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Mission Statement
“Zoomers are boomers with zip.”
Popularized by Moses Znaimer to denote a
new vision of the population traditionally known as 45+.
They are
the single most influential consumer
group in the history of the world.
They have
more money and time than any other
demographic—by far.
Zoomers are over
14 million strong:
nearly 1 in every
3 Canadians has
celebrated a
50th birthday.
They’ve led
,
then transformed, then dominated
every market they’ve entered.
They change
loyalties with ruthless efficiency.
They don’t follow the crowd.
They are the crowd.
Welcome to the Zoomer Empire!
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Positioning Statement
The New AM740 gives to Zoomers what they have earned.
A powerful 50,000 watt clear-channel voice.
A voice that speaks for them, to them, and about them.
“The Best Of The Best” encompasses the best in music,
news, information and lifestyle programming that
addresses the needs and wants of this powerful and
ever-growing consumer group–Zoomers.
The New AM740 injects character back into Toronto radio.
Hosted by cheerful companions – best friends, really - we
spin Zoomer memories, and tackle issues that affect Zoomers
going forward with zest, zeal and zip. Not a ‘jock’ - or an
elevator song - within earshot.
To Zoomers, life is about More, Better, BEST. And giving
back. Only one radio station echoes their beliefs, and bears
their name. The Best Of The Best. The New AM740.
Zoomer Radio.
www.am740.ca
Audience Profile
Zoomers are influential, upbeat and
interested in their communities. To
them, it’s all about the good life they
have earned and can now afford.
Call Letters: CFZM
Format: Adult Standards
Dial Position: 740
Online: www.am740.ca
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Marketing Profile
AM740’s coverage area includes
4.4 million people 45+
Parry Sound
CANADA
Huntsville
GEORGIAN
BAY
LAKE HURON
Bracebridge
Gravenhurst
Owen Sound
ONTARIO
Orillia
Collingwood
Kincardine
Kingston
Peterborough
Barrie
Belleville
Newmarket
Toronto
Goderich
MICHIGAN
Sarnia
Detroit/Windsor
Chatham
Brampton
Guelph
Mississauga
Kitchener
Oakville
Woodstock Hamilton
St. Catharines
London
Niagara Falls
Oshawa
Ajax
LAKE ONTARIO
Rochester
Batavia
Buffalo
NEW YORK
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Corning
Erie
PENNSYLVANIA
Cleveland
Akron
OHIO
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Advertiser Testimonials
“We’ve shown excellent results …
radio is fun, easy to do and reaches
our audience.”
- Sears Hearing Centres,Toronto ON
“AM740 brings us the right audience.
I was impressed after just 2 weeks of
advertising.”
- Shobrook Gardens,Uxbridge ON
“AM740 Radio draws many people
to our site as the age group we are
targeting is the 50+.”
- Ridgeway By The Lake,Ridgeway ON
“Radio works! AM740’s team of talent,
creative writers, and accommodating
staff makes marketing a breeze! If
you’re not on radio you’re not on.”
- Life Lease Associates of Canada,Toronto ON
“The overwhelming response
from our first campaign was a
great start to our season.”
- Mississauga Symphony,Mississauga ON
“The response to radio was
much better than I expected.”
- Taylor Rohrich & Associates/Maturity
Marketing,Cobourg ON
“We include AM740 radio in our
promotional media plans.”
- Mirvish Productions,Toronto ON
“Our campaign on AM740 generated
more sales than any single medium
I have ever used. The results
were impressive.”
- Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra,
Hamilton ON
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“I can’t believe how hard you and
AM740 are working to put us on the
map. Everything you promised, you
are delivering on and I hope to work
together for a long, long, time.”
- Bob Scott, Bob Scott Productions Inc. Agency
of Record for Greater Rochester Visitors Association
“To us, an on-going
campaign is worth
every penny.”
- Denure Tours,
Lindsay ON
“The response
has been
phenomenal.
AM740 knows
live theatre.”
- CanStage Theatre,
Toronto ON
“We were very
impressed with
the number
of people who
attended our downtown events.
Our radio ads attracted people from
Milton, Burlington, Cambridge and
Guelph – well beyond the scope of
our print ads! And to complement the
experience, the customer service is
really wonderful. The team makes a
genuine effort to develop relationships
with their customers. I am very
pleased with the outcome and look
forward to working with AM70 in
the future.”
