The Week of 4-8 May 2020

May the 4th be with you (and also with you, hah). Don't forget about the revenge of the 5th either...

At any rate, I haven't put up any contests because... well... there hasn't really BEEN any contests to talk about. What there is I put onto the page for you to check out when I see it.

Just an update about our weekly lotto ticket: So I've changed the rules slightly because people were 'liking' the post a LONG time after the ticket had been confirmed a winner or loser. This meant to me, had a ticket BEEN a winner, someone could have joined in on the winnings without being one of the gang, so to say. I've decided that by ensuring those who make the cut-off time (6pm PST) on Friday, THOSE are the regulars who have joined in since the beginning and cheer me up with the funny gifs, nice words, and cute emojis I see each week. YOU are the people I hope will win and share in a giant jackpot that will come out way soon.

Ok, let's see what we can win this week (if anything) shall we?

Nanaimo

The Wolf has a new sign-in for the Wolf Pack. You only sign in once and you're good to go after that, no more putting in all the info.

They have the Rock Request Lunch for a $25 g/c to Smitty's.

They've brought back Marshall's Music Mess on Tuesday's morning show. I think.

Win something nice for your mum. Go online here ASAP to enter.

The Wave has also updated their prize winning info.

You could win a gift card to Ricky's on the last Friday of every month. Enter here for a $100 g/c. Maybe.

Win the same nice present for your mum from the Wave here.

Coast has no contests running right now.

All Day

Morning Show

102.3 The Wave - Morning Buzz Rewind?
106.9 The Wolf - Marshall's Music Mess (Tuesdays only)?

Midday Show

102.3 The Wave - Retro Lunch - pizza from La Carciofi?
106.9 The Wolf - Retro Lunch - g/c to Smitty's?

Afternoon Show

102.3 The Wave - Ricky's 5 at 5?
102.3 The Wave - Fun Facts $25 g/c?

Evening Show

Daily Schedule

1200 - 1300 - 102.3 The Wave Retro Lunch - pizza

1700 - 102.3 The Wave - Ricky's 5 at 5?

Duncan

Juice has Fearless Female Friday. You can nominate your fearless female and on Friday they may get chosen during the midday show and win a cool price. Nominate her here.

Nominate someone from the community for a Radio Hug. They will win a $25 g/c to Just Jakes. Nominate that person here.

Daily Schedule

0720 - Nearly Impossible Question?
1500 - 1600 - Common Thread?

Victoria 

Virgin 

Listen at 7:20 on the morning show for the 5 in 10 to win... something...?

On afternoons listen to Bailey to find out What's Trending. Then, on Monday's afternoon show you can win $100 to the Waddling Dog.

Nominate a frontline worker for a stay at the Bayside Oceanfront Resort here.

Ocean 

March's Ocean 25th Birthday prize is a $600 g/c to spend at 10 Acres restaurant! Enter online here.

Nominate a frontline worker here AND on the Facebook page to win 5 free meals from WOLF Meal Prep.

The morning show has Famous last Lines to win cool prizes.

Play Amalgamation on Friday mornings to win bragging rights.

JACK only has a landing page where you can listen to them. I'll keep checking to see if they ever put up a contest page, but so far... no joy. Apparently they do have on-air contests, but they don't put them online.

Apparently they were doing Grand in Your Hand too, but I don't know if it's still going on this week.

The Zone 

The morning zone has a $100 g/c to Save On for you and one to pay forward.

The midday zone has a $100 g/c to Save On for you and one to pay forward.ng but it's not online yet.

The afternoon zone has a $100 g/c to Save On for you and one to pay forward.

The evening zone has nothing showing.

The app has nothing showing.

The Q has asked you to nominate a deserving frontline worker who will win $100 to Save On Foods every morning. Do that here.

This week on Money in a Minute and on the Polka Monster you can win God knows what because there's NOTHING showing on the contest page.

CFAX - Nothing. Not. A. Thing.

All Day

Morning Show

Midday Show

Afternoon Show

107.3 Virgin - What's Trending

Evening Show 

Daily Schedule

0715 - Money in a Minute - Cash and ?
0720 - 107.3 Virgin - 5 in 10 - ?

0815 - 100.3 The Q - Polka Monster - ?
0815 - 91.3 The Zone - Dylan Vs The World Trivia - Mug

Keep your ears open and I'll try to do the same.

Happy winning!

