

How much does it cost for Flow to be @ the CNE? 

 

Last edited by Radiowiz (August 18, 2024 11:28 pm)

The Bloomberg 1150 website is gone and so is CHAM's Funny 820 on iHeart. Interestingly, though, that the CKWW 580 site remains up under the old brand. So perhaps the new owner is concentrating on one market at a time for now. 

NW wrote:

Checked a recording I made from 4 a.m. earlier today and 1150 was dead air with WAVO-Rock Hill SC ("The Light FM") underneath.  I wonder how many actual Bloomberg Radio listeners there were and if they noticed

Hey, I need WAVO for the logbook. I hate you!

Update: Scott Penfold is now on the air at CKOC.

Radiowiz wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

And if the owner spends as much on marketing as he does in Toronto for FLOW (zero) nobody's gong to hear it.
Real marketing that costs real money. Outdoor, social, etc.

How much does it cost for Flow to be @ the CNE? 

 

Probably trade.

Have to say I thought that the Hamilton Spectator did an excellent job covering the CHML shutdown, with multiple articles and angles on the shutdown.

But so far they've been AWOL on the resurrection of two other major stations in their city - CKOC and CHAM. I would have thought that might generate at least an article about the changes at not one but two different long running frequencies. 

But so far, nothing. 

Well for one thing, it's their job to know what's going on in their city.

And for another, I sent their newsroom tips address an email about this a few days ago. So if they've read it, they should know about it.

km93 wrote:

It's different enough from The Grand-the newly vamped 1150 is softer and more 80's mixed in with little to no 60's. As well, at least when I used to be in Hamilton- The Grand suffered a lot of interference particularly downtown and toward Burlington-not sure if has since improved-if not this may give 1150 the advantage. The Grand musically to me at least is actually more interesting and more in the original CKOC spirit.

 

I will say though, that the station engineering needs to work on the sound a lot, even for AM.  I find that the processing is way overdone.  I know that CKOC's audio was quite compressed during its heyday, but at least there was the sense of detail that came through a bit better.  Audio seemed to breath a little more.  Certainly having a quality Delco AM radio in my mom's 1980 Citation made it sound a lot better too.  But even in mall store ceiling speakers at Eastgate in Hamilton, when hearing CKOC piped through a Pioneer monster receiver (which had a lousy AM section topping out near 2.5 KHz response), it sounded way more open.

Sometimes when I tune in, it may take five seconds to pick out the song because it comes out sounding like mush.  I notice when some songs slowly fade out, the sound opens up and become oh so slightly punchier, because the processing is getting closer to it's threshold, and the level increases release more quickly.
 

Last edited by Jody Thornton (August 20, 2024 11:02 am)

Kara Ro is now out of the "Personalities" slideshow rotation thing on the home page. Other than that, they don't appear to have a "personalities" page.

RadioActive wrote:

If they're purging her from the website because she's no longer there (how do you leave a day after they officially signed on?) they obviously forgot this reference to her in the "Contests" section.

She's still on Windsor's site, where she''s based. My guess would be an issue with the remote VTing, and they've removed mention of her until they get it sorted out.

RadioAaron wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

If they're purging her from the website because she's no longer there (how do you leave a day after they officially signed on?) they obviously forgot this reference to her in the "Contests" section.

She's still on Windsor's site, where she''s based. My guess would be an issue with the remote VTing, and they've removed mention of her until they get it sorted out.

I wasn't suggesting she'd left Windsor, just that perhaps doing two shows on two different stations might be too much. We'll see if her profile returns to the OC site.