- Grace Saunders,Milton Downtown BIA
Contacts
President & CEO
George Grant
Director of Programming & Operations
Gene Stevens
Vice President, National Sales & Marketing
Vice President, Communications
[email protected]
[email protected]
Victoria Wisdom
[email protected]
Leanne Wright
[email protected]
Director, Retail Sales
Steven J. Shiaman
Director of Promotions
Christopher Randall
Vice President, News
Music Director
General Inquiries
Contest Phone Numbers
Mailing Address
[email protected]
[email protected]
Libby Znaimer
[email protected]
Brian Peroff
[email protected]
416.544.0740
LOCAL 416.360.0740
TOLL-FREE in Ontario
1.866.740.4740
The New AM 740
550 Queen Street East,
Suite 205
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1V2
MZMedia Inc is owned by Canadian broadcast icon Moses Znaimer.
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Program Guide
MONDAY — THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
with
Bill, Eva, John & Jane
6 AM
7 AM
8 AM
10 AM
JANE BR OWN
B ILL GAB LE
EVA D
JO HN GALLAG HE
Top 10 at 10 with The Happy Gang
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
Information
Radio
From A Woman’s Perspective
with Marilyn Wetston
Right On
The Money
The Garden Show
with Charlie Dobbin
with Wayne Baxter
Live In The City Sunday
with Frank Proctor
Showcase
11 AM
12 PM
R
Information
Radio
with Murray Segal
Mike Filey’s Toronto
with Mike Filey
with Dale Goldhawk
Celebrity Spotlight
with Larry Jackson
Number Ones At One with Norm Edwards
Afternoon Express
with Norm Edwards
4 PM
Saturday Sinatra
with Frank Proctor
Applause
Vintage
Favourites
with Gene Stevens
A Little Breath
of Scotland
5 PM
with Michael Englebert
6 PM
Radio Erin
Back To Live
with Jean de Beaubassein with Frankie Benson
7 PM
8 PM
9 PM
10 PM
11 PM
12 AM
1 AM
Sentimental Friday Night
Journey
Bandstand
with Frank Proctor
with Brian Peroff
with
Ziggy
Midnight Blue with Gene Stevens
The All Night Jukebox to 6am
with Brian Peroff
The Heart & Soul
of Rock ‘n’ Roll
with Bill Gable
with Denis Snowdon
Big Band
Sunday Night
with
George Jonescu
The Conspiracy
Show
with Richard Syrett
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9 AM
SUNDAY
Program Notes
MON DAY-FR I DAY
MON DAY-TH U RSDAY EVE
IT’S THE HAPPY GANG
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
TOP 10 AT 10 with Frank Proctor
10:00am - 11:00am
A new countdown every day - always thrilling
and fascinating.
GOLDHAWK FIGHTS BACK - FOR YOU
with Dale Goldhawk
11:00am - 1:00pm
Canada’s foremost consumer advocate Dale
Goldhawk fights for you on AM 740, and
shares valuable insights and advice on how to
navigate today’s precarious consumer society.
NUMBER ONES AT ONE
with Norm Edwards
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Norm Edwards defines ‘the best of the best’
every weekday with one hour of Number One
songs, from the distant past to the recent.
AFTERNOON EXPRESS
with Norm Edwards
2:00pm - 7:00pm
After your hard day at work, on your return
commute - relax and re-charge with ‘The
Afternoon Express’. There’s plenty of traffic
reports and lots of ‘the best of the best’ music too.
with Frank Proctor
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Your oasis of relaxation, and a nostalgic
evening experience; hosted by Frank Proctor
and featuring the ‘best of the best’ from the
1940s, 50s and 60s - the great crooners, the
big bands, and pop stars of the era - Sinatra,
Crosby, Como, Nat King Cole, Andy Williams,
Al Martino, Patti Page and many others.
THEATRE OF THE MIND with Brian Peroff
10:00pm - 11:00pm
So many listeners asked that we extend the
number of hours dedicated to ‘the old radio
shows’, that we’ve done that. Brian Peroff selects,
and then describes some of the greatest shows
from the ‘golden age of radio’ - the 1930s and
1940s - like ‘The Shadow’ and ‘Fibber McGee &
Molly’. A half-hour of drama, mystery or suspense
is followed by a half-hour of comedy - enjoy!
