To those who are critical of our Seaside FM station, you have the option of changing the station…read more For those of us who enjoy the music and especially the artists' background stories, keep up the good work. Your support of local and emerging Maritime artists is a hallmark of Seaside radio. We have never been denied a PSA for our square dances and for that most grateful. To the announcers, we extend appreciation for your commitment to volunteering with Seaside FM. Cathy L, Queens Co., NS

This station is a joke. The announcers with a few exceptions just seem to rant on and on over…read morestupidity and the weather forecasts are never accurate as stated. Gail Rice and Frank Cameron have to go! They gab on and on instead of playing songs! If I wanted newstalk radio, I'd listen to CBC. Complacent crap all around.

CBC Radio: The high point of Canadian Culture. I'll forever love curling into my reading perch with…read morethe conversations of CBC serving as a solid backdrop. This is a station that has my utmost love and respect. Although times are tough and job cuts have sadly shaken its core, CBC continues to strive for excellence. International and local news are well-conceived, with conversational approach. CBC avoids the fluffy stuff: it delves deep into our country's creative cultural center-point, and gives listeners an enlightened analysis on many topics. Personal stories, interviews, late night overseas broadcasts, skits, music analysis and more... there is always something different on CBC, and I find it a great source of education. A few favourite shows of my own include Sook Yin Lee's "Definitely Not The Opera". "The Q" with Gene Ghomeshi is a great show for music fans, and "Wire Tap" is hilariously good times. I subscribe to a number of CBC podcasts that get me going during a run and a workout. CBC is all around a fantastic Canadian broadcast, and perhaps a dream job of my own. Hats off, as this station keeps everyday thought outside of the box.

My most serious radio relationship is with CBC. Yes it's true, I do engage in the odd tryst with…read moreother more hip stations. But when the makeup comes off and it's me in my jammies with a cup of tea, it's just CBC for me as I curl up, book in hand, with ears primed for listening. I'm all ears when I rise for Maritime Morning. My internal clock seems to always get me moving on the half hour or on the hour, so I'm just on time for a news update. When I'm working around the house, I love listening to the great interviews and debates that are being had over this relevant station's airwaves. The local news is great, and in the evening, it's nice to hear familiar voices giving me the day's details along with a great playlist of contemporary local artists as well as hip international acts. On the weekend, I dial in to hear Brent Bambury along with The Debaters and of course, 'contest nana,' if not solely for the theme song. This is a great station, both for it's local flavor and national programing. The coverage on international events is unparalleled by any other station, and the informative stories sought out by talented journalists are thought provoking and expertly executed. CBC Radio, you're the top daddy for me.

While I don't love the music played on Country 101.9, for the most part I don't mind it, as long as…read moreit's not one of the few songs that is played over and over. More-so, it's the broadcasting that I mind, particularly that of Denyse Sibley. I understand that a lot of listeners like her and that she has done a fair bit in the community, but as a broadcaster, she can sometimes be quite annoying. While broadcasting, she often talks about herself and her social life and can frequently be heard taking cheap shots at her co-worker, Jigger. For these reasons, I find Denyse to come across as arrogant and for the most part do not enjoy her broadcasting.

It's really unfortunate that Halifax's only country radio station earns just three stars on this…read morecountry fan's hit list. While a three star rating is nothing to get upset over normally, because I WANT to like this radio station so much, it disappoints me it comes up short of being great. I love the music that this station usually plays, a mix of country new and old, with the top 40 repeated throughout the day. While that might get frustrating for some people, I like hearing those songs repeated, and the songs on rotation get switched about every month so new ones will cycle through eventually. It's disappointing that 101.9 boasts non-stop music stretches, but when those end you are stuck listening to low brow observational humour about average working class people. The on-air personalities are admittedly a little bit obnoxious, but everyone on the air in this city seems to be (with the exception of the ever stone-faced cast of CBC radio). The call-in segments are a little lame, awarding listeners with concert tickets for answering questions like the classic "what do women do 38% more often then men". Hot Hint: A list of current contests and rules can be found on their website, but don't expect to find much else there. Sorry 101.9 but your web design gets a D.

