Straight From the Mouth

Robyn: 35 percent.

Dan: We do have some sort of music industry and we have to expose these artists and hopefully they can sell some albums, and make some money. It doesn't hurt that some of our biggest artists are at the top of the charts right now. For example Shania Twain, Kerry Clark. We think that you are missing out on a guy named Paul Brandt. He had a couple of hits down there a couple of years ago and hasn't had much airplay. There are all kinds of them up here that are good enough to play.

Robyn: Frankly it broadens the way we sound. So when we compare ourselves to American stations we hear a much more diverse sound and a lot of our American friends that listen to us online will write to us and ask about some of the Canadian artists and why they can't get them on in the States.

What about Canadian TV? Don't you pretty much get everything we get?

Robyn: Yes, with the exception of HBO. We can't get HBO right now. Otherwise, we get everything you get. We can tell a joke or talk about something that was on television last night and our audience knows what we are talking about. One difference though: jokes about Michael Jackson would probably not fly as well here. It's got to do with the issue and the context of what is going on.

What's your basic show make-up?

Robyn: We are on from 5:30 to 9:00. We play about seven songs an hour.

Dan: Today was more of a contest day. There are days where we may do an odd inquiry, where we ask people how they feel about certain subjects. It could be serious but most often it is just something for fun. We are not really as bit driven.

Over the last 12 years, what's your favorite memory?

Doug: Lisa Hartman-Black was in town shooting a TV movie and we got a interview phone call from Clint Black that morning. He was telling us that he

were like yeah, right. About a half our later, in through the studio doors comes Clint Black. And this was during the height in his career.

Have you always gotten along?

Dan: Absolutely not. How could three people in twelve years always get along?

Robyn: Here's a great story for you. It was in about our fifth year. We were kind of put together. We didn't have a choice of who we worked with. We were in our fifth year and struggling with it a lot. We went to Boot Camp in New Orleans and Dr. Phil was your guest speaker and we sincerely made an effort to do the exercises that he recommended. Then we sincerely made an effort to drink a couple of bottles of wine and do them. That was a turning point for all of us.

Who produces the show?

Robyn: Doug. And when Doug is gone both Dan and I do it. We don't have a fulltime producer. He runs the board and we all kind of fill in the rest.

On your way to work this morning, what were you thinking about?

Doug: What kind of mood is Dan in today.

Dan: Gee, I wish I had gotten lucky last night.

Robyn: I'll never tell.

With Doug being the only married member of the show, do you and Dan have any policies about getting involved with listeners?

Robyn: Dan says never, never get involved with a listener -- unless of course, they're really, really good looking. But that's the only exception. Me, I try to avoid it.

What's something you do regularly that people reading this would be

Robyn: Let your listeners be the experts on a subject. They will come out of the woodwork for you.

Any predictions for the American Idol finalist?

Robyn: Carrie Underwood.

Oops, forgot your format?

Robyn: No, really, I think she'll go all the way.

Can any of you share something about Robyn that might cause her to harm you bodily after this interview?

Doug: When we met Keith Urban backstage during Canadian Country Music Week, he was doing a little showcase for membership at a bar. We got in line to meet him back stage and Robin gave him a present. It was a purple thong.

Robyn: Yeah, and he asked me for the matching set the following year.