Broadcasting Pet Peeves
I hope you’ll add to this list. Some of these things are a little “inside” but some are recognizable to radio listeners who have no knowledge of what goes on behind the scenes. …
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Potpourri
Brandt’s Randt – It’s About Words
I’ve said it before. Language evolves. It usually evolves because mistakes get accepted.  But there are two standouts right now that really bug me. And so I randt! …
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Girls, Guns and Gimmicks
What a world we’re living in.  Teenage girls by the hundreds are gathering in online groups to support Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in an attempt to get him freed. (Good luck with that, kids.)  As The New York Post reports, the Free Jahar (his nickname) movement includes writing the slogan on their flesh with magic marker and one particularly smitten kid opting for a tattoo. …
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Random Thoughts and Observances
Wow I’m disappointed by the online reaction to a 19-year-old man who went to police after enduring what he says is a sexual assault by 4 women. Â …
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Astounding Behaviors
Two days after Saudi Arabia granted women the right to vote in municipal elections, a woman was sentenced to 10 lashes for driving a car. …
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Grammatical Sheep
Most radio stations, TV stations and newspapers subcribe to a news service called CP, Canadian Press, formerly known as BN or Broadcast News. …
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The Week That Was, June 18
We have a launch date! Now we know when Free-FM will hit the air. …
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Bits and Pieces From the Week that Was
When Jeff Conaway’s family took him off life support we learned the real reason he was dying. It wasn’t a drug overdose after all. …
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Random Thoughts and News Items
The Western Fair in London starts today. I remember my stints on location at the Western Fair when I worked here in London back in the 80’s. Every radio station had someone live on location at the Fair. It’s not like that anymore. …
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Tax Credit Wrinkle and Other Matters
Until the speech from the throne last week I wasn’t aware that getting cosmetic enhancements like Botox and liposuction could become tax write-offs. …
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Random Thoughts
Never get into the water with any type of swimming mammal that has “Killer” built right into its name. …
Risk Assessment
The following is a chart created by a risk management professional and it’s awfully sad that it’s so accurate. …
The Pope’s Playlist
The Vatican newspaper, L’Ossertavore Romano, has published its picks for the best popular music. It suggests this is a “semi-serious” list of 10 classic albums to take to a desert island. …
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Looking Back, Way Back on Beatlemania
This is one of the funniest videos I’ve ever seen. And I can’t help but wonder how much of history gets screwed up as time goes by! Enjoy!
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Bits and Bites
Toronto is finally having its garbage picked up again. And now the city is paying overtime to some of the same outside workers who went on strike, in order to get the job done. …
Starting Monday With A “Meh”!
After watching Celebrity Apprentice all season, my first ever, we pretty much had to see the entire THREE HOUR finale. …
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