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Originally aired as a talk show on CFRB in Toronto and CJAD in Montreal, the show moved to the Corus network in November 2007 and the format changed to one of mainly music. The Strombo Show broadcast from 102.1 The Edge 's Toronto studio and on other radio stations in the Corus Entertainment network, including CFOX-FM in Vancouver , Power 97 in ...
Occupation (s) media personality, musician, writer. Instrument. vocalist. Years active. 1989–present. Grant Lawrence (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian broadcaster, musician and bestselling author based in Vancouver, primarily associated with CBC Music and CBC Radio 3. Lawrence was also the vocalist for the indie rock group The Smugglers.
Saturday Night Live Band. The Honeydrippers. The Blues Brothers. Paul Allen Wood Shaffer CM [ 2 ] (born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian [ 3 ][ 4 ] singer, keyboardist, composer, actor, author, comedian, and musician who served as David Letterman 's musical director, band leader, and sidekick on the entire run of both Late Night with David ...
When Paley heard a phonograph record of Bing Crosby, then a young unknown crooner, on a mid-ocean voyage, he rushed to the ship's radio room and cabled New York to sign Crosby immediately to a contract for a daily radio show. [17] While the CBS primetime lineup featured music, comedy and variety shows, the daytime schedule was a direct conduit ...
In June 1994, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) licensed a series of new Canadian specialty television channels; among the ones whose licence was granted was The Country Network, whose programming provisions required it to primarily feature country music videos (a minimum of 90%).
The history of broadcasting in Canada dates to the early 1920s, as part of the worldwide development of radio stations sending information and entertainment programming to the general public. Television was introduced in the 1950s, and soon became the primary broadcasting service [citation needed].
Years active. 1961–2024. Labels. MGM. Attic. Kenneth Wayne Paul Tobias (July 25, 1945 – October 2, 2024) was a Canadian singer-songwriter. He is noted for penning the 1971 chart-topping hit for The Bells, "Stay Awhile", and for several top-selling recordings of his own.
The show is broadcast each weekday from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. (half an hour later in Newfoundland) throughout Canada.It used to be widely accessible to much of the northern United States, but as the CBC switched its CBC Radio One from powerful AM signals in Eastern Canadian urban centres to FM stations, it became harder to receive CBC content further away from the border.