Saturday, July 25, 2015
Yesterday's News #262 - July 25th, 2015
Show #262 - July 25th, 2015
Part 1:
News from Montreal and Beyond:
July 19 - 25
- UPAC conducts more raids over cancelled water meter contract
- Man stabbed in Montreal North
- Man stabbed downtown
- Two police officers found guilty of abuse of authority by police ethics board
- Mayor Coderre announces Phillipe Pichet as his choice for new police chief
- Boucherville Rona employees split $55 million Lotto Max jackpot
- Lablaws to close 52 stores
- J. Michel Doyon named Quebec’s new Lieutenant-Governor
Part 2:
- Some of the week’s tech news
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Yesterday's News #261 - July 18th, 2015
Show #261 - July 18th, 2015
Part 1:
News from Montreal and Beyond:
July 12 - 18
- SQ arrest 22-year-old fiancé of murdered Lasalle woman
- 72-year-old man stabbed inside Jean Talon metro station
- Pair who allegedly planned to leave Canada to join terror group to remain in jail
- Montreal has best spring tourist season in 20 years
- Construction holiday begins
- Mayor Coderre calls for report on state of Caleche horses
- City to change plans for revamped Viger Square
Part 2:
- A few words about LinkedIn
- New poll shows Montrealers want MLB back
- New poll shows Canada the most admired and best reputed country in the world
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Yesterday's News #260 - July 11th, 2015
Show #260 - July 11th, 2015
Part 1:
News from Montreal and Beyond:
July 5 - 11
- Body of Lasalle woman found near U.S. border
- Taxi driver killed when car collides with his vehicle
- Man stabbed in St. Michel
- Man shot in Lasalle
- Three women stabbed downtown
- Man stabbed in Rivere-des-Prairies
- Montreal counts number of its homeless
- St. Lambert loses injunction bid to lower volume from Parc Jean drapeau
- STM unveils new gadget to recharge OPUS cards at home
- Montreal Olympic House opens
Part 2:
- Two years since Lac Megantic
- Some tech news
- Broadway star fed up with cell phones
Visit Yesterday‘s News on Radio Centre-Ville for show recaps and podcasts of previous programs.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Yesterday's News #259 - July 4th, 2015
Show #259 - July 4th, 2015
Part 1:
News from Montreal and Beyond:
June 28 - July 4
- Arthur Porter dies in Panama
- Quebec Finance Minister says no question of recession
- Couillard government to invest in maritime infrastructure
- STM names new CEO
- SPCA blames no pet clauses for animal abandonment
Part 2:
- The quest to develop a driverless car
- Canada Day facts and figures
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Yesterday's News #241 - February 21st, 2015
Show #241 - February 21st, 2015
Part 1:
News from Montreal and Beyond:
February 15 - 21
- Luka Magnotta decides not to appeal murder conviction
- Arrest made after man murdered in Verdun
- Several injured in downtown fire
- Pedestrian struck by pickup truck
- Quebec to force seniors residences to install sprinkler systems
- Montreal taxi drivers protest Uber
- Strike at CP ends quickly
- More water main breaks cause problems
- Mayor Coderre unhappy with plans to install community mailboxes
Part 2:
- Some classic radio from 1943
Monday, September 1, 2014
Yesterday's News - Over 4 years later...
I’ve now done well over 200 Yesterday’s News programs. The show’s first edition aired on June 19th, 2010. I was debating about whether to make a big deal about the number 200 back in June. After all, there are people on Radio Centre-Ville’s English team who have far longer streaks going than I do. Still, I’m not one who enjoys talking too much about myself, but I would like to write a little bit about the program I started in 2010.
They say you have to make the most of your opportunities, and one was presented to me in June of 2010 to create my own program. I came up with the idea of a historical news review because I always believed that present-day news is rarely presented in its historical context. It sounded like an easy premise, but researching history is a very time-consuming affair. After a couple of years, I decided that although it would remain an important part of the show, it was time to also present something different. Over the past year and a half, the program has focused primarily on current events with some of my opinions about them thrown in for good measure. It's become my weekly soapbox and the main reason I have been writing much too infrequently here, on what began as a blog.