I like this Radio Station, I like to tune in to listen to Andrew Krystal, he hosts the show…read moreMaritime Morning. I like the style he uses, pretty direct and holds nothing back. Some of his callers and guests do not like it, but hey, some of them need it. The music is great as well, they were playing some of the old BGee's.

In the last six months this station has gone down hill. Today, the live stream has been messed up…read morefor over an hour. The anchors are barely present when reading the news, they mess up the time and stumble over what they're reading. Maybe they need to eat less sugar in the morning. This used to be my favorite station. It's terrible now.

Melissa Etheridge, Matchbox 20, Billy Ocean, Shania Twain, Nelly Furtado - the lukewarm hits on…read morethis station induce gentle toe-tapping with their inoffensive lyrics and easy beats. I enjoy being able to tune-in to a station without having to hear most of the current crud that pollutes the airwaves. Okay, I'm being dishonest, I love current crud, but that's another review. The music is all so palatable. It seems as if none of the songs ever have a high tempo, so there's no fear that the party will get out of control. The station's DJs are pretty chill and not loud mouthed in the least; kind of like semi-geeky (in a nice way) Moms and Dads, spinning their favorite 90s hits. This station, which has been a fairly recent discovery of mine, is going to achieve status as one of my pre-sets. It's nice to tune-in to a station where I know every song (mostly by heart), and there's no auto-tune involved. You know the jams I'm talking about, those good old ditties, where people are singing about chivalric love and tame parties. Oh yes, Lite 92.9 has your pop and chip gatherings covered, no lie.

I'll be honest and admit right up front that prior to earlier tonight I had never listened to…read more92.9FM before, and not only that, I didn't even know it existed! I guess I should explain that I usually listen to my own music in vehicles or switch to a country radio station, but I forgot my own mixes on this occasion and was left to the mercy of the local broadcasts. What caught my attention about this station was the fact that it was playing the Backstreet Boy classic "I'll Never Break Your Heart". Naturally as a 90's child this struck a heartstring and my instincts to crank the volume on my moms minivan were undeniable. I listened the whole hour-long commute and was thrilled with their selection of classic hits that can't help but make any generation nostalgic. Tune in and you might find an old forgotten favorite!

Hal's collection is nothing but classics. Big, stinky, raging guitar, drum fills for days, type of…read moreclassics. Hey, aren't these folks also the people behind that rather irritating, "win a manly man's motorcycle" contest? I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the faint whiff of this incessantly bothersome contest is a baby of this station's. CCR is currently playing, which is pretty fine by me. They play artists like Heart and Aerosmith, and pretty much anything that screams classic rock. I do appreciate that they have a clear cut "Classic Rock" premise, but this station drys up after a short period of listening. Oh golly, they're playing the Foo Fighters... memories of Big Shiny Tunes from the days of yore. This isn't my favorite station in the least, but on a plus note, I don't find it despicable like a number of the other local choices. You can be guaranteed that if you weren't living under a rock for the past forty years, you'll be able to sing along to quite a few of these ditties.

When I find myself without my iPod or CD's on a car ride this is one of the radio stations that I…read moreusually find myself turning to. There is something comforting about the variety of old classics that they play, and while they choose to limit their variety, I'm a fan of the hits so I can't complain. The radio personalities are pretty chill and less imposing than some of the other stations around so their witty banter doesn't come across as annoying. My favorite thing about tuning into this frequency is that there are huge stretches of songs, and less interruptions, something that is boasted by others but rarely delivered. Those long song stretches, and low key classic rock are great for background music or to sing along with when you're cruising around in your car. If you want stimulation or anything new than keep turning your frequency dial. Hot Hint: Follow the 89.9 crew on twitter at twitter.com/899halfm.

