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!

The Week of 16-20 March, 2020

Day 2 of my self-imposed isolation: I have caught up on the tv I missed while on vacation and now I'm bingeing Blacklist. Tomorrow I work from home because I was dumb enough to bring my work computer home before I left. I also have my school-work, scrapbooking, and house cleaning to keep me busy. Freezers need defrosting. Taxes need doing. It just never ends.

Naturally, gas has gone down and I can't drive anywhere for 2 weeks.

BUT - I have a full bottle of tequila and two bottles of mix, so I should be ok. 'til the end of the week.

Remember, this social distancing stuff means that a lot of concerts have been canceled, postponed, or delayed. Contests Vancouver wrote a great post about it in this week's newsletter, so sign up for that one and get better information. Suffice it to say, try to win money as opposed to tickets.

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 tix to the Headpins online here.

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 pizza on the Retro Lunch.

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.

Newsletter subscribers can win tix to The Weeknd.

Coast has their Coast Coffee Break contest here. You can win a $50 g/c to one of eight restaurants on the Coast with a grand prize stay at the Tuwanek Hotel and Water's Edge Spa. You need to enter at the Sunshine Coast GM Showroom to win. They'll draw until the 29th of March, one per week.

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 gi/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 passes to the Under the Big Top on the 21st of March online here.

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

Play Amalgamation on Friday mornings to win bragging rights.

Win the best seats in the house until end of March here.

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 put your chance to win a mug (if you win) on Dylan Vs The World. 

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 lunch for up to 10 from Noodlebox.

The Q has brought back Q&A throughout the day (once per show). Guess who the person is and win over $1000. They'll put up the clues on their page so I'm not keeping track. Maybe. The latest update was the 6th, so who knows.

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! 

CFAX - Enter your name online here to be named as a qualifier to see a Canucks game with accommodations. Listen Tuesday and Thursdays mornings at 0815 to see if you qualify and just for that, win a $75 g/c to Glenwood meats!

Morning show has tix for Music of the Emerald Isle.

All Day

Morning Show

98.5 Ocean - Famous Last Lines

1070 CFAX - Music of the Emerald Isle tix

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 - ?

0740 - 100.3 The Q - Q&A

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

1140 - 100.3 The Q - Q&A

1640 - 100.3 The Q - Q&A

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

Happy winning!