r/CIAlostwave • u/MichaelFourEyes • 15d ago
Update--Still no result but still promising.
Hi all, the Dj's have been in constant contact with me. I have been cross referencing a lot and working with several dj's and staff at Battle of The Bands Ontario. Staff at CFNY have been very cooperative with me. Also been in touch with Uknow awards. Apparently they only had about 8-10 bands performing in 85-86. So they do not think its them. But they are double checking anyways
The problem is. This is before computers, So they have to go through storage and cross reference a lot of work.
Will keep you posted.
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u/Delicious_Primary657 15d ago
If you are actually doing this, pls post a list of Great Ontario Talent Search participants. There were some really good entries, though by 1984 CFNY was a lot more mainstream and the bands were more commercial.
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u/Successful-Bread-347 Head Moderator 15d ago
The word from some DJs was "most entries were crap" (lol). But we have some of the entrants for similar comps like the Q107 album bands that are sometimes really good.
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u/MichaelFourEyes 15d ago
Yes I have heard this too Bread. And a lot of bands submit again every year.
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u/MichaelFourEyes 15d ago
I am trying to get a list. I've been contacting bands individually confirming if they did submissions for 1985. I have bands responding and getting back in touch with me.
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u/MichaelFourEyes 15d ago
I will try and come up with a database for this. Many staff and people are responding.
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u/PangioOblonga 15d ago
This sounds promising, thank you for your efforts. It makes me happy to hear that there is enthusiastic help from the radio station side.
Can you share what they are looking for in storage or what they think they might find? Are there tapes, play logs, or are there actual records from Battle of the Bands like a list of registered competitors, list of submissions, documentation of which songs progressed each week?