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Adventures in AM radio
January 13th, 2006 General

We sent Gary on to one of the local AM radio stations today for an open-line forum with the other candidates. Once again, and I this in as non-blindingly partisan a way as possible, Gary more than out did himself.

But what is interesting about openline AM radio, regardless of the city you are in, is that it seems that the amount of bluster the host has is directly related to their timeslot. Case in point: in Ottawa, Lowell Green hosts from 8-noon; in Saskatoon you have John Gormley for a similar period. While I doubt that Gormley can ascend to the levels of idiocy that Lowell can reach, I suspect it has something to do with being in a smaller market, he is nonetheless filled with way more outrage than is allowed under Health Canada guidelines.

In contrast, the afternoon is hosted by a guy named Murray Wood who, much like CFRA’s Michael Haris, is pretty dyed in the wool blue, but doesn’t reach the same level of crazy.

Tonight: Gambling and Drinking with Ryan, not in that order. Apparently Regina turned its elegant old train station into a casino; its nice to see that some cities manage to do something with theirs other than let it sit mostly vacant.

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30 Comment from Anonymous January 20, 2006, 11:06 am

Wow- Mike’s site has advertizing on it…and poorly targetted ads at that.

So, Mike- did you make that phone call…

WST

31 Comment from Anonymous January 20, 2006, 12:11 pm

Mike,

As the ‘05-’06 campaign comes to a close in a few short days, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your help.

You have provided us on the other side with a lot of valuable information.

It was nice to have the advance warning that your so-called leader was coming into town.

You kind of threw us for a loop on the hockey hall of fame bit. The easy assumption was that you would bring the hockey hall of famer that actually sits in Cabinet. I can only assume that you realized your child-care policy is a total flop and that you prefered to bring in the hockey hall of famer that is an undemocratically appointed Senator. (Oh yeah, the whole appointed Senate thing - doesn’t go over so well in rural Saskatchewan.) But don’t worry we quickly found out who you were bringing in.

The best post however, was the photo of your election calendar. We were really thankful for that one. We just happen to know this guy who is a bit of a whiz at digital images. He was able to blow it up and resolve it enough for us to view most of the calendar.

For future reference, it is not usually a good idea to give your entire campaign strategy to your opposition.

I know you are probably wondering how it is that we were able to stumble upon this blog of yours. That however will have to remain a mystery to you. It is not however, from the encounters you had with other members of our team. We noticed you went to great lengths never to mention your last name.

Oh and one more thing - I hope you enjoyed the beer at O’Hanalan’s last week.

-Your Conservative Friend

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