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Testing For Echo – Episode 45 – Feels Like Such a Long Time – Orig. Air Date March 2, 2024

Before we begin this episode I would like to mention with sadness the recent passing of local radio legend Don Roberts. In my mind Don was the finest radio personality this town has ever heard. In fact, it was his show “Musical Memories” on CHSR that first caught my interest of CHSR. He will be

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Testing For Echo – Episode 43 – What Do You Think? – Orig. Air Date February 3, 2024

Hello again everyone. I hope that you are doing great. I have another rather eclectic show for you, submitted for your approval. Off we go. Please head down the page to the little arrow to download/listen to the show.  Take good care, Tim “The World of Music, One Song at a Time” Episode Song List

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Testing For Echo – Episode 42 – Sit back, Relax, and Listen – Orig. Air Date January 20, 2024

Hello again everyone. I hope that you are doing great. I have another rather eclectic show for you, submitted for your approval. Off we go. Please head down the page to the little arrow to download/listen to the show.  Take good care, Tim “The World of Music, One Song at a Time” Episode Song List

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Testing For Echo – Episode 41 – Keeping It Pretty Clean– Orig. Air Date January 6, 2024

Hello again everyone. I’m not sure how to categorize this episode because it’s all over the place. I DO know that there is quite a bit of Canadianity in here. I was just feeling in the mood for some of the best that the old Maple Leaf has to offer. I also really want to

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Testing For Echo – Episode 40 – Keeping It Pretty Clean– Orig. Air Date December 23, 2023

Hello again everyone. I had a bit of a little thing today while doing this show. I had a great older song by a very famous person ready to drop in. I hadn’t listened to the song for a few years so I popped it in and listened. There were a few more bad words

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Testing For Echo – Episode 39 – Many Classics, Bunch of Newer, Business as Usual – Orig. Air Date December 9, 2023

Hello there everyone. I hope that all is well. Again, I apologize for the listeners who have relied on my show links from Facebook. Unfortunately, Facebook has blacked out Canadian media sources, including CHSR, so I’ll keep using the Facebook posts to Twitter links to get you here. This is Episode 39 of Testing For

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Testing For Echo – Episode 37 – Heroes and Friends – Orig. Air Date November 11, 2023

Hello again folks. Thank you for being here. This is Episode 37 of Testing For Echo on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. We have a lot of great music for you here. Some that you may have never heard before but will want to hear again.

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Testing For Echo – Episode 35 – Timely – Orig. Air Date Oct 14, 2023

Welcome to Episode 35 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. I trust that this finds you well and that your season has been fun. A quick little reminder that most of these episodes are recorded several weeks before you hear it. For example,

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Testing For Echo – Episode 34 – Plenty to Listen To Today – Orig. Air Date Sept 30, 2023

Hello again everyone. Thanks so much for tuning in. I squeezed a lot in this episode so I’m not going to ramble too much. I’d rather you spend your time listening to the show. 🙂 I do want to point out that there is a ton of great Canadian stuff in this episode. This wasn’t

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Testing For Echo – Episode 32 – Plenty of Favourites- Orig. Air Date Sept 2, 2023

Hi again everyone. I trust you are well. Welcome to Episode 32 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. There’s not too much new music on here. Just a bit. I dropped in New Brunswick band NOT NOW because I will always love their

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Testing For Echo – Episode 30 – Bring on the Canadianity – Orig. Air Date August 5, 2023

Hello there everyone. Welcome to Episode 30 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. This episode is very special. There are several great Canadian tracks which is good, but there are THREE local NEW BRUNSWICK acts! Mike Bern is an Indigenous singer and songwriter

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Testing For Echo – Episode 29 – Back to Some Old Friends – Orig. Air Date July 22, 2023

Hi again everyone. Welcome to Episode 29 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. I’ve dug into some older stuff that we haven’t heard in a while and thrown in some cool new ones. Please enjoy! Just press that little arrow down the left

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Testing For Echo – Episode 27 – Across the Pond – Orig. Air Date June 24, 2023

