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The Rush launched as the NEWSTALK 1010 afternoon drive show with Jay "Maddog" Michaels and Ryan Doyle at the helm. Then, Ryan was suddenly gone and Jay took a gig in Montreal. That left Jim Richards. Jim is likely going back to overnights because there's a new duo co-hosting The
99.9% of Toronto Mike'd episodes drop shortly after the recording ends. It's not uncommon for me to tell my guest as we take a photo by the tree that the episode will be in the feed in 10-15 minutes. That's how I roll! But for episode 1021, I recorded
When Flow 93.5 launched in 2001, it was all about Roots, Rock and Reggae. In fact, "Roots, Rock, Reggae" was the first jam played on the station back on February 9, 2001. Note that date... it was 21 years ago today. They never played that song again. Channel drift
Ryan Doyle was removed from NEWSTALK 1010's afternoon drive show The Rush in the fall of 2021, and now Jay Michaels has announced he's also leaving the show. In fact, this is Jay's final week. Jay Michaels, who I still call Maddog, has visited me three times for three great
By all accounts, Newstalk 1010 fans enjoyed The Rush with Ryan Doyle and Jay Michaels. That was the name of the afternoon drive show on CFRB. Shortly after the show launched, both Ryan Doyle and Jay "Maddog" Michaels visited my home studio for a lengthy discussion about the show. I'm
Following an excellent 50 year career, Brian Williams is retiring from broadcasting. Brian has worked in radio at CHUM and CFRB and then on television with CBC and most recently CTV / TSN. I'll never forget the 90 minutes I spent chatting with Brian in my basement studio. I believe Dave
Pooja Handa left her role on CP24's Breakfast way back on August 12, and was soon followed out the door by her co-host Gurdeep Ahluwalia. It was clear they would resurface soon on a competitor station. When Maureen Holloway was let go from CHFI, it became clear that's where Pooja
I was chatting with Jeff Hutcheson when I learned Rod Black was no longer with Bell Media. Jeff Hutcheson worked with Rod Black on Canada AM, and we discussed Rod's announcement in episode 931 of Toronto Mike'd. 🥲♥️🎙Sad to say goodbye today to my friends at CTV and TSN but
Maureen Holloway announced this morning that today was her last day hosting 98.1 CHFI's morning show. She took over when Erin Davis retired five years ago. Previously, Maureen hosted the afternoon drive show on Q107. Today was Mo’s last show on CHFI. Mo will always be part of
I spent the morning with former 590 morning show host Greg Brady and we talked openly and honestly about the Fan 590 lineup and why Greg wasn't a part of it. I strongly recommend you listen to all two hours, even if some of it didn't age very well as
The other day, I wrote about Jim Hughson's retirement. After 42 years, he's decided to call it quits and will no longer call NHL games for Sportsnet. News broke yesterday about two other changes at Sportsnet. On the television side, Leo Rautins will not be back as Raptors analyst alongside
Jim Hughson, who has been calling hockey games since the early 80s, has announced his retirement from broadcasting. Last season, he only called home games for the Vancouver Canucks. After 42 years, Hall of Fame PxP commentator Jim Hughson has announced his retirement from broadcasting. As one of Canada'
Two weeks after Pooja Handa announced she was leaving CP24 Breakfast for another opportunity, Gurdeep Ahluwalia has made the exact same announcement. Gurdeep Ahluwalia has been with Bell Media stations since 2009. Here's an excerpt from his CP24 bio, sure to be removed shortly. A familiar and trusted face in
Pooja Handa had been a CP24 anchor since 2008, and in April 2011 she became a co-host of CP24 Breakfast Weekend, before moving to the weekday edition of CP24 Breakfast. You might have heard Steve Anthony's exit interview in which he boasted CP24 Breakfast had surpassed Breakfast Television in the
Bell Media issued a press release today announcing that Michael Landsberg is leaving TSN after 37 years. TORONTO (July 30, 2021) – TSN announced today that Michael Landsberg is departing TSN 1050 Toronto, after five years as a daily host with the station. Landsberg most recently appeared as co-host of the
Hugh Burrill's last day on The Fan 590's morning show is this Friday. He's leaving to pursue a communications role at Sporting Life Canada / Golf Town. 🚨 I'm using a flashing light emoji so it must be BIG NEWS 🚨 This is my last week at @FAN590 After a wonderful
Mike Stafford has been fired from his job at Global News Radio 640. He was the morning show host since February 2018 when he took Matt Gurney's spot alongside Supriya Dwivedi. Legacy CFNY fans will remember Mike Stafford as the newsperson on Pete and Geets. Fred Patterson of Humble and
It was only a matter of time before Sportsnet took their televison play-by-play of Blue Jays baseball and put it on the radio. Here I am early this morning calling it on Hebsy on Sports, well before any announcement was made. Here's an excerpt of the press release from Rogers.
Firstly, the big TSN radio station of primary concern to the majority of readers here is safe.... for now. These changes did not effect TSN Radio 1050. But other TSN Radios, including Hamilton's TSN 1150, Vancouver's TSN 1040 and Winnipeg's TSN 1290, are changing formats. The station formerly known as
This is day three of the Bell Media GTA cuts... if you're just joining us, here's parts one and two: NEWSTALK 1010 CutsCTV Toronto News CutsI take no pleasure in this reporting. It's not my job, it doesn't make me any money, and I feel awful for everyone affected. But,
Yesterday I reported on Bell Media cuts to NEWSTALK 1010, and today I have the displeasure of sharing the news Tom Brown and Anwar Knight are no longer on CTV Toronto. They're the two on-screen dismissals I'm aware of, but the vast majority of cuts are to people who work
Bell Media is a federally regulated company who just received $122 million in federal government pandemic labour subsidies. And they're in the midst of a significant labour purge. Today, the entire NEWSTALK news department was axed. Some names are Russ Courtney, Haley Cooper, Claude Feig and Lucas Meyer. And at
Tim Micallef and Sid Seixeiro became a duo at The Score, and took their show to The Fan 590 in 2011. The radio show was simulcast on television, and in 2015 it became a television show that only aired on television. In 2019, that television show was simulcast on 590
Caroline Szwed has announced that she's left Sportsnet. Although she didn't share specifics, she did reference her car accident of September 2019 as a contributing factor. Hey guys, I just wanted to jump on here and give you a heads up that earlier this week was my last day with
On January 19, 2010, I wrote about mass firings at Citytv. The two biggest names to be let go that day were Anne Mroczkowski and Laura DiBattista, but there were others, including Pam Seatle. Only Pam Seatle was quickly rehired and continued as a CityNews reporter and anchor on Citytv
