An update on the CFNY Spirit of Radio documentary
Almost two years ago, a group of us started filming what we hope will be the definite history of the Spirit of Radio years (1977-1992) at CFNY-FM/Toronto. (If you don’t know the station,
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Random music news for Tuesday, June 4, 2024
I want this kind of internet speed! And I hope you want this kind of music news for June 4, 2024. More music news? Look here. BONUS: Meanwhile, in Japan…
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The buzz for the upcoming CFNY documentary is building internationally
The story thus far: One night after to many refreshments, three of us decided that we needed to make a documentary about CFNY’s “Spirit of Radio” years, a special time in Toronto radio
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Here’s the latest on the CFNY Spirit of Radio documentary
Back in November 2023, a group of us began work on a proper documentary about the Spirit of Radio years at CFNY-FM (1977-1992) in an effort to properly document that era in Toronto
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RIP Jame “JR” Reid, a CFNY Spirit of Radio Personality
When I first arrived at CFNY on October 3, 1986, it was about noon. One of the first people I was introduced to was JR, the midday announcer. He was warm and welcoming
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Here’s another internet mystery song. Anyone got any ideas?
I love these mystery songs. Most of the time they can’t be identified, but sometimes–just sometimes–we get a hit and the mystery solved. In this latest case, we have an unknown song recorded
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An update on the CFNY documentary
For a little more than a year now, a group of us have been working on a documentary that looks at the Spirit of Radio years (1977-1992) at CFNY (now 102.1 The Edge.)
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Retro web fun: An Ongoing History of New Music web page from 1996
I remember working at 102.1 the Edge when the internet suddenly started to become a big thing with the public. While there was so much coverage about the “information superhighway,” we at the
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Want to be in the CFNY Spirit of Radio documentary film? Here’s how.
We’re in the final throes of production for the long-in-the-making documentary about CFNY-FM/Toronto (now 102.1 The Edge) with a focus on the station’s influential “Spirit of Radio Years” (1977-1992-ish). All that’s left is
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An update on the CFNY Spirit of Radio documentary
For almost a year now, a group of us (including former staffers Ivar Hamilton and Scott Turner) have been working on a big-budget (well, for a documentary) on the history of CFNY (now
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RIP Hal Harbour, a mainstay of the old CFNY days
Hal Harbour (born Doug Barron) was a co-worker towards the end of the Spirit of Radio Days at CFNY-FM/Toronto. Not only was he pull regular announcer shifts, he worked tirelessly with the city’s
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