Gord’s Radio Gold
As I anticipate going back to work on Monday, Derek reminded me of a long-forgotten aspect of working at CKSL here in London in the mid-1980’s. …
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The Sound of Success
It’s a very rare radio client who can successfully voice his or her own ads. But that doesn’t stop them from doing it anyway. …
CRAD – Chick Radio All Day!
Last week my radio station featured all chicks, all the time! Despite all of the gains women have made in the broadcasting biz, this is an exceedingly rare situation, except for the occasional stunt, which this was not. …
The Joys of Listening to Listeners!
I like to talk to our station’s listeners. I answer the phone and I try to answer their questions although I do plead the fifth if something might not reflect well on the station. For example, they don’t need to know the nuts and bolts about music rotation and that kind of thing. Those details would just seem a little insane to someone outside of the business, even though there are legitimate reasons for why we do what we do the way we do it! …
Alive and Kicking
The CRTC has released final 2008 revenue figures for Canadian commercial radio and those who say the genre is dead or dying can suck on this for a while! …
Who Can You Trust?
“I would trust a citizen journalist as much as I would trust a citizen surgeon.” Morley Safer …
New Tricks
One of the things that excited me the most about becoming a music radio host again, was the chance to learn new stuff. …
Being The New Kid
It’s official. I’m on the air at The Greatest Hits, 1039 FM! …
I’ve Got A Lot Of Nerve!
It isn’t lost on me that I’m about to start doing for a living what I’ve spent my recent weeks critiquing as it’s done by others! That work will continue uninterrupted, by the way. So I’d better have my game face on, eh? …
Please Do Not Adjust Your Blog
I will continue to fill this space with whatever my head needs to empty from day to day but the routine may have to change. …
Verily I Say Unto Thee
Something I’ve noticed in the London radio market is that a large number of on-air people use the long e version of the word ‘the’ almost exclusively. It’s rather astonishing! It’s as if they’re kicking it old school, as in Biblical, with the language. …
The Name of the Flu
This irks me as a broadcaster and as a person. …