On this date

in 1964

Radio Caroline

began regular broadcasting to England.

The end of an era. The start of an era.

If you get the chance, watch the 2009 film Pirate Radio. It's a fictionalized story set in this very real time and is really a good period comedy with some great actors.

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I heard this program

Machine Gun Preacher: Sudan's pistol-packing preacher

It's really quite good and very much worth a listen. It certainly gets you thinking...

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A terrific radio program

Yesterday, I was listening to a radio program called 'Tapestry' on 
CBC Radio 1 on the history of Gospel Music. The real, traditional Gospel Music, and Gospel performers. The guest was the author of People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music, Robert Darden (whose book looks like a wonderful read), and the music was beautiful and the program itself was fascinating! The history of Gospel Music is SO interesting!

(Do you know what 'Gospel Chicken' is? Bologna. Really. I didn't know that!)

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Say a prayer

for the complete recovery of this absolutely brilliant humorist.

Garrison Keillor leaves hospital after a ‘minor stroke’

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Oh-oh...

Does this mean he's going to run for political office?


Dobson resigns as Focus on the Family chair

I wouldn't be surprised. There's great worry in the Religious Right camps about their loss of influence...

Today is

the 40th anniversary of CBC Radio's

As It Happens

CBC's 'As It Happens' Marks 40 Years With a Book

I haven't listened to it quite that long, but almost (and yes, it is younger than I am... )

And...

how did he mean the comment?

"Yes, I remember!" bellowed the host, Lino Rulli, the Catholic guy of the show’s title. "Mike the Adulterer! O.K., Mike. Are you ready to play ‘Let’s Make a Catholic Deal’?"

For Catholics, an On-Air Mix of Sacred and Silly

Does he know the fellow well enough to joke with him, or is he serious and sarcastic, like one of his idols, Howard Stern? If b.), how is that being Catholic? I'm not sure that I'd buy a Sirius subscription to get this channel based on this article alone...

As much as I don't listen to AM radio

This still makes me more than a little nervous.

A Signal From Above

Christian radio for the "Morning-Madness Crowd".

(On a personal note, my favourite morning radio channel, CBC 2 (FM) has just gone to a music only format as of yesterday which means that their wonderful news programs are only on their AM channel (CBC 1) and they don't even do a weather report on FM anymore! How will we know what's going on? I don't think I can wake up to an AM radio station. Arghhhhhh!)