Radio / Television News

Former T.O. morning men crack open a pod

VANCOUVER and SOMEWHERE IN TEXAS - The southern Ontario radio industry has been buzzing the past couple of weeks over the re-emergence of Jesse and Gene. Once a formidable Toronto morning duo during the 1980s and ’90s, the pair “just got fired a lot” and have long since left behind the grind of daily radio for other pastures, Gene Valaitis told www.cartt.ca last week. But what has people taking notice is jesseandgene.com, their new podcast web site, replete with bits about their past (find the window-wetting pod to get an, er, taste) and new podcasts with interviews and current topics...