1050 CHUM Toronto My favourite radio station

[@jamiecottle5850]

The Mighty CHUM! Enjoyed this.

[@BobbyGass5]

It played a large part of my musical life Jamie. I grew up with it in the 50s and 60s. Cheers.

[@andywood5699]

We always had to go down to the EX and see Ronnie Hawkins. My brother was a huge fan but we all liked Ronnie.

[@BobbyGass5]

Yeah Ronnie was a pistol, loud and gregarious. He had a million stories. The Hawk was the one that brought R&R to Canada and put it in our bars and nightclubs...

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

My six transistor radio was tuned to CHUM 1050 constantly..I had a Chum Bug Card!!! Jungle Jay, Bob McADorey, Brian Skinner and my favourite Chum DJ Dave Johnson…What memories..thanks Bobby❤👍glen

[@BobbyGass5]

LOL.. Yeah us Toronto guys remember this radio station big time Glen. It was a part of our lives. I visited it a couple of times looking to score a record or two. Sometimes they'd have a couple of doubles and they'd give them away. You had to ask though.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

@@BobbyGass5 it was always the first stop inside the Princess Gates during the Exhibition. Check to see if your Chum Bug Card number was on the list..I used to stand there and watch the DJ’s..

[@BobbyGass5]

@@GlenKellawayfromthebasement LOL... My old man corrected me on this point. We all call it the Princess Gates but in actuality it's called the Prince's Gate. Prince's not Princesses, Pop was a stickler about that. I got a picture of my Dad holding me and he's standing outside the Prince's Gate in 1949. I was only 5 months old. You had a Chum Bug card? You still got it Glen? Show it some time if you do. I've got maybe a half dozen chum charts from the 60s is all I have for remembrances... Cheers.

[@GlenKellawayfromthebasement]

@@BobbyGass5 I learned something..The Prince’s Gates..who knew..I do not have my card..Sure wish I did..

[@Paneeks1960]

Robert is also a big fan of CHUM. I have to admit. I miss the old vibes from some of the terrestrial radio stations here in Boston. They are all gone except for the classic rock stations. Dick Clark really got around. He was known throughout the world. The fifties and sixties music scene was huge. But to me the seventies was thee decade. Thanks to the concert announcements on WBCN I was able to run up and grab tickets at the local Sears department store. After getting Floyd tickets in 1977 the line was around the whole floor. I miss those days. Do you miss the classic terrestrial radio days Bobby? Rob/Boston

[@BobbyGass5]

Yes I miss the vibe from the old R&R radio stations Rob.. A transistor radio used to attract a crowd back in them days. It was something you could share just by listening. Until the radio stations went to 50,000 watts it was tough getting decent reception outside of not many miles from the transmitter. When on a long drive you'd eventually lose the station you were listening to on the car radio and have to hunt the dial for a station within range that played R&R. That was always kinda fun. Smile.

[@robertharrison2.055]

summer 1966'' sittin on the front porch. transister radio . chum radio .

[@BobbyGass5]

The good ol days.

[@robertharrison2.055]

@@BobbyGass5 yes '' i had them for a while .

[@robertharrison2.055]

@@BobbyGass5 yes '' the best of times ' i'm still looking for 45s that made the chum chart . i know i will never finish .

[@jamesstephenpeyton3305]

CHUM by day WOWO by night in my Collingwood, Ont. bedroom

[@BobbyGass5]

Radio was all us kids had back then. It was the best radio going though...

[@jamesstephenpeyton3305]

Grab your Chumbrella, rain on the way.

[@BobbyGass5]

LOL... Chumbrella...

[@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147]

I did not get this station in NE. It sounds quite entertaining and obviously a young Bobby was tuned in

[@BobbyGass5]

I'm a radio guy Steve. I grew up listening to an awful lot of music, news and sports on radios... Still do as a matter of fact. Cheers.

[@L.E.55472]

CHUM!!! dig it......morning B☕️✊🏻

[@BobbyGass5]

I had to pay tribute to the radio station I grew with. I just had to...

[@L.E.55472]

@@BobbyGass5 absolutely

[@L.E.55472]

@@BobbyGass5 heading out to aaaaaaaa ....later B✊🏻👋🏻

[@BobbyGass5]

@@L.E.55472 LOL

[@Jotinko]

Were you a REALLY a big fan of Chum because I used to always hear a song I've been looking for, for YEARS that only appeared on Chum and no other oldie Station and no one seems to recognize it.

[@BobbyGass5]

I grew up with Chum from about 1958. I'm 73 years old so CHUM and Dave Mickey at CKEY were what us teenagers listened to back then. Great memories. I bet if you played the song for me I'd know it.

[@Jotinko]

Ok. The lyrics start out as “ Oh babe I know that song” and chorus is “ Oh baby pleeeeese I love you yeah” followed by a piano/drum bit. The singer sounds like Tom Jones but it’s not him.

[@remasteredgems749]

I’m pretty sure, That’s Gotta be, Terry Black & Laurel Ward ( Black & Ward Oh Babe is the name of it. CHUM played it. That record never got Reissued.

[@Jotinko]

@@remasteredgems749 Bro. I LOVE YOU. I've been looking for this song for 15 years.

[@Jotinko]

@@remasteredgems749 I'm like Al Bundy right now when he discovers Anna Hahahahah.