Snacking Emergency

It’s not my proudest memory.  Back when I was working at CKNX radio in Wingham management brought in a smoking ban.  I smoked then.  I smoked when I wasn’t even actually smoking, that’s how devoted I was to the habit. I protested the ban saying it would lead to – and this is embarrassing – dizzy spells and feeling ill because I wasn’t getting my regular infusion of nicotine. I wish I was kidding.  That was my defence and I lost, rightly.  (My apologies to then-GM Al Skelton for the time I wasted being such an idiot!) …

This Week in Entertainment Dirt

Young actress Anna Paquin has come out and said she’s bisexual.  Unless you watch vampire shows aimed at teens, and I do not, I mostly remember Anna from her role in The Piano, which won her an Oscar when she was somewhere around the age of a fetus.  She also played a groupie in Almost Famous.  …

April Tip of the Month

Every month I send out a broadcasting tip to clients and colleagues.  Usually it’s something I wish someone would have told me early in my career because it would have saved me a lot of frustration.  I keep colleagues on the email list, if they want, just to stay in touch.   So here’s the gist of what I sent out for this month:  …

The ol’ Stink Eye

Last week I was on my way to a radio station event in London at the Grand Theatre on Richmond Street.  It was a business function and I was appropriately dressed in what one might describe as business attire.  In my hand, my large leather bag that holds my daily collection of cut veggies and bottled water as well as the container holding my big salad, my wallet and other essentials. …

Pancake Mania II

About a year ago I posted a photo of a banner that was up at my long lost, second cousin Ron Hubbs’ maple syrup operation at Wellington Ontario.  This weekend we went back for the annual pancake extravaganza and the banner that spells his own surname incorrectly was up again!  …

A Tale of Two Storytellers

Recently I had the experience of hearing a news story on one radio station, and then immediately hearing it on another.  This isn’t such a rare thing except the story was told so differently by the two anchors that it was like a slap in the ears with a velvet glove.  …