In this 82nd episode, Mike chats with Alan Cross, David Marsden, Brother Bill, Todd Shapiro, LoriAnn, Fred Patterson and others about the life and death of Martin Streek on the 5th anniversary of his death. This episode is exactly 1:56:33. You can listen to this episode in a
I will be sitting down next week with legendary broadcaster Erin Davis. She'll be dropping by to record an episode of my podcast Toronto Mike'd, and I get an entire hour to ask her anything I want. I know what questions I'll be asking her, but I'd love to know
In this 79th episode, Mike chats with Toronto radio personality Barb DiGiulio about her 22 years on The Fan 590, why she was "restructured out" and what she's up to now. This episode is exactly 1:17:56. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe
Next week, I'll be interviewing Barb DiGuilio on my podcast. Barb was on The Fan 590 from 1991 until late last year and might be best known for her role on Gord Stellick’s Big Show. I know what questions I'll be asking her, but I'd love to know what
In this 76th episode, Mike and Elvis chat with Greg Brady, morning show host at The Fan 590. He talks about working in Detroit, working at AM640, his move to The Fan 590 and why it didn't work out with Jim Lang. This episode is exactly 1:25:20. You
Nash the Slash passed away on the weekend. He played electric violin on The 102.1 Band's "Working on the Radio", a song by CFNY and about CFNY, written by Brad McNally and Jim Bird. Here's "Working on the Radio" from 1979. Download this MP3 here.
Here's how Alan Cross used to sound in his early days on CFNY 102.1. After listening to this vintage clip, click over to my interview with Alan Cross from earlier this year. Download this MP3 here.
CFNY runs down the 10 worst albums of 1985 in this vintage audio clip. Download this MP3 here.
Q107 has changed its tune from "Classic Rock" to "Toronto's Rock Station". Fear not, they'll still play Led Zeppelin, but they'll also play newer rock. Here's John Derringer explaining the format tweak. What do you all think about this change?
I biked the Martin Goodman Trail this morning and paid my first visit to The Todd Shapiro Show's SiriusXM studio in Liberty Village. I'd share the clip from my appearance, but SiriusXM wants Todd to wait 24 hours before sharing audio, so I'll post it tomorrow. A little east of
Starting March 31, 102.1 the Edge has a new morning show consisting of Dominik Diamond, Josie Dye and Greg Beharrell. This official ends the Fearless Fred experiment as he goes back to the afternoon drive where he'll be joined by Melani. And yes, that is Carlos Benevides returning to
The Grid "surveyed 12 commercial FM-radio stations in the GTA over a 12-hour programming block last week to determine the musical diversity (or lack thereof) on the city’s airwaves". According to their data, these are Toronto's most repetitive radio stations: Kiss 92.5Flow 93.5Virgin 99.1102.1 the
I'm a little late on this one, but how could I resist writing about a story with the title Corus' 102.1 The Edge, Toronto, Launches 'Spirit of Radio Sunday'? Here's the rest of the story. Corus Entertainment’s 102.1 the Edge (CFNY-FM) is bringing back the music that
In 1987, I awoke to the Tom Rivers show on 680 CFTR. My alarm clock was locked on 680 not just because I enjoyed the top 40 music of the day, but because I thought Tom Rivers was great fun. Before the internet, it wasn't nearly as easy to find
In this 67th episode, Mike chats with Todd Shapiro about his days at 102.1 the Edge on the Dean Blundell Show, what the hell happened and his upcoming show on SiriusXM. This episode is exactly 59:55. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe
In this 66th episode, Mike chats with Alan Cross about his days at CFNY 102.1, the Ongoing History of New Music, Martin Streek, Dean Blundell, Edgefests, Indie88, Courtney Love, the future of terrestrial radio and more. This episode is exactly 57:24. You can listen to this episode in
I will be sitting down later this week with legendary broadcaster and writer Alan Cross. He'll be dropping by to record an episode of my podcast Toronto Mike'd, and I get an entire hour to ask him anything I want. I know what questions I'll be asking him, but I'd
In the recent entry about Todd Shapiro getting his own show on SiriusXM satellite radio, Speysidephil asked who subscribes to SiriusXM. I personally don't subscribe, but I'm told there are 1.7 million subscribers in Canada. I have two questions for the hivemind... Do you subscribe to SiriusXM? If you
Since Todd Shapiro was fired from the Dean Blundell Show on 102.1 the Edge back in July, many have wondered where he'd end up. The answer, it seems, is SiriusXM satellite radio. Todd Shapiro will host The Todd Shapiro Show on channel 168 Canada Laughs. This is the same
When the Dean Blundell Show was suspended by Corus last month, I listed five possible outcomes. Number two on that list, after keeping Dean Blundell, was handing Fearless Fred the keys without missing a beat. With Fearless Fred taking over mornings on 102.1 starting Monday, it seems we're one
We've been talking a lot about the Dean Blundell Show on 102.1 The Edge lately. Last week Dean Blundell attacked Humble and Fred and just Friday Todd Shapiro chimed in on the controvery. Now Derek Welsman, a.k.a. Blind Derek, is in some hot water for a discussion
If you want to hear the first two chapters of this trilogy, I have the audio here. In a nutshell, Dean Blundell went off on Humble and Fred after they had Todd Shapiro on their podcast. Humble and Fred responded, and today Todd Shapiro returned to the Humble and Fred
It seems Dean Blundell went off on Humble and Fred during the December 3rd episode of The Dean Blundell Show Podcast. Here's the audio: Download the MP3 here. Update: During their podcast today, Humble and Fred responded. Here's the audio: Download the MP3 here.
Iron Mike Bensson was 60. I knew Iron Mike Bensson as an on-air personality at 97.7 HTZ-FM out of St. Catharines where he worked for over 15 years. Cancer sucks.
Rogers Media let go 94 people across the country yesterday including Barb DiGiulio at The FAN 590. Admittedly, I hadn't heard Barb DiGiulio in quite some time, but in the early 90s I listened almost daily as she joined Gord Stellick on the Big Show. It was fun radio for
