Rogers Radio Broadcasting Ltd. (CFRB) was one of several applicants seeking to use channel 9 for a new Toronto television station. CFRB replaced the original transmitter building and equipment at its Clarkson transmitter site, but continued to use the existing antenna system. He had been at CHAM Hamilton until that station changed back to a country format. Jaymz Bee joined for Saturday night talk.
Bill Hall was named Station Manager. Kim Mason, a 35 year old registered nurse, was chosen from almost 1,200 listeners who auditioned for their own talk show in the "It's My Show" contest. By fall, Weekends were all talk too, with Mark Cullen, Gary Lansberg, Larry Grossman, and Alan Silverstein, some programs came from CJAD and elsewhere. Sports - Fred Locking, Dave Hodge, Bill Stephenson, Doug Beeforth. Don Hartford died at age 95. Events: Linda Kitigowa. CFRB was on the air 127 hours and 5 minutes of the week and CJBC was on 117 hours and 36 minutes.
The Odd Couple With Chris Broussard & Rob Parker. Ken Marsden was named assistant to the president of CFRB. In September, CFRB announced major program line-up changes to take effect on October 5. Some major construction caused big-time traffic congestion in June. Marlane Oliver left in March, replaced by Jacquie Perrin. Pat Hurley, Vice President and Sales Manager of CJAD, was named Vice President of CFRB and CKFM, succeeding Wally Shubat who resigned. A lengthy controversy over CFRB's forced eviction from 860 kHz developed and continued into 1947. Mr. Rogers also succeeded his brother as president of the Rogers-Majestic Corp., parent company of all the Rogers interests in radio and tube and set manufacturing. Highlights from interviews with the newsmakers of the day, Totally Useless Information with Nick and Roy, Free For All is hosted by Amanda Galbraith and features some of our top talent from across the country, Frank Cohn, a home renovator and contractor takes calls and answers your home renovation questions every Saturday, Clayton Greenway, your friendly local vet takes your calls and answers all you pet related questions. Baker had been with the station over 30 years. Bright's career also included some time at CKOC Hamilton. On December 2, Charles Adler moved from weekends and news to the 7-10 p.m. shift. What a great night @bistro_on Thanks for having us! Elliot was host of long-running weekend People Helping People program on NewsTalk 1010 and sister station CJAD Montreal. He then approached stations in major cities across Canada and offered them a service which would include items taped from NBC Radio News, the CFRB-CJAD News Bureau on Parliament Hill and Canadian news from participating Canadian stations. Arthur L. Cole, news director of Standard Radio News System, appointed Ralph L. Errington as Ottawa bureau chief. Freelancer Michael FitzGerald joined the CFRB announcing team in August, replacing Cy Strange. This development eliminated the hum when the heater was applied with alternating current. A deep dive into the iHeartRadio interview archives, Hosted by Jason Agnew, The Sunday Trivia Show is a fun and interactive program. Slogan: First for Information! Former CFRB sports commentator Jim Coleman, 89, died January 14. Mark Sherwin left for NBC News. As noted above, in January, Jim Hunter delivered the news for the 10,000th time. Vice president Elsworth Rogers set up a shortwave receiving set on the station's roof. John Crawford switched from reporter to news-casting duties.
Sedgwick said CJBC's lack of audience in the Toronto area was not due to any lack of signal, but could only be due to their program policies. Reportedly, the show "The Rush" is hosted by him and Jay Michaels during weekday afternoons from 4 to 7 pm. For the record, the old Aurora Transmitter site consisted of a small wooden hut to house the transmitter, and a single strand of copper wire between wooden poles which acted as the antenna. Harry had never been in a radio studio and had never been interested in the business, except as a listener - and as a listener, he knew what he liked. 
