Radio … and Me – 20

Baseball on Radio, Two Nations
The 2011 Baseball regular season is starting its final series.
On Summer / Fall evenings, I am lucky enough to capture broadcasts of most Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees games on radio (after the Blue Jays game is over, of course!).
I spent a year in Boston (during the long 'drought' years between their winning a World Series), and travelled through many cities, towns and hamlets across New England. I've listened to Red Sox baseball almost everywhere: on my car radio, in homes and in restaurants, over outdoor loudspeakers at shopping areas, and even at Fenway Park itself.
You’ll find that members of 'Red Sox Nation' are always up to date on their beloved team’s record and stats, and able – nay, eager – to discuss them in great detail,

Radio … and Me – 19

On the morning after Labour Day weekend, Montrealers woke up to learn of the abrupt demise of their venerable radio station, CKAC - 730, the oldest French station in North America. Instead of the wall-to-wall 'CKAC Sports' program, listeners were being treated to Circulation 730, a 24-hour program of … (wait for it) Traffic Reports.
Quel dommage, the manner by which it came about.
Quelle surprise? Well, not really.