Stu-Stu-Studio
Voice work is one of the things that keep me busy during my off hours. Â …
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Twitter Twits
There are some real dinosaurs in the journalism game. Â I just can’t understand the way some of them cling to the “way things have always been done” and refuse to realize that the world is being shaped by young geeks and we’d better fall in line or get left behind. Â …
Chris Martin Backs me Up!
In the radio announcer coaching part of this little enterprise my mantra is always; Â If you have to choose, always choose being clear over being clever. Â If only the members of Coldplay had heard me! Â …
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Parroting the Police
At the bottom of virtually every media release from police there is a paragraph where they act like the teacher who makes the whole class stay after school because one kid was chewing gum. Â …
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Deja Vroom
Here we go – the London World of Motorcycles Expo is on this weekend.  Today is move-in day where a 110,000 square feet are measured off and occupied by pros, newbies, motorcycles, trailers, pop-up tents and racks of leather. …
Syntax Crimes and Other Offences
I’m always amused by poor writing, especially in broadcasting. Â There’s inexperience, which can be forgiven of course. And then there’s just plain sloppiness. Â I get a giggle out of noticing them and always regret not keeping the ones I find. Â I foolishly think I will remember them. …
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Always a Student
On Friday, I had the good fortune to speak to a classroom full of first year radio and broadcast journalism students at Fanshawe College. …
Funny About Money
Free-FM offers a text alert system for a one-time charge of .50. Â It’s brand new. Â You’ll get a text in case of severe weather or a major breaking story. Â We’ll also text the morning’s top two headlines.
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The Week in Review
It started with 4 suspicious fires on the weekend all targeting adult-oriented businesses. …
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Musical Musings
I’m a rock fan. Â I prefer pounding drums, wailing guitar solos and singers with passion that verges on a scream. And I don’t think that’s ever going to change. …
What Do You Make of This?
This city’s best known TV news anchor was recently arrested on assault charges. Â I wrote a blog last week about not judging him until the facts are in. Â But the issue today is whether or not his arrest qualifies as “news”. Â There is no question that it does to every media property in this city except its largest daily newspaper and I and my media brethren feel a) the paper made an incomprehensible decision to not run the story and b) unfairly and now publicly judged by them because we aired the story. Â …
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The Naked Truth
The older you get, the more often it happens. Â You hear of someone who has died and you never knew at the time. Â The “someone” in this case is a man who was my boss at the Four Seasons Nature Resort back when I was one of four live-in summer helpers in the season between high school and college. …
Picking My Battles
A great publicist is worth his or her weight in gold. Â I’ve worked with all kinds. Â From the ones who want you to do their work for them to the ones who try to tempt you with extravagant bribes in the expectation that you’ll look favourably upon their client. Â Hey, how do you think I got this diamond necklace? …
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A Tale of Two Parades
A word of advice. Â If you ever put a float in a parade ask if a children’s icon will be directly behind you! It will affect how well your float is received. …
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So Long, Duke
A long-time employee of CKNX-TV in Wingham died on Friday. Â John “Duke” Day was 86. Â Oh, the stories he told! …
Laughs on the Radio
The radio industry today is worlds away from what it was like when I was starting out. Â …
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Win a Million, Lose a Friend?
I did something this week that I’ve never done before. Â …
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