Hi. Welcome to the home of Toews on the Waves, a weekly radio show featuring some of the greatest oldies, novelty music, and then some, that history has to offer. It is hosted by Bruce Toews in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Coming Up on the Program on April 24, 2010

There are a few people you just don't dare. One of these is our own Jonathan Mosen. Secure in the knowledge that he'd never do it, I publically stated that if Jonathan played a Mrs. Miller song all the way through, I would do an all-country edition of Toews on the Waves. For the record, the Mrs. Miller song Jonathan ended up playing was "A Groovy Kind of Love". And so, because I am a man of honor, and because I admire Jonathan's going against his musical tastes and playing the song, on April 24th Toews on the Waves will be presenting its first (and last) all country music show. We'll have lots of different aspects of country music, from the old to the new; crossover country songs that fared well on the pop charts; country songs from other countries; serious country, funny country. We'll have it all this week on Toews on the Waves. If you're a serious country fan, I hope you enjoy this eclectic country mix. And if, like me, you're not a country fan, then I hope you still enjoy the variety that you'll here, and maybe we'll collectively come to a greater appreciation of this musical form. So catch the Toews on the Waves country show, make a request, grab some grits, and enjoy.

When to Listen

Toews on the Waves airs Saturday evenings between 7:00 an 9:00 PM Eastern time in North America. This is 6:00 to 8:00 PM Central, 5:00 to 7:00 PM Mountain, and 4:00 to 6:00 PM Pacific.

Contacting the Program

We offer a number of ways for you to contact us.

• By E-mail: You can write to the program any time at all with a request, comment, idea, question, or anything else. Just address your message to bruce@legend-oldies.com. You can also use the form located on The Legend's Contact page.
• By Phone: You can call the request line twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The number is (206) 203-3070.
• Via Twitter: Just follow totwlegend on Twitter to be kept up-to-date about show happenings, upcoming episodes, and the availability of new archives. Interaction via Twitter during the show is also both welcomed and encouraged.
• E-mail Announcements List: You can also be kept up-to-date on what's going on with the show via e-mail. To subscribe to this one-way announcements-only list, simply drop a message to announce-subscribe@totw.net, and just reply to the confirmation message you'll get back.

Whichever way you choose to contact us, we'd absolutely love hearing from you.

The Toews on the Waves Chat Room

In addition to interacting with us during the show via Twitter, we also maintain a lively, fun text-based chat room, where you can talk to other listeners to the program, as well as Bruce Toews, the host. You can join the chat room in one of the following ways:

• With an IRC Client: The IRC server is irc.irchighway.net; the channel is #totw.
• Via the Web: Direct your Web browser to webchat.irchighway.net. When prompted for a channel, enter #totw.

In both cases, don't forget the number sign before the channel name.

Show Archives

We offer archives of some of our past shows to accomodate those unable to listen to the show when it is first aired:

• April 15, 2010: Experimental first-ever live broadcast on The Legend; Tom Lehrer profile.
• April 10, 2010: Spoofs and Parodies Special, all regular features suspended.
• April 3, 2010: No show this week.
• March 27, 2010: The Toews on the Waves Early-Bird Beach Bonanza; last half hour is a tribute to Brian Hartgen.
• March 20, 2010: Tribute to Star Trek.
• March 13: No show this week.
• March 6, 2010: The #106 songs from the years 1956-1963 inclusive.
• February 27, 2010: Answer songs that aren't really answer songs.
• February 20: No show this week.
• February 13: No show this week.
• February 6: No show this week.
• January 31, 2010: Exercise songs - walking, running, bending, lifting, jumping jacks, jumping.
• January 24, 2010: Songs about getting away.
• January 17, 2010: Songs with some variant of the word "fool" in the title.
• January 10, 2010: Presenters' Picks - What songs do other Legend presenters request?
• January 3, 2010: No show this week.
• December 27, 2009: No show this week.
• December 20, 2009: Christmas novelty special, all regular features suspended.
• December 13, 2009: Songs with the word "don't" in the title.
• December 6, 2009: Songs about light.
• November 29, 2009: No show this week.
• November 22, 2009: Long-distance communication; Alice's Restaurant Massacree.
• November 15, 2009: Songs about nighttime.
• November 8, 2009: More TV show themes released as songs in their own right.
• November 1, 2009: Songs about American states.
• October 25, 2009: No show this week.
• October 18, 2009: TV show themes released as songs.
• October 11, 2009: No show this week.
• October 4, 2009: train songs.
• September 27, 2009: Songs that sound happy but aren't.
• September 20, 2009: Futile conversations - songs where the singer is singing to inanimate objects.
• September 13, 2009: Songs covered by the Beatles; introduces the Douglas Adams Tribute feature.
• September 6, 2009: The B-Side Themselves Special - the full two-hour program a tribute to B-sides.
• August 30, 2009: Popular songs redone by country artists; "Escape" dramatization of Earth Abides.
• August 23, 2009: Songs about cities from around the world; Our Miss Brooks; The Great Gildersleeve.
• August 16, 2009: Songs about home; The Navy Lark; The Goon Show.
• August 9, 2009: No show this week.
• August 2, 2009: Songs about going away; Fibber McGee and Molly; The Life of Riley.