STARDUST with Ziggy
11:00pm - midnight
Romance, passion and fantasy take flight amid
the special and unique love songs carefully
selected by Toronto’s own ‘diva of romance’
- Ziggy - from romantics of all ages - Chet
Baker, Julie London, Jimmy Durante, to Leonard
Cohen, Van Morrison, Diana Krall.
MIDNIGHT BLUE
with Eva D
Midnight - 1:00am
Listening to this programme is restricted to those
prepared for some naughty lyrics and eye-brow
raising double-entendres - songs that haven’t
been heard on radio, from the raunchiness of
Wynonie Harris, Dinah Washington and Julia Lee,
to the sexiness of Barry White and Sade.
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with Bill Gable, Eva D, John Gallagher
5:30am - 10:00am
Start your day with the peppy, fun-loving
‘happy gang’ of Bill, Eva and John - with
news from Brian Hatchell, the most traffic
reports in Toronto radio, lots of time and
weather checks, surprise guests, and ‘the
best of the best’ music too!
Program Notes
FR I DAY N IG HTS
SATU R DAY
FRIDAY NIGHT BANDSTAND
FROM A WOMAN’S PERSPECTIVE
LATE NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT
THE ALL NIGHT JUKE BOX
1:00am - 5:30am
We load about 100 songs into The New
AM740’s ‘All Night Jukebox’ - we press ‘play’
- and take care of the coins too! So all you
do is stay tuned in and enjoy, while you’re
working late, reading or counting sheep!
with Marilyn Wetston
8:00am - 9:00am
Noted fashion and image consultant and
entrepreneur, Marilyn Wetston hosts her weekly
interview program called ‘From a Woman’s
Perspective’ with subjects ranging from health
and nutrition to travel and security issues.
THE GARDEN SHOW
with Charlie Dobbin
9:00am - 10:00am
AM 740’s garden show host is noted author,
columnist, radio and HGTV personality, Charlie
Dobbin. She’ll update you with each week’s
gardening tips and professional advice, while
taking your calls and having some fun with
gardening as well. It’s The Garden Show with
Charlie Dobbin every Saturday morning 9-10am.
LIVE IN THE CITY with Frank Proctor
10:00am - 3:00pm
What a treat for Zoomers in the GTA - a live
radio show that celebrates life in the city,
with all sorts of information about events and
activities; plus a listener request show at noon
and the ‘best of the best’ music.
SATURDAY SINATRA with Frank Proctor
3:00pm - 4:00pm
What could be better than ‘Frank with Frank’ our own Frank Proctor and the best songs from
one of the greatest singers of all time - Frank
Sinatra...from his early days as a bobby-soxxer
idol, to his thrilling comeback as the 1950s
swinger and 1960s ‘Chairman of the Board’.
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with Brian Peroff
7:00pm - 1:00am
Music Director Brian Peroff celebrates
the happy teenage years of the ‘rock’n’roll
generation’ in the 1950s and 60s ... with
Elvis, Buddy, Fats and Jerry Lee ... The
Beatles and Beach Boys ... Roy Orbison,
Ricky Nelson and Brenda Lee ... a top 5
countdown every week, a featured artist and
a half-hour of Elvis Presley at 9:00pm.
Program Notes
SATU R DAY continued
SU N DAY
APPLAUSE with Michael Englebert
FINANCIAL FORUM
BACK TO LIVE
with Jean de Beaubassein
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Montreal based music collector Jean de
Beaubassein shares his vast personal collection of
over 14,000 live recordings from around the world,
by the greatest superstars of all time; catch their
acts in the giant arenas, the famous concert halls,
and in the tiny smoky clubs of yesteryear too.
THE HEART AND SOUL
OF ROCK’N’ROLL
with Bill Gable
7:00pm - 1:00am
Like a weekend bookend with Brian Peroff’s
‘Friday Night Bandstand’, Bill Gable celebrates
the best rock’n soul from the 50s and 60s
every Saturday evening with ‘The Heart and
Soul of Rock’n’Roll’, from 7pm. through 1am.
