Comments on: Terry DiMonte leaving CHOM for better offer in Calgary http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/ Can you think of a better name? Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:48:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: George Gervin http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-48782 George Gervin Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:25:28 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-48782 God what has happened to Chom morning's with Rob, Ted and Kim. I have really tried to adjust to them...but I can't, Rob is cool, but Ted continually overtalking everyone, he is not at all funny and Kim is becoming more annoying all the time. Am the only one who feels this way? How are the ratings of the show since Terry left? God what has happened to Chom morning’s with Rob, Ted and Kim. I have really tried to adjust to them…but I can’t, Rob is cool, but Ted continually overtalking everyone, he is not at all funny and Kim is becoming more annoying all the time. Am the only one who feels this way? How are the ratings of the show since Terry left?

]]> By: Fagstein » DiMonte to do noon-hour Q92 show from Calgary http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-38722 Fagstein » DiMonte to do noon-hour Q92 show from Calgary Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:53:43 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-38722 [...] announced today that Terry DiMonte, the former CHOM morning man who left for Q107 in Calgary because CHOM wasn’t prepared to offer him a long-term contract, will return to Montreal’s airwaves starting Sept. 8 with a noon-hour talk/music show on [...] [...] announced today that Terry DiMonte, the former CHOM morning man who left for Q107 in Calgary because CHOM wasn’t prepared to offer him a long-term contract, will return to Montreal’s airwaves starting Sept. 8 with a noon-hour talk/music show on [...]

]]> By: Fagstein » Terry DiMonte’s secure financial future http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-20825 Fagstein » Terry DiMonte’s secure financial future Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:34:23 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-20825 [...] recall DiMonte left CHOM FM here in November for a financially secure job at Q107 which pays him (according to the Herald’s sources) a [...] [...] recall DiMonte left CHOM FM here in November for a financially secure job at Q107 which pays him (according to the Herald’s sources) a [...]

]]> By: BL http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-17161 BL Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:15:07 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-17161 Welcome to Calgary Terry!! I listened to you while growing up in montreal and now I'll listen to you here in Calgary, my home for the past 15 years. As Montreal as..... Welcome to Calgary Terry!!

I listened to you while growing up in montreal and now I’ll listen to you here in Calgary, my home for the past 15 years.

As Montreal as…..

]]> By: Stephanie http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-12685 Stephanie Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:49:05 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-12685 I'm a Calgarian, born and bred under big, blue skies, in the broad shadows of the Rocky mountains. Therefore, I can say this with affection and sincerity: Mr. DiMonte will hopefully add some class and culture to our fair city. Don't get me wrong, I love it here. Calgary is a fast-paced, somewhat frenetic business centre, where fortunes are made in what would seem to be the blink of an eye anywhere else, and it has been *very* good to me, BUT... No one comes to Calgary for the culture. No one comes here for the great food, live music or arts community. No Calgarian, if given the choice, would willingly retire here. No, the reason Calgary exists today is to provide financial security for the future; a future preferably spent on the west coast or in the Okanagan. Unfortunately, in the rush to make great gobs of cash, Calgarians are woefully undersupplied in the cultural niceties Montrealers take for granted. Worse, most Cowtowners don't know any better, or perhaps they just don't care. Much is made of our agricultural heritage, most of which is pure myth. We are, I am ashamed to admit, narrow-minded religionists, who think the gun registry, homosexuality, environmentalism and Ottawa are pure evil. Terry DiMonte will encounter narrow-mindedness, a bumkinish lack of worldliness, and a cultural vacuum, but he'll also get cool, crisp air full of mountain pine. He'll drink the cleanest glacial water, while he contemplates his next walk in the Kananaskis. I hope he skis and I hope he likes steak. Most of all, I hope he likes living here enough to stay for a while. I’m a Calgarian, born and bred under big, blue skies, in the broad shadows of the Rocky mountains. Therefore, I can say this with affection and sincerity: Mr. DiMonte will hopefully add some class and culture to our fair city. Don’t get me wrong, I love it here. Calgary is a fast-paced, somewhat frenetic business centre, where fortunes are made in what would seem to be the blink of an eye anywhere else, and it has been *very* good to me, BUT… No one comes to Calgary for the culture. No one comes here for the great food, live music or arts community. No Calgarian, if given the choice, would willingly retire here. No, the reason Calgary exists today is to provide financial security for the future; a future preferably spent on the west coast or in the Okanagan. Unfortunately, in the rush to make great gobs of cash, Calgarians are woefully undersupplied in the cultural niceties Montrealers take for granted. Worse, most Cowtowners don’t know any better, or perhaps they just don’t care. Much is made of our agricultural heritage, most of which is pure myth. We are, I am ashamed to admit, narrow-minded religionists, who think the gun registry, homosexuality, environmentalism and Ottawa are pure evil. Terry DiMonte will encounter narrow-mindedness, a bumkinish lack of worldliness, and a cultural vacuum, but he’ll also get cool, crisp air full of mountain pine. He’ll drink the cleanest glacial water, while he contemplates his next walk in the Kananaskis. I hope he skis and I hope he likes steak. Most of all, I hope he likes living here enough to stay for a while.

