CFTR: World's First All Christmas News Station

[jon]

Sounds like a bad joke, but 680 News in Toronto, CFTR, are billing themselves as All Christmas News beginning next Monday.

In fact, they are airing a Christmas News story at 25 minutes after each hour 24/7 until Christmas. Their press release claims the title of "the world's first All Christmas News station".

[Neumann Sennheiser]

That news director should be expecting midnight December 24th visits from the ghosts of Christmas Cronkite, Christmas Murrow and Christmas Smyth.*

*...who may not be a ghost yet but anyone who ever faced his wrath will attest to his scariness.

[Paul P]

In fact, they are airing a Christmas News story at 25 minutes after each hour 24/7 until Christmas.

Is it sponsored by Walmart?

[hagopian]

I wish Bill Edwards would drop by and give us one of his epic CFTR Christmas party Stories.

Mr. Rogers and his wife (*SCARY) - sat at our table one year.

THAT was interesting.

Even weirder - worked for Ted Rogers for 13 years - and he kept calling me Tom Rivers.....I was flattered....for the first 675 times.

I worked with some of the most amazing people. I take great comfort in all those laughs.

I sure hope that is the same today.

It was amazing.

Big G - Glenn Walters - Darryl B. - John Rode - Russ "Too Loud" McCloud - the under appreciated Bob Magee, Bob Saint, Kathy Danford, Kirk Wilson, Dave Watts, Shelly Emmond, Russ Tyson, J. Lee Smith (*Take it easy Skip)....Bobby Day, Bill Edwards. (*Wish I had worked with my hero John "Records" Landecker) - Cubby - Big Daddy - Jim Hault and Big Alice. Some serious great talent - and I was getting paid to hang with em?

Merry Christmas to all - as we head off for a much warmer part of the world for the next few months. The Mac Air and the Ipads, of course, will be close by.

[Anotherwpgguy]

Thanks for the mention old buddy.

It was indeed a scream, and almost criminal to accept a good pay cheque for what we did.

I can only hope that today's generation of staff still have fun doing the work.

AWG

[hagopian]

Addenda: of course Freddy, Cathy Baldazzi, Susan Booker,Brian Lord,Jack Casey, Peter Benson, Jon McComb, I mean I could go on - but you get the picture.

I worked with people that really cared...and we were, sorry to sound corny, like Family.Ahhhhh.... "Hollywood and Vine" - Stu Ferguson said it best one night. Hallowee'n party at CFUN....and he turned to me (he was dressed as a Blue Meanie, I believe) and said "can you believe we get to work here and get paid......"?

Said it all.

[jon]

1310 News in Ottawa has now joined CFTR with a Christmas story every hour at 25 after 24/7.

Any word yet on CKWX and CFFR?

[Howaboutthat]

I'd be interested to know what constitutes a "Christmas Story"... any examples from broadcasts?

[Karen]

I heard a Seasons Greetings from News 1130 splitter yesterday. Does that count? I guess they are afraid of teh word Christmas.

[Mike Cleaver]

With Rogers, probably something related to one of their sponsors and a sale on certain items so they can keep the sucker paying for spots.
Much like the "features" on News1130 giving sponsors a free minute to plug their businesses, such as the stone merchant.