The Week of 30 March - 3 April 2020

Yesterday was my first day out of the house in two weeks. OMG it was glorious! What did I do? I went to the post office. I dropped off a mug I picked up in Disneyland to a friend (social distancing observed) with a bit of a convo there. I went grocery shopping - that was an experience! No TP. No flour (except in the Organic section, so there's a hack for ya maybe). Limits on soup (?!) and granola bars (!?) and bread. Then I hit the cold beer & wine store for fortifications, and back to the post office before heading home. 3 hours round trip. 

And tomorrow, I'll need to go out and get milk, so I'm going out again for a bit if I can. I mean, I'm still working (10 minutes on, 50 off), tutoring the kids for their work, and making sure they hit their zoom meetings/lessons. So it's not like I'm swanning about or anything.

But it sure is great to go out if I need to. Even if the weather is shitty.

I hope you're all taking care, staying home unless you're out for bare necessities, and keeping busy. I'm an only child and a latchkey kid from GenX, so this is something I've been good at for a very long time. It's okay. It'll get easier. One day at a time.

Nanaimo

The Wolf has a new sign-in for the Wolf Pack. You only sign in once and you're good to go after that, no more putting in all the info.

They have the Rock Request Lunch for a $25 g/c to Smitty's.

They've brought back Marshall's Music Mess on Tuesday's morning show. I think.

Win a $100 to Ricky's on the last Friday of the month in the midday show. Enter online here.

The Wave has also updated their prize winning info.

You could win a gift card to Ricky's on the last Friday of every month. Enter here for a $100 g/c. Maybe.

Listen to the 5 at 5 on the afternoon show to win a $25 g/c to Ricky's. Also, listen for the fun fact of the day and you could get a $25 g/c to Minnoz Restaurant. Maybe. It's not showing so who knows.

Coast has no contests running right now.

All Day

Morning Show

102.3 The Wave - Morning Buzz Rewind?
106.9 The Wolf - Marshall's Music Mess (Tuesdays only)?

Midday Show

102.3 The Wave - Retro Lunch - pizza from La Carciofi?
106.9 The Wolf - Retro Lunch - g/c to Smitty's?

Afternoon Show

102.3 The Wave - Ricky's 5 at 5?
102.3 The Wave - Fun Facts $25 g/c?

Evening Show

Daily Schedule

1200 - 1300 - 102.3 The Wave Retro Lunch - pizza

1700 - 102.3 The Wave - Ricky's 5 at 5?

Duncan

Juice has Fearless Female Friday. You can nominate your fearless female and on Friday they may get chosen during the midday show and win a cool price. Nominate her here.

Nominate someone from the community for a Radio Hug. They will win a $25 g/c to Just Jakes. Nominate that person here.

Daily Schedule

0720 - Nearly Impossible Question?
1500 - 1600 - Common Thread?

Victoria 

Virgin 

Listen at 7:20 on the morning show for the 5 in 10 to win... something...?

On afternoons listen to Bailey to find out What's Trending. Then, on Monday's afternoon show you can win $100 to the Waddling Dog.

Ocean 

March's Ocean 25th Birthday prize is a $600 g/c to spend at 10 Acres restaurant! Enter online here.

Grand in Your Hand isn't showing anymore, but I'll listen Monday just in case. Win a Grand in your Hand by texting the code word to 555-555 (which means you're competing against all the other radio stations in NS, ONT, MAN, AB, and BC also playing this game) at 8, 11, 2, and 5. You have 15 minutes to qualify. I'll do my best to listen and put it up on Facebook and Twitter for you to, with the cut-off time. It may be a long shot, but hey, you can't win if you don't play!

The morning show has Famous last Lines to win cool prizes.

Play Amalgamation on Friday mornings to win bragging rights.

JACK only has a landing page where you can listen to them. I'll keep checking to see if they ever put up a contest page, but so far... no joy. Apparently they do have on-air contests, but they don't put them online.

Apparently they were doing Grand in Your Hand too, but I don't know if it's still going on this week.

The Zone 

The morning zone has Pol and Jenny this week. No contests at all. No shows means no tickets to win I guess. 

The midday zone has something but it's not online yet.

The afternoon zone has something but it's not online yet.

The evening zone has nothing showing.

The app has $200 cash for you to win.

The Q has old stuff showing. The website update person must be working from home without a work computer...

This week on Money in a Minute and on the Polka Monster you can win God knows what because there's NOTHING showing on the contest page. FFS.

Enter here to win your kid to be a Junior Sportscaster for the Shamrocks!  Or maybe not because things are all cancelled right?!

On the app starting next week, you could win Bachman Cummings tix for the July concert (if it's still happening).

