Comments on: Martin Streek is Dead: Remembering a Time when CFNY / 102.1 wasn’t Lame

By: Mchohmann

Mchohmann — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:18:00 +0000

I still to this day believe that the Cotton Ginny trademark “GRUNGE” was the crown of the “New Country” movement.

By: Mchohmann

Mchohmann — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:11:00 +0000

Not sure how I got to this page … oh … that’s right … I was looking for archives of the Brave New Waves from the 80′s … anyway, I just wanted to say that in the mid eighties CFNY … excuse me for yelling … CFNY WOULD PAY YOU $102.00 IF YOU CAUGHT THEM PLAYING THE SAME SONG MORE THAN ONCE IN A DAY.
Whoever said said-station has always been crap simply wasn’t listening to it then (or perhaps they were but they were too young to remember this).
Because CFNY had everyone’s attention the other local stations broadened their formats and put CFNY out of business (bankrupt), then they closed there formats down again … and don’t get me started on the new country bullshit that ALL Topronto radio stations fell for.
Just my two … er … three and a half cents.

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:05:20 +0000

I meant to say “Network”. I always get those two mixed-up.

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:03:26 +0000

samm, I think you mean Corus Entertainment(?) This all has a kind of “Broadcast News” quality to it now that I think about it. Longtime veteran of a station getting canned – only Streek actually went through with his suicide.

By: Allison

Allison — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:13:33 +0000

Thanks Mark. I have a knack for offending large groups of people with one curt sentence. Call me the person who goes into the middle of the room to fart (starts arguments); and Ricky as the person who tries to diffuse the situation by spraying some air freshener.

By: samm

samm — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:15:58 +0000

Another death by corporations – way to go CORAL.
RIP Martin!

By: Ricky

Ricky — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:15:42 +0000

i like turtles

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:59:27 +0000

Allison you certainly know how to write posts that get people talking and arguing. I need to start including more inflammatory stuff in my posts.

By: Allison

Allison — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:13:41 +0000

Josh, I get what you’re saying but for a 12-14 year old hearing Joy Division’s “Transmission” on the radio, even if it was played a bajillion trillion times (and that was the only song they ever played), opened the floodgates to a world of music that most 9th grade friends wouldn’t have any clue about. CFNY and City Limits changed a lot of people in my age group’s lives, profoundly shaping their music tastes because it gave them an introduction into the “alternative” beyond major label offerings.

Look, I’m not saying they weren’t a commercial station. They were guilty of bludgeoning us over the head with NIN, Jane’s Addiction and other mainstream alternative fare; even their 80′s night was limited to (as you said) one-two familiar hits. The point is, that that pryed open Generation Y’s curiousities and prompted them to buy a lot more music and to explore on their own. Club nights are always repetitive anyway…people want to dance to music they know, unless they’ve taken a few hits of Ketamine in which case they’d probably jig to 98 Degrees.

Jordan: I am a woman but it’s nice to know I have a man’s voice even in written text. I think a personality sex-change is in order.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:50:41 +0000

josh, you were never young