I think it’s important to hear some centrist voices on community radio, and I know that I am one of the few out there. I believe that above all else, truth and historical truth should always be presented, even if we don’t like it. I find that many times, truth takes a back seat to ideology, not only in the mainstream media, but also in alternative media. Now I have no idea how many of you are listening, but I thank you for tuning in and I sincerely hope you enjoy most of what you hear.
I thought I knew pretty much all I needed to know about radio when I first walked into the Radio Centre-Ville studios in 2009. I had just completed a 6 month course at a now defunct local radio school, but soon found out that simulation is no substitute for the real thing. I expected to stay only a few months, but here I am over 5 1/5 years later.
And that is the great thing about Radio Centre-Ville: if you are really dedicated, you can join our team and learn and progress as a broadcaster. I’ve seen many people come through our doors over the years, but few of them have joined our team with the drive and attitude needed to succeed, and that is too bad. I believe there are still people out there who are passionate about radio and who understand that it involves a lot of work, not only in terms of preparation, but also when it comes to learning and improving your own skills.
Having said that, if you truly do love radio and understand that broadcasting on community radio requires dedication and commitment on a weekly basis, then get in touch with us. The English team is always looking for new recruits. You can find us on Facebook - Look for Radio Centre-Ville English Team programs .
They say you have to make the most of your opportunities, and one was presented to me in June of 2010 to create my own program. I came up with the idea of a historical news review because I always believed that present-day news is rarely presented in its historical context. It sounded like an easy premise, but researching history is a very time-consuming affair. After a couple of years, I decided that although it would remain an important part of the show, it was time to also present something different. Over the past year and a half, the program has focused primarily on current events with some of my opinions about them thrown in for good measure. It's become my weekly soapbox and the main reason I have been writing much too infrequently here, on what began as a blog.
I think it’s important to hear some centrist voices on community radio, and I know that I am one of the few out there. I believe that above all else, truth and historical truth should always be presented, even if we don’t like it. I find that many times, truth takes a back seat to ideology, not only in the mainstream media, but also in alternative media. Now I have no idea how many of you are listening, but I thank you for tuning in and I sincerely hope you enjoy most of what you hear.
I thought I knew pretty much all I needed to know about radio when I first walked into the Radio Centre-Ville studios in 2009. I had just completed a 6 month course at a now defunct local radio school, but soon found out that simulation is no substitute for the real thing. I expected to stay only a few months, but here I am over 5 1/5 years later.
And that is the great thing about Radio Centre-Ville: if you are really dedicated, you can join our team and learn and progress as a broadcaster. I’ve seen many people come through our doors over the years, but few of them have joined our team with the drive and attitude needed to succeed, and that is too bad. I believe there are still people out there who are passionate about radio and who understand that it involves a lot of work, not only in terms of preparation, but also when it comes to learning and improving your own skills.
Having said that, if you truly do love radio and understand that broadcasting on community radio requires dedication and commitment on a weekly basis, then get in touch with us. The English team is always looking for new recruits. You can find us on Facebook - Look for Radio Centre-Ville English Team programs .
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
So I Hosted an Overnight Show...
After months of anticipation and encouragement, I completed the first overnight show of my “career” last Saturday morning. The story of my overnight adventure began thanks to two guys who have been at Radio Centre-Ville for a very long time. Lenny and Dimitri are seasoned veterans at CINQ, having spent over two decades behind the mics of their overnight shows. They do two shows a month. For one of them, Lenny is host and Dimitri is the co-host, for the other show, vice-versa. They play great oldies tunes mostly from the 50s and 60s. The overnight show begins at 2 AM and wraps up at 7:30 AM. These two have incredible stamina considering how long they’ve been at it.
