On Friday June 12th, Bob Magee will begin a new chapter in his career. He will begin working full time on his personal Company, from his beloved cottage up North. Bob has been with CHFI for almost 10 years and will continue to work for our company on a freelance basis as he builds his business. Congratulations Bob on this new journey.
We will miss you!
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Bob, I have listened to you every day (except for vacation time) for your almost 10 years at CHFI beginning with Erin on the morning show. I will mostly certainly miss your company while preparing dinner every weekday evening. Good luck in your new venture.
- Barbara MittonBOB!!!
I Love your show on CHFI, you complete the team! I will miss you sooooo much. I’ve listened to you since you first started “filling in” for Don Daynard on the morning show and then actually picking up from him when he retired. I was very happy when you didn’t leave the station during the “shake-up” stage – (haha) and instead found your niche with the “get me home from work” show. It will be lonely on my way home from work on the 15th!
That said – I wish you the VERY BEST of EVERYTHING in your new (well, maybe not so new – but new to me) endeavours. I know you will do well because your outlook is always forward.
Maybe you’ll come back just to do the “coats for kids” weekend?
Miss you already!
- Doreen BradburnDoreen
Twitter asks us to sum things up in 140 characters. Today I can sum up Bob Magee (and his character) in one single WORD: “Class”. This week Bob wraps up ten years with us at CHFI. In our four years as co-hosts on the CHFI Morning Show (which officially began on his birthday, Dec. 13, 1999), I’ve gotten to know some of the many facets of this warm and wonderful man. In addition to being a radio veteran, Bob has many talents: he’s a documentary maker, he’s written film manuscripts, he’s an avid musician, a helluva ball player and a lover of good wines, great women and soft rock songs! (okay, I may be exaggerating – but only a bit!)
Now, to the part about class. When I took my leave of CHFI six years ago, Bob offered support and love not just to me, but to CHFI listeners. He handled the whole situation with grace and patience and truly helped the station, its listeners and me through a time of transition. I will always be grateful for his kindness and compassion, but most of all for his friendship.
Please join me in wishing Bob smooth waters, vast and exciting horizons and many quiet nights at his heart home in Muskoka. To Bob – thank you for being a friend. Thank you for being there with me for so many mornings, and with your listeners for so many afternoons. Please know that we will always be there for you, too.
I’m so lucky to have shared even one chapter in your amazing life. Good luck in the next one, Bob.
Love,
- ErinErin
I have had the pleasure of seeing Bob either before I start my show (when he was doing Mornings) or after my show ( while he’s been doing afternoons) every weekday for almost 10 years. He is an amazing broadcasting and equally an awesome man.
I am so very happy for him to be leaving to start his new journey, but I know I will miss seeing his cute smile every day. He is a classy man with a heart that is something to behold.
I’ll miss you at work Bob, but you can’t get rid of me THAT easily, I’ll still make sure we do dinners and hit the slopes together. I mean who else can get away with calling you “Nancy Boy”!
Love you Brother!!!
- MichelleMichelle Butterly
Congratulations Bob. You will be missed very much but you are going on to bigger and better things. All the best to you .
- Josie StinaBob,
I listen to CHFI everyday. I was sorry to hear that you’re leaving the afternoon show. I’ll especially miss your stories. One in particular was about your daughters lost cat. It was priceless.
Congratulations in your new business and enjoy your new lifestyle.
Karen Taylor-Hudson
- Karen Taylor-HudsonBob it feels like a lifetime ago and just like it was yesterday, that I was privileged to share the studio with you and Erin on the morning show, as your news anchor. And the times when Erin was on vacation and I got to warm her chair were truly precious. We laughed so hard and you were (and are) such a generous co-host and decent human being. I loved those days and they were some of the highlights of my career.
Thank you for the laughter, for the advice (on voice work and other stuff) and for allowing me to be a part of the ride.
You’re going to be “off the clock” but not out of our minds and hearts. Rock on!
- Lisa BrandtLisa
xoxo
I had the pleasure of meeting him in ST.Lucia, what a great guy. I also have been listening to him since he started and my husband remebers him in the other stations he worked for. The coat drive will be different!!!! All the best in your new changes.
- pat pecchiaThe Pecchia’s
I, like the others, have been listening to Bob since he came to CHFI and started to fill in on the morning show. We were glad when there was the “change” those many years ago that Bob was still there to keep us listening and laughing.
These past 10 years have flown by. Thanks for your humor, good times and taking the time to help those in need. You’re truly an inspiration!
My family and I want to wish you the best in your new endeavour and we look forward to hearing about you. You will be missed!
- Charlotte PorterBob,
- Marg DowlingI’m soooo sorry to hear you are leaving but wish you all the best with your new stage of life. I have listened to you faithfully since before your ‘Bob/Sam n Robbie’ team on another station & enjoyed you as much then as I do today.
It’s hard to believe you have been with CHFI 10 years already….where does the time go??? You surly helped make the CHFI team complete and will miss your afternoon show very much.
You are one heck of a DJ and hope all your future endeavors are as successful as your previous have been.
Good Luck and ENJOY!
Miss you already
one of your unseen listeners
Marg
All the best to you Bobby Magee!
Never have I loved a guy so much that I had so little in common with. (Bad grammar, I’m sure)
Me:Beer – You:Wine.
Me:Wings – You:Sushi.
Me:Hockey – You:Baseball.
Me:Van Halen – You:Beatles.
But working beside you everyday for 4 years made me want to be more like you.
You made me want to be a better man.
And for a while, I think I was…of course, now I work with Cooper…
I think I may have regressed a little, eh?
Thanks for the 10-plus years of friendship and guidance.
You will always be very high up on my All Time Great Guys list.
Ian – The General
- Ian MacArthurWell Bob i am really sorry to see u are leaving Chfi but u are moving on to great and better things i will miss u in the afternoons listening to all the music u played u are a great and truly wonderful person and all the best in your next adventure
- darlene freddyBob, I have been listening to you since you were on the morning show with Erin Davis. You have made my drive home from work a fun experience, taking me away from the drudgery of traffic.
You will certainly be missed. I wish you all the best in your new endeavours, and how wonderful that you can do it in such a beautiful place.
Marilyn Thomas
- Marilyn ThomasI can’t believe it Bob. I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to you since your arrival at CHFI. I LOVED your stories; the one that sticks in my mind is your daughter’s missing cat, HA! You are a WONDERFUL announcer Bob and I will miss you in the afternoons.
- Donna MillsAll the best in your new venture,
Donna Mills
We will really miss you. We remember you from the Chfi Oldies Dance’s dressed up. We hope you do well in your adventures up North. We will be looking for information as to your new line of work. We hope you will keep in touch with Chfi.
- Wendy & Wayne LawrenceWhat Erin said….!
Will miss ya , Good Luck!
Carolyn
- CarolynWe as well have been listening to you since you first came to CHFI. Actually, I remember when they took a poll and asked who should fill the vacant seat and I made sure I cast your name on the ballot.
- GayleThe times that we have met you we have always walked away with a smile because you are certainly a class act and a very generous person. Not many people would camp out in the cold for anybody, but you always had a smile on your face and always kind words were spoken by you.
Dinner time will not be the same without you sharing our table.
Good luck Bob!!
Bob, we are all going to miss you a lot. Big voice, big heart, what else can I say. I know your venture will go well. Enjoy the new challenge, and I hope we hear you on air now and again.
- Ben BlessOh my goodness, how wonderful for you Bob, how unfortunate for those of us who have been listening to you for many years. I started listening in your AM days and then enjoyed you with Erin in the morning. In fact, you kept me with CHFI; albeit only for the drive home a few years back.
I had the pleasure of meeting you in St. Lucia last year and I have to agree with Pat Pecchia, the Clothes Drive just is not going to be the same without you.
Bob, I wish you great success in your future endeavours and enjoy your time at the cottage, you deserve it.
For the past two years I have enjoyed my retirement sitting on my front porch in Muskoka listening to your show via internet. Starting Monday, it just won’t be the same.
You will be missed. All the best to a very classy guy and an all around great person.
Sandra Rye
- Sandra RyeCongratulations on your new venture Bob! You will be missed.
- Marilyncongratulations Bob i will miss you vera
- vera kovacsjust a couple of weeks back i sent an email for bob asking him for advice on becoming a radio personality and he was very gracious. we’ll miss you bob
- william menziesBob you are a great morning person a great afternoon person and a great drive home you have been a part of my life for many years and I finally met u last year because I was on my way into the royal winter fair and saved coats for kids It took me to many years but I made it and it was great to be apart of it I wish u all the great pleasures of being up north and enjoying your family I just wish you all were on Chandos lake
- JAX McMillanJob well done Bob!!! Who are they going to get to camp out in the cold with no coat in the Fall?
- EllenAll the best to you in your new ventures!! I will miss you on my drive home from work (even tho its not near Toronto, and is only 20mins)
Cheers to you for that last 10 Yrs!!
Bob,
I just found out that you were leaving?? I do volunteer driving for the Children’s Aid and listen to you each evening while on my drives…love the interaction with the traffic reports and will certainly miss that. I wish you every success in your new “venture” and hope to see (hear) you back for guest spots!!
- Bev PihlWhile I wish you all the best in your new venture I am sad as I will certainly miss you in the afternoons. I love your stories,& your sense of humor. I am sure Laurie Turcotte will miss you also. Between the two of you, I really do laugh out loud. Good luck and all the very best.
- DeanaDeana
Bob, I’m going to miss you so much. I loved listening to you every day. You always put a smile on my face and I thoroughly enjoyed your company via my radio. I had the pleasure to meet you many years ago at a charity baseball game for the North York Harvest Food Bank. You were everything I thought you’d be: gracious, witty and charming. I wish you all the best in your future endeavours. You’ll be greatly missed.
- Lisa- Lisa
Hi Bob
Best of luck with your next adventure in your life. My husband Mike had the pleasure of meeting you when picking up his $1000.00 cheque. We will both miss your show in the afternoons.Take care from your long time listner. xoxo
- Dawn AkittBob, wishing you great success in everything you do. As listeners, we are all blessed for having had you touch our lives with your charm and wit each evening on the way home. You leave big shoes to fill and an empty place in the hearts of your audience!
- MicheleBob, just wanted to drop a line to let you know this is one listener that will miss your smooth voice on the drive home! I met you in person when you did the coats for kids at Vaughan Mills – eventhough it was a cold night when I dropped off some coats the warmth from your heart enveloped us. Good Luck on your next stage in life! You deserve it. Miss you already….
- PatriciaDear Bob
You will be truly missed by all listeners including me. Years ago when you with Erin in the early a.m.’s I won a trip on the B’Day game. My B’Day is the same day as your late mother’s so I knew soon as you mentioned her that was the date. You have brought much joy into many offices and households. All the Best in your next career.
Best Wishes and Congratulations
Sharon
- Sharon SmithBob – You are an amazing person. I’m going to miss your quick wit. I was also one that voted to have you do the morning show – when things “changed”. You got the afternoon show and did an AMAZING job. Will miss you dearly. All the best.
I’ve listened to you for many many years, both at CHFI and the other station. You truly are a wonderful person.
Congratulations on your new venture.
- MarieMarie
No more Bob Magee.. wow. We resist change as a matter of course even when it is good for us. As listeners we are creatures of habit .. comfortable in the routines and the personalities that we consider as friends. That fateful morning when it was just Bob with no Erin illustrated the class act that Bob is. When we tuned in that Monday morning and learned the news, we could hear the emotion in Bob’s voice as he struggled with change and he did it well. When the universe was restored to its rightful place with Erin and Mike in the Morning, it was the best addition to a perfect line up. Erin and Mike, Michelle and then Bob. My day at the computer was set and I could work and be entertained at the same time with people I have come to know as friends through the airwaves.