CKDU is the Campus Radio Station for Dalhousie University. It is also something that almost none of…read morethe other radio stations in Halifax are: Interesting. While other stations around town are full of boring, same ol' same ol' tunes, CKDU is almost always playing something you haven't heard. It may be great, it may be terrible, but it's something different, which is what radio should always be in my opinion. Because the station is volunteer based, some of the shows are better than others. Even the not so great programs are interesting to listen to and I can highly recommend you tune your radio dial to 88.1 on any day, at any hour to find some form of entertainment. My favorite programs are the classic "Let's Get Baked! With Mat And Dave" (Thursday's at 5:00) and "Car Bomb To The Heart" (Tuesday's at 7:30). Be sure to have a listen the next time you're spinning your radio dial!

Seldom do I stray from my CBC habits, but in a recent flip through The Coast, I noticed an…read moreadvertisement for this seemingly hip radio station. The ad listed a top 10 list with some great bands sans the radio-play stigma. Curious, I tuned in. Is this the solution for the anti pop? Perhaps... ! With a smooth flow of fine musical taste and a side note of educational interest, this is a great station for those devoted to upcoming and indie types. Apparently run by Dal students, I'm certainly glad to have tuned into such tidings. And while I maintain a CBC regular, I will certainly switch things up with a little 88.1. Lovely.

"...And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong, after the boys of summer have gone..."…read moreAND, instrumental leads to "... out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac, a little voice inside my head said don't look back, you can never look back..." Ah yes, Henley singing about summer love, babes sporting Wayfarers, and Cadillacs on the open road.. . this is song heaven, ain't it? This Grammy winning track is just the kind of peanut butter and jam perfection you're going to hear when you set your dial at 96.5. I'm a long time fan of this station. Even as a youngin (when we had 4 stations in this town) I was secretly jiving to these jams, even though C100 was the coolest choice according to most kids. Then, when you think it doesn't get any better than Henley, Bowie will come on singing Changes and you'll be all like, "what an amazing day," as you're cruising down the 101, window down, breeze in your locks. I'm not a fan of the DJs (most of the time) but if you're jonesing after life-affirming, nostalgia inducing tunes, crooned by babes sporting real retro, like before it was retro, then this is your station. Plus, like any quality waves, you'll get news ever 30 minutes. Oh yeah, guess what just came on? What about Love by Heart. I have to go now, my mirror and hairbrush are calling...

This is one of my favourite stations. I love the oldies and I am not into the headache music…read moreanymore. I know this is ageing some people, but while driving I just can not listen to the hard rock anymore. Especially with summer coming, they have some great tunes.

When I was eleven years old, I won the OK Soda prize pack for the Top Nine at Nine competition…read more After the top nine songs of the day were played, the lines were opened and you could call in and if you knew all the songs and artists, you'd win some sort of exciting bounty. The night I won, it was completely dark out and my mom was driving my brother and I home after taekwondo (yes, I'm excessively tough). I used her mammoth cell phone to call in, and I got through. After providing all of the correct names, I learned from the DJ that I was a winner! I was so proud! So my nostalgia with C100 is obviously very tangible, but that's about as far as my attachment goes these days. C100 has lost the thrill for me. Their song choices are mediocre (Hedley, Nickleback, etc.) and it just doesn't seem like they have much of a vision. They play a diverse assortment of tunes, but I need some sort of mission statement and "today's best music" isn't going to cut it, because well, it's a lie. I guess hearing the Black Eyed Peas packed between Faber Drive and some other crappy band isn't my idea of good listening. But alas, the beauty of radio. You can turn the dial, or press a button, and free yourself from the clutches of bad music. I guess maybe C100 hasn't changed all that much, and really, it's me. I'll remember you fondly sweet station: Backstreet Boys, Boys to Men, The Cardigans and all...

The main reason I like C100 is because of the contests they put on. They have Beat the Bank. It was…read morefun to listen to, sponsored by Mills Brothers. I am not particularly fond of the music because I can predict what is going to be played next. It is the same songs, over and over. Nothing out of the box and complete reputation.