Unlike any other oldies show, this one features
Chuck, Buddy, Fats and Elvis, alongside
Brother Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Otis
Redding, Aretha Franklin, and all the Motown
legends too; from the Beatles and Beach Boys
to the Tops, Temptations and Supremes.
8:00am - 10:00am
AM 740’s Financial Forum is 2 hours of leading
edge, up-to-date, expert advice regarding all
aspects of money; including Cesar Lauper
from 8-9am. with ‘Learn About Money’, and
Wayne Baxter from 9-10am. with ‘Right On
The Money’.
SUNDAY SHOWCASE
with Murray Segal
10:00am - 12:00pm
The late broadcasting legend Earl Warren
hosted Sunday mornings with a unique blend
of warmth, humour, charm and charity.
Now his son, Murray Segal, continues the
tradition; he and his many guests inform
thousands of listeners about various services
available to The Zoomer Audience, as well as
playing the ‘all time favourites’ of Sinatra, Elvis,
Beatles and Bublé and many others between
10:00am and noon, every Sunday morning.
MIKE FILEY’S TORONTO with Mike Filey
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Toronto’s best-known historian, author,
Sunday SUN columnist and tour guide, Mike
Filey has a thousand stories about the city’s
past, and he tells us about some of them
every Sunday at noon; alongside some great
music to match those stories with Program
Director Gene Stevens.
CELEBRITY SPOTLIGHT
with Larry Jackson
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Larry Jackson features the stories behind the
greatest names in entertainment every Sunday
on ‘Celebrity Spotlight’ at 1pm.
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4:00pm - 6:00pm
AM 740’s theatre expert, hosts ‘Applause’ every
Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6pm, with music from
Broadway, Hollywood and the London stage.
Program Notes
VINTAGE FAVOURITES
with Gene Stevens
2:00pm - 4:00pm
AM740 Program Director Gene Stevens
hosts this weekly adventure into truly vintage
music - from the early 50s, the 40s, 30s and
even the 1920s.
From jazz legends like Louis Armstrong and
Billie Holiday; to swing pioneers like Benny
Goodman; larger-than-life personalities from
Al Jolson to Johnnie Ray! Crooners from Bing
Crosby to Perry Como; song ‘n dance men
like Fred Astaire and Cab Calloway; a touch
of blues, a bit of rhythm, and some country ‘n
western too!
All of today’s music has its roots, and
‘Vintage Favourites’ explores the most exciting
music of the past every Sunday at 2pm.
RADIO ERIN
with Frankie Benson
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Popular entertainer Frankie Benson takes
over at 6:00pm and brings a touch of Irish to
southern Ontario with his special one-hour
program - ‘Radio Erin’.
BIG BAND SUNDAY NIGHT
with George Jonescu
7:00pm - 12:00am
AM 740’s big band expert is George Jonescu.
He hosts ‘Big Band Sunday Night’ (BBSN) every
Sunday evening at 7pm.; this weekend George
selects another 90 songs to weave a terrific
tapestry of memories.
with Denis Snowdon
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Fans of Scottish music have a weekly treat
on Sunday afternoons, starting at 4pm, when
Denis Snowdon hosts ‘A Little Breath of
Scotland’. Denis has hosted this show for over
44 consecutive years, and justly deserves
having one of Ontario’s top-rated programs on
Sundays between 4-6pm.
Bagpipes and highland jigs are part of the
show for sure, but so are pop songs and
favourite ballads; Denis also brings news and
football scores from home while updating local
events too.
For more information on Denis’ activities and
a complete listing of the music played on his
show, please visit www.denissnowdon.com.
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A LITTLE BREATH OF SCOTLAND
On-Air Hosts Bios
EVA D
No day on The New AM 740 would be
complete without the lovely and personable
Eva D, host of THE HAPPY GANG morning
show and, at the other end of the spectrum,
the eyebrow raising MIDNIGHT BLUE.
Eva D’s extensive broadcast career
began in 1981 as a traffic reporter at CKO
Radio, All News Network. She moved
on to morning show co-host and weather
reporter, working alongside Erin Davis.
Six years later, she moved to CBC/CBLT
Television where she covered weather and
entertainment for the 6pm and 11pm news.
The half-hour dating show DATELINE
was Eva’s next move at CHCH TV in 1989.