This new change will take some adjustment but I wish Bob well on his new endeavour and just know that he will approach this with the same class and energy that he has shared with us for the last 10 years. Who will do the coat promotion, who will give us the silly one liners?
Bon Voyage Bob..
Rhonda Windsor
- Rhonda WindsorNewmarket On.
Wishing you all the best Bob. You will be missed ‘on the drive home’ that is for sure! I was always so humbled while listening to you during your ‘give a kid a coat’ fundraiser. I wish you everything well in the days ahead. Enjoy.
- DeborahDeborah
Wishing you all the best Bob. You will be missed ‘on the drive home’ that is for sure! I was always so humbled while listening to you during your ‘give a kid a coat’ fundraiser. I wish you everything well in the days ahead. Enjoy.
- Deborah BrockDeborah
Hi Bob:
I too have been listening to you when you were on in the mornings with Erin – I was so glad that you landed on your feet when you reappeared on the afternoon show – I shall miss your dulcet tones and your banter (again, your daughter’s cat). You are truly a special guy, a class act and you will be missed very much.
Enjoy your time in Muskoka (lucky duck!)
Robin Cordner
- Robin CordnerBob best of luck to you on your new venture. Will miss listening to you on the ride home.
- Jane SpicerJane Spicer
Hi Bob — like the others, I will miss your humour and banter that I’ve been listening to for the last 10 years. Good luck on your new venture. When will your website be up and running?
- ShirlBob,
What everybody else said…plus, you’ve always been my fantasy guy!
Lots of luck!
- DianeDiane
Bob….you will be sorely missed – but I wish you all the best in your “new adventure”….please still keep in touch with CHFI so your “loyal listeners” can share in your accomplishments..
- LorraineAnother loyal listener…
Lorraine
Hi Bob:
I have listened to you since you were on in the mornings with Erin. I’m so glad you landed on your feet by reappearing on the afternoon show. It must have been hard for you to announce the trips with Erin and Mike when you were the one who used to go.
I love to hear your dulcet tones and your banter (again, your daughter’s cat).
Take care, Bob, and enjoy your next venture in Muskoka no less! Lucky duck!
I will miss you!
Robin Cordner
- Robin CordnerBob,
- shirleyWhat a shock!.My drive home won’t be the same. I too remember you from other days. Love your show and will miss you. Good luck in your new venture.
Was so sadddened to hear the news. From the early mornings with Erin to those long drive homes I have come to know you and you will be so missed. I remember a horrendous snow storm when it took me 4 hours to get home and it was you that kept me sane. I wish you only good things in your new adventure.
- sandiSandi
Bob:
- JackieYou never failed to deliver your time on radio, with your great charity with your coat drives and how you managed not to wear one on a cold day! You’re truly amazing! I have always listened to you on my drive home every day and will certainly miss your funny jokes etc. It will be sad day for me when you won’t be there but I wish you all the very best in your new adventures Bob!
Bob Magee = Gentleman. I will miss your easy-listening voice in the afternoons, and have already wondered what will happen to ‘Give a Kid a Coat’ this year. You and Erin made a great team, and I have to admit, as much as I love Mike, I still occasionally slip and say ‘Bob ‘n’ Erin’ when talking to friends about CHFI’s morning pair! All the very best in this next stage of your life! Maybe you’ll visit the station now and then … ?
- Pat NowellPat Nowell
You will be missed. All the best in your new adventure.
- Janice GrahamWhat are we going to do without all the quips and picturing your smiling face in the afternoon? I agree with other listeners your story about the cat was one we will never forget.
- AnneGood luck on your new life path.
I know that you will do well.
Hopefully we will hear from you from time to time.
Take care and keep smiling.
Anne
Bob,
Nothing makes me sadder right now than you leaving the air waves. Your sultry voice, sense of humour and good nature leaves our lives with such emptiness. I believe I have been listening to you ow for the length of your career on CHFI. How will I get home??
Nobody deserves this more than you. CONGRATULATIIONS!!!
Best wishes on all of your future endeavours.
I will miss you….alot!
Francesca
- FrancescaHi Bob, all the best. What will CHFI 98.1 do now at Christmas collecting coats, staying out for the weekend in cold weather, in different forms of shelter?
- SheilaIt’s been an absolute pleasure listening to you in the afternoons while at work.
- Kimberley YoungI wish you every happiness wherever you go and whatever you do.
You will be missed! You truly are a “Great Guy”
Take care,
New chapters are wonderful..full of excitement, inspiration and a little “good” fear of what will be.
Wishing you much success as you move forward and embrace the new challenges you’ve set yourself! Life is about going forward with your rearview mirror adjusted to remind you of where you’ve been.
- SherryDear Bob:
As a long time CHFI listener, I thought nobody could replace Don Daynard but you did an excellent job with Erin. I also enjoyed you doing the afternoon show too. I have enjoyed listening to you on the radio and will miss your jokes.
Good luck in your new venture.
Mindi
- Mindi Langer VajdaYou will be sorely missed. Your voice has made my afternoon (or morning) for many years. Your slightly off-center sense of humor has often caused me to snort while drinking my water.
The obvious camraderie between you and your co-workers makes CHFI a joy to listen to. I wish you joy and success in your future!
- Gloria BryantDear Bob,
You will be missed terribly !!Always enjoyed listening to your show, & your humour !!!
God Bless with success & good health !!!!
Fondest Regards,
- Clarice SelesClarice Seles
We wish you well Bob!!
We will miss your rich,warm voice during the afternoon and supper. Thanks for many years of humour and listening pleasure.
But what are we going to do with more than 50 coats we continue to accumluate in anticipation of your “Give a Kid a Coat” drive? You have inspired us to do this.
- Gary & Carolyn Pringle, OshawaBOB!!!
I love your afternoon show on CHFI, you complete the team! I will miss you sooooo much. I’ve listened to you since you first started “filling in” for Don Daynard on the morning show and then actually picking up from him when he retired. Then I listened to you when you did the morning show with Erin. I loved your stories and the one that sticks in my mind is your daughter’s missing cat.
- Darlene ButlerI know that you will do well in your future endeavor!
Good Luck,
Darlene Butler
Bob, I like many other listeners, will miss your sense of humour, and your little anecdotes as I prepare my dinner. I always enjoy our time together, and I will miss you when you head off to “northern pastures”. Who will take your place with the successful “Give a Kid a Coat”? You will be sorely missed!!
- Elaine FayeBob,
We had the pleasure of meeting you at Sherway Gardens for the “Give a Kid a Coat” and then again in St. Lucia. You truly are a great guy with a great sense of humor. You will definitely be missed. Our drive home will not be the same without hearing your voice. We wish you great success in all your future endeavors! To many wonderful journeys in your life!
Bert and Carm Oliveira
- Carm OliveiraHat off to you Bob…i will miss you a lot especially all your jokes that make me laugh while driving…
Follow your dreams and soar like an Eagle you have the WINGS for it. It is worth every steps to be in a cottage country doing what you love…
all the BEST…so long…
Marie
- Marie Dungca-EastBob -what can I say but you are only voice I listen to in the afternoon on my drive home and at home -I will miss bringing al my winter coats to your annual event and getting the chance to talk with you -Ive admired all that you do and want so much to give all my good wishes and happiness in your new endevours. you will be so greatly missed , best of luck and hopefully we will hear updates on chfi from time to time.
- Robin MilanoRobin Milano -Richmond Hill
Hi Bob,
I am one of the listeners who left CHFI when Erin “left”. I had been listening for many years and also thought that no one could replace Don. You did it beautifully with your easy manner and wonderful giving nature. I returned when Erin did and started listening to you in the afternoons. You make my drive home so much easier.
Thank-you and all the best in your new endeavour.
Marilyn Owens
- Marilyn OwensHi Bob I just want to say thank you for the many fine years with CHFI I have always enjoyed your shows and you have made my trips home from work very enjoyable.I had the pleasure of meeting you twice once at the ontario Science Centre and Fairview mall doing the Coats for Kids. You will be truly missed. Enjoy your time up north and away from the crazyness of the city. Best wishes. Ward Kennedy Toronto.
- ward KennedyWell Bob, to say we are going to miss that wonderful voice of yours at CHFI is an understatement.
- S. ForbesYou have made a tremendous contribution to radio especially at 98.1.
Good luck and God bless in your future endevours. Who ever follows in your spot will have big shoes to fill.
Thank you! : )
Aww Bob
Will miss travelling with you every day and your wonderful voice and humour. Best of luck and keep smiling.
- DebbiePlease let us hear from you from time to time.
Debbie
You will surely be missed on my drive home and the coat drive. That sense of humor has made me laugh so hard I have almost had to pull over. Heaven only knows what the people in the car next to me think. Thanks for the laughs and the memories. Best Wishes to you and Good Luck in your new adventures.
- ValerieAll the best Bob! you will be surely missed .Janice
- janice russellOh noooooo……I am going to miss you. I started with CHFI when you and Erin did the morning show. I loved you then and love you now. All the best though on your move forward and a new segment of your life. It is our loss but an amazing time for you. Best of luck and take care.
- Marg Anne LockeAll the best in your new venture.
I loved when you worked with Erin and love your sense of humour while I’m making dinner. It’s great to laugh after a long day at work. It has been a pleasure
- AnnetteHi Bob
I would like to wish all the
best in what ever You do.
My Mom and I and My Dog Jade
- Kevin Eastwill miss You were does ten Years go?
You did a great job at CHFI
all the best to You
Your Number One Listener
Kevin East
Thank you for your voice. Thank you for your sense of humour.
- Sue IngramThank you for your charity work.
I too remember when you took over when Don Daynard retired – I thought you and Erin were a good match……..
All the best in your future endeavors.
No more Bob Magee.. wow …I will miss you.
- MariaI have thoroughly enjoyed listening to you since your arrival at CHFI. I LOVED your stories and you quick wit.
You and Erin made a great team in the morning.
You are an amazing person. I loved listening to you every day.Good luck and all the very best. Maria
Hi Bob, I wish you Good Luck in your new endeavor and all the best in whatever you do.
Anna
- AnnaI first started listening to you with Erin the two of you where great. After when Erin was let go I still listened to you. I can still remember the time when you lost cat. Bob I wish you all the best in the future. You did a great job.
- Sandy,Wasaga BeachMy warmest wishes for a great adventure as you set out.
I’ve listened to you for many years, first for my morning drive and in more recent years for my drive home.
Personally I’ll never forget the tale about losing your girls cat
Good Luck Bob, you’ll be missed.
Kate
- KateTo Bob
From Your Friends
- Kevin EastKevin,Jade,Sylvia
Hi Bob, you are going to be really missed, I love your voice and listen to you every day. I talked to you and Erin on the Morning show a few years ago, when you were asking about “School Reunions” and that same night I was flying out to Scotland for just that. Bob no matter what you are doing you will always be number 1 on the airwaves, I am going to miss your voice and jokes. Take care mu friend and enjoy whatever you are doing . Good Luck Bob. Cheers Lorna & Ray.
- LornaDear Bob,
- JanetYou will be missed terribly ,Thanks for making our days good ones.God bless and good health.
Good luck in your next career.
Janet Edward Johnson,Richmond Hill
I’ll miss you when you’re gone. You personally helped me out on the phone one time. I hope everything goes well for you in your future endeavours.
