In this 1696th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Supriya Dwivedi about why she chose law school over medical school, how she ended up co-hosting the morning show on AM 640 with Matt Gurney and then Mike Stafford, why she quit, what she was doing for Justin Trudeau and
In this 1682nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with radio veteran Paul Fisher about his years at Rogers Radio, particularly CHFI, and his foray into writing. There are great stories about Don Daynard, Erin Davis, CFTR and more. This episode is exactly 1:48:19. You can listen to
My third born was singing O Canada before today's Marlies game, so I found myself with some time to kill in Liberty Village. As luck would have it, FOTM Bob Willette was on the air at Indie88 from 1-6pm, so we crashed the party. Indie88 Visit
There's trouble at 105.9 The Region. Things are so bad, the entire on-air staff was sent home a month ago. Right now the station is primarily playing music and commercials 24/7. The following on-air staff members have been sent home: Jim LangShaliza BacchusRob PagettoSuneel JoshiGlynn PerkinsBailey HigginsAnn RohmerI
FOTM Greg Brady, who has appeared on Toronto Mike'd several times, has been the AM640 morning show host since 2021, following the firing of FOTM Mike Stafford. This morning he announced he's leaving the show to seek the candidacy for the Conservatives to run in Ajax. Here is my announcement
In this 1645th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Zoomer Radio morning show host Andy Wilson about his 20+ years in Toronto radio working with Humble and Fred, Colleen Rusholme, Mad Dog and Maura, Tucker and now Jane Brown. This episode is exactly 1:23:50. You can listen
As a stunt, Corus had all their radio stations play exclusively Canadian music. I can get behind this, stunt or not! I still listen to a tonne of music from Canadians. I was curious as to what 102.1 the Edge would play all day, and was suprised to see
As heard on yesterday's episode of Toronto Mike'd with Amin Bhatia.
My go-to radio station throughout the 1990s was CFNY 102.1. They played the music I wanted to hear, in in a pre-streaming era, that meant listening to a lot of radio. Sure, I had a large CD collection, and would make mix tapes for my Sony Walkman, but more
John Donabie was a radio legend and an absolute sweetheart. He visited me a few years ago to talk about working at CKFH, CHUM-FM, Q107, CJCL, CFGM, CFRB, CKFM, CKEY, CISS-FM, Jazz-FM and CIUT. We also discussed his interviews with John Lennon, attending The Last Waltz and so much more.
If you listen to Toast episodes of Toronto Mike'd, you already know that Bob Willette fell victim to the Corus cuts and lost his job as program director of their Kingston cluster of stations. Since then, Bob realized he wanted to be on the air, and not in management. But
I'm hearing about significant changes at Corus-owned 640 Toronto. Here's what I've learned. Kelly Cutrara is gone. This is particularly sad news for me becuase I consider Kelly a friend. I got to know Kelly when she was a part of Humble and Fred's podcast about a decade ago, long
In this 1565th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with David Marsden about losing his brother James Baby Scott, other CFNY personalities who have put on their wings, discovering Chris Sheppard, hanging with John Lennon, co-founding NYtheSpirit.com and what's wrong with radio in 2024. This episode is exactly 1:
In this 1561st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with radio veteran Jeff Spindel about his career in radio, why it came to an end at Stingray / Boom 97.3, and what's next for him. This episode is exactly 1:25:17. You can listen to this episode in a
In this 1551st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Roger Lajoie about his 4073 shifts on The Fan 590's airwaves. We also talk Jays, Leafs, CFL, tennis and recent Sportsnet departures. This episode is exactly 1:39:30. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways:
FOTM Gill Deacon just announced on Here and Now that she's leaving her role as host of the popular Toronto afternoon drive show on CBC Radio One. Gill has been public about her recent battle with Long Covid following battles with cancer. I hosted Here and Now for just over
In February 2022, FLOW 93.5 was replaced with 93.5 TODAY Radio. This was pretty significant, as FLOW launched 21 years prior with a promise to play "Roots, Rock and Reggae" before eventually morphing into a rhythmic top 40 station. TODAY was a format that worked out west and
I'm not going to pretend I knew a thing about 900 CHML in Hamilton until minutes ago, but I do think it's pretty shitty a 96-year-old radio station is no more because Corus has decided to shut it down. To be honest, the only Hamilton media I was ever aware
In this 1513th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with radio veteran Jeff Chalmers about his years at CFTR, Q107, CBC, The Hog, Boom and more. Will Jeff corroborate John Gallagher's story about Labatt paying the Q107 morning show team 20k to not say Molson for one year? This episode
FOTM Jamar McNeil is leaving the CHUM morning show to join FOTM Josie Dye in the afternoon. Jamar made the announcement this morning on 104.5. When Jamar arrived in Toronto back in 2018, he dropped by to tell us a little more about himself. He returned to Toronto Mike'd
In this 1484th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Danny Kingsbury about his career in radio with a particular focus on his time as PD of CFNY, Y95, Q107 and 640. Find out the true Humble and Fred origin story, what really went down when Rogers bought CISS, and
In this 1472nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Scot Turner about his recent retirement, the upcoming CFNY documentary, cycling, podcasting, and the passing of his mom and his former colleague at CFNY Jim Reid (JR). This episode is exactly 2:09:27. You can listen to this episode
In this 1430th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike is joined by Dan Shulman, Allan Davis, Nelson Millman, Scott Metcalfe and Tim Haffey as they discuss CJCL 1430 going all-sports in 1992. This episode is exactly 1:45:22. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe
In this 1429th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Jon Pole about Bell's deep cuts to their radio empire, selling 45 stations in smarller markets, including four to Jon's My Broadcasting Corporation. Is radio still a viable business? This episode is exactly 54:22. You can listen to this
Yesterday I wrote about the massive cuts BCE made, affecting 4800 employees across the country. Many of these people work for the 45 radio stations Bell sold, but there are also many behind-the-scenes and on-air people from television and radio stations Bell has not yet sold. Two people you'd hear