CFNY Edge 102 is having a 1991 weekend, playing the best tracks from that year. As fully disclosed in my first blog entry, I'm partial to the years 1991-1994, the days between the release of Nirvana's Nevermind and the moment a self-inflicted gunshot pierced Kurt Cobain's brain. Of course, it
I just bought an iRiver AFT-100 FM Transmitter to complement my new favourite toy. I had heard bad things about FM transmitters in big cities, but so far I'm having a great deal of success playing my MP3 player on 94.3. Many moons ago I dreamt about a day
Move over Jack. There's a new station in town playing what they want, and you can bet their playlist is waaaay bigger than yours. Tuning into CBC Radio One this afternoon, 99.1 on my FM dial, I was hit with an eclectic mix of tunes. They were playing a
I just read yet another article about the current Jack/Bob/Mike radio format explosion in North America. I've written about Jack before, a format that claims to "play what we want". In most of these articles, there's always some Jack FM PR guy who says it's just like listening
James and I just spent three days and two nights camping under the stars in Killarney Provincial Park. We swam, caught frogs, hiked the Cranberry Bog Trail and took in Mother Nature during one of the sunniest and hottest weekends in Killarney history. Most importantly, I didn't have access to
All week long CFNY Edge 102 has been airing "The Best Of The Dean Blundell Show" in the mornings. That's a serious oxymoron. I tune in for the tunes, but when that trio starts yakking I'm out of there. I've read articles that suggest they're quite popular in their target
Pearl Jam tickets were available to Inside Edge members at 10:00 this morning. I'm an Inside Edge member, and I was ready at 09:58 to secure the presale password and hit Ticketmaster.ca to score tix to their September show at the ACC. As you may know, I'm
It wasn't that long ago that 92.9 WBUF out of Buffalo was on my short list of stations that played rock music. Their tagline was Buffalo's Rock Station and as mentioned here, it was my station for Howard Stern in the mornings and pure rock thereafter. Suddenly, late last
I still listen to a great deal of radio. I've always loved the medium, and although there are many attractive alternatives and a massive MP3 collection constantly awaiting me, I still make time for radio. The latest BBM numbers have been released for spring 2005 and I've just checked out
In the city's worst kept secret, CFNY Edge 102 unveiled the lineup for this year's Edgefest at the Molson Amphitheater on July 1st. Billy Talent will headline, Alexisonfire will go second last and a few other bands will be there but I'm fairly unfamiliar with all of them. Let me
CFNY Edge 102's website tells you they're revealing their Edgefest 2005 lineup on Monday morning. This article, however, lets the cat out of the bag as to who will be headlining. Your Edgefest 2005 headliners will be Billy Talent. Last year, I really let CFNY Edge 102 have it when
It was like a scene out of a movie, only it was very, very real. I was listening to the radio call of the Blue Jays opener against the Devil Rays when the Rays came to bat in the third. Joining Jerry Howarth and the rookie in the booth was
CBC Radio has completed their quest to come up with a great list of the 50 essential Canadian popular songs. You can view the list in its entirety. Below are the top ten. 'Four Strong Winds' by Ian and Sylvia (1963)'If I had $1000000' by the Barenaked Ladies (1992)
As a youngster, I have vivid memories of tuning in "The Doctor Demento Show" show on my little transister radio. I believe it was on Sunday nights on CHUMFM at 20:00 and I was there every week. There is now a web site hosting over 90% of the past
Periodically CFNY Edge 102 will start to play a tune that they completely ignored when first released. This happened recently when they began playing Eminem's "My Name Is" in the fall. When this happens it's usually a song that would have been regarded as off-genre at the time of release,
On New Year's Eve I listened while CFNY Edge 102 played their top 102 songs of 2004. Below I will reveal my feelings about their top ten. Green Day - American Idiot During the political summer of 2004, this was a great single. It reminded me of the good ol'
It's only been a few days since I listed the ten FM station presets on my car radio, yet one of them has already changed their format. One of my presets is set to 92.9, WBUF out of Buffalo. I described it as "another great rock station and Howard
My car radio has two FM bands, each with five station presets. Here are the current presets. FM1 107.9 - Hamilton's Y108, a good little rock station99.9 - Mix 99.9, a station I never listen to so why I preset it is a wonder97.7 - HTZ
I applaud Toronto's army of craptacular radio stations for showing such restraint this year. It's already November 18th, and not one of the usual suspects have modified their format to all holiday music, all the time. Last year I questioned how this emerging format could sustain itself playing 24/7
Remember back in March when CFNY Edge 102 announced the lineup for Edgefest 2004? I wrote this entry lambasting them for selling Good Charlotte as the headliner, especially considering the fact they won't even play Good Charlotte on their station. It was all so hypocritical, I wrote CFNY Edge 102
The mediocre CFNY Edge 102 morning show is holding another annoying contest this week they call The Hunt for Mikes. The objective is to come to their store front studio with more Mikes than anyone else. As I see it, it's a lame, one-note joke that's already boring me to
I don't mean to beat this horse to death, but on my drive home this afternoon I heard Eminem's "My Name Is" on CFNY Edge 102. That's twice in a span of three days and I haven't had much time for radio listening. This is officially an epidemic. "My Name
Just yesterday I wrote a blog entry hearing Eminem's "My Name Is" on CFNY Edge 102. It seemed strange to me that this particular Eminem song was played and I wrote Edge 102's program director Alan Cross about it. Alan and I have exchanged emails in the past, you may
This morning I heard Eminem's "My Name Is" on CFNY Edge 102. When "My Name Is" was introducing the world to a white rapper from Detroit by hitting the top of every top 40 chart on the continent, Edge 102 wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. You can
With daytime radio being more and more careful not to air that which may be perceived as offensive, it's nice to hear a song containing an expletive air completely uncensored. The other morning on CFNY Edge 102 I heard "At The Hundredth Meridian" by The Tragically Hip and the f-bomb