CFAX - Nothing. Not. A. Thing.

All Day

Morning Show

98.5 Ocean - Famous Last Lines?

Midday Show

Afternoon Show

107.3 Virgin - What's Trending

Evening Show 

Daily Schedule

0715 - Money in a Minute - Cash and ?
0720 - 107.3 Virgin - 5 in 10 - ?

0800 - 98.5 Ocean - Grand in Your Hand code word?

0815 - 100.3 The Q - Polka Monster - ?
0815 - 91.3 The Zone - Dylan Vs The World Trivia - Mug

1100 - 98.5 Ocean - Grand in Your Hand code word

1400 - 98.5 Ocean - Grand in Your Hand code word

1700 - 98.5 Ocean - Grand in Your Hand code word

Keep your ears open and I'll try to do the same.

Happy winning!

The Week of 23-27 March 2020

Bit of a rant ahead: Well, well, well... Day 10 of my self-imposed isolation and my how the world has changed in the past week! Mind you, there are still dummies out there who are going about business as usual - meeting up with friends and their kids at playgrounds or on the beach, hanging out at coffee shops and bakeries. 

SERIOUSLY?! SHAKE YOUR FUCKING HEADS!!

If you are one of those who don't think there's any reason to physically distance yourself from others, then you are part of the problem and the reason why the human race is doomed.

This virus doesn't care who you are. Doesn't care how much money make or not. Doesn't care where you live. Doesn't care what you do for a living or not. Doesn't care what you drive, who you wear, what purse you carry, how long your fucking nails are, how long your beard is, or where your kids go to school. Doesn't care how old you are.

It WILL get you. It WILL get your kids. It WILL get your friends. It WILL get your parents. It WILL get your grandparents. It WILL get the people you interact with EVERY day if you don't stop going out unless necessary. 

Just a note: groceries = necessary. Playdates in the park NOT necessary. Sitting and chatting over coffee outside the coffeehouse NOT necessary (pro tip: that's why it was 'to go' in the first place). Picnics on the beach with others VERY NOT necessary!!

Those idiot kids at spring break in FLA? 4 already tested positive for COVID. Italy? People are dying in unheard of numbers. USA? Tests done a week ago are coming back positive on an exponential curve straight up! BC Ferries workers testing positive. This is not a joke. Not a hoax. Not the 'flu'. Not a 'cold'. It will stop you from breathing. Breathing is important for living. My father died because he didn't get a flu shot, got sick and couldn't keep his meds down, then refused to go to the hospital. I know how this can get serious quickly, and we don't have a vaccine!

You MUST stay home if you can. You MUST reduce the risk to yourself and to others - wear gloves when shopping - and then put the gloves in the garbage, not on the ground (yes, there are asshats doing that. They're the ones who don't put their carts back either). You MUST wash your hands after touching ANYTHING. 

Imagine your hands have been dipped in glitter. Then you touch your phone, your face, the door knob, the car keys, the car handle, the steering wheel. But you put your gloves on so the shopping cart (wiped down with the handy wipe that's there), ALL the food you get, the bank card, the shopping bags (which you can't bring your own anymore btw, so we're back to plastic and paper again) are all reasonably safe, but as you breathe on things and people in the store, the glitter on your face goes onto those people and things too. When you take your gloves off, glitter explodes EVERYWHERE while you put them in the garbage because you don't know how to take them off properly. There's still glitter stuck on your hands though, so you again drive home, transfer to the door knob, the bags, the food as you put it away. And THEN you wash your hands. 

Wash. Your. Hands. Wipe down keyboards, mice, doorknobs, light switches, bannisters, stove and oven knobs and buttons, dishwasher buttons, fridge door handles, freezer handles, drawer and cupboard pulls. Wipe down in & outside car door handles, steering wheel.

Stop putting yourself and others at risk. And do it 'until'. Until we don't have to anymore. BC has more illnesses than Ontario and we're a smaller province by population! Our health care system can't treat those infections AND people in car accidents, or other catastrophic injuries at the same time.

I know it sucks. It's shitty for people in abusive homes. It's shitty for families with end-of-life patients in their hearts who may not be allowed to see them. It's shitty for the immunocompromised who can't defend against the common cold, never mind this! It's shitty for kids who don't get food unless they're at school. It's generally shitty at different levels for us all. 

But we can get through the shitty by working together to stop this shitty virus in its tracks until it either dies off on its own or we get a vaccine. 

Okay. Rant off. I know you, gentle reader, are doing all the right things. Please set the example and lead others to doing the right things too.