Two seasons later, she returned to radio,
co-hosting the morning and afternoon drive
shows for CKEY/COUNTRY 59 RADIO.
Eva has worked several years at the
Pelmorex Radio Network, co-hosting
syndicated radio shows, including a crossCanada country show called CRYIN, LOVIN
OR LEAVIN. She was also the national
spokesperson for Chatelaine Home Goods,
representing the company on the Home
Shopping Channel.
BILL GABLE
Recipient and three-time nominee of
Billboard Magazine’s prestigious Air
Personality of the Year Award, Bill
Gable is a broadcasting legend.
Windsor’s CKLW was the subject of
the Gemini Award-winning Canadian
documentary, Radio Revolution: The Rise
and Fall of the Big Eight. Bill and his former
coworkers star in the film as they tell the
story of the Canadian Motor City station
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that rocked millions of listeners in Southern
Ontario and the U.S.
Bill has also won the CLIO Award
for Best-Conceived Radio – one of the
top advertising awards in the industry
– for his on-air work in Los Angeles,
Washington D.C., and Memphis. For
over 25 years, Bill has been a familiar
voice on network television and radio
stations across North America.
As a member of the HAPPY GANG
on The New AM 740, Bill is proud of his
work. “I’m especially fond of The New AM
740’s listeners,” he said. “They are gracious
and supportive people. I feel connected
to them. They’re the main reason I look
forward to going to work each day.”
JOHN GALLAGHER
One of The New AM 740’s most unique
voices and recognizable faces, John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Gallagher is a 25year on-air veteran of both Toronto television
and radio. In addition to being one of
THE HAPPY GANG, John has decades of
morning show experience with the biggest
and most successful teams in Canada. He
worked for 15 years under Moses Znaimer’s
helm at Citytv. He is a winner of the Foster
Hewitt Award, a nine-time Toronto Sun
Readers’ Choice winner, RPM Magazine
Gold Medal Winner,
and host of the
country’s #1 talk
show, GALLAGHER
on TSN.
A self-described
news and pop-culture
junkie, “foodie”,
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John Gallagher continued
world traveler and closet wine expert
hooked on the Food Network, John is also
a music collector whose library comprises
over 4,000 CDs and LPs from Bach to
Bacharach. Accordingly, John can also
be heard on The New AM 740’s sister
station, The New Classical 96.3 FM & 103.1
FM, in an evening program billed as THE
EDUCATION OF JOHN GALLAGHER.
Please, do ask him about Bach!
DALE GOLDHAWK
Fighting for the rights of Canadian
consumers, multiple awards winner Dale
Goldhawk has earned Canada’s trust with
his four decades of work exposing fraud and
greed in the marketplace.
A journalist, author, and broadcaster,
Dale has had shows on CBC Television,
CBC Radio, Global Television, and the
CTV Television Network. Dale wrote for the
Toronto Telegram and other newspapers,
and he is the author of Getting What You
Deserve, detailing many of his adventures in
pursuit of conmen.
Among his many accolades, Dale is
the winner of the 2006 Canadian Cable
Television Association Galaxy Award for on
air performance and the 2005 Association
of Certified Fraud Examiners of Canada
Lifetime Achievement Award.
GOLDHAWK FIGHTS BACK for
Zoomers on The New AM 740 as he
provides useful information to avoid the dirty
tricks directed often at “older” people.
MARY FEELY
Mary Feely is as action-packed as
GOLDHAWK FIGHTS BACK, the live
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call-in talk show she produces with Dale
Goldhawk on The New AM 740. In her
diverse 15-year career in the entertainment
and media industries, Mary has been an
event cruiser host, remote announcer, traffic
reporter, technical operator, producer, and
morning show co-host.
Being an Irish gal, Mary is always up to
“fight back” and is honoured to be working
with Dale once again. Previously, Mary and
Dale met on the Easter Seal Telethon, a
project very dear to them both.
Mary has also performed on film,
television, and stage, including improv
with The Second City. She continues to
enjoy Toronto’s culture and entertainment
scene, is an avid sailor and a volunteer ski
instructor for kids with special needs.
FRANK PROCTOR
Broadcaster, actor, lyricist, and best-selling
children’s author Frank Proctor hosts
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, LIVE IN THE
CITY, SATURDAY SINATRA and co-hosts the
THE GARDEN SHOW on The New AM 740.