Hi again everyone. Welcome to Episode 27 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. For some reason this episode has a more British feel than others. I could be off base but I just had that vibe as I was recording it. Maybe it’s

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Testing For Echo – Episode 25 – This one is Fun- Orig. Air Date May 27, 2023

Hello again everyone. Welcome to Episode 25 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. Before I go any further I just want to mention that I really hope that you all listen to the whole show, including the talking parts. There are a few

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Testing For Echo – Episode 23 – More Friends, and Some Things to Think About – Orig. Air Date April 29, 2023

Sometimes we need to sit back for a moment and think about others who are faced with struggles every day. I vowed that this show would not be political but hearing the story and music of Heinali from the Ukraine struck me and I decided to play a song here. The whole lineup today is

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Testing For Echo – Episode 22 – I Love This Stuff! – Orig. Air Date April 15, 2023

I’m happy to tell you that Episode 22 of Testing For Echo is live for your listening/downloading pleasure. The link is here – Our earlier episodes were amazing. However, I was listening back recently and I’m really enjoying the groove I seem to have found these days. I am happy to welcome New Brunswick stars

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Testing For Echo – Episode 19 – Another Home Run – Orig. Air Date March 4, 2023

Hello everyone. Welcome to Episode 19 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. It’s my feeling that the best episodes are the ones that go all over the place and keep listeners guessing. Sure, I’m talking about the heavy/light mix but also the mix

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Testing For Echo – Episode 18 – It’s New Episode Time Already? Perfect! – Orig. Air Date Feb 18, 2023

Hi there folks. I trust you are well. Welcome to Episode 18 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. Do you ever have those days where you look at something you’ve made and are pretty darn happy with it? That’s the way I feel

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Testing For Echo – Episode 17 – We’re Getting Better Every Show I’d Say – Orig. Air Date Feb 4, 2023

Hello again everyone. Thanks for dropping in. Welcome to Episode 17 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. Once again we’ve made a groovy assortment of great tunes for your listening pleasure for the next hour. I trust you’ll agree. Just press that little

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Testing For Echo – Episode 15 – This One is Pretty Sweet, All Tastes Covered – Orig Air Date Jan 7, 2023

Hello all. Welcome to Episode 15 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. I’m pretty happy with this episode and I hope that you are as well. We’ve managed to cover many styles and tastes in a very cool episode. I ask you, where

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Testing For Echo – Episode 12 – Are You Entertained? – Orig Air Date Nov 26, 2022

Hello there. Welcome to Episode 12 of Testing For Echo on CHSR 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world. I’m your host Tim Scammell. Let’s have a quick chat before we get started. One of the great things about having a show like this is that I have such a HUGE pool of music to

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Testing For Echo – Episode 10 – The Best of the Best – Orig Air Date Oct 29, 2022 — Classic editor

The Best of the Best. It’s Episode 10 already! Wow. I want to thank everyone who has listened and enjoyed the music as much as I have. I guarantee that everyone will like at least one song in EVERY episode. If not, listen again. 🙂 I am convinced that this is the best one yet.

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Testing For Echo – Episode 8 – Let’s Loosen Up – Orig Air Date Oct 1, 2022

I’d like to think that we’ve lightened up this show a little bit. I’ve also raised the level of class with one of music’s classiest dudes, Bryan Ferry. Plus, Kate Bush has defined classy for years. A local chap Marcello Ciurleo has reached out to me with some great songs he has done. I’ve included

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Testing For Echo – Episode 7 – Some New, Some Old, Some Odd, And A Message – Orig Air Date Sept 17, 2022

This is a perfect example of not judging things by a name. Initially when I hear a band name like Spooky Tooth or Mahogany Frog I’m thinking “Really??” But guess what? In this episode you’re going to hear that these cats with the bizarre names are really pretty good! I’m also very happy to share

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Testing For Echo – Episode 4 – Keeping it Interesting 2022-08-06

There’s something that I’d like to confess to whoever reads this. It’s about the Progressive Rock music I play for the show. I don’t love all of it. Really. I do love most of it though. However, even if it’s something that I wouldn’t play when I’m resting or driving in my car I do

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