For one the gap in styles is too wide to please 4 generations. For another it just busts up the flow: you get pumped on AC/DC, Metallica and Cage the Elephant and then CHOM will toss dogs like Buffalo Springfield, Manfred Mann or Steely Dan. It doesn't work. Like the poster further up wrote: do one or the other and do it well.

But yeah I wish CHOM would throw out all the pre 1976 crap out the door (would love a Power 97/Winnipeg like station). I'm 43, grew up on CHOM and still prefer The Buzz. Let's not forget this is a station that refused to play Nirvana in the early 90s until The Buzz arrived around 1995....

But it was just an effing logo.

the music has gotten way better - way more variety...sorry guys, I was getting a little tired of hearing the guess who play for the last couple of years! It's about time they've changed the morning crew too! Phew!

I wish them well. So far, I'm liking what they're playing..

Of course, I’m CHOM’s demographic – you know, 15-20 years behind the curve and flipping between CHOM and CBC Radio One. They play the same six songs, which means I always know the words and can always sing in the car. With the windows closed, because I’m not cruel.

Ahhh well, more internet radio/podcasts for me.

As for the big fanfare for the arrival of P.J. Stock, well he didn't even show up in studio today, on his first official day! He did two very short telephone hits from some sort of fundraising event he is at in the Laurentians (not apparently a CHOM sponsored event either).

All of the stations will be on a big blitz over the next few weeks as they are into one of the major ratings periods of the year. You'll be seeing lots of ads in newspapers, TV, etc. and lots of contests and giveaways. It's the typical "don't impress them with your programming but draw them in by giving stuff away" approach.

I have Sirius and I can tell you they do an amazing job on their Classic Rock channels, as well as their Alt Nation channel. Stuff you'll never hear on CHOM.

Well, that's trying to get back people like me that have been listening to the Buzz for a decade now. I don't think they'll play enough to get me to switch back in any case.

And you've never heard of 30 Seconds to Mars? Really? I thought they had become mainstream considering their mediocre attempt at anthem music (i.e. "Kings and Queens")

When I lived in Montreal in the early- to mid-90's, it was all Supertramp and late 70's/early 80's Rush and a little bit o' Zeppelin thrown in for good measure. I recall the first few weeks when 99.9 The Buzz opened for business in '96(?), it was the most amazing breath of fresh air.

Last time I listened to CHOM - about 3 years ago - it was music from the early- to mid-90's. So, they're always about 15-20 years behind the curve.

I'm sure it fills a market niche so, you know, good for them. I'm just wondering who out there really loves CHOM. I've often wondered (mostly) early 40's anglophones listen to it because they have nowhere else to go on the radio dial and it's music from when they were in their late teens/early 20's.