Morning Has Broken
I’ve heard this before from other long-time morning show hosts – once you get away from it you wonder how in the heck you ever did it! …
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Working
I uh Don’t uh Like It When uh…
I’m often asked about my pet peeves concerning radio broadcasting. And I have many! And I occasionally do one or two of them myself after which I promptly kick my own butt. But my absolute least favourite has to be the use of “uh” to buy time, fill space, or whatever. …
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Wasting Away
The Federal government killed a tree to send us a notice about the You Want Fries With That tax account this week. …
Rocking The Park
Rock The Park 6 is over. Every year, 1039 FM (previously known as The Hawk) presents some of the biggest acts in the classic rock-ish genre at Harris Park in London, in support of Bethany’s Hope Foundation. …
…Grant Me The Serenity…
When I started this job at 1039FM, as the “new kid” I knew I wouldn’t be eligible for any holiday time this summer. …
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Putting Words in my Mouth
You might hear my voice say this sentence on the radio but it’s not my fault!   A client made me do it. …
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Just Like The Old Days…
For nearly 10 years I woke up at 2:30 or 3 am for the CHFI/680 News morning shows. I had done morning shows before that but this was my longest consistent run of getting up “at the crack of stupid”. …
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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! …
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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! …
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Who Can You Trust?
“I would trust a citizen journalist as much as I would trust a citizen surgeon.” Morley Safer …
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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. …
Walking Through the Clouds
I am an ex-smoker. This fall will mark my 21st anniversary of quitting. …
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Being The New Kid
It’s official. I’m on the air at The Greatest Hits, 1039 FM! …
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Be Me Ever So Humble
I don’t think Jay Leno is the funniest comedian ever but he is a survivor and now a legend who took over the reins of The Tonight Show from Johnny Carson 17 years ago today and that in itself earns him a measure of respect. …
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The Day We’ve Been Waiting For!
This day has been planned for some time. …
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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? …
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