It’s not beefy home run in your mouth territory, but lord, those find an eye doctor ads that poor Ben and Mike have to read on air every day are their own brand of awful. I cringe every time because I’ve done my own share of reading on the radio and I know how hard […]
Category Archives: Radio
Humidex, You Say?
Dear CBC KW: Reporting a temperature of 22 and a humidex of 24 is just as silly as 680 news and their two degree windchill. You’ve been doing this all week. Please stop.
A Question For The Talk Show Hosts
Why in the world would you use a song called A Little Less Conversation as bumper music when the entire reason you’re on the radio requires there to be as much conversation as possible? I’ve heard several of you do this and it’s never made sense. Please don’t tell me you’ve never thought about it. […]
Happy Almost Retirement, Larry Mellott!
Sending best regards to @stormradioguy as he begins his final broadcast at @1460CJOY 30 mins from now before retiring from full time duty. ⚡⚡#PlatersPlayback 1988-09-21: Larry Mellott calling the Guelph Platers final season opener at Guelph Memorial Gardens vs Toronto Marlies. pic.twitter.com/Cm7Z75kRS9 — PlatersHockeyHistory (@PlatersHockey) June 28, 2019 That’s some old audio of Larry Mellott, […]
Happy Temporary Forced Retirement, Bob McCown
"My butt hurts. I'm gone. There will be no more. Good night and goodbye from Toronto."@FadooBobcat signs off the only way he knows how 😂 pic.twitter.com/QTBxAhvZ0M — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 21, 2019 Man, sports talk in Canada is going to be pretty weird without Bob McCown, the latest veteran broadcaster that Rogers has sent to […]
Windchill, You Say?
I heard the silliest thing on 680 News this morning. The weather person, whose name I didn’t catch, said “it’s currently 13 degrees, but with the windchill it feels like 11.” What? Windchill? When it’s that warm and the numbers are that close together? If it’s currently 13 and the windchill is making it feel […]
Dear Blue Jays Advertising Department:
I don’t want anything hitting a beefy nutritiony home run in my mouth, especially not something with jack in its name. I’m sure Jack Link’s is a fine product, but I nearly chucked when I heard that ad just now. You’ve unleashed some rather off-putting commercials in the past, but this is by far your […]
Some Radio Retirements
Seriously, I’m getting old. The last few years have really driven that home. Everyone I grew up on seems to either be retirement age or dead now. New to the retirement pile is Eddie Matthews, who has spent the last two decades or so as the morning guy at CJCS or Juice FM or whatever […]
For More On These Annoyances, Turn On A Radio
Yes I’m an old man and yes times are changing, but I don’t care. And I know that it probably makes things more efficient and a little easier on a few people to do this the way it’s done now, but I don’t much care about that, either. If you’re a radio station and you’re […]
Dear People Who Put Newscasts Together:
Can you do us a favour and not play audio related to somebody famous before telling us why? I can’t pinpoint exactly when it happened, but that’s kind of become the signal that the person has died. CBC World Report started playing Never Surrender this morning and for a good five seconds I was certain […]
