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The Evolution Of Rock And Roll

February 27, 2007 @ 08:32

After nine o'clock I went up the dial to listen to the lovely Joanne Wilder. I like Joanne, we didn't work together for long, but while we did it was fun.

The attached picture is from that special Playboy edition back in 2002 when Wilder took the Canadian radio industry by storm. It was great, and bewildering.

The magazine was released just as MOJO management was having second thoughts about our format so we were instructed not to talk about it. It seemed like such a wasted opportunity. We had a current Playboy model working on the air, and we were called MOJO for crying out loud, but we couldn't take advantage. Oh well.

Anyway I was amused by one of the announcements Joanne made yesterday. The Police have announced a third show for Toronto in November and then she played a Police song.

Talk about the evolution of rock and roll. I remember back in the early 80's Q-107 listeners would often accuse CFNY of playing nothing but "fag" bands and the Police were near the top of that list. And I believe U2 was up there as well.

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27 Responses to "The Evolution Of Rock And Roll"


jeff doan from oshawa
February 27, 2007 / 20:27

i remember those days and i miss the cfny of those days,that,s why i listen to david marsden shows on thursday and friday nights on 94.9 the rock to listen to new stuff and old stuff you don,t hear on any other stations jeff d oshawa


Craig Norman
February 27, 2007 / 22:45

Things sure have changed. Q107 would be playing crap like Honeymoon Suite, Loverboy and calling themselves Classic Rock. They still play this crap but are playing bands they would not have touched in the 80's. You mentioned a couple and I think I have even heard The Clash. Unfortunately I don't think I will be hearing any of my favourite "fag" bands on Q107 anytime soon


Trish
February 28, 2007 / 16:19

Q107 finally discovered Talking Heads about 2 years ago. Unbelievable!


ken
March 1, 2007 / 19:28

thank god for satelitte radio people


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