Usually, there are four overnight shows a month, and the the others are hosted by two other fellows. Every so often, there is a fifth Friday. In fact, it usually happens four times a year. I was asked to take charge of that fifth Friday about a year and a half ago and I put together several best of shows featuring some highlights from our daytime programs. It seemed to work well, but at some point technical problems made putting it together excessively difficult. That’s when Lenny and Dimitri approached me about doing the “5th Week” myself. They called it a right of passage - something every true broadcaster has to do at least once.
For weeks I thought about it. It seemed like a daunting task to put together an all-night music program. I wondered about whether I could pull it off solo. In the end I decided to go for it and so this past Friday night the “80s-90s” Show” made its debut on Radio Centre-Ville. I went ahead with it because I, like many others had once dreamed of being a disc jockey at a radio station. This was a chance to fulfill that childhood dream.
I wondered if I could fill five and a half hours, but it went by about as fast as any five and a half hours in my life. I worked on pure adrenalin and watched the sun come up feeling no fatigue. For many years I worked the graveyard shift at a terrible and mind-numbing job. The only thing that kept me sane was that I was allowed to listen to the radio while I worked. I just scanned through the AM and FM bands looking for anything to keep my mind off my reality. I would hear the hosts of these shows and think how lucky they were and how I wished to be there one day. Of course, commercial radio is a harsh business and many of the people I used to hear have long since lost their jobs.
Now there is one huge difference between my little overnight show and the stuff you hear on commercial radio, and that is how I had total creative control of the show. I could play the songs I wanted to. I’d post the show online, if not for the fact that it would be yanked almost immediately. The music I played was far from being obscure, in fact, it featured some of the best-known songs ever written - but it was stuff I wanted to play.
It was a wonderful experience that I intend to repeat in a few months. I now understand why guys like Lenny and Dimitri keep at it, no matter what, year after year. It takes a monumental effort to prepare each show and then get it on the air all for no pay. That is why broadcasters on community radio are special…
Usually, there are four overnight shows a month, and the the others are hosted by two other fellows. Every so often, there is a fifth Friday. In fact, it usually happens four times a year. I was asked to take charge of that fifth Friday about a year and a half ago and I put together several best of shows featuring some highlights from our daytime programs. It seemed to work well, but at some point technical problems made putting it together excessively difficult. That’s when Lenny and Dimitri approached me about doing the “5th Week” myself. They called it a right of passage - something every true broadcaster has to do at least once.
For weeks I thought about it. It seemed like a daunting task to put together an all-night music program. I wondered about whether I could pull it off solo. In the end I decided to go for it and so this past Friday night the “80s-90s” Show” made its debut on Radio Centre-Ville. I went ahead with it because I, like many others had once dreamed of being a disc jockey at a radio station. This was a chance to fulfill that childhood dream.
I wondered if I could fill five and a half hours, but it went by about as fast as any five and a half hours in my life. I worked on pure adrenalin and watched the sun come up feeling no fatigue. For many years I worked the graveyard shift at a terrible and mind-numbing job. The only thing that kept me sane was that I was allowed to listen to the radio while I worked. I just scanned through the AM and FM bands looking for anything to keep my mind off my reality. I would hear the hosts of these shows and think how lucky they were and how I wished to be there one day. Of course, commercial radio is a harsh business and many of the people I used to hear have long since lost their jobs.
Now there is one huge difference between my little overnight show and the stuff you hear on commercial radio, and that is how I had total creative control of the show. I could play the songs I wanted to. I’d post the show online, if not for the fact that it would be yanked almost immediately. The music I played was far from being obscure, in fact, it featured some of the best-known songs ever written - but it was stuff I wanted to play.
It was a wonderful experience that I intend to repeat in a few months. I now understand why guys like Lenny and Dimitri keep at it, no matter what, year after year. It takes a monumental effort to prepare each show and then get it on the air all for no pay. That is why broadcasters on community radio are special…
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