We scheduled a meeting for the following Monday at noon – July 4. It’s really a small price to pay to be among your people. 2013. It gave me a new appreciation of where I come from. Spalding gave me his card (asking me to call him before I tweet next time), paid for my lunch (the next one will be on me – I want to try to have at least some journalistic ethics here) and gave me two hours of his time – even pushing back a conference call so he could give me a few extra minutes. That said, if Marier’s only demand was that he get paid the same salary, it’s hard to be too outraged by it. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply. THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. It was a cute little experiment, but in the end DiMonte was overpriced and underworked, doing a job more suited to someone with less than half his experience. “My show on CHOM was terminated last night.”. Spalding wouldn’t get into what happened in his office, saying he didn’t want to air dirty laundry, but he did say that emotions got the better of both of them. It includes quotes suggesting reconcilation is possible: Spalding: “If Pete called me today and if we could come to terms, we’d make it work. Spalding said she’s a “clear candidate” for the morning show co-host, but there’s no lock on it. He says he has lots of work to do as “a morning man trying to make a mark in a city of 1.2 million people and 18!! Before some of you start dreaming of a Terry & Ted reunion, the Birdman tells me that “convincing me to uproot my family and move 3,500km would take Terry money, and they already spent the Terry money on Terry.”.

Heather Backman, who was once with CHOM’s sister station Virgin Radio 96, will serve as a co-host beginning Jan. 16. I asked him what he’ll be doing with all the extra time he has. I consider myself a very lucky man to be back here. I’ll try to do better in the future. And as a special related bonus, the 1972 Barrie Howells film Trafficopter, which follows CJAD traffic reporter Len Rowcliffe high above the city. Unfortunately for Marier, this kind of thing blows over. He’s still hosting his morning show in Calgary. A group that includes popular radio man Terry DiMonte, of CHOM-FM, has invested $1.5 million to open a restaurant in a West Island heritage landmark, reports the Montreal Gazette. “He was in our long-term plans,” Spalding said. newsletter, Restaurant's owners hope to revitalize Pointe-Claire Village [Montreal Gazette], Get the Scoop on Every New Montreal Restaurant, Ex-Queue de Cheval Team To Get Casual in Griffintown, Radio Man Terry DiMonte Partners in $1.5 Million West Island Restaurant, Das Joins the Ranks of Montreal Food Trucks With Restaurants, The Owners of Pumpui Are Planning a New Family-Style Thai Restaurant for St-Hubert Street, Sushi Momo Creator Brings Mexican Street Food That Is ‘Not Tacos’ to the Plateau, Weekend Police Blitz at Quebec Bars and Restaurants Yields 90 Tickets, Little Italy Is Now Home to Montreal’s First Caspian and Caucasus-Inspired Restaurant. But details on such things as who his cohosts would be and what happens to the rest of the schedule were kept under wraps until Monday when DiMonte started his first show. I’d never mentioned his name on Twitter. Status: Bistro Pointe-Claire, 252 Lakeshore, Pointe-Claire, (514) 630-5500, now open weekdays for lunch and dinner, weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. I, in turn, asked Spalding to apologize on my behalf to CHOM’s promotions department, an apology I repeat here. Despite their falling out, Spalding had nothing but praise for Marier’s talent and said it was unfortunate that he wouldn’t accept Astral’s offer. Spalding said the new salary figure, which he wouldn’t specify but said was nowhere near a 50% pay cut, was “very competitive” for an afternoon host in this market, and that even if it’s less than what he would make in mornings, it’s higher than what he made the last time he was doing the afternoon drive show. DiMonte allows that one of the reasons Q107 lured him to Calgary was that it wasn’t a ratings powerhouse. In any case, it’ll come before Jan. 9. I’m really sorry he left.”, DiMonte also denied that Astral is breaking the bank to bring him home (he denied similar rumours about the kind of money he was supposed to be making in Calgary).