International Radio Report
Program summary
Sunday, August 17, 2003
Hosts: Sheldon Harvey & Bill Westenhaver
- Team 990: Mitch Melnich starts afternoon program tomorrow at 3 p.m.
- CKOI had fun imitating Prime Minister Jean Chrétien again
> Fooled Formula One racing boss Bernie Ecclestone in eight-minute telephone
conversation
> Conversation stemmed from F1 decision to cancel Montreal's Canadian
Grand Prix
- CRTC denies application for Radio Shalom
> Station did not meet commissions' requirements for ethnic/religious
stations
- Radio in Montreal Group member thinks CHUM wants to move 990 AM to the
FM band
- Radio One opens new Cowansville station on 101.9 FM opens Sept. 15
- New 91.9 FM Quebec City has started testing
- Corus re-organizes administration of Quebec stations
- Large northeast blackout on Aug. 14 produces radio broadcasting/listening
bonanza
> Lots of radio stations initially knocked off the air
> As darkness fell, distant AM stations WCBS, WABC and others became audible
> CFRB Toronto, CFRA Ottawa and others running emergency programming
> Mike Brooker reports three AM stations were completely knocked off the
air
> CBC Radio One Toronto and Ottawa running distinct regional programming
by late Thursday
> Toronto FM stations heard relaying news and programming from their sister
AM stations
> People with radios became very popular in Toronto, New York
- For those who experience blackouts, drop us a line about your radio listening
during the emergency
> radioreport@yahoo.com
- Now, the weird news: Indian radio newsreader scales TV tower, threatens
to set self on fire over low pay
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