On November 2nd, CFRB's frequency was changed from 960 kHz to 690 kHz, an international clear Class I-A channel allocated to Canada. Questions about a prize won with NEWSTALK 1010? Ken Marsden, in addition to being assistant to the president, resumed his old position of promotion and publicity director. CFRB applied for and obtained permission to change CFRB-FM's transmitter site from 37 Boor Street West to 35 King Street West and a new antenna atop the Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, which then was the tallest building in the British Empire. X-Li-Pop: afd-prod-lor1-x Download now for free and listen to the radio easily. A special broadcast to mark the event featured station staffers: Jack Sharpe (chief engineer since day one), Bill Baker (chief operator - he was with the Rogers factory that built the Rogers Battery-less station before he joined CFRB itself), Wishart Campbell (voice known to CFRB listeners for many years, joined the station as musical director on release from the RCAF), Wes McKnight (program director - joined the station in 1928.
On February 9, Shelley Klinck joined from CHOG. He was the brother of well known New York freelance announcer, Paul Luther. In August, John Hesselink left, replaced with more of Dr. Joy Browne. With the change of ownership of Standard Broadcasting, Larry Nichols was no longer president of the company. Weekends: Jim Bohanon, John Eakes, Joe Cannon, Dr. Gary Lansberg, Dave Cornwell, Mark Cullen, Mark Breslin, Lowell Green, Pat Blandford, Brian Linehan, Lynn Pickering, Allan Gould, Mike Stafford, Larry Grossman, Phyllis Walker, Ed Needham, Fred Napoli, Terry McElligott, Ron Hewatt, John Dolan, Ted Woloshyn, Bill Deegan, Larry Solway, Bill McVean. Betty Kennedy (public affairs editor), Bill Stephenson, Bob Hesketh, and Torben Wittrup joined the CFRB team. He had been CFRB's garden show host and farm director from 1950 to 1982. In the interim, he also parted ways with Bell Media recently. Wally Crouter signed a new five-year contract with CFRB.
Slogan: Canadians 25 and over are the biggest spenders. Dick Shatto was retail sales manager. Former CFRB announcer Maurice B. Bodington died December 30. Slogan: Co-operation in every project of community interest.
ON He served the company for over 25 years. CFRB received a Golden Microphone Award to mark 30 years of affiliation with CBS Radio. George Daniels became vice president and general sales manager for CFRB. 1. Reportedly, the show "The Rush" is hosted by him and Jay Michaels during weekday afternoons from 4 to 7 pm. His widow and a son survive. On May 31, Bruce Rogers retired. Unfortunately, intel about Ryan Doyle's wife remains virtually unheard and unseen thus far on the web. Lyman Potts, CJAD's program director and manager of CJFM-FM (both of Montreal) moved to head office in Toronto. Using tubes that he had developed, Ted Rogers built the world's first radio broadcasting transmitter operating from power lines, without batteries and motorized D.C. converters. Nair arrives from CP24 where shes been anchoring CP24 Tonight for the last year, following a brief stint as one of the anchors of Bell MediasQuibi content. Wib Perry joined CFRB in the fall. It should be noted that Clive Eastwood became chief engineer on his wedding day - September 15. Judge Elizabeth Scherer is an American circuit judge, equestrian, and advocate lawyer.
Betty Kennedy (91) passed away on March 20. On April 23, the CRTC administratively renewed the broadcasting licence for digital radio programming undertaking CFRB-DR-2 until August 31, 2012. John Burgess was an entertainment reporter at CFRB. Gordon Sinclair dropped his Monday broadcasts. Through his long career, Wayne worked at CJSP Leamington, CFOS Owen Sound, CFPL London, CFRB Toronto, CKWW and CKLW Windsor, as well as stations in Sarnia, Ottawa, Kitchener and Hamilton. WebJohn Sanford Moore (born June 5, 1966), better known as John Moore, is a Canadian radio and television broadcaster, film critic, voice actor and comedian. About the app. Ralph Lucas became CFRB's Vice President, Programming. Plus 100,000 AM/FM radio stations featuring music, news, and local sports talk. The corporate name of the company became Standard Broadcasting Corporation Limited.
