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Metro radio stations' format changes keep listeners hopping around the dial
Metro radio stations' format changes keep listeners hopping around the dial

Metro radio stations' format changes keep listeners hopping around the dial

Date4/17/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Metro radio stations' format changes keep listeners hopping around the dial.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0101234F
      Dares to be different: Angelo Cremisio sits in the studio of Brampton's CIAO radio station, of which he is president. Thousands of ethnic listeners are tuning in to programs in 15 languages.
      Dares to be different: Angelo Cremisio sits in the studio of Brampton's CIAO radio station, of which he is president. Thousands of ethnic listeners are tuning in to programs in 15 languages.
      Stuparyk, Michael
      7/30/1987
      Changes in City-TV format are discussed by executive editor Ron Haggart (centre) with Bob Cezar, engineering, Jim West, sales, David Ruskin, station m(...)
      Changes in City-TV format are discussed by executive editor Ron Haggart (centre) with Bob Cezar, engineering, Jim West, sales, David Ruskin, station m(...)
      Haggart, Ron
      5/17/1973
      Mrs. Ruth Breithaupt, the RCI's only full-time official, changes the cosmic dial clock
      Mrs. Ruth Breithaupt, the RCI's only full-time official, changes the cosmic dial clock
      Goode, Jeff
      12/28/1973
      Changing story: Ellen Wheatley, a branch manager with the North York Public Library system, changes a children's story tape for the library's Dial-a-Story program
      Changing story: Ellen Wheatley, a branch manager with the North York Public Library system, changes a children's story tape for the library's Dial-a-Story program
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/1/1990
      Joan Baez, Listeners shortchanged
      Joan Baez, Listeners shortchanged
      Baez, Joan
      11/10/1962
      Weighing the offers. When Mike Duffy left CBC, the Royal Canadian Air Farce urged listeners to send in postcards, if they matched Duffy's weight, maybe he'd return. But it was all in vain
      Weighing the offers. When Mike Duffy left CBC, the Royal Canadian Air Farce urged listeners to send in postcards, if they matched Duffy's weight, maybe he'd return. But it was all in vain
      Duffy, Michael
      9/22/1988
      Storyteller Dan Yashinsky tells stories to Woburn Collegiate students who pass them along to younger listeners afterwards
      Storyteller Dan Yashinsky tells stories to Woburn Collegiate students who pass them along to younger listeners afterwards
      Combs, Erin
      2/13/1981
      Valerie Pringle, The mother of two combines family life with a job at CFRB that attracts more than 60,000 listeners
      Valerie Pringle, The mother of two combines family life with a job at CFRB that attracts more than 60,000 listeners
      Combs, Erin
      6/9/1983
      Graying: Baby-boom children, says Donald Hartford, are changing into typical CFRB listeners.
      Graying: Baby-boom children, says Donald Hartford, are changing into typical CFRB listeners.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      12/7/1983
      Traffic Expert: Henry Shannon warns 170,000 afternoon listeners (225,000 in the morning) where the traffic jams are
      Traffic Expert: Henry Shannon warns 170,000 afternoon listeners (225,000 in the morning) where the traffic jams are
      Rankin, Jim
      7/27/1990
      On the air: CHUM's new program director Terry Williams, left, and Jim Waters, Operations manager, have embarked on a campaign to win back listeners
      On the air: CHUM's new program director Terry Williams, left, and Jim Waters, Operations manager, have embarked on a campaign to win back listeners
      Griffin, Doug
      3/17/1986
      Warm front: As chief meteorologist for Ontario region, Gordon Gee, 60 telephones affable and undersandable advice to CBC's morning listeners fro an office that reveals the cool scientist
      Warm front: As chief meteorologist for Ontario region, Gordon Gee, 60 telephones affable and undersandable advice to CBC's morning listeners fro an office that reveals the cool scientist
      Cooper, David
      12/14/1982