Somewhere along the way Hayes became Derringer like Dillinger, but different and only slightly less threatening , landed a job in Ottawa, went from there to become a name to reckon with at the mighty K97 in Edmonton and then did some more jumping around, including a spell at Q and as a sportscaster, before settling down at the Toronto heritage FM at the turn of the millennium.
He's been ruling the roost ever since. There have been numerous awards, threats of law suits, a mess of stuff that has only served to increase his brand, and win him unflinching loyalty from his AM drive-time audience. Bill King caught up with the legend in his own time last week.
Surprisingly, we find him almost shy outside of the studio when the red light isn't 'on'. View the discussion thread. Skip to main content. John Derringer John Derringer. Bill King: You sure spoke eloquently about the recent departure of your pal Kim Mitchell from Q after eleven years.
D: No question. He struggled a little bit at first and man when he caught his stride it was a beautiful thing to behold and he kept on getting better and better and better at it. Then it was a process to kind of get rid of that sound. As someone who has been doing this over thirty years there were lots of days I would listen to Kim and learn things because of his ability to be totally natural.
D: You see with Apple and Apple music — music is truly available everywhere. Wi-Fi in cars — pretty well any song you could ever want to hear is pretty much there on your phone — which is pretty incredible when you think about that. The one real thing with a few exceptions radio has going for it is local personality and that does need storytelling.
For music radio the risk we run is not playing any music and going too much towards the personality and then you have a harder time establishing the station's identity. I think we are kind of feeling our way here as is everybody else.
K: You have to be topical — like this morning you were talking about big money actors. How do you know what amount of time to allot to this before getting back to the music? So often you hear people get to that point and reach a good crescendo and then they kind of go back and belabour the point again. Those are the ones you have to admit went too long. Q made a big deal about securing Howard Stern as its morning show host in , although as a listener I was never into his schtick.
Give me great music and a personality I can relate to between songs, one who will also tell me the local information I need to get through my commute. My music taste may lean more alternative, but I thought it was always cool how Derringer would interact with callers about a concert that happened the night before.
Derringer has seen new technology threaten the only livelihood he has ever really known. CD players and satellite radio in cars were supposed to have sounded the death knell for traditional terrestrial radio DJs like him. Anyone can read Conversations, but to contribute, you should be registered Torstar account holder. If you do not yet have a Torstar account, you can create one now it is free.
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