June 8th, 2018 update: Don passed away yesterday. He was 82.
Category Archives: Radio
End Of An Era: 1150 CKOC Is Going To Stop Playing Music, Become TSN Radio
Bell Media announced yesterday that it plans to flip 1150 CKOC Hamilton to TSN Sports Radio from its current oldies…sorry…classic hits format between now and the fall. I don’t know why we call it classic hits instead of oldies now, but everybody seems to have jumped on this train. Listen. The newest songs from the …
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Great Big Swing-Along?
It’s become a morning routine to have CBC Radio 2 on as I get ready for work. Because of this, we discovered something that Tom Power does every weekday morning around 8:20 ish. He calls it the great big sing-along. Basically, he picks a song that bunches of us know the words to, and says …
How Not To Make A Terrible Radio Commercial
There are some really good, attention grabbing radio commercials floating around out there. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find them amongst all the boring, shitty ones. If you want to make radio ads but don’t want to be boring and shitty, watch these videos and don’t do any of the things shown within.
Happy Birthday, Time Signal
I didn’t know this, but today will mark 75 years of the National Research Council’s official time signal airing on CBC Radio. For the uninitiated, that would be the series of beeps you hear every day at 1 in the afternoon right before the news starts. CBC has published an article to celebrate it, and …
And Now, Our Long Distance Deadication
Thanks for the title idea, Carin. I wish I’d come up with it. I’m not going to get into all the family squabbles and elder abuse surrounding this. It’s all just shitty and sad, and Casey Kasem deserves better. I just want to say a quick goodbye to the guy I listened to on CKSL …
Casey Kasem Dedicates A Song To A Dead Dog…Almost
As often happens, I start out looking for one thing and end up somewhere entirely different. So just for fun, here’s Casey Kasem completely losing his mind over a long distance dedication. This never gets old.
Our House Is Haunted By A Vitamin Hating Ghost
I’m not one to believe in things like ghosts and spirits, but this is a little weird so what the hell, let’s write it down. Most nights we fall asleep listening to Those Old Radio Shows on CHML. On the weekends, that often means waking up to infomercials by Purity Products, who would like very …
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I’m Sorry. I Got That All Wrong
If anyone from the New York Yankees organization is reading this, next time you guys are looking for a play by play voice, keep me in mind. I’ve got a decent radio voice, I can think quickly, I’ve been told a time or 2 that I’m friendly and even engaging, and my ability to follow …
We’re Gonna Miss Ya, Monkey Squeeze
I just heard the news that 97.7 HTZ FM’s Iron Mike Bensson died of cancer this morning. He was 60, which I never would have guessed. I’m shocked. Not shocked that he had cancer, but shocked that it took him. Shocked and sad. He put up a hell of a fight against it, from the …