- Sheila JamesBob; I was blown away when I read on Erin’s website that you were leaving on Friday. Like many CHFI listeners I am loyal to the station and hearing your voice in the afternoons is so comforting. I can’t describe how it will feel to not hear you there every afternoon. I LOVED it when you were doing the morning show with Erin and felt so glad that you found your place with the drive-home show. I guess we just come to take for granted that things will remain the same. I’m sure leaving CHFI has come with some regrets (I’m hoping) and please know that many of us were listening and really enjoying your stories and just the sound of your voice day after day. Good luck with your future endevours. We look forward to hearing how you are doing. A very loyal fan – Elma Stewart
- Elma StewartOn behalf of my mom & I, we wish Bob all the best in his future endeavors. Bob has been *such* a great addition to CHFI! We will miss you!!!!
Lisa & Betty Hollands (North York)
- Lisa HollandsDear Bob,
- Joyce Murphy HassimAll the very best to a classy guy, I can’t believe it has been ten years. Have a wonderful time in your new career path. God bless you, especially for the coats for kids campaign, I never missed listening to that every year. All good wishes for a bright and happy future. Joyce Murphy Hassim, St. Catharines
Over the years, my wife and I have enjoyed listening to you Bob and enjoyed that experience. With mixed feelings, we say congrats with you and your new challenge and we will miss hearing you in the afternoons. Best wishes.
- Vassell RamsayVassell & Pauline
You are one of my favorite ones at CHFI and I will certainly miss you. I was already saving coats for the “give a kid a coat” drive that you do every year. This way we had the pleasure of meeting you and see what a really nice person you are. We wish you good luck in your future and hope to hear your voice again every now and then. We’ll miss you!
- AdrianaAdriana, Mississauga
Thank you for the past 10 years plus. I remember you filling in for Don before his retirement and was so happy when you took over. You blended so well with Erin and the CHFI crew.
- Margo DoucetteAs Erin said you are class and what you do every fall when you camp out shows you have a heart of gold. Good luck in your future endeavours.
m. doucette
Bob all the best in your new venture, you will be missed.
- ShirleyDear Bob
I have been a fan for many years. I have to say that you truly seem to be a class act. Every afternoon while I prepare dinner for my family, I have listened to your wonderful program.
Good Luck!
- Rita AlbertRita Albert, Georgetown, Ont.
Bob, like everyone else I’ve listen to you for a long time, going back to when you and Erin did the morning show on CHFI. You helped get my day started then and for a long time now you’ve been a big part in ending my work day by making the drive up the DVP/404 a lot more saner.
All the best in your future endeavors. You will be missed my your listeners.
- David MathewsonHi Bob!Congratulations on your new venture, and for the great work you did in December for Coats for kids, a lot of needy families depend on you to collects coats for Christmas, we hope you will still find the time to do it again for C.H.F.IIt was very gracious of you to spend a full week-end in a tent in the cold without a coat(we hope you had a bottle of Scotch to warm the cuccles of your heart)We will miss your show in the afternoons,
- Anne HendersonHi Bob,
Like any good daughter, there are not many things that my father and I agree on— but that you will be missed on the airwaves is one of them. A career that transcends a generation–my father for your oldies and me for your mornings and afternoons!! I can’t think of a better legacy to leave of your talent.
You are more than just a voice on the radio. You are a voice:
-of compassion for those in need
-of bewilderment for every father who doesnt understand a teenage daughter
-of ‘daring’capacity for bad jokes(over and over and over)
-of a neighbour, no favour too small
-of ‘a GUY’,… OUR guy…equally at home in a roughouse boat on the lake as he is in a tux raising money
-of a friend who we’ll miss.
Cheers and good luck!!
- RitaHi Bob,
- VICTORIA FLEMINGMy husband Gordon and I first met you at Fairview Mall when you were staying in the URT to raise coats for kids donations. You were so very nice and spoke to us and showed us around your humble tent.
Then we met again last November during the St Lucia trip. You are a real gentleman.
We wish you all the best in what ever you decide to do in the future. I will certainly miss you on the radio during my drive home in the evening but I get a feeling that we’ll meet again.
Take care and God Bless you.
Victoria & Gordon
Congratulations and good luck in your new venture, I know you will ne a success. I have listened to you every day on my long drive home from work and always enjoyed your show. I don; know who will be able to fill your shoes expecially with the “coat Drive” and I hope they can find someone with the same sense of humour and class as you.
- Caroline, KeswickBob,
I’m shocked by the news that you will be leaving radio. I’ve listened to you for years, even before you joined CHFI, when you were at that other station. I’ve always enjoyed listening to you and your stories. I’m certainly going to miss hearing your voice. (I’ve always had a secret crush on you!) Thank you for the time you’ve given to your fans and I wish you only the best of luck in your new adventure.
- Wanda (Whitby)When we read Erin’s blog yesterday, it was with sadness and disbelief that you are leaving CHFI. We have been listening to you for many years in the morning and then in the afternoon.
Thanks for everything, Bob.
Cheers to a class act. We wish you well in your new endeavours.
Be safe, be well and enjoy all that comes your way. Don’t be a stranger. Keep in touch! Afternoons will not be the same.
Off CHFI, but NEVER out of our hearts!!
- Ken & Cathy GaleHi Bob:
I had the feeling something was goiong on these past few weeks. We hate to admit it, but change is inevitable — and as much as I’m going to miss your company on the ride home, I’m so delighted to hear that you’re going to continue building your own company, in an environment you love.
- ELIZABETH (LIZ) SPITZERI visited you at the Coat Event a couple of years ago and we talked about your first day at work with Erin — you were late because it was your birthday — it seemed to be, for me, a moment in time.
Clearly, you have always been the class act so many previous blogs have mentioned — you have been a delight to travel home with over the years. I wish you good health, good fortune, much love and success. And please know, that you have left an indelible mark on our one and only CHFI. Go from strength to strength — I’ll look forward to hearing good things about you in the future. And kudos to CHFI for not letting you “just disappear” at the last minute, and allowing your fan club to fete you.
LIZ
My afternoons will feel empty and unfulfilled without Bob, I’ve loved him from his first days partnered with Erin in the morning. Having a Muskoka summer home as well, I understand his desire to be there, and I wish him much success and enjoyment on this new endeavour – a great big muskoka wave to you Bob!!
- CathieDear Bob,
It was with much surprise/shock that I found out that you will be leaving CHFI! I am very thankful that I have had the honour and privilege to have met you and gotten to know you well over the years. I first heard you when you did the morning show with Erin. I liked the chemistry you had together and then, when you moved on to the afternoon show, I enjoyed having you keep me company and laughing as I made my slow commute back to Guelph from wherever I was. The chemistry you had with Laurie Turcotte was great, too! I enjoyed all the facts you would give us with the Feel Good at 5 song. Music and trivia at the same time – brilliant! I will never forget the day I first met you in Nov. 2005 at Erin Mills Town Centre at my first Give a Kid a Coat drive. It was an emotional day for me as it was my last day at my job which I had resigned from. I saw you and the fantastic CHFI promo team that day twice and you really cheered me up and encouraged me that day. Seeing your camping out for the whole weekend for needy kids really inspired me and warmed my heart and that is why I have tried to ‘follow’ you wherever you were each year.
Bob, you are an incredibly loving, giving, caring, funny, and overall awesome guy and I wish you nothing, but the BEST in your new venture. As I have been finding out during my own career transition this past year, change is hard at first, but it opens up new doors that you never could have imagined would be open to you! I know you will succeed at whatever you put your mind and heart to. The coat drives you did are fine examples! You will be greatly missed, but you will never be forgotten. You will always have a special place in my heart.
Until our paths cross again, I wish you good health, happiness, joy, laughter, and strength in all your future endeavours! Enjoy that beautiful scenery from your beloved cottage!
With love and gratitude,
Stephanie Tran xox
- Stephanie TranIt has been a great pleasure listening to you in the afternoon. When I worked, I used to walk home every day and made sure I had a radio to listen to you as you really made my walk a pleasure. You made me laugh and I love listening to you. You will be missed.
- LorraineHi Bob,
- Joy RennickWell my ride home just won’t be the same! I love your sense of humour and the way you and Lori Turcotte carry on has made me laugh out loud! I’ll miss listening to you. Best of luck with your future!
Take care,
Joy
Hi Bob,
You are going to be missed but I also wish you all the best in your new adventure!!!
- Cindy , BurlingtonI just want to THANK YOU for making my daily drive home less stressful! Your sense of humour and quick wit helped! I also loved the chemistry between you and Erin when you did the morning show together. A few years ago I had a chance to chat with you when dropping off coats for the Coats for Kids program in Mississauga as well as the Oldies Dances at the Sheraton. You are a very classy and special guy!!
CHEERS!!!!
Cindy
Bob,
- CarmelAll the very best to you, sounds like you are fulfilling a dream.
I will miss hearing your bubbly voice on CHFI.
Carmel
Bob you will be missed I loved driving home with you each weekday. All the best in your future endeavours.
- MaryBob, All the best of luck in your new venture. I have been listening to you (on the CHFI morning show) since the Don Daynard days and will really miss hearing you on the radio in the afternoons. As Erin says, you are one “classy” guy.
- Lynn ErwinL. Erwin
Bob, we are so sorry to hear you are leaving CHFI but wish you all the best in your future endeavours. We have listened to you since you took over from Don Daynard (those were big shoes to fill) and now someone else will have an equally large challenge! You will truly be missed and we will always consider you “simply the best”.
- Ron & Mary MoseyRon & Mary Mosey
I vividly remember “Don’t touch my stuff” from the time you filled in for Don Daynard.
Since then I’ve enjoyed listening to you, Bob.
And every time I hear Me And Bobby McGee, somehow I think of you!
Good luck for your future.
Cheers,
- David C KingBob, I am also one of your long time listeners. You were with us as we made our way home to Wasaga Beach from Toronto every day. With you along, the trip was always more enjoyable. You will be really missed. Good luck in your new endevour.
- Muriel HaughtonAll the best to you.
Cliff & Muriel
Dear B
- joan garnettob: Thanks for all the great listening experiences you have given me. I remember my friend telling me she went to a mall to see a celebrity, you were hosting, but thought you were much better. I agree Good Luck Joan Garnett
Bob you will be truly missed. I eagerly await each afternoon to hear what zinger you will throw at Lauarie Turcotte and hear her laugh! I have listened to you for 10 years and have always enjoyed your show both in am and pm time slots. You are a clever,creative, compassionate, classy guy and cute too. I know you will do well as you pursue new opportunities. Muskoka’s gain is Toronto’s loss!
- DonnaKeep well.
Bob
I’ve read all of the messages/wishes to you and I can only concur with all of them ! I listened to you as well when you did the morning show with Erin.
You will be missed…
Best of luck in your future ventures !
- Kathy HansenDear Bob,
- Walter DrozdowskyThe news that you were leaving CHFI yesterday really took the wind out of our sail yesterday. Our family has truly enjoyed listening to you during the last ten years. My wife and I had the privilige and honour to meet you at the CHFI studio’s and in St. Lucia while you were on vacation last year. Each time you were very gracious and patient in answering all of our questions about life at CHFI. The highlight for me was playing pool volleyball with you and the other CHFI listeners. If you ever have the urge to get out of the cottage and play some beach volleyball in Muskoka don’t hesitate to contact me. Please accept our congratulations for ten fantastic years at CHFI and our best wishes for success in your new endeavours.
Walter & Roxana
Dear Bob,
We have enjoyed listening to you since you joined CHFI. We really enjoy your sense of humour and always have a smile when you joke with Laurie Turcotte. We wish you well in your new life. We will miss you.
