COMMENTARY: The spring radio ratings - or how the S was 1

CLEVER TITLE, HUH? Maybe that’s why I’m writing about the ratings as opposed to participating in them. Who am I? A 30 year veteran of nearly 120 books, and for the last year or so, an interested observer from the sidelines. Okay, here’s a hint. My name rhymes with Mumble Foward. In Toronto the story of the Spring/Winter book was as always, “The AC Domination Continues” - the never-changing saga of Adult Contemporary music and its’ strangle-hold on tuning. CHFI, EZ-Rock, CHUM FM (Hot AC blend) and MIX Fm add up to nearly 25%! I’ve wondered for years why this...