Radio Thread

Acajack · #1 Posted **Apr 22, 2014, 4:24 PM**

I found it interesting that rock station The Bear has switched to a top 40 pop music format.

Any thoughts? I guess Live 88.5 knocked them out of their market niche.

J.OT13 · #2 Posted **Apr 22, 2014, 4:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Acajack

I found it interesting that rock station The Bear has switched to a top 40 pop music format.

Any thoughts? I guess Live 88.5 knocked them out of their market niche.

I'm ticked about it. Now it's nothing but the same music we get on EVERY OTHER RADIO STATION.

Bring back the Bear, please!

McPwned · #3 Posted **Apr 22, 2014, 4:44 PM**

88.5 is more my jam, but what I actively disliked about The Bear was how the announcers were utterly obnoxious.

Uhuniau · #4 Posted **Apr 22, 2014, 4:45 PM**

Hey guys anyone noticed that the radio stations in Ottawa suck?

MichelKazan · #5 Posted **Apr 22, 2014, 4:51 PM**

Saturday mornings. 98.5 The Jewel. Repeats of Casey Kasem countdowns from the 1970s. Good times.

Acajack · #6 Posted **Apr 22, 2014, 5:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

I'm ticked about it. Now it's nothing but the same music we get on EVERY OTHER RADIO STATION.

Bring back the Bear, please!

This is more what I expected. Fans of the type of music that The Bear played tend to be a feisty bunch.

McKellarDweller · #7 Posted **Apr 22, 2014, 5:25 PM**

"Jump" is too much like Hot 88.9 to have any point, in my opinion.

harls · #8 Posted **Apr 22, 2014, 11:42 PM**

So they went from the Bear, to Virgin..then back to the Bear, now Jump. Wonder how long this format will last..

Norman Bates · #9 Posted **Apr 23, 2014, 1:38 AM**

I listen mostly to siriusxm in the car.

For local radio I'm stuck on Premiere 90.7. Since the CRTC changed the rules on programming in 1993 everything else local seems to have slowly gone to sewage. When CFRA dropped Michael Harris and Middle-Aged Bald Guys to become the official station of malcontents and misfits I gave up on English language programming in this city.

After 9 PM I switch to WABC 770 for the John Batchelor Show, which I've listened to religiously since the night of September 11, 2001.

harls · #10 Posted **Jul 10, 2014, 3:35 AM**

Not radio, but I see that CTV Ottawa newscast is finally in HD.

I checked my calendar to see if it was 2006.

harls · #11 Posted **Jul 10, 2014, 3:38 AM**

I think I'm starting to turn into an old curmudgeon.. because I actually started listening to AM radio recently.

m0nkyman · #12 Posted **Jul 10, 2014, 3:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by harls

I think I'm starting to turn into an old curmudgeon.. because I actually started listening to AM radio recently.

Only acceptable for away CFL games.

drawarc · #13 Posted **Nov 11, 2014, 4:18 AM**

Ottawa's BOB-FM goes silent after decade of music and conversation

acottawa · #14 Posted **Nov 11, 2014, 2:19 PM**

They had pretty bad ratings, so I guess it was inevitable.
http://ottawastart.blogspot.ca/2014/...o-ratings.html

Cre47 · #15 Posted **Nov 11, 2014, 2:56 PM**

Quite astounding to see CBC Radio One's dominance 2.5 times higher than CFRA

Chris-R · #16 Posted **Nov 11, 2014, 7:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cre47

Quite astounding to see CBC Radio One's dominance 2.5 times higher than CFRA

There are lots of us out there. It's the only radio I listen to.

Schattenjager · #17 Posted **Nov 11, 2014, 8:36 PM**

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There are lots of us out there. It's the only radio I listen to.

Same, when I'm not listening to podcasts.

Who here listens to podcasts and for what subjects? I listen to 14 different podcasts on rotation and subjects are Application Development, Business, Marketing, Music and Soccer.

waterloowarrior · #18 Posted **Nov 12, 2014, 3:40 AM**

BOB-FM is switching to country music
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-...n-axed-at-cfra

J.OT13 · #19 Posted **Nov 17, 2014, 5:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

BOB-FM is switching to country music
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-...n-axed-at-cfra

Hell no! Bring back a rock station, please!!