RADIO-RELATED STUFF: TORONTO BLUE JAYS ON THE AIR IN KINGSTON; GLENN HAUSER HEALTH ISSUES

CKPC Brantford was coming in really well Tuesday night.

Glad 104.3 Fresh Radio Kingston has Blue Jays baseball this season.

The warmest get well wishes to Glenn Hauser.

LOTS MORE BLASTS FROM THE PAST

Note: If some of this is inaccurate, I apologize. I did my best to research all this stuff, find correct spellings, information, etc. If you have any corrections, feel free to leave a comment or email me.

101.5 CFMP-FM Peterborough “Coffee Club” program hosted by David Wright. Teeing up Labour Day weather forecast and microwave cooking feature hosted by someone named Kata. Contest to win a coffee mug and apron. On the other side of the tape, CFNY Toronto with Live Earl Jive ending his show, making way for Ron Bruchal who is not actually heard on the tape.

102.1 CFNY-FM Toronto with a love Saturday for Carling O’Keefe. Then into 1430 CJCL with “The music of your life.”

99.9 CKFM-FM Toronto from March 1985 with “Make Believe Ballroom.” Mention of Woody Herman and the Spitfire Band playing the Sheritan Centre on the 23^rd. On the other side of the tape, Rock 102 (WBEN-FM) Buffalo with unknown anncr giving weather forecast and later talking about auction in support of muscular dystrophy at Summit Park Mall on the 16th. A chance to win a personal home computer.

102.1 CFNY-FM Toronto with unknown anncr backselling songs. Also a promo ID where Live Earl Jive and Beverly Hills were giving away a Paul Young library and concert tickets.

98.3 CFLY-FM Kingston with Bruce Gamble giving time of 1:11 and frontselling song.

98.3 CFLY-FM Kingston December 1986, Neil Kirby giving time of 2:26 and backselling songs. “Hits of the Sixties” feature with information about the artists played. Then, Don Neil backselling songs.

98.3 CFLY-FM Kingston from 1986, Don Neil with “This Month in Music History.” Ending his shift and asking people to tune in the next night at 7:00 for “Words and Music.”

98.3 CFLY-FM Kingston with Neil Kirby giving time of 6:40 and saying he was filling in for Don Neil.

104.5 CHUM-FM Toronto from 1986; Ingrid Schumacher counting down “The CHUM-FM Top 30.”

98.3 CFLY-FM Kingston Don Neil “Words And Music” featuring George Harrison, beginning of commercial for Labatt’s.

Unid. With anncr mentioning it was the 8:00 hour and giving five-day weather forecast.

680 CFTR Toronto remembering the hits of the summer of ’77. Commercials for Johnson’s Baby Shampoo, Bittner’s Meat & Delacatessen, and an acne medication.

The Wolf 101.5 FM (CKWF) Peterborough from September 1992 with Norma Green giving time of 7:59 and talking about what various artists the station played were up to, new albums, concerts, and so forth. Mentioned Jeff Healey coming to Bridgenorth, presented by The Wolf. Later Norma Green gave the time as 10:57 and announced Judd Smoke of Peterborough as the winner of the rock exchange contest, going on to explain how the contest worked.

96.9 WGRQ-FM Buffalo from June 25, 1984. Unknown anncr giving weather forecast and promoting “Rockline” with guest David Gilmour at 11:30 that night. Mentioned his ear cuff was stuck in his headphones. Promo ID for “Cojan and Barbara in the Morning.” Commercials for Fantasy Island, Michilobe, Le Chateau, and the Pot O’ Gold lottery.

99.9 CKFM-FM Toronto with anncrs giving times of 1:51 and 4:21.

98.3 CFLY-FM Kingston from June 1985 with Neil Kirby promoting “Make Believe Ballroom Time” with Marg Coffey that night at 10:00. Commercials for Leon’s and Kingston Dodge. On the other side of the tape, CFMP Peterborough, end of “Saturday Jazz” with Molly Cartmell, then into “Big Band’s Best” with unknown female anncr. Commercials for Keith Brown Dodge Chrysler, Kazzer’s You Pick Berry Farm and Roger James TV and Stereo.

98.3 CFLY-FM Kingston from March 18, 1987 with Neil Kirby presenting “Yesterday’s Music.” “Hits of the Sixties” would air at the same time tomorrow. Later giving time of 2:54. Commercials for “Ain’t Misbehavin’” coming to the Grand Theatre May 7, Richardson’s Ford, Phillips Marine, and the movie “Street Smart.”

INTERESTING AUDIO

A BBC radio drama from 1991, “The Facts Speak for Themselves.”

A BBC Five Live presentation called “Doing Time: an inside view of life on the inside” about life in prison.

Tape from a Pentecostal meeting where two women were conversing about one of them expecting a miracle in her life.

On a tape of Jehova’s Witness hymns (which was interesting enough in itself), the tape was interrupted by two men talking. One saying, “Well if it’s (the tape) not blank it should tell you what it is.”

