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December 26, 2024 9:25 pm  #1


CFRB Moving

I hear that CFRB will move to CFTO studios in Scarbough where CP 24 has already moved.  Any truth to that rumour?

 

December 26, 2024 9:32 pm  #2


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Don't know but John Moore sure ain't gonna be happy.
 

 

December 26, 2024 9:50 pm  #3


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I've heard this, as well, and there are rumours that several staffers will quit if it happens, already living in the core and not wanting to make that trek to Agincourt every day - especially at 3 AM on a winter's night. Can't say I blame them!

In fact, I was offered a job at CTV a few years ago and one of the reasons I turned it down was the distance between my home and the station. It was not the only reason, but it was definitely part of my determination to thank them but ultimately say no. 

 

December 27, 2024 12:32 am  #4


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Well CFRB doesn't have any news people, everything already comes out of Agincourt.  Is all radio moving?
Virgin, CHUM FM?  Didn't TSN 1050 move years ago?  So it likely isn't that many people, and likely all those affected don't all live downtown. 3AM there won't be much traffic. Maybe John can make a deal that he splits his morning show between being at home and in Scarborough. 

 

December 27, 2024 2:28 am  #5


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Thank you to all.  I guess we don't know yet officially.

     Thread Starter
 

December 27, 2024 11:29 am  #6


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So if RB moves, this would be their fifth home. 1. Keg Mansion location. 2. 37 Bloor St. W. [at Bay] 3. 2 St. Clair [at Yonge 4. 250 Richmond [I think]

 

December 27, 2024 11:38 am  #7


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Anything East end is a No-Go.  Horrible location. 

 

December 27, 2024 12:43 pm  #8


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I have had to go to the Agincourt location numerous times over the years.
If it hasn't changed it is a bleak, ugly and depressing place.
By the way I have never got used to the mangled pronunciation of Agincourt here -- AY-jin-kort. Yuck.
It is AH-zhen-koor.
If you know your Shakespeare, you'll know one of Henry V's greatest battle was the battle of Agincourt, France.
 

 

December 27, 2024 4:50 pm  #9


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Will the shows come from a different closet next to CP24?

 

December 27, 2024 7:37 pm  #10


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newsguy1 wrote:

...
If it hasn't changed it is a bleak, ugly and depressing place.
 ...
 

Cavernous is another appropriate description

Centerline wrote:

Will the shows come from a different closet next to CP24?

No, they will broadcast from the former Gail Smith dressing room...
 

 

December 27, 2024 8:09 pm  #11


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Now that's an insider reference.
Will Condrege Holloway be there too?

 

December 29, 2024 11:41 am  #12


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Will they get the same calibre of guests if they have to drive out of the core? Of perhaps tag along to the TV interviews?

 

December 29, 2024 11:49 am  #13


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Ian wrote:

Will they get the same calibre of guests if they have to drive out of the core? Of perhaps tag along to the TV interviews?

Thanks to things like Zoom, this isn't the problem it once was. But I have to admit I wondered that, too. When a star or an author comes in to publicize his/her new project, is anyone really going all the way out to Agincourt, fighting traffic and gobbling up precious time? Especially when there are other stops to make - and most of them are still downtown. 

 

December 29, 2024 2:07 pm  #14


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newsguy1 wrote:

Now that's an insider reference.
Will Condrege Holloway be there too?

Okay, that's a cheap shot, but made me laugh out loud.
 

 

December 31, 2024 4:48 pm  #15


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Ian wrote:

Will they get the same calibre of guests if they have to drive out of the core? Of perhaps tag along to the TV interviews?

Hopefully the commute slog will be too much for Deb and Tim.