Rob and Glen Whittamore
- Glenys and Robin WhittamoreBob What a shock! It has been a great pleasure listening to you in the afternoon. Going back when you and Erin did the morning show on CHFI. We,II miss you and All the best in your new venture
- Edith Samad Markham OnBob I will miss you and I can’t,say like the other’s
- AnneBut you have helped many get
on with there lives, So I say in all honestly POWER to you guy(as my powerchair is about to be retired) I hope. I will miss you as I use to talk to keep me going as the radio was all I had, and that was you sometime when I was on the floor.So I thank you and Erin for getting me though.
All the best UP North, and Keep smiling, As all changes are for the good even if we don’t know it at the time…
Lov ya Anne
Bob, I have been listening to you since you did the morning show with Erin. I will never forget when I was away for a few weeks and I came back and you and Erin were not on the air in the morning. I was upset and confused. I emailed CHFI and all I said was where are Bob and Erin? Their response was that they were making some changes. I was not happy and I switched to another station for two years.
- Lynn BondThank you for being there during my drive home. Good luck in your new adventure. You will be missed.
Lynn Bond
Toronto
Bob: I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read in Erin’s journal that Friday is your last day at CHFI. What will we do without you? I always enjoy listening to your show on my drive home and the easy, funny banter between you and Laurie Turcotte. Your show is a “stress release” from a busy day. CHFI is like a Family and now we’re losing a beloved member! I know you have to do what you feel is right for you and I wish you all the very best in your future endeavours. But, I just want you to know who much you will be missed! I still remember you on the radio having your legs waxed for the oldies dance coming up. Sorry, I know it was definitely painful for you, but you were soooo funny. I thought you made a beautiful girl in dressup at the dance too. I know, these are memories you would like to forget.
All the best Bob. Please know you will never be forgotten. Good Luck!
Valerie Belaire
- Valerie BelaireDear Bob, thank you so much for all you’ve done through the 10 years on CHFI. It was your warm caring voice that kept me & so many of us going throughout those years.
- Anne KelleherI was so shocked to hear of your leaving CHFI. I feel like I’m losing an old friend. Your classy professionalism & wonderful sense of humour helped keep me sane every afternoon while waiting ages for my regularly delayed Long Branch streetcar. I am so going to miss you!
Like so many others here I remember your start on the morning show. That awful day when Erin was no longer there, the way you handled yourself proved how much of a gentleman & a professional you are. The first day of your afternoon show when I heard your voice it felt like the return of a cherished friend. I felt like celebrating because everything was right with the world again.
May you have every success & happiness in your new endeavors. You’ll always be in our thoughts.
Bob,
I have been listening to CHFI for the past six years and I have to say that your afternoon show made the end of the work day at the office a much better environment. Your passion and energy on the air was top notch and that will be missed. Good luck with your next venture.
Take care.
Michael Torres
- Michael TorresToronto
Congrats Bob all the best in your new interests. I have listened to you for years, first with another radio station when you were with Sam and Robbie. You where the reason that I switched to CHFI. I will truly miss you on my drive home everyday to Burlington from Toronto. Good Luck.
- Audrey WardBob, what a loss, I have listened to you during you radio career in Toronto. followed your stories about your family. I even met you once, long ago at a consumer show in Markham. You have a great sense of humor. you will be missed, the number of emails on your blog will attest to that.
- Loyal listener“May you have…
- Sally CorcoranThe HINDSIGHT to know where you’ve been;
The FORESIGHT to know where you’re going
And, the INSIGHT to know when you’ve gone too far.”
Good Luck Bob!
Bob – My drive home every night will never be the same. Your silly comments always made me giggle. Best of luck in your new adventure. You will truly be missed!!!!
- GayleI can’t help but share one of my fondest memories of Bob Magee (although there are many!!!!). At the time, I was the CHFI Promotion Director and fairly new to the position. I and one coordinator were hauling big boxes out of the station vehicle to bring into the theatre where Bob Magee was going to be hosting a movie premiere. Bob saw us in the parking lot and came over without hesitation. Now, I didn’t know much about Bob…except that he was a well respecting, highly popular Toronto radio personality on the number one station in Canada!!!!!! And here he was coming over to the vehicle, taking the boxes literally out of our hands and insisting that he carry them inside for us. I knew then and there that he was one in a million. No huge ego and truly a class act!
I have never forgotten nor will I ever forget his kindness not just then, but over the years!
Bob (your good looks aside), you are truly a warm-hearted, generous, funny, talented, honest, hard-working individual who has always graciously given of yourself to your listeners, to the community and to your family and friends!
I will miss those dulcet tones over the air…..But I assure you, I’ll get my dose, as this treasured friendship will not fade away.
Always wishing you the very best that life has to offer and much success in anything you ever choose to do.
Much love,
Vicky Belfiore Haas
- Vicky Belfiore(& John, Christopher, Jessica)
Wow — I have listened to CHFI since it was Don and Erin (with a slight digression when there was no Erin — but only for the morning show — my radio at work never changed from CHFI).
You have been a companion for many years and for the last three years in particular when I had to start driving to meet the daycare hours. The drive home just won’t be the same.
Good luck in your new adventure — I too am leaving my current position after 10 years. Maybe this is symbolic — change all round!
- JackieWow. Don’t visit the home page for a few days and look what happens. I will miss you and your chuckling very much; however, we all have to move forward and I hope your Company does very well. I will miss you.
- WendyBob,
- JudiWe have been listening to CHFI since moving down to Southern Ontario in ’93. You’ve made our mornings brighter and our afternoons full of good music and laughter.
Enjoy your new lifestyle and hopefully we will see you in the Muskoka area at some function.
Good luck and thanks again!
It is my privilege to add my voice to those who are paying tribute to the one and only Bob Magee.
I’ve been professionally inspired by Bob Magee, as well as personally indebted.
As a young, aspiring broadcaster, working in a small radio station in Barrie, Ontario, I once called Bob to ask for his help. I wondered, at the time: Could I send him a tape, and, perhaps, could he take time to review it and, maybe, send me his thoughts?
Now, Bob didn’t know me at all. Had never heard of me. I was all of 22 years old and struggling with my career. He told me not to bother SENDING him a tape. What I should do, he said, was bring it to him myself and he’d be glad to have a listen, give his thoughts, AND take me to lunch.
That’s just what happened. It happened on a number of occasions, as he took me under his wing, providing radio savvy, essential information on how to go about my business as an announcer, and, most importantly, boundless encouragement.
Coming from a broadcaster I idolized, you can imagine how crucial that was.
Here I am, having attained my goal of hosting a morning radio show in Toronto. I say, without hesitation, that I don’t believe I would have accomplished it without the mentoring Bob gave me during the formative stages of my broadcast life.
I still remember, clearly, some of the lessons Mr. Magee imparted to me , so many years ago.
Bob, thank you. For your kindness, for your guidance and, of course, for your inimitable radio style.
Here’s to one of the truly great voices in the history of Toronto radio.
Don landry
- don landryMorningshow Host
The FAN 590
Hi Bob,
I have been listening to CHFI for more than 10 years and remember when you first came onboard. Such changes you have gone through and CHFI listeners less, but traumatic times for all of us.
And now you are on to bigger and better things. Enjoy your days as you realise a dream, and in such a beautiful area of Ontario.
Thank you for all your great shows at CHFI and best of luck in your new endevour.
Take Care!
Jan Church
- Jan ChurchI have been listening to CHFI for more than 10 years and remember when you first came onboard.
Such changes you have gone through and CHFI listeners less, but traumatic times for all of us.
And now you are on to bigger and better things.
Enjoy your days as you realise a dream, and in such a beautiful area of Ontario.
Thank you for all your great shows at CHF, and best of luck in your new endeavours.
Take Care!
Jan Church
- Jan ChurchHi Bob, as I write this I am listening to your voice. I have listened to you since the morning show with Erin. I can’t believe that you won’t be with me on my drive home every night. I wish you all the best in your new life – but things just won’t be the same without you. Your cat stories are the best and when you do the “give a kid a coat” campaign every year, you touch my heart. You have made me laugh and cry over the years. It takes a special person to do that and his name is Bob Magee! There’s an old song that expresses my wish for you and the lines go like this: “I wish you blue birds in the spring to give your heart a song to sing, I wish you health much more than wealth, but most of all when snow flakes fall, I wish you love”
- DianeAs with all families, there comes a time when we must let some go…to move on in their lives and explore new venues. It is always a heart wrenching time; watching our family change. Well, Bob, you have definitely been part of my family. Your sense of humour, wit, loyalty, dedication and love of life have made you one of the best parts of my day and you will be missed. It is time to let you go, wish you well and say farewell. With tears and smiles I will miss you and remember you. Thank you for years of fun. The CHFI family will be forever changed as will your loyal listeners… all the best with your new ‘career’ and I sure hope to hear your voice on the radio again someday.
Congratulations and success to you always.
Lynn Duncan
- Lynn DuncanSharon, Ontario
Hi Bob, It is a sad day indeed! I have enjoyed listening to you since you joined CHFI, and you will be missed. The drive home will not be the same – I’ll miss your humour and wit. Will you continue to do the give a kid a coat camp outs?
Here’s wishihg you all the best in your new endeavours.
Kindest regaqrds,
Pearl Gabriel
- Pearl GabrielHi Bob:
Just to let you know that we will miss you greatly when you leave CHFI tomorrow. I stopped listening to the morning show when you and Erin were taken off, but tuned back in for 10 am show and onwards at that time. Of coure, I listen all day now that the CHFI team has been complete. Sure hope that whoever fills your shoes (and it will be very hard) keeps us listening all day without having to flip around. Your humour and wit always leaves a smile around our house. You are going to be so missed. All the very best to you and your family. Very best wishes to your new endeavours and much success is being wished your way!!!!
A loyal listener, Cyndy
- CyndyBob
Thanks very much for all the times you made my day
I hope you have many happy days in your future.
All the best.
- BeverlyYou will be missed.
You’ll be sadly missed, I loved you way back in your day’s with the wonderful morning show on C.H.U.M.
- Patricia KloostermanGood Luck and cheers to you.
You have always been such a huge inspiration. You taught me what it was to be a storyteller… and to know where the punchline belonged. You have the most beautiful voice. You challenged me. And shared the best music I have ever heard.
And that was just on the radio.
(well… maybe not the BEST music…)
Thank you
Thank you
I am so so very excited
To see
What
You
Get
Up
To
Next.
So much love,
- bekky Mageeyours,
bekky (Magee)
Bob, I have listened to you every day on my drive home from work for many years. You are my favourite on CHFI. I will miss you terribly but wish you all the luck and wealth with your Company. All the best
- Dale JacksonBob
Wishing you well in the next chapter in your life. Be strong and we hope to hear you on the air again real soon. I will miss you on my ride home in the afternoons. You are a special person, kind in every way. Take care Bob, and Good Luck.
- AngieBob,
While driving home each day, I could always count on you to put a smile on my face (no matter how bad the day might have been up to that point).
I will miss your sense of humour each afternoon, but I wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
Enjoy this next chapter in your life!
- LindaDear Bob, What a shock! Listening to Erin this morning, driving along on my way to work only to hear her say that you will be leaving today! I have been listening from ever since and have enjoyed the sound of your your sexy voice. They say a change is always as good as a rest. Bonne chance, you’ll be sorely missed.
- Louise LeeAll the best to you and your family.
From a loyal listener, Louise Lee
Ahhhh Bob, gonna miss you! How will I ever make it home without you at the end of the day? Good luck and best wishes in your future endeavors.
