Awwww I love that show.
I first discovered BNW back around 1993 when I was FM-surfing late one night. I stopped on a channel that I could have sworn normally played elevator music. It caught my attention because they were playing Warlock from Ministry. I was ecstatic that I had found a new alternative radio station, as at the time Toronto and Buffalo were reeling from the terrible loss of CFNY 102.5 FM, which had then recently changed format from alternative to garbage...errr....Top 40. Oops did I say that out loud?
I tuned in again the next day and was surprised it had switched back to elevator music. I thought I had got the frequency wrong or something. But then again later that night it switched back to Industrial. I thought maybe one station was going off the air at night and I was picking up another station farther away. It took a couple of days for me to realize it was the same station, but it just had some rather...ummm...drastic...programming swings throughout the day. hehe
But what I thoguht was an Industrial show, instead turned out to be a week-long documentary on the history of Industrial music. Ministry, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, and many others were played that week. I listened with joy for the rest of the week, and then embarked on a decade-long love affair with the show.
My taste in music has narrowed somewhat in the intervening years; now I mostly just listen to big trance artists, like Ferry Corsten, DJ Tiesto, Infected Mushroom, Deep Dish, Armin Van Buuren, etc. But still when I am in my car alone late at night, once in a while I take out the CD and switch from the junk to 94.1 FM to see what new and intesresting wierdness Patti Schmidt is cooking up these days. Like Technojosh said in his post, it's a great trip down memory lane - one that is now almost impossible and non-existant in today's radio world.
BTW, I think BNW just celebrated its twentieth birthday recently.
Also, Laputa, a helpful note - I believe BNW is produced at the CBC regional brodcast facility in Montreal; a beautiful building and a sprawling complex, right on the St. Lawrence Seaway, and 6 blocks down the hill from my best friend's house.
I would suggest you post your request in the Montreal regional section here on the boards, but unfortunately there isn't one. :-( Perhaps if you poked around the internet a bit for some Montreal-based radio message boards, you might get more results.
Cheers!
