When I wrote about 1050 CHUM being re-branded as CP24 Radio 1050, I wondered aloud what would happen to all the CHUM Charts archived online at the CHUM web site. I grabbed the chart from the day I was born because when a station is re-branded this way, the old
My mom often talks about listening to 1050 CHUM back in the day. It sounds like it was quite the station, I'm sorry I missed the glory days of CHUM AM. From the CTVglobemedia press release: CTV also announced today that CP24 will further extend its well-established brand within the
When driving home from the office, I'll often listen to Prime Time Sports, hosted by Bob McCown on THEFAN590. Like any die hard Leaf fan, I love it when they explore the glorious fall of the Montreal Canadiens. The go-to guy lately, for such discussions, is Mike Boone of the
Billboards throughout the city are touting "the new 97.3 EZ Rock." 97.3 EZ Rock is the radio station that employs my pal Humble Howard in the mornings. I sat in and live-blogged that morning show back in October. I've seen the billboards with the wallpaper and I've read
On November 6, Andy Barrie took an indefinite leave of absence from his duties as host of Metro Morning on CBC Radio One. I heard his sign-off as he told us there were serious health issues in his family right now and he needed to leave his post in order
When Harold Hosein was fired from City-TV back in 2006, I wrote about it. Today, there's a new comment on that entry from a chap named Ian. Harold Hosein is no longer with 680 news....I found out today...02/04/09It seems 680 News didn't renew Harold Hosein's contract,
Readers of this blog know I'm an Andy Barrie fan. On November 6, 2008, I was listening when he signed off and told us he was going to be taking a leave of absence to care for a member of his family who was ill. I wrote about that and
CBC has unveiled their 49 Canadian Songs for Obama's iPod. These 49 won out over their top 100. I can't really speak to the French songs or the non-pop songs, but they seem to have hit most of the essential tracks from my definitive Cancon list. Still, how does The
I'm a sucker for all these Canadian music features the CBC like to throw at us every few years. The latest is from CBC Radio 2. Starting this morning, CBC Radio 2 is inviting us Canadians to help select the top “49 songs from north of the 49th parallel” that
Last June, I took a closer look at the Edge 102.1 playlist. I was curious how many different songs were in rotation at CFNY. While I was crunching the numbers, I assigned each song a label: New, Recent or Classic Alternative. A comment from egerton on my 102.1
Below are the top 102 songs of 2008, according to 102.1 The Edge. I threw down my personal top 10 right here. My tunes ranked 72, 62, 25, 10, 19, 67, 40, 36, n/a and 22 respectively. That n/a is for "Inside the Cinema" by Culture Reject
I've always loved radio. Although I have ten stations preset in my car stereo, there are only a few I actually visit. This is an update to something I wrote over five years ago. Also, if you're interested, here's my Toronto morning show history, written before I had ever exchanged
I was listening to CBC RadioOne this morning when Andy Barrie told us at 8:27am that he had something personal to announce. He told us he was leaving the show indefinitely. Immediately I suspected his health was the reason. Andy has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. He quickly reassured
I mentioned I snapped some pictures when I was witnessing the organized chaos at EZ Rock this morning. You can check out the entire photoset at my Flickr account.
I've made my way to Yonge and St. Clair. I'm sitting beside Humble, watching the action. I actually couldn't tap into this highly encrypted EZ Rock WiFi, but Humble has given me access to his PC. What a sweetie... 5:54 - They just played Johnny Nash. Apparently that happens
Tomorrow I'll wake up three hours earlier than usual and make my way to Yonge and St. Clair to sit in with the EZ Morning Show crew. I'll get there around 5:30, assume a seat beside Humble Howard, fire up the laptop, get online and live blog the show.
YouTube user Retrontario frequently uploads fantastic retro-Toronto-centric gems. These clips never fail to bring back a ton of memories for me, so I feature them from time to time. I remember this ad for CFTR 680AM's Commercial Free Sundays well. That was my radio station back in 1984. Specifically, I
I mentioned I've been invited to sit in with the hosts of the EZ Rock morning show. I'm going to be sitting next to Humble and live blogging the EZ Morning Show on Friday, October 10. When I first mentioned this, you nice people gave me a bunch of questions
Humble Howard has invited me to sit in with the new EZ Rock morning show. It should be a crowded room as I join Humble, Kim Stockwood, Colleen Rusholme and Rick Hodge. I'm going to sit in and live blog the show, assuming they can throw my laptop on the
I'm not a radio insider, I'm just a fan of the medium. I always have been. Perhaps it has something to do with watching WKRP or all those nights as a kid listening to Blue Jays baseball on my old transistor radio. As a fan of radio, especially Toronto radio,
The summer of 2008 has been bitter sweet for fans of the Humble and Fred show. Over the past few weeks both Humble Howard and Fred Patterson have moved on to the next phase of their professional lives. I'm very happy for both guys, even though I'll likely never get
If you're a virgin, you finally have a radio station that caters to your sense of celibacy. Oh wait, I think I'm reading this press release wrong. It seems Mix 99.9 is being re-branded today. It's "the launch of the first North American commercial FM radio station under license
Now that he's had two mornings under his belt as co-host of the new EZ Mornings with Humble, Kim and Colleen show on 97.3 EZ Rock, I pummelled Humble with a few questions. As always, he was happy to comply and he even got me sniffing with his final
Today I exchanged messages with Mike Holland who now goes by his real name, Michael Bouyea. He's responsible for one of my favourite Blue Jays songs, "We Got The Blue Jays". You can hear the R.B.I. Single Version here. Thanks Mike for uploading my song "We Got The
I once took A Closer Look at the Edge 102 Playlist and with the big news from Humble Howard, I thought I'd take a closer look at the EZ Rock 97.3 playlist. I'll be checking out Humble's new show, but like many of you who loved him on 102.