CFRB was once a key station in the Canadian Radio Corporation's network of 26 stations. Mid day talk hosts Paul & Carol Mott were among those let go. CN-CP Telecommunications was just perfecting the use of Broadband on its Canada-wide system, and Lyman Potts was able to establish what became known as "Standard Broadcast News". CFRB staff appointments: Promotion Manager - Jerry McCabe; News Director - Bill Hutton. On Jim Richards would handle the 1-4 p.m. shift. Ted Woloshyn moved from Friday evening talk to weekend talk. Recently, he had become the talk of the town after he was removed from the website. Wayne van Exan was now at CFRB doing the overnight show (Music Till Dawn). Dominion Stores made Gordon Sinclair an honorary director in recognition of his significant contribution to the favorable development of the company's relations with the public. Before coming to CFRB, Wally had been with CHEX in his hometown of Peterborough. According to his LinkedIn profile, Ryan started working at Newstalk 1010 in February 2010 and is still there. This website has now been archived, as of August 1st 2022, and no further information is being added beyond the last dates show in each section. The CBC approved the application that would see CFRB on 1010 kHz with a power of 10,000 watts, using four 250 foot towers. cfrbcfrxreport@gmail.com, Website Issues Jim Richards,who was relegated to network overnights in Bell Medias Feb. 2021 round of layoffs, had been filling in. W.C. Thornton Cran was president of Standard and chairman of the board of CFRB Ltd. William O. Crampton left CFRB to open a TV consulting service.
CFRB was granted an experimental FM licence by the Radio Branch of the Department of Transport. Top 5. Bob Bratina left CFRB. Others - John Spragge (staff announcer /program director), Henry Shannon (traffic), David Taffler (business), Allen Spragget (horoscopes), Ron Singer (entertainment), Bev Cudbird (weather), Anita Burn (traffic), Valerie Pringle, Lyman MacInnis (commentary), John Stall. Frank Lehman, chief technician at CFRB retired after 33 years of service. Late in the day, CFRB fed storm reports to CJAD, CFRA, CFAC, CJOB and CBS. Now, the station had 18 newscasts daily from its own newsroom - one every hour and one one was available for sponsorship. Program director Donald Insley said the top name announcers were given almost complete freedom on the air. John S. Hall hosted a gardening show on CFRB Thursdays at 7:45 p.m. webmaster@newstalk1010.com, You are now being redirected to the BCE Accessibility webform to submit your feedback, 299 Queen Street West
Disability & Injury lawyer Sivan Tumarkin takes calls and explains how to fight back against insurance companies when your long-term disability claim is wrongfully denied or cut off, Ask The Experts with Iain Grant is an opportunity for you to talk directly to the movers and shakers. He had been manager of CILQ-FM. Charles Adler joined for weekend talk and news on September 21. So, did she have an affair? He had been SRN Parliament Hill reporter for the past year. Eastwood became Chief Engineer at CFRB in 1948, and Vice President of Engineering in 1969. CFRB became the first station in Canada to use movie promotion (about itself) in commercial theatres. He had started at the station as an announcer in the 50's. Programming would be community-oriented and would emphasize news and public affairs. Apr 2021 - Present2 years 1 month. HTTP/1.1 999 Request denied CJBC offered 2 hours and 15 minutes, including Operation Crossroads and High School News. WebA succession of hosts were tried in morning drive and at night, including former politician Marjorie Clapprood, the Two Chicks Dishing, and a morning show made up of market veteran Andy Moes and former politico Peter Blute. Lloyd Moore, Bob Morrison, Rai Purdy and Al Savage also worked at CFRB. Taylor Parnaby was now CFRB's news director. Wishart Campbell was named CFRB's new musical director. Connie Smith was a Good News Reporter'. WebAMFM Radio Licenses, LLC (Clear Channel Communications) Studio: 99 Revere Beach Parkway Medford, MA 02155-5124: Transmitter: 99 Revere Beach Parkway Medford, MA 02155-5124: With no local hosts, limited promotion and a weak night signal, the progressive talk format never achieved ratings traction in the Boston market. Argus was the controlling shareholder of Standard Broadcasting Corporation Limited, the owner of CFRB Limited. CFRB moved to new offices and studios in a two-story building at 37 Bloor Street West. On June 1st, Donald H. Hartford was appointed General Manager of CFRB Ltd. CFRB was there to cover the Moose River mine disaster (see 1936, above), the Dionne Quintuplets'(fed to CBS)the station moved half a ton of remote equipment to Callendar, Ontario for the three times a week broadcasts. The Canadian government suggested a transfer of WLW to a channel at least 50 kHz away from 690 kHz and from any other channel used in Ontario. @ryandoyleshow @NEWSTALK1010https://t.co/kg7UK71hYr Jay Maddog Michaels???? On his discharge from the RCAF, Jack Dawson, who had come from CJCA Edmonton in 1939, rejoined the announcing staff. The radio host has served the radio station for almost eight years now.