- LizDear Bob:
I’m gonna miss your wonderful voice in the afternoons. I always enjoyed your show because you always had some zingers that would crack me up. It’s like….what topic will Bob take and give us a funny, new perspective on? I’m so glad to hear you’ll do some freelance work and that you are pursuing your own personal dreams. I wish you only the best! Will you continue to do the coat drive? I’ve already been planning to make a bigger contribution next year. What a wonderful idea you had. I wish you much happiness and continued success.
- Simone– Simone
Hi Bob
- PaulaI just can’t beleive the news you are leaving. I have missed you in the morning and still feel that you were the best morning host. I spend the last part of my work day with you as I drive home it is the best part of my day. As I told my husband today you were leaving I had tears in my eyes. Take care and I wish you the very best in your future plans and hope your dreams come true.
Paula
Where one journey ends, another begins…..Congratulations on the next chapter in your story! We so enjoyed your company in St. Lucia! Hanging out by the pool with good drinks, good conversation and lots of sunshine! What could be better then that? Keep us posted with your success as we know this is just yet another beginning. Thanks for all you have given and shared with everyone that has been listening! Your Friends, Jason and Lisa Srigley xo
- Lisa SrigleyGood luck Bob in your new adventure, but I am going to miss listing to you everday, especially on my drive home from work. Lots of love
- RobertaGood luck Bob in your new adventure, but I am going to miss listening to you everday, especially on my drive home from work. Lots of love
- RobertaBob,
- Sherylyou are such a big part of CHFI, it will seem very odd not to hear you on the radio next week. I have been a loyal listener for years, starting with you and Erin when I came to Canada. Of late, you have made my long drive home tolerable and I don’t look forward to that drive next week. Your voice, sense of humour and wit will definitely be missed. Best of luch in the future, hope we get to hear that great voice again.
Take care,
Sheryl
Hi Bob:
I have been listening to you ever since you started at CHFI filling in for Don Daynard. The radio station did a poll asking who should replace Don and I made sure that I voted for you. Ten years ago, I commuted from Burlington to Toronto by car and you made the drive easier. You and Erin had me laughing out loud on many occassions. Then you moved to the afternoon show. By then, I decided I had a change of jobs, but I could commute by Go train. I bought a small radion and listen to your show on the way home. You made a long commute so much more bearable and I loved listening to your stories. I will miss them! Thank you for 10 wonderful years and all the best to you in your new venture. I will miss you.
- Linda WillisDear Bob
Congratulations on your new career you will be missed dearly, I enjoyed your show and to see what you do for the community (GIVE A KID A COAT PROGRAM).
I enjoyed going out to the different locations and donating coats for such a good cause .
I wish you all the best
Lori from Brampton
- Lori LajeunesseHi Bob:
I too have listened to you for the last 10 years. We dropped out to see you more than once at the Coats for Kids, (who will they find to camp out without a coat now?) You are one in a million and you will be missed. I know how difficult it is to strike out on your own but I also know that your friends and family will always be there to support you. I know you will make a Home Run with the business and in the great white north you will have your memories of CHFI and the listeners to keep you warm.
- Christine MoczkodanBob
I first listened to you in the morning and now I listen after work. Thank you for the wonderful music you play, and for all of your humanitarian work. Good luck to you and your family in your future endeavours. You will be missed! Cheers.
- MargoBob, as Erin said you have class! I’ll never forget how well you handled the announcement that Erin would not be back (little did we know)
- Jackie StewartThanks for all of the “sharing” time we had both in the mornings and on my drive home. Best wishes with your company!
BOB:
We’re CHFI listeners that go way back beyond the 10 years we’ve been listening to you. Over those years we’ve heard many wonderful stories. Yours, however, always put that extra smile on our faces. Your banter with Laurie Turcott is the best, as evidenced by her laughter.
Thanks also for repeating the 5:00 o’clock song at about 5:20 for those of us Loyalty Club Members that leave work at 5:00 o’clock but don’t get into into the car until 5:05.
All the very best guy.
Goofy, aka Robert
- Goofy, aka Robert WhiteThanks for all of the great moments that you gave us both on the morning show and the afternoon drive home.
Best wishes in all your new endivers
- SueBob… As I write this, I am reminded of the sudden exit of Erin Davis as the news has come as a shock as well. I have enjoyed your banter, ease of storytelling and compassion you have displayed when championing your cause of the moment. It’s amazing how we become so attached to the people in our lives that their sudden departure causes us to “well up”. An outsider would probably say “these people need to get a life!” .. they don’t understand that this is part of life and the experiences we share! I also have met you on a few occasions, Oldies Dances for one and found you to be as charming in person as on the radio. I wish you all the best for your future endeavours and know you have left an indelible mark on many lives. I write this on behalf of myself and my husband Rudy, and my brother James and his wife Nikki. Congratulations!
- Mary Ann KerschlHi Bob,
I had heard through a friend in the biz that you were leaving. I wish you all the best in your new venture. I enjoyed listening to you and occasionally talking with you on the phone. Take care and all the best to you in your new venture. Where are you going???
Darlene~
- DarleneBob I just must have not been listening to close lately as I just hear Erin saying on the radio this morning that this was your last day.
I have listened to you for the past 10 years and have always enjoyed your show. You will be greatly missed but I do know sometimes you have to giveup on something you love to enhance your life and I am sure this is the case. I hope you will still do the coat drive as it will never be the same without you and all those people that have gained the warmth of a winter coat each year will certainly miss what you have done for them.
Have a great life and remember you will always be missed by your loyal follower’s.
Good luch and God Bless you
Regards
- Susan ShackletonSusan Shackleton
Bob
- Bill MarshallI am really going to miss those terrible puns of yours and the banter with laurie Turcotte. We have talked over the years and I like to think of you as a friend. As a listener of 40 plus years I feel you were the best all round DJ, AM Days PM. Didn’t matter. Best luck at your black fly,mosquito, inhabited cottage.
Will miss you
Radio is my life
I do 2 hours of TV a week
Bill
Life is nothing if not change. I, like so many others, have dealt with change throughout my life, but for some reason we always think our DJ’s will never leave us. They become a daily part of our lives,so to hear of Bob Magee’s departure from CHFI and the afternoon drive home is almost unthinkable. How many times that wonderful voice has cheered me up from an otherwise stressful day at work; how many times has that melodic voice awakened me at 5:00 a.m. when Bob did the morning show with Erin? I’ve been with you throughout your time at CHFI, you have brought tears to my eyes throughout the Coats for Kids Charity Drive, I have caught myself smiling as I listened to your ‘jokes’, your stories and your tales of what life brought you. Classy doesn’t even begin to describe Toronto’s Bob Magee. But life is about change and I applaud you for having the courage and the determination to embark on a new chapter in your life. May this chapter bring you all that you want it to. From reading some of the comments posted by CHFI listeners you can be assured your presence in our lives will be missed. Best of everything to you Bob – thanks for the many memories, tears and laughter throughout my ten years with you — whether it be getting ready to start my day or wind it down! Take good care and THANK YOU. It goes without saying that you will continue to thrive in your Muskoka paradise.
~Tina Towell
- TinaBob, Bob, I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it’s been ten years since I started listening to you and Erin in the morning and I can’t believe you’re leaving.
Who’s going to get us home through all that traffic and leave us with smiles on our faces? It just won’t be the same without your wacky sense of humour making me crack up as I make my way home. You were great with Erin in the morning and you are terrific as our afternoon host.
Much, much great luck with this next chapter in your life. Enjoy and I hope you stay in touch with all your friends at CHFI so that all us loyal listeners find out how you are doing. Take care.
- Susan Bools - MississaugaDear Bob ,
Best wishes with your new challenge. I really enjoyed listening to you in the past 10 years. You will be greatly missed. Keep smiling . I had the pleasure of meeting you 2 years ago in Brampton at The
Bricks opening . Thank you for taking the time to speak with us. Your a class act Bob.
Keep well,
- JO-ANN CHARETTEJo-Ann Charette
Brampton, Ontario.
Hi Bob: Wishing you all the very best as you begin your new chapter. I know you will do well! However, you will be greatly missed at 98.1 – I have enjoyed listening to you for many years; first with Erin and then your own show. You are a class act. Cheers
- SusanHi Bob:
Just to wish you the best of everything in your new adventure. Sure will miss you on the drive home and your witty comments just before the traffic report around 5:30 pm.
- Hazel ButcherBob, I wish you all the best in your future endeavours. You’ll be missed.
- Betty FitzpatrickHi Bob,
As so many other people have commented on your generous personality, your warmth, your caring, your fun spirit, etc. I don’t need to add that again. But what about that cute face and sparkly blue eyes? To me you were the ultimate “pretty boy” at CHFI (no offence to the others left behind!) But the opportunity to work for yourself… and at the cottage – wow, lucky you! Enjoy the laid back pace and go forth and prosper! All the best,
Jan Johnson
- Jan JohnsonHey there Bob!
- LizI’m another huge fan of yours from the years when you started with Erin in the mornings! I have the radio playing at my desk all day at work and love listening to you following Michelle. I LOVE your sense of humor and wit – especially with Laurie and getting her laughing!
You’ve done such an awesome job in your career and I will miss you greatly – definitely big shoes to fill for whomever takes over on Monday! I can’t imagine afternoons being the same
I wish you all the best in your new endeavour in Muskoka and hope that you’ll keep in touch with CHFI so we can know how you’re doing
What can you say about a guy who is such a big part of the Toronto landscape, as he heads off for new adventures? The landscape will NEVER be the same….Thanks so much for being such a good friend, and mentor over the years! You have taught me so much, and inspired me more! I wish you incredible things in the future, because you deserve no less! Thanks again for setting the bar so high!
- Darren Osborne(keep in touch buddy!)
Your friend always,
Oz
I really will miss your funny one-liners on my drive home. You have a great sense of humour and I loved listening to you, since the Bob ‘n Erin morning show.
- Cathy CooledgeBest of luck, and hopefully we will hear how you are doing.
Bob, I have enjoyed listening to you from the Time that you took over for Don Danard. I would likt to wish you all the best in you knew adventures. Take Care. Sharon
- Sharon HiltonBob:
- MargI wish you all the best in your new journey.
I will really miss you, though.
congrats Bob on your future plans…..i have enjoyed listening to you for the last 41/2 yrs at work you make the afternoon listen very enjoyable i will miss you
best wishes
- GRACEGrace
OH…Bob, I am so surprised and so sorry to hear you are leaving CHFI.
- Susan StevensonI wish you all the best and continued sucess in what ever you have chosen to do! For you are truly one of the best CHFI has on the air today.
An inspiration for all of us and you will by missed.
Hey Bob
I always loved listening to you every afternoon..Your cheerful attitude and friendliness will be missed
- UnknownMy 2pm will never be the same again, or my drive home, Wishing you all the best Bob.. You will be missed.
- Corina Hullxoxox
Corina Hull
Bob – you will be missed. It just won’t be the same without you. Thanks for all the laughs on the way home. Also, your generosity in giving up time to sit and freeze for coats – now who else would do that???? Congratulations and all the very best.
- Anne DalzellBob,
- Joanne from GeorgetownYou will be sooooo missed by all who listened to you. You
have such a kind, soft spoken
sincere way about you that
endures you to your audience.
All the best to you and your
family.
Bob
- ChandraI love hearing you voice on the radio, It’s been a pleasure listening to your sexy voice.Wishing you all the best, god bless. you will be truly be missed,
Big Fan
Oh, Bob! You will surely be missed on the air!! I enjoyed your stories and music over the years! It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years with CHFI!! It sure won’t be the same without you, but I wish you nothing but the best in your future endeavours, up in the surroundings that you love! I am ever so slightly envious of you now that you will get to try out a new path in life! Thanks for some great times and music over the years, and I will miss hearing your voice! Sad for us, happy for you! Good Luck, Bob!