]]> By: k http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-11840 k Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:31:35 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-11840 Thanks for this. I was just googling trying to find Terry's new station and came across you blog. I'm sitting here with Kleenex as I read through some of the columns I missed. I've been listening to Terry for over 20 years and I'll be listening to him tomorrow morning from Calgary. Thanks for this. I was just googling trying to find Terry’s new station and came across you blog.
I’m sitting here with Kleenex as I read through some of the columns I missed.
I’ve been listening to Terry for over 20 years and I’ll be listening to him tomorrow morning from Calgary.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-4862 Anonymous Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:01:35 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-4862 Well Dan good luck. CHOM is about to get more white bread than ever. Putz. Well Dan good luck. CHOM is about to get more white bread than ever. Putz.

]]> By: Dan http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-3968 Dan Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:36:32 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-3968 About time really, CHOM has been stagnant for years. They played rock when it was new and on the 80s they played New Wave and had a progressive cutting edge attitude about music through shows like 'New Music Foundation; and more. They played acts like U2 before they broke big in North America and brought little known acts from the UK and elsewhere to our airwaves. Now it's just regurgitated stale crap. They totally missed what happened to music in the 90s (and yes, there was a lot of good music) which allowed 99.9 the BUZZ to flourish. Now they have no direction and they're the LAST place anyone looks for anything new and interesting on the horizon. A slow paced boring morning show that's not really that funny (I think they laugh more at their own jokes than anyone else) aimed at the 40-60 demongraphic is bound to do what it did today: die. Will they bring back a station that had the spirit of looking for the next new thing or just pump out more 'classic rock' to the same clientele and never attract a new listener ever again? Don;t get me wrong, there nothing wrong with Terry Dimonte as a human being: heart's in the right place, supports his community and a lot of great causes, etc... but that's a CV for a boy scout troop leader, not what CHOM needs to evolve as a music station. At least I'll give it a listen to see if anything changes... About time really, CHOM has been stagnant for years. They played rock when it was new and on the 80s they played New Wave and had a progressive cutting edge attitude about music through shows like ‘New Music Foundation; and more. They played acts like U2 before they broke big in North America and brought little known acts from the UK and elsewhere to our airwaves. Now it’s just regurgitated stale crap. They totally missed what happened to music in the 90s (and yes, there was a lot of good music) which allowed 99.9 the BUZZ to flourish. Now they have no direction and they’re the LAST place anyone looks for anything new and interesting on the horizon. A slow paced boring morning show that’s not really that funny (I think they laugh more at their own jokes than anyone else) aimed at the 40-60 demongraphic is bound to do what it did today: die. Will they bring back a station that had the spirit of looking for the next new thing or just pump out more ‘classic rock’ to the same clientele and never attract a new listener ever again? Don;t get me wrong, there nothing wrong with Terry Dimonte as a human being: heart’s in the right place, supports his community and a lot of great causes, etc… but that’s a CV for a boy scout troop leader, not what CHOM needs to evolve as a music station. At least I’ll give it a listen to see if anything changes…

]]> By: Zoey Castelino http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-3463 Zoey Castelino Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:10:16 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/21/terry-dimonte-leaving-chom/#comment-3463 Word around the media playground is that this if the first of many changes that could happen now that Mix/CHOM and CJAD have new overlords. It seems the winds of change are in fact blowing. Those in the know better hold on to their "before and after" Mix/CHOM/CJAD ballcaps for fear they might blow away. Word around the media playground is that this if the first of many changes that could happen now that Mix/CHOM and CJAD have new overlords. It seems the winds of change are in fact blowing. Those in the know better hold on to their “before and after” Mix/CHOM/CJAD ballcaps for fear they might blow away.

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