He had been with CFYI. With an increase in the number of radio listeners there was a corresponding increase in the demands for a distinctive Canadian system". Royce Frith began hosting "Home on the Range" on CFRB. CFRB marked its 20th anniversary in February. He would end up back in Hamilton - this time at CKOC. He was 85. What happened to Ryan Doyle of Newstalk 1010? Print Ads: Keep on top of the news. On September 8, Dick Smyth joined for commentary & the morning free-for-all (9-10 a.m.) a couple of days a week.
A 50-watt transmitter, built at the Rogers Radio Tube plant, operated in the original FM band - around 42 MHz. He inspired the formation of the Central Canada Broadcast Engineers Association in 1953 and was a founding member of the Canadian Communications Foundation, serving as its vice-president from 1994 to 2004. On September 27, Astral Media Radio G.P. In 1995, he worked at CHUM for short time and then returned to Standard. WebRyan Johnston The Hockey Show Host/Part-time Host. The production control room was used as the interim MCR while construction work was underway. Both Bill Stephenson and Bob Hesketh marked 25 years with CFRB. On September 20, Wally Crouter returned for the Sunday (8-9pm) show "Memory Theatre". Eddie Luther was CFRB's airborne traffic reporter. He was replaced by CKYC's Glen Crouter (Wally's son). He used the week of June 30 to July 6 for his comparison. On February 19, 1927, 9RB became CFRB (Canada's First Rogers Batteryless), broadcasting on 1030 kHz with 1,000 watts. On August 29, Monica Di Santis left for WBBM-AM Chicago. On September 7, Paul & Carol Mott joined for 2-4 p.m. from CKTB St. Catharines, Jayne Hawtin moved to 1-2 p.m. For 16 years, 11 months annually, 6 days a week, twice a day, he had presented the news over CFRB. Starlight Concert followed. He began a long broadcasting career as a newsman at CKBB-AM/CKVR-TVBarrie, then in Toronto radio from the 1960s through the 80s at CHUM, CKEY, CKO and CFRB. He went on to win three National Newspaper Awards and was inducted into the Canadian News Hall of Fame in 1995. After working dayshifts at sister station CKFM-FM, Fred Napoli moved over to CFRB to do an overnight program, Music Till Dawn. On-air names included: Wally Crouter, Jack Dennett, Earl Warren, Gordon Sinclair, Betty Kennedy, Bill Deegan, Bill Stephenson, Bob Hesketh and Ray Sonin. In January, Karen Horsman joined (most recently at CHOG). There would soon be a brilliant neon sign and landscape gardening. Taylor, J.A "Bud" McDougald and his brother-in-law W.E. Breaking news traffic and weather with the country's most respected commentators. Joan Baird was a women's commentator at CFRB.