Listeners may remember Frank’s voice on
Toronto’s CFRB, St. Catharines’ CKTB and
London’s CFPL to name a few. A veteran
actor, Frank’s film credits include the role of
the Ringmaster in The Hurricane, directed
by Norman Jewison
and starring Denzel
Washington.
Frank wrote the
children’s book, The
Day The Welland
Canal Monster Met
Santa, and some
might recall his hitparody song, You
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Frank Proctor continued
Picked A Fine Time To Leave Me Margaret,
which he wrote and recorded in the late-1970s.
For 38 years, Frank has been married
to director and choreographer Di Nyland
Proctor and their family continues to grow
as their sons Kelly and Toby introduce more
grandchildren into the Proctor clan.
NORM EDWARDS
After hosting the popular morning show for
over 4 years, The New AM 740’s beloved
Norm Edwards has moved back to his
familiar afternoon show, fittingly named
AFTERNOON EXPRESS. As he states,
“We keep you moving, even if you’re stuck
going nowhere.”
Norm is a radio veteran (and a Zoomer too)!
He worked in a variety of different formats
in Toronto, Dryden, Brockville, Huntsville,
and Parry Sound and for 13 years served
audiences on the old 1250 AM signal. In
2001, he helped launch AM 740.
A man who loves the outdoors, Norm
enjoys cruising the waters of Lake Ontario
and the Trent Severn Waterway with his
family on their 28-foot express cruiser aptly
named “Radio Waves”.
ZIGGY
Toronto’s one and only “Diva Of Romance’
is back. A Zoomer, host, actor and author
Ziggy remains a beloved Toronto celebrity
and now Moses has her returning to the
air, not on TV but on radio - on The New
AM 740 with a weeknight late-show
appropriately called STARDUST.
Ziggy has written for the Toronto Star, The
Globe and Mail, TV Guide, Elle Canada,
Toronto Life Fashion and most recently for
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the National Post. Her filmography includes,
Cooper Mountain, White Room, and Love,
Sex and Eating the Bones. But many still
have Life On Venus Avenue etched in
their minds, or her indelible presence on
MushMusic, Ooh La La, The Ziggy Show,
Sextv and BookTelevision. Well, fans again
have the opportunity to hear her iconic
sultry voice in STARDUST where romance,
passion and fantasy take flight amid
carefully selected love songs. Tune in to
The New AM 740 to witness an older, wiser,
and still completely lovely Ziggy.
BRIAN PEROFF
Brian Peroff is AM 740’s long-serving
music director; responsible for scheduling
and carefully tailoring the wide range of
station music for any of a dozen specialty
shows. He is also the host of the highlyrated FRIDAY NIGHT BANDSTAND - often
called ‘the best oldies show on radio’.
Friday nights from 7pm to 1am, Brian
celebrates the early days of rock’n’roll, from
the mid-50s through the 1960s. Among
the various regular features, including a
countdown of the top songs of a selected
week, a featured artist, and a half-hour
of Elvis Presley’s songs at 9pm. Brian
also hosts the THEATRE OF THE MIND,
weeknights from 10-11pm, where he
spotlights two halfhour shows from
radio’s golden age
- 1930s and 1940s
drama, suspense,
westerns and
comedies.
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On-Air Hosts Bios
CHARLIE DOBBIN
Every Saturday morning, Charlie Dobbin
hosts the THE GARDEN SHOW on The
New AM 740. Charlie is an internationally
known horticulturist and landscape
designer. During her 19-year career, she
has become well-known for her professional
gardening seminars and demonstrations, as
well as for her prolific articles in newspapers
and magazines on the subject.
On HGTV, Charlie co-hosted the very
successful show ONE GARDEN, TWO
LOOKS, and is a popular guest on a
multitude of other television shows where
she dispenses practical and entertaining
gardening tips! In 2002, Charlie started
her own design and horticultural consulting
company, Garden Solutions by Charlie
Dobbin. She is also the Horticultural
Director for Canada Blooms, Toronto’s
celebrated flower and garden festival.
MICHAEL ENGLEBERT
Director Alfred Hitchcock, satirist Stan
Freberg, classical composer Zoltan Kodaly
… broadcaster Michael Englebert has
exclusively interviewed them all. Currently
he hosts APPLAUSE on The New AM
740, Saturdays 4-6pm; the only radio
show featuring the best in Broadway and
film music.
