Courtesy of Retrontario, here's a 1989 television ad for CFNY's Humble and Fred morning show. Man, that Miami Vice look did not work for Humble. Fred, however, still dresses like that.
December 04, 2025
Edge 102 ~ CFNY
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The JUNO Awards are tonight. The JUNOs always make me think about the U-Knows, CFNY's music awards for Canadian independent and alternative acts. The U-Knows have been called the CASBYs since 1986. Check out this clip of CFNY's Nick Charles celebrating Chalk Circle's 1986 CASBY win. Mondoville is sharing highlights
She calls herself Guelph Gal, and she recorded a bunch of CFNY audio from the 1990s. She's now in the process of uploading the audio to YouTube, and she's happy to have me spread the love here. This is 13 minutes of The Thursday 30 with the late great Martin
I get letters. This one is from Chris who had something to get off his chest about CFNY a.k.a. Edge 102. Hello,It's about 3:20am on a Monday night and a case of insomnia, largely fueled by the internet, had me surfing around the net looking up
Because you don't follow me on Twitter, you didn't get the heads up last night. What else of interest could have possibly been taking place last night? Here's the tweet you missed. That's right, Jason Barr, recently dismissed from the Dean Blundell Show on 102.1, has joined forces with
This past Saturday, I joined Humble and Fred as they recorded their Gift of Christmas Podcast. Just in time for Christmas, here's the podcast in four easy to digest chunks. Enjoy... Part 1Download the MP3 Part 2Download the MP3 Part 3Download the MP3 Part 4Download the MP3 Thanks to Dan
I've just returned from a visit to the PROUD-FM studio at Church and Wellesley where we recorded the Humble and Fred Christmas podcast. This is our 8th podcast overall, and once again we were joined by Dan Duran and Bingo Bob. Humble also brought along the first Humble and Fred
I got a long email from Cool Steve this evening, so I thought I'd share it. Cool Steve is a reader of this blog who had some things to get off his chest. I know I’m slowpoking on this, but I was on vacation when it happened. I was
Derek Welsman, who I remember as The Blind Movie Reviewer, has replaced Jason Barr on The Dean Blundell Show. I'm giving credit to @Groked for tipping me off. A few years ago, when I listened to more of The Dean Blundell Show than I do now, I remember thinking The
About a year ago, I wrote about the Dean Blundell Show violating Clause 9(b) (Radio Broadcasting) of the CAB Code of Ethics. That was nothing compared to what happened today. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has concluded that Dean Blundell violated Clause 8 (Exploitation) of the Canadian Association of
I haven't shared a vintage CFNY Spirit of Radio clip in a while. It's time to fix that. This is a promo for Live From London, a show hosted by Lee Carter from 1981 to 1989. It closes with a cool interview with Morrissey in which he discusses dissing and
This past weekend, CFNY / Edge 102 aired what they deem to be the top 200 songs from the 1990s. They did the same thing last year. This year's top 200 is below. Red Hot Chili Peppers · Under The BridgeNirvana · All ApologiesHouse of Pain · Jump AroundNirvana · Smells Like Teen Spirit!The
It's been a week since Jason Barr was let go from Edge 102. Jason was 1/3 of The Dean Blundell Show, a very popular Toronto morning radio show, especially amongst teens and those in their 20s. This trio has been together since they took over for Humble and Fred
Edge 102 (or CFNY if you're an old guy like me) has removed all traces of Jason Barr from their website. If you visit his bio page or his blog, you'll find this: Also, The Dean Blundell Show is now being promoted as a duo: Dean Blundell and Todd Shapiro.
Yesterday, in my entry about the one year anniversary of Martin Streek's passing, I shared all five hours of David Marsden's tribute to Martin. In the comments of that entry, someone asked if I had the three hours of Edge 102's tribute to Martin that aired on July 19, 2009.
One year ago today, I wrote the toughest entry I've ever had to write. It was about Martin Streek. I'm not sure how to write this one, so I'm just going to tell you what I know.As a long time fan of CFNY / Edge 102, I was sad to
You know that dead horse we like to beat over here? No, not that one, the other one. Yeah, I'm talking about CFNY a.k.a. Edge 102. I just got this message from Brendan: Brendan here - I just emailed Loriann from 102.1 The Edge to confirm but
I've listened to less CFNY this past year than I have in any 12 month period since becoming a teenager. I'll tune in periodically in my car for the tunes, but it's no longer my go-to station. I haven't felt comfortable listening to Edge 102 since they fired Martin Streek
Dani Stover is no longer producer of the Dean Blundell Show on 102.1 The Edge. She's still on the air, however, on The Wolf 101.5 in Peterborough, another Corus owned station. You're likely familiar with The Wolf 101.5's program director. He's a fellow we call Freddie P
I remember listening to Punkorama on Edge 102.1 back in the day when it was hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos. The hard aggressive sounds of Punkorama will no longer be heard each Tuesday night on CFNY as the last episode of Punkorama aired two nights ago. Here's the playlist from
I don't know Stephen from Kitchener, but he just sent me a long but heartfelt and passionate email about his disdain for corporate radio and his disappointment in 102.1 The Edge. It seems he did some Googling and came across my Edge 102 ~ CFNY category page. I think he
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing. Freddie P - Snow Removal Machine It's hard to
I recently wrote about the Humble and Fred network cable special that aired on Rogers 10 back in 1993. Thanks to Ryan at Rogers 10, I now have in my possession the opening for "Humble and Fred's First Ever Network Cable Special". It's got some great footage of the old
Rogers TV Toronto (channel 10) is producing a series called "Retro Rewind" featuring some of the classic, and not so classic, moments from the community channel's history. Tomorrow night's episode features Humble and Fred when they did a cable show called "Humble and Fred's Dance Party" around '91 1993. It
Martin Streek took his own life in July. The last time I saw Martin, he was chumming around with his pal George Stroumboulopoulos at the Casby Awards. Here's a clip of them that night. The first Sunday following Martin Streek's death, I tuned in 102.1 the Edge to hear
