REALITY TV: North Saskatchewan Shore?

The Boss Life. You’ve seen this, right? I’m sure you’ve seen it, but I hadn’t until a couple of days ago, because all I do is watch William Powell movies and reruns of Masterpiece Theatre. Now, after repeated viewing, it haunts my very dreams. From what I can tell it’s a trailer from last year […]

Avert your eyes! F-bombs in story below!

WHAT THE FUCK? Since when is it acceptable to talk about a MOM I’D LIKE TO FUCK? Like seriously, I’M LAUGHING MY FUCKING ASS OFF! Oh, don’t be so shocked. We see this sort of thing in the mainstream media all the time. You probably know the above better as WTF, MILF and LMFAO. Don’t […]

EDMONTON RADIO: Yerxa’s big idea

Edmonton does not need three top-40 radio stations. One of them has to die. But I hope it isn’t Hot 107, despite an unfortunate allergic reaction I had to “the new and even more annoying Bounce” after it launched last fall. Got sick on the floor – which I later learned from J-Lo is a […]

COUNTRY MUSIC: Tommy Hunter’s last yeehaw

Canada’s Country Gentleman is hanging up his spurs after nearly 55 years in the business. Tommy Hunter doesn’t sound particularly torn up about it, though. Relaxing at his Florida home before the final tour that will take him across Canada this month – playing at the Jubilee Auditorium tomorrow (Sunday, April 17, buy here) at […]

Colin James plays not-so-secret gig at the Mac

Colin James just came back to say hello – and now the secret is out. He performed Monday at the Hotel MacDonald. This was an invite-only, Fairmont Hotels-promotional sort of gig to hype Colin’s new greatest hits set “Take It From the Top,” featuring two new songs produced by Bob Rock. He’ll be performing for […]

After 56 years, CKUA eyes move to new Alberta Hotel building

CKUA hopes to move out of the Alberta Block on Jasper Avenue and down the street into the soon-to-be-completed Alberta Hotel property, local developer Gene Dub confirms. “CKUA has made an offer on the building, but it’s a conditional offer,” said Dub, the owner of the Alberta Hotel building. “Everybody is hopeful all the conditions […]

EDMONTON RADIO: CKUA fund drive a necessary ordeal

Now that we’ve established that free radio sucks, let’s turn our attention to radio you have to pay for – like CKUA. Oh, but it IS free, you say? No it’s not! On Thursday, April 7 at 6 p.m., this ancient and absurdly eclectic Alberta radio network launches its annual Spring Fundraising Campaign. They need […]

CUCKOO EDMONTON RADIO: Ah, Juicy Fruit

The gut reaction to listening to the radio station formerly known as the Sound – which relaunched Monday as Lite 95.7 – is to re-enact a scene from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. It’s the part where Jack Nicholson’s character McMurphy tries to strangle the evil Nurse Ratched after she goaded a teenage boy […]

GIGGLE CITY: Like Bear on Brown

Paul Brown is more than just a pitchman for a popular hair restorative treatment. He is more than just the drawling, deadpan host of The Paul Brown Show, heard every weekday morning on the Bear 100.3 radio station. He is an actual working comedian – one of many radio people who have managed to transfer […]

EDMONTON RADIO: The little station that couldn’t

So much for the Sound. It’s called “Lite 95.7”  now. Goodbye, cool rock songs. So long, Beck. Hasta la vista, Kings of Leon. Hello, “soft adult contemporary” music – rushing to fill the void left when EZ Rock turned into Virgin. Hello, Michael Buble, Elton John, Madonna, Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Train and Bon […]

RADIO DAZE, missing letters division: _ _ CK K-97, SOS and AGA

There’s yet another minor civic controversy brewing over yet another ‘controversial’ K-97 billboard … and, um, yawn … sorry, dozed off there for a second. ANYWAY, the billboards sport a large slogan that reads, “_ _ CK YOU!” City Councillor Kerry Diotte received a complaint about it, and because he works for YOU, the voter, […]

THE RATINGS WAR: Everyone’s in first. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

The pie is the same size. There are just more slices now, bursting our FM dial at the seams with the maximum daily dose of hot, fruity, sweet musical filling and crunchy talk topping, from more radio stations than Edmonton has ever seen, well, heard before. Mmm, pie. That there are more stations and less […]