ross@aimed.UUCP (Ross Morrissey) (11/30/89)
My radio has been tuned to CFNY more or less by default for years. Most people
are aware of the schitzo program changes over the last few years, and the
firing and resignation of many of the classic CFNY staff. I kept listening
only because it was the least irritating source of background noise that could
be relied on for regular information reports (news, weather, etc.).
Since the station was sold, flakey on-air personalities have been disappearing
and names from the past keep cropping up. I can't even remember the names of
the banished flakes (hey, its been days), but yesterday morning I heard Live
Earl Jive and Beverley Hills talking to Reiner Schwartz about Don Berns in
the afternoon. What gives? Anyone know if this is part of a scheme to bring
back commercial alternative radio?
I still remember, years ago, Earl Jive announcing: "...and that was Tubular
Bells, by Mike Oldfield...and now, side two..." Maybe there's more of this
on the way.
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"Forgive me, I'm just a Pick Programmer."king@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (Stephen King) (12/01/89)
In article <7799@aimed.UUCP> ross@aimed.UUCP (Ross Morrissey) writes: >I still remember, years ago, Earl Jive announcing: "...and that was Tubular >Bells, by Mike Oldfield...and now, side two..." Maybe there's more of this >on the way. Oh gawd, I hope not. Tubular Bells got real BORING after the first few times around. As did, of course, those wretched cash registers on the Pink Floyd album. I would rather have CFNY go back to what CHUM-FM was in the days of Reiner Schwartz and David Marsden. Speaking of Marsden, is he still program manager at CFNY? I used to think that he was a real asshole, but he has great taste in music. CKLN and CIUT are the only REAL alternative music stations. >"Forgive me, I'm just a Pick Programmer." You can pick your programmers, and you can pick your nose, but you can't ...
jim@hcr.uucp (Jim Sullivan) (12/01/89)
In article <7799@aimed.UUCP> ross@aimed.UUCP (Ross Morrissey) writes: >My radio has been tuned to CFNY more or less by default for years. As has mine (at home at least. during the day i listen to ckln) >Since the station was sold, flakey on-air personalities have been disappearing >and names from the past keep cropping up. I can't even remember the names of >the banished flakes (hey, its been days), but yesterday morning I heard Live >Earl Jive and Beverley Hills talking to Reiner Schwartz about Don Berns in >the afternoon. What gives? Anyone know if this is part of a scheme to bring >back commercial alternative radio? I read somewhere that Reiner Schwartz was taking over as program director and would be responsible for establishing the ``sound of the 90's''. Personally, I think that this is great. I've always liked Reiner's work (remember Night Music on public cable in the mid 70's? Videos (!) of Nash the Slash, FM, the glass orchestra...). The sad thing is that the Live Earl Jive and Beverley are going to start a weekend morning show (6:00-9:00). This is a shame because it means that Masters and Moderns will disappear. Often, this is the only way I can realize that it is the weekend! >I still remember, years ago, Earl Jive announcing: "...and that was Tubular >Bells, by Mike Oldfield...and now, side two..." Maybe there's more of this >on the way. Yes, but will we ever hear Throbbing Gristle again? Jim Sullivan
shonarr@contact.uucp (Shonarr Ambercross) (12/01/89)
In article <7799@aimed.UUCP> ross@aimed.UUCP (Ross Morrissey) writes: >My radio has been tuned to CFNY more or less by default for years. Most people >are aware of the schitzo program changes over the last few years, and the >firing and resignation of many of the classic CFNY staff. I kept listening >only because it was the least irritating source of background noise that could >be relied on for regular information reports (news, weather, etc.). > >Since the station was sold, flakey on-air personalities have been disappearing >and names from the past keep cropping up. I can't even remember the names of >the banished flakes (hey, its been days), but yesterday morning I heard Live >Earl Jive and Beverley Hills talking to Reiner Schwartz about Don Berns in >the afternoon. What gives? Anyone know if this is part of a scheme to bring >back commercial alternative radio? > Live Earl Jive and the "Lovely and Talented" Beverly Hills will be doing the weekend morning show, starting next weekend. Humble Howard and Fred Patterson will return on Tuesday. Don Berns will be doing the Drive Home show, and they've recruited some lady for the evenings, I can't seem to remember her name. Live Earl Jive is the new music director, and having spent some time discussing the type of music that CFNY will be playing in the future, I know that "the Spirit" will be back soon! I was quite happy when I heard this... ...Me.... P. S. I can be heard Monday through Friday, at 5:40am (Paul from Bob's Happy Gas) on CFNY (102.1 FM).
rob@binkley.uucp (Rob MacKinnon /999999) (12/02/89)
Oh, if were only so. Wonders upon wonders, though, just the other day, the CFNY staff must have dug deeply into the vaults and dusted off an old Pete and Geets commercial for Fairview Electronics because that's what I heard driving home from a friend's place. For such a long time, CFNY has sounded like a watered down version of Q107. Maybe the good ol' days are coming back. -- Robert MacKinnon Industrial Sector - Industry Marketing IBM Canada Ltd. North York, Ontario. CANADA.