Talk Radio To Die For

Now this is the kind of talk radio that’s missing over here.

I mean, the US may have invented talk radio as we know it, and it certainly has its share of loudmouths, but this is an awesome example of how the Australians do radio on a whole other level.

Get all the messy details, and pics too, at the Sydney Morning Herald.

Melbourne’s underworld war was reignited on talkback radio today as gangland widow Judy Moran’s comments prompted a furious backlash from killer Carl Williams’s wife Roberta.

Mrs Moran told Southern Cross Broadcasting she wanted the death penalty for Williams, who pleaded guilty yesterday to killing her husband, Lewis, and her son, Jason….

Mrs Moran’s comments, especially her description of Barbaro who was killed alongside Jason Moran, appeared to infuriate Mrs Williams.

Mrs Williams, who is divorcing Williams at his request, rang in to the same radio station to contradict Mrs Moran’s description of Barbaro.

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Snow Schmo

Here in the lower mainland we were all freaking because of an overnight snowfall that provided a real surprise for the morning drive.

Its easy to forget, in our west coast fog (figuratively speaking) that this more like it…

The RCMP closed the Trans-Canada Highway from Brandon to the Saskatchewan border Wednesday afternoon as another snowstorm blew into southern Manitoba.

Environment Canada said a low-pressure system over North Dakota is producing snow, heavy at times, in southwestern Manitoba.

from CBC.CA

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Modern Approach to Old Problem

I’d never imagined that someone would have to come up with a way to make it safer for a parent to abandon a child.

Until I read this article in the International Herald Tribune I’d never even heard of a foundling wheel.

In the Middle Ages, new mothers in Rome could abandon their unwanted babies in a “foundling wheel” — a revolving wooden barrel lodged in a wall, often in a convent, that allowed women to deposit their offspring without being seen.

Now a Rome hospital, the Casilino Polyclinic, has introduced a technologically advanced version of the foundling wheel, and for the first time, a new mother left her baby there Saturday night. Full Story.

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Crisp Cash

This is so low tech it’s gotta be great.

I’m not sure I’m ready to spend 49 US dollars on one, but the fine folk at Bim Bam Banana made me laugh with this Iceberg cum Safe.

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Natural Born Blogger

The blogosphere has gained a new asset today.

TV Week magazine editor Brent Furdyk is front and centre at their new web site, TVWeekOnline.ca

TV Week is one of our clients and it’s been really exciting watching Brent take to blogging like a true west dot coaster.

To borrow one of Roland T’s phrases, Go Brent Go.

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CHUM buys The Beat Vancouver

94.5 The Beat, one of the few stand-along FM stations, has been sold to CHUM.
Full story in Broadcaster Magazine.

The Beat 94.5 will complement CHUM’s existing roster of AM and FM Vancouver stations that consists of 103.5 QM-FM, Vancouver’s choice for Soft Favourites, CFUN 1410, Vancouver’s NEW Talk and The TEAM 1040, Sports Radio, home of the Vancouver Canucks.

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The So Family is Here

Direct from New West, by way of the freeway, they’ve arrived. 

Everyone brought apple pie.  Weird !

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