For the past 43 years, Michael’s
broadcasts have been heard across the
country from Victoria to Montreal. He is
particularly known for his comprehensive
entertainment coverage and reviews. In
fact, for over two decades, Michael was
heard on Air Canada’s in-flight audio,
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announcing and producing programs about
stage musicals and classical music. There
is no one more versed in the music of
Hollywood, the London Stage and North
American touring shows.
His expertise in Broadway music led to his
position as product manager for BMG Music,
responsible for marketing RCA Victor’s
Broadway music. If you love the music of
The Great White Way, listen to Michael!
MIKE FILEY
Torontonians depend on Mike Filey for
their city’s history. He is an on-air tour guide
as he hosts MIKE FILEY’S TORONTO on
The New AM 740, a show featuring his
extensive expertise in the fascinating history
of his hometown. Mike has researched,
recorded and written more than two dozen
books on various facets of Toronto’s past
and for over 30 years has contributed a
popular column, “The Way We Were”, to
the Sunday Toronto Sun. One of his most
popular books is The TTC Story, the First
75 Years. He also remembers a horse
trough at the corner of Bathurst/Bloor, a
guy named Mirvish running a store along
the street, and seeing the Wizard of Oz
over and over again at the late, lamented
Alhambra Theatre.
Born in Toronto, Mike received a
diploma in Chemical Technology from
Ryerson University.
Following a nineyear stint with the
Ontario Ministry of
the Environment, Mike
radically changed
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Mike Filey continued
his path from 1974-1982 to pursue
event planning and public relations with
the Canadian National Exhibition and
Canada’s Wonderland!
The Fileys – Mike and his wife Yarmila –
live, cut grass, shovel snow, and pay taxes in
the Willowdale area of Toronto.
GENE STEVENS
Gene Stevens is The New AM 740’s
Director of Programming and Operations,
responsible for all aspects of what you hear
on the radio. He is also the co-host of MIKE
FILEY’S TORONTO Sundays from noon to
1pm, where Toronto’s best-known historian
Mike Filey, relates each week’s top stories
from the city’s past. Stevens also hosts his
own nostalgia program Sundays 2-4pm:
VINTAGE FAVOURITES - featuring the
songs of the 1920s, 30s, 40s and 50s.
GEORGE JONESCU
George Jonescu’s favourite music is big
band, bluegrass, and gospel so it is very
fitting that he hosts BIG BAND SUNDAY
NIGHT on The New AM 740.
In September 2010, George will celebrate
60 years in broadcasting! Starting his
career as the host of TEEN TIME, his radio
days have taken him to stations in Montreal,
Sault Ste. Marie, Barrie, and Toronto. About
his work he says, “Being a broadcaster
affords a platform which must always be
used with responsibility and sensibility, if
not, it is an indulgence.”
George is a community man. He gives
his time through the White Cross Centre,
a mental health halfway house in Sault Ste
Marie where he has led a campaign to build
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sports facilities; spoken out for women’s
rights in business and sport; and worked
with young people.
DENIS SNOWDON
The New AM 740’s Scottish lad, Denis
Snowdon was born and educated in
Glasgow, Scotland and immigrated to Oakville
in 1964. Bringing his roots to the airwaves,
Denis launched A LITTLE BREATH OF
SCOTLAND on CHWO and continues its
success on The New AM 740. In 2005, the
show celebrated its 40th anniversary! The
longevity of Denis’ show is an achievement that
very few in the industry can match. Denis was
inducted into the Quarter Century Club of the
Canadian Association of Broadcasters in 1991,
in recognition of his contribution to radio.
As the voice of the annual Fergus Scottish
Festival Military Tattoo, Denis was the
master of ceremonies for the celebration
of Toronto’s 200th birthday. He was also
the narrator in IMMRAMA, a production
by the critically acclaimed Scottish Dance
Company of Canada. For leisure, Denis
travels and loves a good mystery novel.
He lives in Oakville with his wife Denise
and they have three children and three
grandchildren.
FRANK BENSON
Frank Benson hosts Sunday evening’s
RADIO ERIN - a
one hour celebration
of Irish music, from
6-7pm, including the
week’s news and
weekend football
scores.
