August 26, 2008 / 11:59
My God, I was actually excited for a breif second when I saw the Virgin Radio, until I realized it's the exact same crap that 99.9 was always playing.
Why is it that a market as big as Toronto only has one new rock station? I would love to see what would happen if CFNY could actually get some real competition. They might actually be forced to go back to their roots.
August 26, 2008 / 12:21
Every 2 years 99.9 brings in a new on air team or gimmick. And every time they fail. Why? Simply because they can’t compete with CHUM FM.
The saps that listen to that lame station will never leave RR&M for another station. Their formula is simple: Play the same inane, middle of the road adult contemporary crap and have lots of give-aways. Their demo which is mainly 35 and over females love a routine and they stick with CHUM regardless of what they do over at 99.9.
August 26, 2008 / 12:25
On the Beer Store issue. I've always supported the concept for many different reasons but now I've changed my view. At one time it was the TRUE "in and out store". Not anymore. Again, with this monopoly it all boils down to corporate greed. Under staffed part time store staff give poorer and poorer service. Don't get me started on waiting in line for all the wine'os who bring back their bottles in grocery bags, boxes..... and then have to wait to put them in the black boxes. If I don't have empties to bring back, why in the hell should I have to stand in line behind these tits to pay for my beer??? Unlike the L.C.B.O. the Beer Stores SHOULD be shutdown. Still sell beer at the L.B.C.O. but also at grocery stores, variety stores etc.
August 26, 2008 / 13:14
Agree with Mike. The Beer Store has become everything that is bad about a monopoly. Poorly managed, excessive waiting time, and indifferent service. It's funny, because I usually get great, friendly, knowledgeable service at the LCBO, that other Ontario monopoly. If I could only get my 24s there, I ditch the Beer Store in a heartbeat. Oh, and their "Chill" magazine sucks too.
August 26, 2008 / 13:15
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August 26, 2008 / 14:17
Argie, I agree with you that CHUM FM is a force to be reckoned with, and that is a very sad sign of the times. I was hoping that the re-launch of 99.9 might be something, but so far it sounds like cookie-cutter radio with the king of no-talent,Ryan Seacrest in the evening.
Satellite radio, here I come.
August 26, 2008 / 17:27
As I mentioned elsewhere Fred, I'm still waiting for your condemnation of Tony Clement during this meat crisis. Half a dozen dead people and he's at the Obama convention. Clement is the Minister of Health.
As for the beer store, well Alberta has private liquor stores & it's a dream. I can buy a 6 pack on my own time, not on the Beer Stores time. And the prices are lower. I can buy Waterloo Dark beer in Calgary CHEAPER than I could buy it in Ontario (and the brewery was in the city I lived in).
August 26, 2008 / 19:20
Had to peek at the Virgin web page Freddie linked in the hopes that Mad Dog and Milly were gone, alas no such luck.
As for the reason you get better service at the LCBO is it is totally run/owned by the government, not like the beer cartels running the Beer Store.
The Beer store by me was renoed and the self service was taken away, they added 2 cashiers in the middle which is never staffed, always have to wait with the empty returns people, what a pain in the ass. I drive an extra 15 minutes west to the Glen Abbey beer store so I can browse and pick my own.
August 26, 2008 / 21:05
Time will tell? Please! Seacrest and Madonna Fred... and you have written about how much you like Seacrest...
it's Toronto radio SUCKING to it's FULL potential
Time is not a factor. Seacrest man, Seacrest.
Doesn't get any worse
August 26, 2008 / 22:23
I don't hold out much hope for Virgin Radio. I do think it will actually help Mix 99.9 with it's ratings but I don't think they'll smash CHUM (who they are after).
Astral Media has the opportunity to do something pretty interesting in Toronto at 99.9 but so far it's just been the status quo. They could have added some UK or Euro pop songs that don't get airplay in Toronto. They could have reached out and tried something cutting edge, but no...it's the same old.
Not to mention these "radio" folks put a canned program in evening drive in the largest city in Canada.
Since moving West, I've come to learn that Toronto radio is the most dull & lame stuff on the dial. EDMONTON has a superior FM dial to Toronto and admittedly, I like gloating about that.
