Quoted from binzer

Whpo could they bring back? Norm's gone. Jim Jackson?

Jim Ripley

Bob Steele ????

Please not Bob Steele....or Jim Jerome!!!!

I'm pretty sure even Newcap isn't stupid enough to hire Jerome twice...

Did Ripley ever work for XL?

Graham Hicks...August 12

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RESURRECTION OF

HERITAGE RADIO

Rob Christie has disappeared from Magic 99.

Audie Lynds is gone from JOE-FM.

The duo, in the '80s and '90s, had the city's top-rated morning show on CHED and then Power 92.

Providing the guffaws were Randy Broadhead's characters - Captain Eyeliner, Dr. Bad Breath, Mr. Maynard, et al.

In a textbook case of "heritage" radio, the trio will be re-united for the new classic pop station Capital FM morning show, starting right after the Labour Day weekend. (Do not ask anybody. They will not admit it. Yet.)

Capital FM and K-97 operations manager Pat Cardinal is no dummy.

He's going after the same audience that listened to Rob and Audie and the same tunes.

Only we're all 20 years older. At least.

Cardinal has done the same at classic rock K-Rock, returning to the original K-97 name.

Same tunes, same personnel as 20 years ago for the boomers who still love their Black Sabbath and Led Zep.

Says here Cardinal has one more move up his sleeve. I think he wants to bring former K-97 boss jock Bruce Kenyon back from Calgary for K-97's morning show, moving Terry Evans to his old stomping ground on afternoon drive. It just makes sense.

Christie, Lynds and Broadhead at Capital; Evans and Kenyon at K-97; Gord Whitehead, Bryan Hall and the lifers at CHED; Bruce Bowie at CISN; Bob Chelmick and CKUA's program hosts; Bryn Griffiths at The Team; Danny Hooper (counts, sorta), Sharon Mallon and Pete Hicks at CFCW.

It's like the pre-FM days, when CKUA, CHED, CFCW, CHQT, CJCA and CFRN-AM rarely changed their hosts.

Ironically, the original "heritage" jock of the current era, Chuck Chandler at the now-gone Cool 880, is still looking for work.

Boss Jock Bruce Kenyon??? Great jock but anything but boss.

Hmmm...if Bruce Kenyon exits CHQR, who would they get to replace him?  They're not going to call Stirling back.  

But wasn't 97 in the toilet with that morning/afternoon combo? I think the move up his sleeve is putting a top drive person on 96.

...most certainly.

In all this discussion of Capital FM, there's been no mention of Craig Fee. Is he still PD? While not a "heritage" jock, he'd be a fine addition to the on-air lineup.

Quoted from Drummer

...He's going after the same audience that listened to Rob and Audie and the same tunes.

...But what if they've moved.  Or died.  Or both?

Quoted from Drummer

Christie, Lynds and Broadhead at Capital; Evans and Kenyon at K-97; Gord Whitehead, Bryan Hall and the lifers at CHED; Bruce Bowie at CISN; Bob Chelmick and CKUA's program hosts; Bryn Griffiths at The Team; Danny Hooper (counts, sorta), Sharon Mallon and Pete Hicks at CFCW.

Bob Chelmick??? Bryn Griffiths??????? Combined they have less listeners than there are people living in my house...

Quoted from Bunwich

Bob Chelmick??? Bryn Griffiths??????? Combined they have less listeners than there are people living in my house...

OUCH!

true though, the kenyon/evans combo was a ratings wasteland for the krock.

In their defense, I have a lot of room mates..