Comments on: R.I.P. Mix 96

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:32:11 +0000

WHAT THE FUCK? Most of you who comment on this are idiots cause I don't know about you guys, but when Murray got off 95.9, it was darn cool? Man? I danced around when he moved back to the stupid Q92. Honestly, I loved when it was called Mix 96 back in those days. My mornings would be cool with Andre and Lisa, Nat Lauzon doing her show from 10 to 1..yeah yeah, except for the eighties nineties nooner I get it. Cat Spencer doing the afternoon drive home show yah man? That was really cool. When Andre left the Mix, I was pretty sad, but I liked the fact that they put Cat Spencer in the morning show. Too bad Virgin Radio, you're ratings will drop. Im not gonna listen to Virgin Radio in the mornings and afternoons anymore. Yeah and what the fuck? This nerdy dudette Nikki Balch in the afternoons, screw her! Andrea Colins from 10 to 1, screw her too! And when it will be Freeway and Natasha in the mornings starting on January 3rd, 2012, screw them both! Fuck off! Mark Bergman doing the drive home show was totally awesome and why planned to put Cousin Vinny? Screw Virgin! Only Tony Stark is the best!

By: The one-year-old Virgin – Fagstein

The one-year-old Virgin – Fagstein — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:15:08 +0000

[...] was the first anniversary of Virgin Radio 96, a rebranding of CJFM 95.9 from "Mix 96" to one created by the British and licensed by Astral [...]

By: Murray Sherriffs joins CFQR morning show – Fagstein

Murray Sherriffs joins CFQR morning show – Fagstein — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:12:56 +0000

[...] when you leave Astral, you join Corus, Murray Sherriffs, the popular morning man on Mix 96, who was canned from the station when it rebranded as Virgin Radio in January, will return Monday as the morning news anchor on CFQR 92.5 the Q (formerly Q92). (via [...]

By: Lissa----

Lissa---- — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:11:31 +0000

Virgin radio always plays the same old music and mix 96 had a bit more variety with shows liek rythms international. However the DJ's are not to blame for what gets played. They play what media conglomerates pay them to play.

By: Fagstein » Astral ditches Energie for NRJ

Fagstein » Astral ditches Energie for NRJ — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:43:15 +0000

[...] Media, the folks who decided to bring Virgin Radio branding (and programming) to stations including Montreal’s CJFM 95.9, has decided to do something similar with their French-language Énergie network, dumping that [...]

By: Fagstein » Virgin Radio branding hasn’t helped CJFM’s ratings

Fagstein » Virgin Radio branding hasn’t helped CJFM’s ratings — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:01:01 +0000

[...] and generic) branding to replace it with one they bought form the British, ratings figures since CJFM’s new brand launch in January have shown little change for the [...]

By: Ve

Ve — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:01:33 +0000

The Lounge King on sunday night was the best show on the radio in this city and so unique to montreal and its culture WHY THE HELL would they cancel that show :( summer nights wont be the same anymore BRING BACK THE LOUNGE KING!!

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:41:08 +0000

Both the old Mix96 and the new Virgin plays crap!
Unless of course you like to listen to mindless garbage played over and over and over again.
You see people, the music played on this radio station is NOT music, it's business.
No talent morons like AKON and Beyonce and Rhianna and all these other wannabe hip hop "stars" don't write their songs out of passion and love of music, they write their songs to sell records, to be in the top 10, to generate profits for radio stations and music moguls. It's business, not music.
In the 70's however, when rock groups like YES wrote 32 minute songs and produced double albums with 4 songs on them, it wasn't to be in the top 10. It was to WRITE music, for themselves and for their fans.
I wonder where Beyonce and AKON and brit brit and all these other no-talent idiots will be in 30 years from now.
Is Pink Floyd still being played? Yes. Zeppelin? Yes. Will they still be played 30 years from today? Yes! Why? Cause that was music, written by the soul, for the fans and especially, for creativity and music's sake. Not for T-Shirts and Gossip newspaper spreads. Wake up people!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:42:20 +0000

i dont know but mix 96 music was way better than this virgin crap

By: matt

matt — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:31:09 +0000

mike fm 105.1 fm in the morning. the best in montreal, never mind mix or virgin or whatever the hell they call it now.

By: murray sherriffs

murray sherriffs — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:57:03 +0000

Hi Bruce;

Thanks for the comment you put on Fagstein. ...very cool!! Aaron, Tasso, Suzanne and I had a lot of fun producing our pieces. And having Ted Silver as our Program Manager sure helped the creative process.

Murray

By: bruce

bruce — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:47:41 +0000

I find there is absolutely no difference between the Mix and Virgin except that the best thing they had is gone...aka "Murray".

Q92 and Murray would be wise to make up and get back together again...Murray was brilliant with Aaron!

be a shame to lose a great talent to another city.
-B

By: matt

matt — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:25:26 +0000

same crappy music
same crappy dj's
same crappy station. whats the fu*&^&**ng difference?

By: Fagstein » Cohen on Sherriffs

Fagstein » Cohen on Sherriffs — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:14:04 +0000

[...] morning man Murray Sherriffs in his column this week (where he totally name-drops this blog), about Sherriffs’s departure from the station. It makes it pretty clear that it was the station’s decision to let him go: When Mix [...]

By: Nathalie

Nathalie — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:30:09 +0000

Well, i am sad Murray is gone... i loved to hear his ranting news... it was a touch of personal that is missing now...

By: georgia

georgia — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:29:57 +0000

at least they got rid of kelly alexander and shoved her in some useless slot. she was soooooooo annoying i would turn off my radio whenever she got on.

also murray sherrifs, for the most part was totally douchey.

i find they have moved away from cheezy whicch is good.

By: alibaba

alibaba — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:58:32 +0000

If you actually listen really carefully, it's all self-glorification from virgin enterprises.
What they're doing is cutting back on the playtimes of non-virgin-label artists, and increasing their own.
So expect less r&b, runaway singles, and everything else good.

Smart, but not too smart. 94.7 will slowly increase it's listener territory.

What boggles the mind is WHY they would change the name to something so different....

I'm boycotting it by listening to 94.7, and when feeling down and low, good ol' 99.5!!! YEAH

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:00:25 +0000

I am in Europe right now and was hoping to check in with what was happening in my home city, and I could not find Mix 96 anywhere on google. I cannot believe that Virgin is the name now. It has become a sad day...

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:51:01 +0000

THIS IS SOOOO STUPID

Why replace MONTREAL'S #1 morning show to THIS!!!!

The Fucked it all up!!

By: Chris Lamothe

Chris Lamothe — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:45:00 +0000

Was I the only one who thought Rhythms International was the best thing about driving back to Montreal Sunday night after a weekend out of the city?

Can't say I'll miss Mix 96 (way to round up!) nor am I shocked with YOUR LISTENING TO A STANDARD RADIO STATION! STANDARD! RADIO! STANDARD! the parent company replacing it with the radio equivalent to the copy/paste command.

Montreal, it's like you don't want me to ever come back.