{"version":"https:\/\/jsonfeed.org\/version\/1","title":"Captain's Log","home_page_url":"https:\/\/www.cfqr600.com\/about-us\/blogs\/captains-log\/","feed_url":"https:\/\/www.cfqr600.com\/about-us\/blogs\/captains-log\/json","description":"The Program Director shares thoughts about CFQR and radio","items":[{"id":"o1755-2133-6a53bd750957f","url":"https:\/\/www.cfqr600.com\/about-us\/blogs\/captains-log\/post\/captains-log-1\/","title":"Captain\u2019s Log #1","date_published":"2026-07-12T04:00:00+00:00","summary":"The AM Laboratory\u2014Making Radio Fun Again","content_html":"

Welcome to the very first entry of the Captain’s Log.<\/span><\/h1>\n\n

This blog exists for a simple reason: to pull back the curtain and share the work, the passion, and the exact direction we are taking with this station. If you love radio, or if you’ve forgotten why you used to love it, this is for you.<\/p>\n\n

Let’s start with the elephant in the room: the state of AM radio in 2026.<\/b><\/p>\n\n

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In today’s digital, hyper-streamed world, the AM band can be hard to find. It’s ignored by car manufacturers, crowded with static, and written off by many as a relic of the past. But where others see a dying medium, we see something entirely different: a laboratory.<\/b><\/p>\n\n

We are using the AM dial as a testing ground to explore what is still possible on the airwaves.<\/p>\n\n

Moving Beyond Just Nostalgia<\/h3>\n\n

It is incredibly easy to get trapped in pure nostalgia—to look back at the "golden years" and just try to replicate a museum piece. That is not<\/i> what we are doing here.<\/p>\n\n

We aren't trying to reinvent the radio wheel. Instead, we want to bring back the exact core ingredient that made Top-40 radio so electric and essential during the 60s, 70s, and 80s: the human connection.<\/b><\/p>\n\n

We want to explore the notion that local, living radio personalities and great music don't just coexist—they blend together to make listening genuinely fun.<\/p>\n\n

Breaking the "10-in-a-Row" Grind<\/h3>\n\n

Corporate radio has spent the last few decades stripping the life out of the airwaves. They gave us the sterile, pre-recorded "10 in a row without talk" format. It's safe, it's predictable, and honestly? It's boring. If people just want continuous music without a human voice, they have playlists for that.<\/p>\n\n

We are actively striving away from that lifeless format. We want:<\/p>\n\n

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    Real Personalities:<\/b> Local voices who live in the community, share your day, and actually talk with<\/i> you, not at you.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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    Energy and Excitement:<\/b> The fast-paced, high-energy curation that kept you glued to your dashboard or transistor radio decades ago.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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    A Reason to Listen:<\/b> Creating a destination on the dial where you tune in because you don't want to miss what might happen next.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    We want to give people a reason to actively seek out the AM band again. If the content is compelling, fun, and alive, listeners will find it.<\/p>\n\n

    Let's Do It Together<\/h3>\n\n

    Can it be done? Can we bring the magic and momentum of classic Top-40 back to life in 2026 on the AM band?<\/p>\n\n

    We think it can. But we aren't doing it in a vacuum. This is a journey, a grand experiment, and we want you right there with us in the laboratory.<\/p>\n\n

    Let's try it together. Turn the dial, lock it in, and let's make radio fun again.<\/p>\n\n

    The Captain<\/i><\/p>\n\n

    daniel@cfqr600.com<\/p>","image":"https:\/\/mmo.aiircdn.com\/1755\/6a53b9ff5a7b3e4f873.jpg","author":{"name":"Daniel Coulombe"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.cfqr600.com\/_app_pages\/stations\/5807\/blogs\/posts\/85703"}]}