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stux weekender saturday october 4 1997 p 5 fabulous sports babe obnoxious as they come talk radio is where its at today am stations unable to reproduce musical sounds with anywhere near the capability of the fm spots have decided to turn themselves into forums for average people to voice their views on everything from canadas policy on refugees through mike harris slash and burn tactics even larry solway who started the callin craze on torontos chum radio back in the 60s is back again with another am sta tion thankfully solway who had about as much charm as don cher ry as he berated listener after lis tener in the pioneer days of talk shows has mellowed somewhat this time around responsible as i am for relaying to tribune readers the weekly goings on in the local sporting arena playing fields and courts the dial on my home office radio often ends up on the fan 590 all sports radio where endless rantings about the hapless maple leafs and rud derless blue jays become just as tedious as the top 40 offerings of alanis celine and hootie on the mainline fm stations every now and again theyll throw out a scrap that relates either directly or indirectly to our local sports scene a lead that i can fol low up on my own most of the fans broadcast day consists of their host jocks fielding calls from other jocks in cars on the gardiner expressway but at midday they give way to a north american syndicated callin show called the fabulous sports babe this is my signal to sign off and return to the soothing commercial- free sounds of the good old cbc in this age of equity hiring prac tices i suppose the concept of the babe as she is dubbed was embraced by stations across the continent as a quirky politically- correct alternative to the highpro file males who have for decades dominated the sports airways listeners almost exclusively male phone in from new hamp shire to new mexico and even from canada on occasion they ask the babe her mea sured opinion on such things as whos the premiere quarterback in the national football league why the university of north caroline basketball team is in decline or who the blue jays should hire to replace cito gaston she usually starts off by whack ing them with canned sounds simi lar to those boings played over the public address system when a foul ball is hit into the seats at the sky- dome however a few minutes of this shrill whiskyvoiced egomaniac is all i can stand she is surly domi neering and given to venomous out bursts when she thinks she has detected even a hint of old fash ioned male chauvinism yet she herself perpetuates all the traditional obnoxious stereotypes that got the men in trouble in the first place starting with her tacky stage name babe and her bark ing out of what do you need honey to the wimpy male callers who willingly subject themselves to her emasculating sneers just so from where i live bruce stapley they can get their 1 5 seconds on north amer icawide radio i suppose in a sense this in sufferable wo man is aptly named after all babe ruth was as objectionable as they come a boorish beerguzzling lout who just hap pened to be able to swat home runs as for this modern day babe and her gruff bare ly discernable utterings and her insinuations that she holds the only valid opinion on a subject i suggest the fan stick with its own stable of local sports hacks flawed though they are because with howard stern fabulous sports babe would appear already tainting the local airwaves to be offering her own sports version with mindless syndicated smut the of trash talk radio save s on any work over ioooo handymaji l9 connecti of 18004s50064 shortly our renovations will be complete but we still have work to do 98 models are arriving and we must ciearout our remaining 1997 inventory every car truck must be sold take advantage of special finance lease incentives quantities are limited selection savings and professional service after all isnt that what you deserve lease 1997 pontiac sunfire sedan 22 litre 4 cyl auto trans air dual air bags abs brakes amfmcassstkv761 bonneville se lease stkv1012 purchase 398 lease stkv737 31988 purchase stkv816 tt lease purchase ah sale prices plus height sunlire 620 bonneville park ave yukon 895 century 785 sierra 895 jimmy 895 uc admin taxes extra 1 36 month lease with 3700 down payment park ave bonneville 5000 freight lie admin taxes extra security deposit reqd annual km limit 20000 08 per excess km tt 24 month lease 5135 down payment same conditions as 36 month lease apply limited time oiler sales hours mon thurs 900 900 fri 900 530 sal 900 530 service hours mon thurs 730 730 fri 730 530 saf 800 1 00 unionville m o tj r s pontiacbuickgmc 4630 hwy 7 unionville at kennedy rd 4771666