Judy Park
- Judy ParkHi Bob
I wish you all the best and good luck with your new journey.
- Sue ShorttGood luck to you in your new endeavor. I have listened to you for the entire 10 years you have been at CHFI. Now that I am retired, I listen to you in the afternoons with my granddaughters (ages 6 &
and we have formed a habit of saying “good night Bob” each night as you sign off. You have given me and now my family many hours of enjoyment and have to say we will miss you. My little ones will be asking about you for some time. Good luck!
- Raija KingDear Bob,
From the Amigos, Vicky, and Lucky, all of us have enjoyed your show over the years. It has been a great part of our life.
We don’t know what the future holds. The coat drives were great. There’s really nothing else to say other than you’re the best!
Thank you for the great number of hours and pleasure you’ve given to us listening to you on the air.
We wish you the very best.
Don’t forget about us.
The 3 Amigos, Vicky & Lucky
God Bless!
- Dr NautsWll Bob,
It has been a great run! Enjoyed listening to you over the years! Hope you return for the coats for kids program?
Stephen..
- Stephen BabiarzDear Bob
- Linda ClabbyI just heard the news and was so surprised. Somehow we always think the radio announcers we listen to everyday will always be there whenever we turn the radio on. I am so happy for you and wish you the best of luck. As everyone else has said you are an amazing guy and are truly going to be missed. Take care and keep in touch. Linda
Bob,
All the best to you in your new endeavours!
Been listening to you since before the Bob, Sam & Robbie days and will miss your stories & humour. Will think of you with a smile everytime I hear “Walking in Memphis”…
Once again, all the best to you!
Kelly
- KellyHi Bob,
- Joveythanks for keeping me company on my way home after work. Makes for a lighter home commute after a stressful day. I also enjoyed the time when you and Erin were doing the morning show together. It also kept me company on my way to work. All the best and here’s hoping to hear from you on the radio down the road.
Warmest Regards…Jovey
What do you say to a wonderful person such as yourself who has given us so much of your life. You will be sadly missed on the radio.You have touched so many people during your career and helped many as well without even knowing it. May you be blessed with even more success than you have had to date. You have always felt like family and hope you will keep us all updated with how your life continues. You are much loved and will be missed.
God Bless
Vanessa Harris
- Vanessa HarrisWe all know nothing lasts forever but I can’t believe you have been part of my day for almost 10 years! I have always enjoyed listening to you on my drive home – it is good to laugh after a stressful day and you were appreciated for that. Like all the CHFI listeners, I will miss you a lot – good luck in your new venture.
- SylvieBob – I’m not sure how I will get through my day without hearing your voice. You will be missed! Best of luck and thanks for 10 years of great music! Best, Nancy (a devoted listener from Los Angeles…who misses living in Toronto…except for the winters)
- Nancy GraydonHi Mr. Magee! My name is Chrystal and I’m a 25 year old, first-year French teacher and librarian. My mother has been playing CHFI in the kitchen for as long as I can remember. Your voice has become like a ‘household label’ lol. I have enjoyed your show for many years and now it’s weird to be in my own office listening to you. I suppose that we are both at pivotal points in our lives. I wish all the best in your future endeavours! Thank you for making CHFI that much better;)
- Chrystal JamesI will miss you and your voice on my radio. I really enjoyed listening to your show.
- Janet SandersonI wish you all the best in the future.
Be Safe, Be Happy & Have Fun!
Bob…you will be missed, listening to you for so many years makes you family and not hearing your voice will be hard to adjust to. I enjoyed listening to you at work and then on the ride home.
Thank you for all the laughs. Hope your new ventures go well
You will be missed!
Best of luck inyour new ventures.
Anita
- AnitaI listened to you on CHUM and switched to CHFI when you filled in for Don Daynard. Was thrilled when you were Erin’s cohost. You will be missed. You have a great “on air” personality that entices people to listen. Good luck to you.
- KathyHi Bob,
I met you a couple of years ago,and I was so impressed with you I start listening to CHFI,what a great guy ,great jokes at your afternoon show I will miss your sense of humor,good luck,and enjoy the other half of your Life.
- EsrickEsrickQ
Great Guy we will miss you
Rick
- EsrickOh Bob, I will miss you and your wonderful sense of humour. I have listened to you since your probation. My husband won your Bob Magee guitar at one of the many Oldies Dances which we will treasure even more. I wish you nothing but good luck in your new crossroad and if you need a great administrative assistant look no further I am at your service.
Sincerely,
Pat White and Paul McManus
- Pat WhiteBob…you will be missed!!! I have listened to you since you joined CHFI. I had the pleasure of meeting you when I came down to pick up my vouchers for a trip to Floriday I won last year. As a fellow cottager, I’m sure its a dream come true for you to be able to live and work from your cottage!!! Best of luck to you…and thanks for the memories.
- HeatherBob: You will truly be missed, we echo Ian’s thoughts WHAT A GREAY GUY, and you will truly be missed my many. We have met many times over the last ten years, and it was always a pleasure,to see & meet you. As I write this, many memories come to mind, cat sitting your daughter CAT,(did you ever find that cat?)meeting at Castle Loma for a music launch, and too many more to mention. All the BEST in whatever or where ever you are going.Thanks for allow us to being part of your life. Please keep in touch. Two of your old & true friends.
- Lorie & Irv MurphyBye 4 now BOB GOOD LUCK
My afternoons at my desk and my drive home will not be the same without you. I remember when you took over for Don when he retired, you and Erin had great chemistry. You will be missed and I wish you the best of luck in the next chapter of your life.
Miss you, love ya bye bye
- MargheritaBob:
Have been listening and enjoying you on CHFI for many years. Will miss that familiar voice. All the best in your future endeavours!!!
Ken D.
- Ken DowlingMy afternoons at my desk and my drive home will not be the same without you. I remember when you took over for Don when he retired, you and Erin had great chemistry. You will be missed and I wish you the best of luck in the next chapter of your life.
Miss you, love ya bye bye
- Margherita
- MargheritaBob
- HeidiI’m going to miss you on my drive home as you always entertain me while sitting in traffic. I wish you well in your new venture Good Luck
Heidi
I’m going to miss you soooo much. I’m a real fan of your show and will among other things, miss your banter with LT before she presents traffic news and your ever upbeat outlook. Thanks for keeping me company at work over the years. Congratulations and good luck on your new venture.
- Viviene SmithBob
- DebbieI have listened to you back in the CHUM days and had the fun and pleasure of seeing you at an oldies concert. Wow! it was so much fun. I will miss listening to you on my desktop at work. Enjoy and all the very Best Life has to offer in your new chapter of life. Enjoy the north…its a very special place to spread your wings and realize your dreams.
Take good care.
Debbie Williams
Orillia
Best of luck on your future endevours. We listened to your show every chance we got. Good luck.
- BrianI have been listening to you for years – even before CHFI – will be certainly missed on the ride home. Have fun and enjoy your new carpet ride. Best wishes..
- LourdesI have listened to you for years and you always can make me laugh. The funniest memory is when you got your legs waxed on air. I laughed so hard that morning it will always be one of my fondest memories. All the best in your new venture, will miss you.
- JudyJudy
All the best in your new endevour. I will miss your wit and charm. I have been listening to you for as long as you have been with CHFI
Linda
- Linda MugfordYou will be missed.
All the best to a great guy.
I remember you all the way back in your Chum days.
You are a classy guy and have shown this many times over your career.
Again. You will be missed.
Dave Peckham
- Dave PeckhamHi Bob
- Kathy McNeilI was shocked this morning to learn this was your last day at CHFI. I would just like to wish you all of the best as you start begin your new endeavour in Muskoka. Such a lovely place to work from (I always look forward to my summer holidays). But I digress – I will miss hearing your wonderful voice and the great stories. Best of luck! – Kathy McNeil
Know that you have been great at what you do, you have been admired and appreciated for what you do, and you have made a difference. You have left your footprint by dancing to your own music and now you are merely changing the dance,not the music.
- JoanneBest wishes. I will miss your company on my way home.
I listened to you every day and sure I will miss you. I wish you all the best on your new adventure.
Ingrid
- Ingrid SikorskiDear Bob,
I will miss hearing your friendly voice and your terrific sense of humour on CHFI. I switch between listening to CHFI and Classical 96.3 FM in the afternoons and I feel very lucky to have listened to your station today. I want to thank you for playing two of my favourite songs back-to-back today: “Insensitive” by Jann Arden and “Love Story” by Taylor Swift. I also listened to you on Tuesday afternoon of this week and just before 3 p.m. on that day you played one of my all-time favourite songs “With Or Without You” by U2 and then at around 5:30 p.m. you played “Insensitive” by Jann Arden. Listening to songs like that really make my day and I’m sad to know that today is your last day with CHFI. Good luck with all of your future endeavours, Bob.
Sincerely,
Tom Cheung
- Tom CheungBob, we have been with you for 10 years and wish you all the best in your new endeavours. I will miss your humor you always make me smile even though I’m having a bad day and you always replied to your e-mails which I think is fantastic. Good luck to you in your new business (will we ever find out what that business is!!!!)
Stay in touch with the station.
Love ya
- Madeleine GazdagMadeleine Gazdag
Hi Bob – after listening to you for the last 10 years I can’t believe this is our last afternoon together. You have kept me company at the office and on the long drive home on the DVP. Have enjoyed hearing about your time with your daughters. Do hope to hear you filling in periodically. Wishing you much success in your new endeavour. All the best!
- LyndaYing and Yang – You leave for better things, we’re sure, and we are left with waiving a tearful farewell.
I have enjoyed listening to you from the moment you substituted for Don in the mornings. You filled my afternoons with laughter, as you commented on life’s absurdities. And thru it all, you maintained your moral compass, never giving voice to your favourite deodorant, pot, pan, restaurant or vehicle!
What fortitude!
Wishing you success in your new endeavour. May life bring you only laughter.
Jessica
- Jessica RothHi Bob, I have been listening to you from day one, when you joined CHFI. I will always treasure the picture of you and I, at Sherway Gardens, when you and Erin camped out for the food drive.(I was the one who came in wearing the pajamas)
- AnonymousI am going to miss you, driving home in the afternoons won’t be the same.Good luck in your new venture.
Maggie
Good luck Bob, not that you will require it, there is no doubt you will succeed!
- JacquieWe will miss you.
Enjoy the “dock days” up north.
I suppose change is inevitable, so at the same time that we will be sad to see you leaving, we wish you all the best in your newest journey. It was truly a pleasure to meet with you at the Coats for Kids events, which I’m sure won’t be the same without you. All our best! Lisa Shields Broad – Brampton Area Scouts
- Lisa Shields BroadBob
Love always
ALL ways
Forever with us – we’re right there cheering you on!
God’s Speed! God Bless! Be well!
xox
Joy
PS It was me who just called and begged you “Don’t go”
) Therapy starts Monday! Luv ya brotha man!
- JoyBob:
Can’t believe I’m listening to your last show. It doesn’t seem real at the moment. All the best in your future endeavours — I have no doubt you will find success and happiness in your life after CHFI.
I still recall the class with which you announced the Morning show as we knew it with you and Erin would no longer be. I was stunned, but what resonated was the professionalism with which you carried out what must have been an extremely difficult task. On the lighter side I will always remember the times I was laughing along with Laurie T when you would catch her off guard with one of your comments. What a great stress relief after a day of work.
