“CANADA CALLING” TURNS 45
Over the years, Canadians travelling to Florida and Arizona during the winter have made it a habit of tuning in the network radio show Canada Calling, a daily link with news from home. This Monday morning, the show will celebrate…
How Florida gets good news on our bad weather
Airports packed with snarling travelers, kids getting lost returning from school break with Daytona Granny, wretched road conditions, weird politics getting weirder – isn’t the news just great? Don’t you want to hear more of it – if, that is,…
Welcome voice from the North
The longest running radio broadcast in Florida originates from a log home on the shores of Clear Lake. For thousands of hibernating Canadians shielded in the Sunshine State from winter’s mighty blows, Prior Smith is their window “back home.” Each…
Yo! Canada
Radio broadcasts in South Florida help keep visiting Canadians in touch with their snowy homeland. On Hollywood’s Broadwalk, the Labatts beer is cold, the poutine is hot and the barely clad bodies, sautéing in the sun, are abundant. This is…