Nanaimo

The Wolf has a new sign-in for the Wolf Pack. You only sign in once and you're good to go after that, no more putting in all the info.

They have the Rock Request Lunch for a $25 g/c to Smitty's.

They've brought back Marshall's Music Mess on Tuesday's morning show. I think.

Win a $100 to Ricky's on the last Friday of the month in the midday show. Enter online here.

Win passes to A Night of Bowie, and Clippers tix plus a chance at $250 to NYLA Fresh Thread in the newsletter.

The Wave has also updated their prize winning info.

You could win a gift card to Ricky's on the last Friday of every month. Enter here for a $100 g/c.

Listen to the 5 at 5 on the afternoon show to win a $25 g/c to Ricky's. Also, listen for the fun fact of the day and you could get a $25 g/c to Minnoz Restaurant. Maybe. It's not showing so who knows.

Newsletter subscribers can win tix to The Weeknd.

Coast has no contests running right now.

All Day

Morning Show

102.3 The Wave - Morning Buzz Rewind?
106.9 The Wolf - Marshall's Music Mess (Tuesdays only)?

Midday Show

102.3 The Wave - Retro Lunch - pizza from La Carciofi?
106.9 The Wolf - Retro Lunch - g/c to Smitty's?

Afternoon Show

102.3 The Wave - Ricky's 5 at 5?
102.3 The Wave - Fun Facts $25 g/c?

Evening Show

Daily Schedule

1200 - 1300 - 102.3 The Wave Retro Lunch - pizza

1700 - 102.3 The Wave - Ricky's 5 at 5?

Duncan

Juice has Fearless Female Friday. You can nominate your fearless female and on Friday they may get chosen during the midday show and win a cool price. Nominate her here.

Nominate someone from the community for a Radio Hug. They will win a $25 g/c to Just Jakes. Nominate that person here.

Win a spa prize pack before the 29th of March. Enter online here every day.

Daily Schedule

0720 - Nearly Impossible Question?
1500 - 1600 - Common Thread?

Victoria 

Virgin 

Listen at 7:20 on the morning show for the 5 in 10 to win... something...?

The station is offering candy basket to lucky offices. Enter online here.

On afternoons listen to Bailey to find out What's Trending. Then, on Monday's afternoon show you can win $100 to the Waddling Dog.

Ocean 

March's Ocean 25th Birthday prize is a $600 g/c to spend at 10 Acres restaurant! Enter online here.

Win a Grand in your Hand by texting the code word to 555-555 (which means you're competing against all the other radio stations in NS, ONT, MAN, AB, and BC also playing this game) at 8, 11, 2, and 5. You have 15 minutes to qualify. I'll do my best to listen and put it up on Facebook and Twitter for you to, with the cut-off time. It may be a long shot, but hey, you can't win if you don't play!

The morning show has Famous last Lines to win cool prizes.

Play Amalgamation on Friday mornings to win bragging rights.

JACK only has a landing page where you can listen to them. I'll keep checking to see if they ever put up a contest page, but so far... no joy. Apparently they do have on-air contests, but they don't put them online.

The Zone 

The morning zone has Pol and Jenny this week. No contests at all. No shows means no tickets to win I guess. 

The midday zone has something but it's not online yet.

The afternoon zone has something but it's not online yet.

The evening zone has nothing showing.

The app has $200 cash for you to win.

The Q has old stuff showing. The website update person must be working from home without a work computer...

This week on Money in a Minute and on the Polka Monster you can win God knows what because there's NOTHING showing on the contest page. FFS.

Enter here to win your kid to be a Junior Sportscaster for the Shamrocks!  Or maybe not because things are all cancelled right?!

On the app starting next week, you could win Bachman Cummings tix for the July concert (if it's still happening).

CFAX - Nothing. Not. A. Thing.

All Day

Morning Show

98.5 Ocean - Famous Last Lines?

Midday Show

Afternoon Show

107.3 Virgin - What's Trending

Evening Show 

Daily Schedule

0715 - Money in a Minute - Cash and ?
0720 - 107.3 Virgin - 5 in 10 - ?

0800 - 98.5 Ocean - Grand in Your Hand code word

0815 - 100.3 The Q - Polka Monster - ?
0815 - 91.3 The Zone - Dylan Vs The World Trivia - Mug

1100 - 98.5 Ocean - Grand in Your Hand code word

1400 - 98.5 Ocean - Grand in Your Hand code word

1700 - 98.5 Ocean - Grand in Your Hand code word

Keep your ears open and I'll try to do the same.

Happy winning!