The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / When Radio Guests Are No Longer Exclusive

**Posted by RadioActive** February 18, 2025 6:31 pm

It used to be if you were a special go-to guest on one radio station in town, you didn't appear on the competition.

Those days, it seems, are gone. In the last week, I've heard the people who appear regularly on CFRB all over AM640.

It started a few weeks ago, when marketing guru Tony Chapman, who used to have his "Chatter That Matters" podcast wind up weekly on 1010, appeared as a guest on AM640. But he still makes weekly appearances on the John Moore Show.

Another apparently non-exclusive guest is Internet expert Carmy Levy, who does a weekly segment on the 1010 morning show, but also now appears to be the go-to-guy about all things Internet for CFIQ.

And in the most bizarre appearance of all, John Tory Jr., a licenced pilot and the son of the former mayor, flew into AM640 on Tuesday, speculating on what might have happened at the Pearson International Airport crash the day before.

Not only is he a regular on CFRB, but as his name suggests, he's also the son of the former Toronto mayor and one-time afternoon 1010 drive host.

I wonder if the folks at 'RB know that the people they've spent so long building up are now semi-regulars on the stations that compete against them.

**Posted by Chrisphen** February 18, 2025 7:23 pm

I don't particularly care about the fealty of contributors, but seriously, who the hell thinks Tony Chapman is a 'catch'? In form and content the fella is as greasy as former CFRB asset Doug Ford's hair.

Like the latter, I suppose it depends on which way the money's moving.

**Posted by 67GreenRambler** February 18, 2025 8:44 pm

Former 1010 exclusive Howard Leavitt also made an appearance on The John Oakley Show a few days before John began vacation.

**Posted by paterson1** February 18, 2025 11:37 pm

Were these special go to guests paid? If yes, I can see them being exclusive. If not, they can go with whoever they want.

**Posted by RadioAaron** February 18, 2025 11:48 pm

1010's basically on autopilot and MB brought his rolodex with him to 640.

**Posted by RadioActive** February 18, 2025 11:51 pm

paterson1 wrote:
Were these special go to guests paid? If yes, I can see them being exclusive. If not, they can go with whoever they want.

My guess is they're free agents. But generally, when you get featured in a free segment that boosts your reputation and image on a weekly basis, as Chapman does on 1010, you might not want to bite the hand that gives you that PR. Maybe revenge for them dropping his podcast that used to run on their airwaves?

**Posted by cash** February 19, 2025 12:38 am

Chatter That Don't Matter was so bad

**Posted by Walter** February 19, 2025 3:31 am

Chrisphen wrote:
I don't particularly care about the fealty of contributors, but seriously, who the hell thinks Tony Chapman is a 'catch'? In form and content the fella is as greasy as former CFRB asset Doug Ford's hair.

Like the latter, I suppose it depends on which way the money's moving.

The first sound of Chapman's nasally voice has me changing the channel almost as fast as anything 'Spence'.

**Posted by ToRon** February 19, 2025 5:30 pm

The TD easyline voice guy is doing radio for Desjardins.

**Posted by The Weed** February 19, 2025 7:48 pm

He was the decision tree voice for Zoomer Wireless too.