August 26, 2008 / 22:50
Totally agree with Disgruntled Joe -- why bother re-branding the exact same stuff? Virgin Radio in Europe is VERY cool and is completely different from this format. It'll be interesting to see if they start to move towards that. Whenever we go to Italy, I lock it on that station.
I've gotta say that I'm surpirsed that Bad Dog and Silly survived the switch and Steve Anthony too -- although, I'm amazed every day that I hear his voice on the radio. Amazed that he can keep a job. He's got to be one of the most depressing radio personalities I've ever heard and one of the worst interviewers. He says things deliberately to piss celebs off, which I'm sure he finds amusing, but it's the Michael Scott School of Broadcasting as far as I'm concerned. I think Steve should just stick to voiceover work.
Mad Dog has sounded bitter for quite a while, so I sense that their time is almost up. Billy sounds completely disengaged. The funniest things she does are those "1 minute inside a woman's head" which was brilliant. Don't hear that anymore. Must've been taking away from MD's spotlight.
August 26, 2008 / 23:13
Get a satellite radio, you won't ever have to listen to "personalities" (or lack of) again. Nothing worthwhile listening to since Humble and Fred on CFNY.
August 27, 2008 / 07:19
Irvine - Clement is the Minister of Health at the Federal level. This is all Dalton's baby. You'd sure hear him crying if the Tories started to take the lead on the Maple Leaf issue.
Steve Agony is still on the radio???
Just listen to Craig and Matt on the internet. 95.1 and 100.7 The Rock. No need to pay for satellite.
August 27, 2008 / 08:31
Why is it that every time I hear the name "Ryan Seacrest" it automatically reminds me of "cheap, candy coated, pop-trash, here today gone tomorrow music industry"?
Why is that?
August 27, 2008 / 09:41
Someone said it---games, promotions, trips, prizes.
That gets listeners.
Otherwise it's the same songs over and over again and mindless chatter.
August 27, 2008 / 10:47
Satellite radio is the best thing ever! My new car has XM and we signed up right away.
I don't miss the chatter I don't miss the commercials, I do miss H&F but hey, I miss my first girlfriend too and she ain't coming back either! I like the variety and the 'blue' comedy.
Lucy , Fred and Ethyl for alt rock. All thats missing is a good news channel.
I'm never going back.
August 27, 2008 / 10:48
Satellite radio is the best thing ever! My new car has XM and we signed up right away.
I don't miss the chatter I don't miss the commercials, I do miss H&F but hey, I miss my first girlfriend too and she ain't coming back either! I like the variety and the 'blue' comedy.
Lucy , Fred and Ethyl for alt rock. All thats missing is a good news channel.
I'm never going back.
August 27, 2008 / 11:13
I have Sirius and I'm not complaining, they dont play the same songs every 2 hours, you dont have to sit through a shitload of comercials, and it's also unsencered too.
As far as toronto radio, The Edge is still somewhat ok, I still enjoy listenning to Alan Cross's Ongoing History Of New Music. Q107 is ok sometimes too but it has it flaws.
If I listen to any Toronto radio I'll listen to 977 HTZ FM, not based in Toronto but still in the area, they have a mix of new and classic rock, and I like the djs over there as well. They still over play shit, but not quite as bad.
That's radio though, most stations do over play the same stuff, doesn't matter if it's a rock station or country or top 40, they all do it.
August 27, 2008 / 11:56
Does anyone think it's wierd that Virgin radio wouldn't play any of the bands that play a Virgin music festival? Is branson getting lazy and just slapps his logo on anything for cash?
August 27, 2008 / 12:40
Ian...the Maple Leaf meat disaster IS at the federal level man. It's beyond the borders of Ontario.
August 27, 2008 / 14:13
Martie: Brilliant Point
Jason: Sorry, "Ongoing" has become cyclical fodder I really wish he'd branch out and show all thats in his brain.. but no.. gotta be "edge" friendly.. gotta mention the clash and nine inch nails every other episode..
I feel like all we get is the watered down version of Alan Cross
August 28, 2008 / 02:07
"Seacrest man, Seacrest.
Doesn't get any worse."
Amen to that, Jason.
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Irvine - Have a look at the Sections 91 + 92 of the BNA Act. It very clearly spells out what is provincial jurisdiction and what is federal. The Maple Leaf Foods situation is all provincial.
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