It wouLd be fascinating to witness the manner in which you consume terrestrial radio, on a daily basis, RA. 👍

Dial Twister wrote:

It wouLd be fascinating to witness the manner in which you consume terrestrial radio, on a daily basis, RA. 👍

It's not as unusual as it sounds. I switch between stations all the time. I heard Cooper on 640 promote Carmy Levy returning after the 8 PM news. They went to spots early, so I tuned over to CFRB, which at that moment was also promoting Carmy Levy as their next guest when they came back from their own headlines. 

So naturally I had to stay tuned to both to see if this strange confluence of one guest in two places at once would come to pass. And it did. 

Somehow, the world did not come to an end and time did not collapse in on itself, so I think we dodged a bullet!

It shows that, in a city/region of millions, our talk stations are casting a wide net for guests.

Binson Echorec wrote:

I've seen this on tv quite regularly, especially on the Sunday morning news program that usually contain a lot of interviews taped on the Thursday or Friday.

Evuguy wrote:

I heard John Moore actually give a mention to Q107 one morning, just before he went on vacay.  Maybe a sign of detente between players in an industry that is under siege.

The only people that care about this stuff are the people in the industry, the audience could not care less. "Don't mention the competition" is old-world-media-think.

Totally. I heard an announcer on Indie 88 today say he first heard the song he just played on CFTR in the 80s. Relatable. 

Binson Echorec wrote:

The only people that care about this stuff are the people in the industry, the audience could not care less. "Don't mention the competition" is old-world-media-think.

Maybe, but one of the most memorable things I ever heard on radio involved this "inviolable" rule.

It happened one afternoon on WNBC-AM in New York around 1977. It was in the winter, so the station was coming in here during afternoon drive. The late, great Bob Vernon, aka "Vernon With A V" was doing the go-home show on 660 opposite the legendary Dan Ingram on the still highly rated WABC. 

Sometime after the 5 PM hour, after a commercial break, listeners heard the singing PAMS ID "Dan Ingram!" 

That was followed by a 77 WABC jingle. On WNBC! 

I could not believe what I'd just heard and after it aired, Vernon came back on and in his deepest announcer voice intoned, "Dan Ingram is not here. Nor do we know where you can find him. Thank you."

Into a WNBC jingle and back to music. 

I was in hysterics, stunned beyond words that they'd just done that. Not only did they break the supposed "you can't do that" rule, they smashed it to pieces. 

I never found out why he did it, but almost half a century later, I've never forgotten it. I only wish there was a recording of it somewhere. It was hilarious. 
 

Easily Amused wrote:

Back when CHML was still on the air, it seemed like Marvin Ryder, from McMaster's DeGroote School of Business was the only expert in Hamilton able to comment on business.

The other business professionals were busy working.
 

Wait until you hear the same commercial on two different stations at the same time. It'll knock your socks off!
I kid, I kid.

Chrisphen wrote:

Easily Amused wrote:

Back when CHML was still on the air, it seemed like Marvin Ryder, from McMaster's DeGroote School of Business was the only expert in Hamilton able to comment on business.

The other business professionals were busy working.
 

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the black locks guy is always on both stations as well