Owner,Moses Znaimer
Moses Znaimer is
a Canadian media
icon and innovator
internationally
recognized for his
tireless quest to inform,
enrich and engage
our collective spirits.
It is well known that
Moses dramatically
transformed the
aesthetics, the politics,
and the economics of television. In the 1970s,
80s and 90s, his groundbreaking concepts such
as Speaker’s Corner, Videography, Televised
Diversity, and the Streetfront/Studioless operating
system, were at the core of the over 20 popular
and independent Stations and Channels he
co-founded and executive produced, including
Citytv, Bravo! - Canada’s NewsStyleArtsChannel,
SPACE: The Imagination Station, CablePulse24,
Star!, FashionTelevision, Book Television, SexTV,
Canadian Learning Television, not to mention
MuchMusic and MusiquePlus, which served
to define a generation of Canadian youth in
both official languages. Moses’ legacy extends
throughout the broadcast world with ventures
and licenses in Argentina, Colombia, Finland,
and Spain.
Once inspired by youth for youth, Moses is
now defining A New Vision Of Aging for the 14.5
million Canadians 45plus and is creating a media
and advocacy empire to serve this growing and
dominant population segment which he calls
Zoomers – derived from Boomers With Zip!
In December 2007, Moses became the
Executive Director of CARP. With approximately
350,000 members 45plus, CARP is Canada’s
largest and most powerful association for
Zoomer Advocacy, Benefits and Community.
Moses also became the President and CEO of
ZoomerMedia Ltd. (TSX Venture: ZUM) which
publishes ZOOMER magazine, Canada’s
newest lifestyle magazine for men and women
45plus, and produces the ZoomerShow, a twoday consumer show and lifestyle expo featuring
the latest information, products and services for
Zoomers. ZoomerMedia also operates a suite of
e-newsletters and websites including www.CARP.
ca, the social networking site www.zoomers.ca, and
www.50Plus.com, the authoritative Zoomer content
supplier to Yahoo! Canada, MSN Sympatico and
LavalifePrime. In addition, Moses is the proprietor
of English Canada’s only commercial all-classical
radio stations, The New Classical 96.3 FM & 103.1
FM as well as The New AM740 Zoomer Radio. For
10 years, Moses has been the Executive Producer
and Presenter of Toronto’s prestigious annual
ideaCity Conference, and in 2008, introduced the
first CARP Conference, featuring cutting-edge
ideas on aging, longevity and life extension.
Moses is President/Executive Producer of
MZTV P&D, a boutique independent television
production and distribution company; and founder
of the MZTV Museum housing his collection of
vintage television sets, arguably the largest in the
world, encompassing 70 years of North American
visual devices and associated popular culture, some
10,000 objects in all. His rare sets have appeared
at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum, the Canadian
Museum of Civilization in Ottawa/Hull, the Whyte
Museum of the Canadian Rockies in Banff, and most
recently at the Cinémathèque québécoise
in Montreal.
In 2008, Moses was named one of the Top 10
Media Moguls of the past 100 years by Marketing
Magazine. His multiple honours include The
Urban Alliance on Race Relations Diversity Award,
The Human Rights Centre Gold Medal and the
Canadian Council of Christians and Jews Human
Relations Award for his outstanding promotion
of tolerance and a multicultural, multiracial and
multilifestyle Canada; the Queen Elizabeth Golden
Jubilee Medal; the Republic of France’s Chevalier
de L’ordre des Arts et des Lettres; the Jane Jacobs
Lifetime Achievement Award for his visionary and
impactful contribution to the public realm; and
the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award, an
honourary Juno Award recognizing an outstanding
individual who has made an invaluable contribution
to the growth and advancement of the Canadian
music industry.
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Award Winners
The Crystal Awards are the highest recognition of radio
creative and production in Canada presented annually by
the Radio Marketing Bureau at its annual showcase of the
best in advertising for radio from across the country. Entries
are judged on creativity, strength and originality of writing,
production values, and the effectiveness of the message.
The award-winning creative team at AM740 has been
recognized – capturing the Gold Award for “Best Advertising
Campaign in Canada” written and produced by a radio station.
The AM740 Creative team has also been singled out with a
special “Writers Award” for this campaign.