The airwaves have lost a true gem!!!!
Donna
- Donna ThompsonHave driven home with you soooooooo many times…and you will be missed…but I wish you all the best!
Take care!
- Bernadette DeFreitasBernadette
Well Bob, what a sad day for all us listeners! You will be missed big time. Our drives home will not be the same!
All the best in your “new venture” as you begin this next chapter in your life.
Hope we get the opportunity to hear you on air occasionally on CHFI and also to hear news updates about you from time to time.
All the very best.
- Carol McCormickWhaaaaaa! Whaaaaa! I’m feeling like Peanuts without his “blankie.” Bob, did you have to take Barack Obama so seriously about “change”? Everything I thought of saying, has already been said. Wishing you all of that & much more. Yes, life is all about change…let me not start about changes over the past 10 years…and yet, you were a constant until now. Follow your dreams as 10 years ago, I swear I could conquer Everest…now, watch me ‘conquer’ the stairs to bed…pathetic. Stay healthy, be thankful for each day that comes and enjoy. Luv you, ba-bye, go forth & conquer (there’s that word again!!!)
- Vivia CampbellVivia
Bob – I know I’ve already emailed you after I heard the news this morning – but couldnt get over all these msgs on your Blog!! – My husband always laughs at what a groupie I am – I met you at the Fireworks at Ontario place when I won some tickets. ALso on August 19, 2005 that nite of the big storm, I was on my way to my party and heard you mention on the radio that Ian had just called you to say he was stuck in traffic and was on his way to DJ at a 50th party – I thought HEY THAT IS MEEEEE – I was going to call you for Ian’s no. but when I heard you – I relaxed and knew he was on his way -LOL.
So many great memories – and yes I too will always remember that morning – what an amazing person you are. WIll miss your cool voice on the radio and I dont know who can replace you!!!
Take care and all the best in your new career – you’re so lucky to have the opportunity!
- Angela Yee LoongAngela
All the best as you start your new venture. You will be missed…..
- ColeenBob,
All CHFI listeners, especially me, have been so fortunate to have had the opportunity to share many hours of radio listening to you. You’re stellar!
Thank you for the wonderful memories.
Best of luck in that new chapter of life. Success will no doubt follow you!!
Joan
- JoanI can’t believe that you are leaving the CHFI family! What will we do without you and your corny jokes?
Seriously Bob, I have great respect for you and all you’ve accomplished in the years you have been at CHFI.
You will be sadly missed by many of your long standing listeners and loyal fans such as myself. Your friendly voice will surely be missed on my radio.
- Gwen WestI wish you great joy and pleasure in whatever you do with your life…you deserve all the best in life.
Thank you my friend, for many years of listening pleasure.
Love ya,
Gwen West
Mississauga, ON
Bob:
Thank You, Thank You Bob for many fine hours of great listening.
It is true what everyone has been saying I have followed from the Don Daynard days until now you have such a caring manner and a gentle voice.
Best Wishes, Good Luck and much success in your adventure.
Elaine
- ElaineHey Bob! I listen to you on the way home every week-day and will greatly miss your voice and especially your humor ie. traffic girl Laurie T. making her laugh uncontrollably! It won’t be the same. Will you still be doing the winter coat tenting with Rogers?? Good-luck in all that you do and have dreamed of doing to fulfill your life! I know what it is like to hunger for a chance to at least try and I am sure you will succeed in a great way. Congrats. Oshawa/Pat
- Patricia QuallyBOB
I love your show, I followed you to CHFI from the CHUM morning show. I recall one morning turning on the radio and your voice was no longer there. I kept turning the dial thinking I had the wrong station, but that was not the case. When a friend of mine told me you were filling in for Don Daynard I switched to CHFI and started listening to you there. Will miss hearing your voice and comments again;
That said – I wish you the VERY BEST in your new endeavors
brunella
- Brunella De MarcoEnjoy this next chapter in your life. Thanks for everything, you will be missed by many!
- DanielleBob,
- MartinaI just want to say Congratulations on your new endeavors. Wishing you much success. We sure are going to miss you on the radio. You are great.
My girls always looked forward to gathering up old coats to bring over to you.
I listened to you when you started the morning show with Erin. Not to brag, but I won a car from the morning show that you were on. So when I am driving my car and listening to CHFI, you will be thought of. Best of luck You deserve it.
Good Luck Bob
CHFI Listener
Martina
Hi Bob – Sorry to hear you’re leaving. The afternoon & drive home won’t be the same. I love your snappy comments. They make me laugh.
- MaggieGood Luck
Maggie
Hey Bob,
Just wanted to say all the best!! You make me laugh alot. You will be missed.
Best Regards,
- JehanneHi Bob, you will be missed. I’ve been listening to CHFI since the Don Daynard days and when you and Erin were on the morning show – what a blast! My trips home in the afternoons will never be the same, but I certainly wish you all the best in your new ventures! Good luck Bob!!
- Diane~Diane xox~ (sorry just gotta give you hugs and kisses)
All the best, Bob! I’ll miss that beautiful voice on the ride home every day. Take care of yourself and good luck with the business.
- JacquelineGood luck, I have been listening to you since the beginning. Will miss you. Good luck….. JS
- JudyBob,
- Anitayour warm, heartfelt, classy presence will be missed greatly – your repartee made everyone you worked with sound even better – and made our days and our trips lighter with laughter and the best music and stories! May your load be light, your canteen always full, and your days full of the same joy, fun and fullness you gave to all of us. Aloha and don’t be a stranger!
You will be missed dearly. I enjoy listening to your show every morning. Good luck and all the best in the future. Christine Soucie..
- To BobBob, Good luck in your new venture. Sure will miss you on the afternoon show. Have enjoyed your humour very much. You certainly have given me a lot of good laughs on some very dreary days.
- EleanorThanks!
Bob,
I remember your first day of “officially” being Erin’s co-host. YOU WERE LATE!!!! It was also your 50th birthday too, I believe, so everyone forgave you. When you used to fill in for Don Daynard, I used to think you would make a fabulous replacement for Don if he ever left CHFI as your chemistry with Erin was fabulous.
Good luck in your new venture and God Bless.
- CindyDear Bob
I am very sorry to hear that you by now have left CHFI. It has been a great time listening to your voice which I recognize any time you speak on the radio. CHFI will have a very very difficult time replacing you (impossible). I have been listening since Don Dainard was an announcer. I am very jealous of you moving north as I miss my previous home so much. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you everything you want in your future. Congratulations, I will truly miss you.
- Jean GunnBob,
- LisaI own a retail store and we listen to you everyday. Things will never be the same. I will truly miss you.
Best of luck to you.
Lisa
I ‘second’ all of the above and add Funny, Wise, Wonderful and Gracious. Enjoy your Vocation!
- Meredith KerriganBob, my afternoons will be empty now. I have the radio on all day and your humour has kept me going when I was lagging in the afternoon or on the drive home. I am so very sorry to hear that you are leaving. Unfortunate (for me) that all good things come to an end. I have listened to CHFI for years and was extremely happy that you didn’t leave several years ago. You were also an extremely integral part of my life on Apr 29/04! I will miss listening to you so very much, Bob. Thank you for all the great times, the humour, and making my afternoons that much more pleasant. I wish you all the best in your new endeavour and I really hope you come back for several guest spots/hosting.
- Linda BridgewaterMR. Bob Magee…What are we going to do without you. When driving home at night after sometimes the worst day you put a smile on my face. When I heard you were leaving and even while writing this my eyes are full of tears. I wish you all the best but believe me when I say you are going to be truly missed.
Wendy
- WendyAll the best to you in your new venture. I enjoyed you when it was Erin and Bob and you were great on the afternoon show.
- Mary LouBob,
This has been one of the moments I have dreaded for the past few weeks, after learning about your departure. Sometimes its easier to write things out because then you can’t hear me sniffling. I remember the moment I got the call about getting paired up with you for the afternoon show…I was so excited because I had heard your warmth and wit on the air. I couldn’t even begin to tell you the relief I felt at having such easy interaction with you right from the start. When things were absolutely melting down at 680 News, you were that calm and steady partner on the other end who made my most difficult shifts so much easier! To share the same type of humor made the afternoon show the best part of my day! And even though we were situated a half block apart in our stations, I could follow you like we danced these steps a hundred times before. You have been more than a co-worker to me. We shared our family difficulties off the air, and the shared burden was so much easier to bear. If you were just a co-worker, my heart wouldn’t be in my throat as I write this. I consider our 4 years together as the highlight of my career in broadcasting. Some of our funniest moments will always be with me, so when I miss you, I can just remember how much richer I am for having been your afternoon partner. You know I hate goodbye, so I’m just going to stalk you after you leave. LOL. Love you, my friend!
- Laurie TurcotteLaurie
You will be missed. Now who will fill your shoes at CHFI? I have listened to the station for years, and enjoyed listening to you on my way home from work for the last few years. Good Luck in your endeavours.
- Janice Gillan- Janice
Its really sad to see you leave. I wish you nothing but the best. Good luck and Goodbye. sniff…sniff…sniff..
- Jackie NielsenBob
I have listened to you pretty much everyday that you have been on the air at CHFI your morning show with Erin enough can not be said, your afternoon show with the traffic reporter Laurie helps me through a miserable drive every day. Good Luck in your new future I wish you nothing but the very best, and will miss you. Wish I was moving to Muskoka to. Lyle
- Lyle TorranceBob,
- Kerry Lee HawkinsI have thoroughly enjoyed that smooth, calm and beautiful voice of yours since the CHUM days and I will miss you but knowing that you are fulfilling the next chapter in your life makes me happy for you. I had the honour of meeting you at an Oldies Dance and knew you immediately by your gorgeous smile even though you were incognito as one of the Beatles from Sgt. Pepper!
All the best – love ya bye bye
xo
from bob sam and rob on chum to the history of rock and roll to mornings on chfi to afternoons now always a pleasure to listen to your comments all the best
- greg newtonEnjoy your song selections on the way home very much. Great dj. A loss to Toronto.
- N. KellyGood luck in all you do! We have enjoyed listening to you for many years, morning and afternoon, and my husband always says, it’s not right, to be able to have such fun and get paid for it!
We will miss listening to you on the drive home.
Best Wishes, Linda
- LindaI will miss your cute snd sometimes unusual comments, which make you think and chuckle most of the time,your good deeds, especially the annual coat drive, but mostly I will miss the 5:00 tune! You were always spot on and sometimes a little early, but never late and I was frustrated because I missed the informatin. St times, if I missed it the second time around 20 after 5:00 I was really annoyed missing it and forfeiting mt Loyalty Club Points but now that you are leaving CHFI,I know I will miss your distinct voice full of impish glee.
All the best for the future from a Loyal fan.
Sincerely, Susan Gimma
- Susan GimmaHi Bob. My husband and I want to wish you all the best in your expanding career. We have listened to you in the early mornings and during your evening show over the years. Your humour is infectious and sometimes I find myself laughing out loud in the car so much so that people around me must think I am totally out of my mind. Thanks for being there especially at the end of a busy workday when I need to unwind. All the best!!!
- Susan RonaldWe are very sorry to hear you are leaving CHFI. We remember your first morning when you “slept in”!! It has been such a pleasure listening to you….we wish you all the best and will certainly miss your voice on the radio.
- Don & June MillerBest wishes
Don and June Miller, Barrie
Bob.. OMGosh, we have been together for years. From your days at Chum to your days on the morning show to the afternoon ride. I am so going to miss you. As a teenager I had such a crush on you. Making dinner every night just wont be the same. Best of luck in your business, you will be missed.
