This morning I heard Alan Cross' explanation as to why he suspended the Dean Blundell morning show on CFNY Edge 102 following a particularly rowdy appearance by Steve-O of Jackass fame on Friday morning. According to Alan Cross, the suspension had nothing to do with the content from the show
I got a couple of messages via the Contact Mike regarding yesterday's suspension of the Dean Blundell morning show on CFNY Edge 102. I guess my site is listed high on various searches for the station, Dean Blundell and Alan Cross. Remember, I did praise Dean's replacement when he went
Earlier this week, I wrote Alan Cross, CFNY Edge 102 Program Director, regarding this year's Edgefest line up. He wrote me back and I posted my original email and his reply. What I didn't mention was the fact we continued our conversation. I replied to his reply and so on.
As I mentioned earlier tonight, I wrote CFNY Edge 102 Program Director Alan Cross regarding this year's Edgefest line up. To the dude's credit, he's already written me back. Below is the email I sent Alan Cross. Hello Alan, I've been a faithful listener of CFNY/Edge 102 for fifteen
I'm still stewing over the fact Good Charlotte is headlining this year's Edgefest. Last year we had The Tragically Hip, Our Lady Peace, Sloan and Finger Eleven. Good Charlotte simply doesn't cut it. I could go on a rant here, but I thought I'd post something I posted to the
This past weekend I heard a DJ on CFNY Edge 102 announce in all sincerity the following: "New Rock First from Edge 102 this is Nickelback with Someday". I've also heard them use this "New Rock First" intro in the past week while introducing Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My
During the first period of the Leafs game tonight, I let James play with my Freeplay Ranger. My Freeplay Ranger is a radio I carry around the house and James enjoys sitting with it and tuning in different stations. He gets awfully excited when pulls in a new station and
We're in the midst of the worst snow storm to hit Toronto since 1999. This morning in my car I tuned in 680News for a quick update on the road conditions. The announcer was bragging in all seriousness about how the 680News Storm Centre had been up for 24 hours
It happened again this morning. It's been happening a lot lately and it's got to stop. It's just not right. The deejays from the Dean Blundell Show on CFNY Edge 102 this morning talked all over the first 30 seconds of The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony". Forever this has been a
CFNY Edge 102 airs a promo every once in a while that claims they are "One of the ten most listened to stations in the world". Every time I hear it, I wonder how they can justify such an outlandish claim. I read the most recent BBM Ratings for Toronto
I just read an article from the New York Times that reveals the latest radio format sweeping the United States. They call it "classic alternative" and several stations have switched to the format in the past month. "Classic alternative" is essentially music from the early 90s like Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
Listening to CFNY Edge 102 today, I heard an advertisement for Chasing Liberty starring Mandy Moore. The advertisement gave me a jolt by announcing this was a film starring Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode. Remember, you can't tell Goode is spelled with an "e" on the radio. I was a
I stumbled across The Champ this morning. The Champ is a radio bit I used to listen to every morning before jetting off to high school. It was part of Brother Jake Edward's Q Morning Zoo on Q107 for years. It's back. Q107 plays The Champ at approximately 7:45
I listened to the radio from 06:20 EST to 08:00 EST this morning. I'm about to switch to MP3s (Pearl Jam's Merkinball, No Code and Live on Two Legs respectively), but before I do so I thought I'd share the details of what radio I actually listened to.
It's been a very long time since I've had to witness one of my teams on the losing end of a game. The Leafs have won eight in a row, the Raptors won their fourth in a row earlier today and the Bills won for the second week in a
I realize I wrote about this yesterday morning, but I want to comment further on the CFNY Edge 102 morning show I heard this week. With George Stroumboulopoulos as host, it's the best show on the dial. The song selection has always been stellar, but the quick comments on each
As much as I enjoy the tunes I hear on CFNY Edge 102, I'm not a fan of their morning show. When Dean Blundell and his crew start one of their inane contests or other gimmicky radio bits, I tune out. In the mornings, I'm only there for the music.
When the deejay on your local alternative music station has a couple of minutes before the traffic/weather/news update, there are usually a handful of songs he or she can go to to bridge the gap. Three songs in particular are often thrown on the air at 28 or
EZ Rock 97.3, a horrible local radio station that promises buckets of syrop all day long, is promoting itself as Toronto's original holiday music station. They're playing nothing but Christmas carols from now through December. They're including the word "original" in their billing due to the fact other stations
Back in July, I wrote an entry about my preferred Toronto area radio stations. My list of six at the time included Edge102, HTZ 97.7, WBUF 92.9, Q107, 680News and The Fan 590. There are three more I'd like to add. Y108 - I don't know how I
In a previous blog entry, I complained about the delay between the play by play on the radio and the visual on television during Blue Jay games. I prefer the call from Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth to the television commentators so I wanted to mute the tv and listen
For years now, we in the Toronto area have been inundated with ads for EZ Rock 97.3 FM featuring Leeza Gibbons. I saw a new spot just last night. A typical 30 second advertisement is Leeza talking about how much she enjoys EZ Rock's syropy format when she's in
Three evenings a week I undergo physiotherapy for my injury (see September 24, 2003 / 19:43 EST). The clinic plays CHUM FM over the ceiling speakers to entertain us while the various machines work to soothe and heal our pains. Yesterday I was particularly surprised and concerned upon hearing Finger
A common pastime for Jay fans is to turn down the volume on the TV and listen to the play by play of Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth. Tom and Jerry have been calling Blue Jay games for as long as I've been a fan, and they've always been far
I have a rather strange obsession. It's with the Freeplay Ranger, a wind-up, solar and rechargeable powered radio. Sure, it's only an AM/FM radio, but I haven't been able to stop thinking about it for months now. Admittedly, I have a strange fascination with the radio (see July 24,