A Psycho Sales tape from 1973 about selling cars.

A Lecture by Joel Wallach from June 1994 about mineral deficiency.

A recording of a Sound Seminar from January 14, 1966 featuring Wendell Berry reading his poetry.

An audiotape letter from an old man in the UK featuring recordings of Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket.

KOMFORTRAUSCHEN'S NEW RELEASE - RAMPE

This is the official video premiere of Komfortrauschen's
brand new song "Rampe"

Komfortrauschen

Komfortrauschen is a live techno band from Berlin
that creates the powerful electronic sound with traditional instruments.
Those who listen to their music for the first time would barely believe
that this is a band in action.
The three guys - Laurenz Karsten, Phillip Oertel und Tim Sarhan - created the band in 2014 and have played regularly at famous locations like
Berghain Kantine, Sisyphos and Kater Blau. 

Komfortrauschen received great international attention in January
at the Eurosonic Noorderslag Festival (ESNS) in Groningen, Netherlands.
Next week they will play at the South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas.
So crank up your speakers and the strobe
and check out the Rampe!!

SEVERAL MORE BLASTS FROM THE PAST

98.3 CFLY-FM Kingston Neil Kirby backselling songs and giving time of 3:09.

102.1 CFNY-FM Toronto from 1988, anncr promoting contest, canned promo for “Tuesday Night Live”, anncr talking about play being cancelled, “Entertainment Ontario” feature.

CBC Radio One December 2008 with the Friday repeat of “Randy’s Vinyl Tap”, the second of two shows featuring Motown music. Promos for “Tapestry” and “CBC Overnight”, then into news. On the other side of the tape, the syndicated special “A Country Christmas” as broadcast over Cool 100 (CHCQ-FM) Belleville in 2002. Commercials for The Brick, Reed’s Dairy and Bob Kloot GM.

98.3 CFLY-FM Kingston, Don Neil giving time of 6:42, later legal ID. Then the tape broke.

CBC Radio intro to “Gilmour’s Albums” then into classical music.

96.3 CFMK-FM Country 96 Kingston May 27, 2001 from 5:22-6:07 p.m. Jeff Code “Sunday in the Country”, then into then current country songs. Commercials included Auction Centre, Hertz and Showroom Showcase. Promo for “The Foster File.”

CBC Radio One July 20, 2002. “Definitely Not the Opera” presenting “Rebel Angels of Song”, Margaret Isaac and Alf Silver talking about the life of Paul Robeson. Promo for “The World This Weekend”, news, then back to “Definitely Not the Opera” with Nora Young presenting repeat of Sue Foley concert from the Winnipeg Folk Festival.

CBC Radio One March 31, 2001. “Definitely Not the Opera”, Ross Porter with “Satchmo: the Louis Armstrong story: Part Two.” Nora Young closing program, promo for upcoming local music programs as well as “Radio Sonic”, then “Bandwidth” with Bill Stunt. Then into Mix 97 (CIGL-FM Belleville), promo for U2 in Ireland and back to “Rick Dees’ Weekly Top Forty.” Then flipping between several different radio stations, “Saturday Afternoon At the Opera” on CBC Radio Two, French CBC, and a few unid stations with talks and country music, with “Bandwidth” showing up again once or twice. On the other side of the tape, “Fresh Air” from April 15, 2001. Jeff Goodes with Adrian Shuman, talking about old songs. Then the tape broke.

98.3 CFLY-FM Kingston with Don Neil on a Saturday morning giving time of 10:58, temperature and teeing up songs for next hour. On the other side of the tape, the same station from presumably later on the same day with female anncr giving time of 2:10, temperature, and talking about Tourism Awareness Day and something called the Swamp Award Festival.

Channel 56 WTVS-TV PBS Detroit July 19, 2014 with “Frontline” documentary on the Iraq War and its legacy. Then into CKOL-FM Campbellford from the following day with female anncr in for Barb reading community events. Songs by Seals and Crofts, Simon and Garfunkel and Barbara Mandrell.

101.9 CFRC-FM Kingston with a program I think was called “Down From the Ledge” with Ed and Sue playing Canadian heavy metal music. Ed giving time of 11:30 and both giving phone number to submit requests. Then into another rock show on CFRC, “Caught in a Mosh” with Ben Johnson filling in for regular host, playing a wider variety of rock music.

Channel 56 WTVS-TV Detroit PBS with “Elvis Lives: the 25^th anniversary.” Then into a pledge drive that lasted for at least ten minutes before the person who made the tape turned the recorder off.

Channel 56 WTVS-TV Detroit PBS March 13, 2007 with Jerry Lee Lewis concert from 2005 on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. ID and promo for WRCJ-FM. Then into Spike TV with “Bullrun.” Promo for “The Ultimate Fighter 5.” Commercials for Valvoline and the film “Shooter.”