I’d been wondering if this may have been the case for a while given that it suddenly stopped updating in December for what I thought was a holiday break but then never started up again, and today comes word that Broadcaster Magazine, which along with Milkman UnLimited and Radio Digest were the first places I …
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Are You Tired Of 2016 Taking People From K-Tel? Wait…There’s More!
Man, it’s been a rough few months for K-Tel. First Phil Kives in April, and now Bob Washington, A.K.A. the voice on all those commercials, has passed away at 82 after a battle with cancer. Beyond K-Tel and that he worked in radio for years, I unfortunately don’t know a whole lot about his career. …
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We’re About To Live In A World Where Vin Scully Isn’t Calling Baseball Games And I’m Not Sure I’m Ready For It
Growing up, I knew of Vin Scully, but I didn’t really know of Vin Scully. I would here his voice sometimes doing the calls on history videos and I was pretty sure he was the guy from Los Angeles, but that was about it. I live nowhere close to California so picking him up on …
Peter Mansbridge Will Be Leaving The National Next Year
I know this is kind of old news now, but I’m noting it anyway because seriously, Peter Mansbridge no longer hosting The National as of this coming July is a pretty big deal. Based on a lot of what I’ve read and heard this is going to be one of those retirements where you don’t …
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Happy 32nd Birthday, TSN! Here’s What Its First Few Minutes Looked Like
Here’s a neat piece of history. These are the first seven minutes of TSN, which went on the air on September 1st, 1984. I know the sports broadcasting universe has dramatically changed and expanded since, but I still can’t imagine life without TSN today.
If You Enjoy Canada AM, You Had Better Watch It Tomorrow So That Monday Isn’t A Surprise
So…uh…this seems to have come straight out of nowhere. Even by recent Bell Media standards, this is some pretty drastic cost cutting. I haven’t looked, but I can’t imagine the ratings for Canada AM of all things being so bad that they’d scrap it on performance grounds alone. It’s either a financial decision A.K.A. Bell …
Screaming TV’s And Radios: It’s Not Just For Weather Alerts Anymore
Last Sunday night, we were watching TV like any other night. I should note that the weather outside was completely calm and anything but frightful. Then, all of a sudden, the sound that I thought was strictly reserved for weather events went off. Sorry I had to use a shitty Youtube video that was taken …
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The CRTC Wants To Help You Find TV, Internet And Phone Service
Over the weekend I was talking to somebody who mentioned that she was thinking about getting TV at her house again, but didn’t want to go through Rogers or Bell for it. She asked what other options were available around here, at which point I realized that I basically had no idea. Then it hit …
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Rogers Wants To Improve Accessibility, Gets A Handout To Do It
I’m going to go ahead and apologize right off the top just in case I have this wrong, but I’m pretty sure I’m justifiably annoyed. The Broadcasting Accessibility Fund, established as part of the conditions that allowed Bell to buy CTV several years back, has finally gotten around to handing out its first set of …
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Your Telecom Provider Is Going To Have To Tell You Lots Of Things You Want To Know, Such As The True Cost Of That Promotion They’re Bugging You To Sign Up For
You know when you’re talking to your cable company or your phone company or your internet people and they’re all like “I’ve got a great offer for you. It’ll only cost you $15 per month for the first 3 months” and you’re all like “what’s it going to cost me after that” and they don’t …
