In this 100th episode, Mike chats with Humble and Fred about their 25 years together as they share more Toronto radio stories than you can shake a stick at. In fact, if you work in Toronto radio, we likely talked about you. This episode is exactly 1:30:51. You
There have been a few Toronto radio developments I thought we might want to discuss, so here's a big fat juicy three-fer. Indie88 PD Vacancy The first involves Indie88. They're looking for a new Program Director. I've exchanged emails with their old Program Director, Adam Thompson, and he even promised
In this 97th episode, Mike chats with GTA radio personality Colleen Rusholme about her life in Toronto radio, my Rick Hodge incident, the irony of Stu Jeffries and more. This episode is exactly 1:03:48. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesSubscribe
In this 96th episode, Mike chats with Blue Jays broadcaster Mike Wilner about his career in radio, the Cito controversy, whether he's condescending and arrogant to BlueJaysTalk callers and when and why he'll block you on Twitter. This episode is exactly 1:11:24. You can listen to this episode
In this 92nd episode, Mike chats with Jay "Maddog" Michaels about his life in radio, why Billie was fired, Dean Blundell's trash talking and much, much more. This episode is exactly 1:37:21. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesSubscribe directly to
Just this past March, Fearless Fred switched from mornings on 102.1 the Edge back to afternoons and a new morning show of Dominik Diamond, Josie Dye and Greg Beharrell took over. Now it seems Fearless Fred is back taking care of the morning shift with co-host Melani and Josie
FM 90.3 CKMP in Alberta has switched to a format they call QuickHitz where they promise listeners “twice the music” by cutting all of its song times in half, to an average of two minutes. I should hate this idea, because you can't just chop a song in half
In this 87th episode, Mike chats with Andrew Walker about his move to The Fan 590, working with Mike Richards and then Greg Brady, replacing Jim Lang and lots of interesting Toronto sports radio stuff. This episode is exactly 1:00:02. You can listen to this episode in a
Alan Cross is returning to 102.1 the Edge where he's spent the bulk of his radio career. You can hear him chat with me about his career in radio in episode 66 of my podcast. We haven't been told yet what his role will be on 102.1, but
In this 84th episode, Mike chats with Erin Davis about getting fired and re-hired by CHFI, her classic Blue Jays songs, sleeping with the boss and lessons learned along the way. This episode is exactly 1:06:42. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe
In this 82nd episode, Mike chats with Alan Cross, David Marsden, Brother Bill, Todd Shapiro, LoriAnn, Fred Patterson and others about the life and death of Martin Streek on the 5th anniversary of his death. This episode is exactly 1:56:33. You can listen to this episode in a
I will be sitting down next week with legendary broadcaster Erin Davis. She'll be dropping by to record an episode of my podcast Toronto Mike'd, and I get an entire hour to ask her anything I want. I know what questions I'll be asking her, but I'd love to know
In this 79th episode, Mike chats with Toronto radio personality Barb DiGiulio about her 22 years on The Fan 590, why she was "restructured out" and what she's up to now. This episode is exactly 1:17:56. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe
Next week, I'll be interviewing Barb DiGuilio on my podcast. Barb was on The Fan 590 from 1991 until late last year and might be best known for her role on Gord Stellick’s Big Show. I know what questions I'll be asking her, but I'd love to know what
In this 76th episode, Mike and Elvis chat with Greg Brady, morning show host at The Fan 590. He talks about working in Detroit, working at AM640, his move to The Fan 590 and why it didn't work out with Jim Lang. This episode is exactly 1:25:20. You
Nash the Slash passed away on the weekend. He played electric violin on The 102.1 Band's "Working on the Radio", a song by CFNY and about CFNY, written by Brad McNally and Jim Bird. Here's "Working on the Radio" from 1979. Download this MP3 here.
Here's how Alan Cross used to sound in his early days on CFNY 102.1. After listening to this vintage clip, click over to my interview with Alan Cross from earlier this year. Download this MP3 here.
CFNY runs down the 10 worst albums of 1985 in this vintage audio clip. Download this MP3 here.
Q107 has changed its tune from "Classic Rock" to "Toronto's Rock Station". Fear not, they'll still play Led Zeppelin, but they'll also play newer rock. Here's John Derringer explaining the format tweak. What do you all think about this change?
I biked the Martin Goodman Trail this morning and paid my first visit to The Todd Shapiro Show's SiriusXM studio in Liberty Village. I'd share the clip from my appearance, but SiriusXM wants Todd to wait 24 hours before sharing audio, so I'll post it tomorrow. A little east of
Starting March 31, 102.1 the Edge has a new morning show consisting of Dominik Diamond, Josie Dye and Greg Beharrell. This official ends the Fearless Fred experiment as he goes back to the afternoon drive where he'll be joined by Melani. And yes, that is Carlos Benevides returning to
The Grid "surveyed 12 commercial FM-radio stations in the GTA over a 12-hour programming block last week to determine the musical diversity (or lack thereof) on the city’s airwaves". According to their data, these are Toronto's most repetitive radio stations: Kiss 92.5Flow 93.5Virgin 99.1102.1 the
I'm a little late on this one, but how could I resist writing about a story with the title Corus' 102.1 The Edge, Toronto, Launches 'Spirit of Radio Sunday'? Here's the rest of the story. Corus Entertainment’s 102.1 the Edge (CFNY-FM) is bringing back the music that
In 1987, I awoke to the Tom Rivers show on 680 CFTR. My alarm clock was locked on 680 not just because I enjoyed the top 40 music of the day, but because I thought Tom Rivers was great fun. Before the internet, it wasn't nearly as easy to find
In this 67th episode, Mike chats with Todd Shapiro about his days at 102.1 the Edge on the Dean Blundell Show, what the hell happened and his upcoming show on SiriusXM. This episode is exactly 59:55. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe
