Timmins Radio = radio hell hole

[BFMR]

today on my way back from a short trip, we had the radio going, and when we had to switch back to the Timmins stations... i realized what kind of crap we have... then i'll give them a rating

CHYC FM
hey, this is french, it should be good... right?

A: WRONG! not only is their playlist amongst the worst i have ever heard, but their DJ's are boring as hell, and to top things off.... their antenna does not relay a very strong signal... you could be beside the station at some point and not getting any signal AT ALL!! (talk about crap)

Rating: F

Moose FM
wow, great freakin' idea for the Haliburton Broadcasting Group to switch the adult-pop station to a country station! >:( Like Timmins needed even more reasons to boost Shania in the upwards of 50 spins a week!

Rating: D-

CBON
French talk radio... you need to know anymore?

Rating: F

CBC Radio
English talk radio... 'nuff said

Rating: F

EZ Rock
this isn't even hot AC, it's just AC.... and they play that gawd freakin' annoying FAFA at LEAST 20 times a freakin' day!! this station is much like all of the EZ Rock stations around Canada (or Rock Detente in french)

Rating: D-

Tourism Radio
ummm... yeah.. like we need tourism radio....

Rating: F

Q92
K, they are somewhat bearable... but they have the freakin' guts to call themselves "new rock" when they take anywhere from 3-9 months to add a new song, and then grossly outplay the slightly bearable songs (Such as "The Rising", "Lonesome Day", "Soak Up the Sun", "Where Are You Going?" and "Here Is Gone" for example)

Rating: C-


Worst thing about all this is, my birthplace with roughly 10 000 people (Timmins has around 40 000) has a really good top 40 station, even if it is half french!

[tico]

Don't mean to be so harsh, but I think I'd die if I had to live in Timmins.

[BFMR]

dirty said:

Don't mean to be so harsh, but I think I'd die if I had to live in Timmins.

lol... it's not so harsch, it's actually pretty accurate to my feelings (thank gawd for cd's and mp3's)

[iceman]

Bengino said:

Worst thing about all this is, my birthplace with roughly 10 000 people (Timmins has around 40 000) has a really good top 40 station, even if it is half french!

Half French? Are there that many French people there?

[BFMR]

iceman said:

Half French? Are there that many French people there?

it's located in Quebec (the province, not the city)

[iceman]

Bengino said:

it's located in Quebec (the province, not the city)

At first I thought you were talking about Timmins.

[BFMR]

iceman said:

At first I thought you were talking about Timmins.

i should have made myself clear

Worst thing about all this is, my birthplace with roughly 10 000 people (Timmins has around 40 000) has a really good top 40 station, even if it is half french!

my birthplace is about 2 hours away from Timmins (La Sarre Qc.) they have Energie which is known to have a pretty decent radio playlist

[Radical347]

At least it's not as bad as Douglas, GA radio (almost the same size as Timmins, I think.)

www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=Douglas&state=GA&x=0&y=0

[mlewcock]

Bengino said:

today on my way back from a short trip, we had the radio going, and when we had to switch back to the Timmins stations... i realized what kind of crap we have... then i'll give them a rating

CHYC FM
hey, this is french, it should be good... right?

A: WRONG! not only is their playlist amongst the worst i have ever heard, but their DJ's are boring as hell, and to top things off.... their antenna does not relay a very strong signal... you could be beside the station at some point and not getting any signal AT ALL!! (talk about crap)

Rating: F

Hey! you sure that station isn't block format? Most of those stations up there are.

[BFMR]

mlewcock said:

Hey! you sure that station isn't block format? Most of those stations up there are.

the station is in the same group as the ones in Kapuskasing, Hearst and Sudbury... but the signal as i've said is poor (and the broadcasting list still sucks)