- RitaRita,
I listened to you with Erin and i listened when you moved to afternoons. i remember the morning that you found out you wee going solo. You are a class act. Your voice is so handsome and humour delightful. My your business venture succeed beyond all your dreams. You will be missed greatly.
- Helen JSCongratulations and best wishes on your new company. You definitely are a classy guy and I enjoyed listening to
!! If you are not, she is one very very lucky lady!!)
- Barbyou with Erin and then during the afternoon show. I actually only found out about you leaving today and put on the radio to hear your voice for the final time, with tears in my eyes. You will truly be missed by everyone. (I tried so often to find out if you were single – what a great catch – personality, handsome with those gorgeous blue eyes, great sense of humour – every woman’s dream, but, could never get an answer
I commend you for those years you were outside with no coat on for 98 hours and helped keep so many women, men and especially children warm!!
Best of luck to you Bob and thanks for all the great memories and enjoy your new life up in Muskoka. If you have to go, that is the place to be!!
God Bless You!!
Barb
Bob,
I have enjoyed your show for years. You have a great sense of humor and made me smile or gigle several times. With your own show recently and with Erin in the past.
- Candy KingYour are going to be missed a whole bunch. I wish you all the best in your future ventures. All the best to your and yours.
Sincerely
Candy King Brantford
Dear Mr. Bob Magee,
When I heard you were leaving CHFI I couldn’t believe my ears! I have been listening to you for years, long before CHFI. I met you two years ago at your annual coat drive and after shaking your hand I felt like I made a new friend.You were so warm and sincere and gracious. Erin Davis said it best, you are one class act. When Erin left CHFI, I did too! But you brought me back, actually, because although Erin wasn’t there anymore, I missed you and the rest of the gang. Erin returned but now we will feel like something is missing again.I do wish you the very very best in this new chapter of your life. Take care Bob. You are a pro.
- Shirley RoweDear Bob,
- patriciaBoy will we miss you! Ive been listening to you since The Erin and Bob show. My son and I first met you at the Santa Claus Parade on your scooter with Erin in tow. The next visit was at the Science Centre with the coat drive. I had a flat tire on my 2nd drop off and almost missed you. We will miss your charm and sense of humour. Best of luck and good wishes as you follow your heart.
Pat
Bob…
Over the last year you have been my morning show as I work night and Erin and Mike are the afternoon shift…I wish you all the success and happiness in your new chapter…few of us in this world today have been blessed to have that opportunity…
cheers
- DanielDaniel
Great smile, great voice and not too bad to look at either…your “on air” personality will be missed. Good luck in your new venture.
- KevinThank you for 10 years of music, jokes and general interest information. You always make my drive home so enjoyable!
- Lida Kowal MBA, CMAAlso, on behalf of St. John Ambulance, Mississauga Branch we wish you all the success in your new venture and thank you a million times over for helping with our annual gala as Emcee! We will always remember your generosity and goodwill jesture.
As you embark on a new chapter, enjoy the serenity, sunrises and sunsets of the North.
Kind personal regards, Lida
Hi Bob, We will miss your crazy laughter and jokes around suppertime. You are one funny guy. MAy success follow you on this new journey.
- Anonymouscheers, Ron and June
Bob, the ride home just won’t be the same without your voice, but to be doing what you want from your cottage – sounds perfect. I wish you all the best. Enjoy the water, the boats and most of all your new life!
Betty
- BettyLaurie won’t stop crying….she’s in the next booth and I can hear her from Traffic Booth One…..Thank you for being such a pleasure to work with when I filled in for Laurie. All the best Bob. I will miss you!
- CHRISTINA GRECOBob, I have worked a variety of hours over my life, and listening to you before and after work has always been a highlight of my day. Your sense of humour and upbeat attitude have always brightened even the dullest days. Thanks for always doing such a great job, and best of luck in the future!
- ScottBob, just wanted to say thanks for 10 years of chuckles as I listened to your afternoon show — also for your warm heart in collecting coats for kids! Wishing you all the best as you embark on a new phase in your life. You’ll be missed! Cheers!
- tmpBob:
Just wanted to say, what a pleasure it was to have met you at the Chum 50th Anniversay tribute week when you were in to do an airshift on 1050 Chum.I absolutely,loved your morning show on the nifty 1050 with Robbie, and Sam all those years ago. The airwaves have been silenced once again..as another great broadcaster makes his departure.
Kym Geddes
- Kym GeddesI enjoy listening to your great sense of humour in the afternoon. It was great that one of your best moments was doing the 98 hour coat donation in Nov. Best of luck to you.
- Jennifer DouglasSorry to see you go. Loved your sense of humour, you will be missed. Good luck.
- Paula HowellWell Bob, we wish you well with your endevours and the next chapter in your life. You have helped to establish greatness in my children throughout the years with the coat drives over the past years. We have truely been blessed to have had you in our home everyday after school and throughout the dinner hour. Thank you for bringing the sunshining into our home. All the best to you.
- KarenKaren, Joel, Melissa and Ben Wilson (Ajax)
I’ve been a fan of yours for what seems like forever and a day, and I will definitely miss you. CHFI has a big chair to fill, but I know your successor will do just as well as you have, and will end up just as loved as you – there is talent galore ‘out there’, but you know, we’ll always miss you, you are the best of the best. I wish you well, I wish you joy and happiness in whatever you do.
- DianeGood luck for the future
- FredreBob:
Just wanted to say, what a pleasure it was to have met you at the Chum 50th Anniversay tribute week when you were in to do an airshift on 1050 Chum.I absolutely,loved your morning show on the nifty 1050 with Robbie, and Sam all those years ago. The airwaves have been silenced once again..as another great broadcaster makes his departure.
- Kym Geddes
- Kym GeddesHi Bob, Why did I not hear about this earlier? I will miss you terribly, maybe even stop listening to CHFI as I am feeling doubly bad, no win through the Loyalty Club and now you are going. Why, why? I rushed home on the GO and had to send you this message. Hope you do well in your new venture and we hear your voice in documentaries on air and on TV. Well life must go on, take care and best wishes. I will be watching.
- CeliaJust heard the news that you are leaving CHFI. I have been following your career since the “old days” at CHUM 1050. I am going to miss your quick wit and cute stories. And as we all know, nothing ever stays the same for long, so I wish you best of luck in your new adventure.
- BarbBob! You’re one of the best in Toronto radio — I have been privliged to work with you and keep in touch with you over the years! Continued success! I know your CHFI listeners will miss you as much as your CHUMBugs do! Keep in touch, ALL THE BEST!
Amber Payie – CHUM/CP24
- Amber Payiexxooxxoo
Mike & I have listened to CHFI forever You have done an amazing show for we cant count the years. I would like to get into a business as well – - We wish you all the luck in the world. Relax & Enjoy your time with your family & friends. WE WILL MISS YOU ! ! !
- Mike & Nancy WaltonI arrived in Canada from South America 9 years ago; at the airport I meet this nice couple who showed me around. Once at home Betty told me: “Honey let me suggest you something: if you want to listen to news and to good music, listen to CHFI” and I did! And after all this years and my pick of radio stations, I am proud to say that CHFI is still my favorite and Bob, all this years you have been part of my family, I do not know how I am going to adjust to my afternoons without you. This chica here will miss you terrible. All the best Bob.
- VirginiaVirginia (Sorry, I am still learning English, but I did not wanted to pass this opportunity to let you know how I feel)
Oh sorry, Bob forgot to say this too, I loved your evening show and will miss your jokes and Laurie’s laughter. I do not know how she keeps up with you. It was me who called you immediately this afternoon when you announced your departure on air. I did not get to meet you last year at Winners. Best of luck and you will surely do well.
- CeliaHi Bob,
Congratulations on your new venture! HOWEVER, I will miss you. You are a class act. I have been listening to you since 1050 and followed you to CHFI. I wish you good luck & my very best wishes.
Margaret
- MargaretBob, ONWARD & UPWARD ! Thanks for 10 years of that sexy voice of yours during my drive home. Your humor & wit kept me going during traffic at such a slow pace. However, with you…. The ride seamed smoother & shorter. My philosophy is “If It’s Meant To Be, It’s Up To Me.. And obviously you have taken that Important Step, although you will miss the GANG…………….. Congratulations Mike and YOU SIR… WILL BE MISSED. All the best in your endeavours & wishing you Good Luck
- Lee FillionRegards,
Lee
thanks Bob for the thousands of hours of listening pleasure. Wish you every success in your new career, but will miss that ‘voice’. Take care,
- Ken & Bonnie PennellBob, I am really going to miss you I have really enjoyed listening to you. I finally met you at the coat drive last year which was really great . I would like to wish you all the best in your new ventures and to let you know I will really miss you. juliette
- JulietteMy afternoon drive home just won’t be the same. I was with you on your first day with Erin and so enjoyed your humor.
- Edna Johnston-EarlI love the relationship you have with Lori and the laughing is contagious. Bob you are a true gentleman and we will miss you so very much.
I wish you the best of luck in your next journey.
Thank you Bob!!!!
Edna
Bob, you are a Great Broadcaster….very lively and extremely funny……I listen to you while working with my radio in the background…you really make my day…you will be missed…..best wishes
- JAYI will miss your voice on the radio while driving home from work.I remember one day at Christmas you said do you think that they dress up firetrucks for Christmas.?I called in and said that my hubby is a Firefighter in Oshawa and they tied red bows on the front’s of the trucks.You were so nice to chat with and didn’t care i called in to your question.I also enjoyed the time and effort you put into the coat drive every winter.God Bless you on your new job.
- sharonBob you will be sadly missed. Have a wonderful time in whatever you persue.
- LincolnCheers Mate.
hELLO bOB,
- LISTERER FROM SCARBOROUGHyOU WILL BE MISSED NOT ONLY BY ME BUT BY THOUSANDS WHO LISTEN IN ON YOUR SHOW EACH DAY YOU ARE ON THE AIR.
GOD RICHES BLESSING IN YOUR FUTURE VENTURE.
GOOD LUCK.
i miss u ki wrote talkked u on phone my friends and i heared u
brian lima
- brian limaYou and Laurie Turcotte made the best commute possible home from Mississauga everyday.
- JoyceAll the best as you enter the next phase of your life.
http://www.freewebs.com/lima24yrs/
- brian limaHELLO BOB,
- LISTENER FROM SCARBOROUGHyOU WILL BE MISSED NOT ONLY BY ME BUT BY THOUSANDS WHO LISTEN IN ON YOUR SHOW EACH DAY YOU ARE ON THE AIR.
GOD RICHES BLESSING IN YOUR FUTURE VENTURE.
GOOD LUCK.
Dude, you gotta do what you gotta do. I hope it was your decision to leave. All the best to you. Man, first Jack FM goes off the air…and now this! You will be missed.
- NigelBob:
I’ve been listening to you since you and Erin were co-hosts on the morning show. I’m sorry to hear that you will be leaving, but wish you all the best in your new endeavours.
- HeidiHeidi
Bob, I only started listening to you when Mike came to CHFI because I use to listen to him on E-Z rock, but since he came over I have not listened to any other FM radio station. Who will replace you getting all those coats for the children? I am going to miss your dry sense of humour but all the best in your new endeavour and God speed.
- Marvette McLaughlinDear Bob,
I am so sad that you are leaving the CHFI Family, but I am very happy that you are venturing to a new career which I am sure will be a big success.
- NancyI have listened to you since your arrival at CHFI, before you were chosen to replace Don Daynard with Erin in the Morning.
You were my favourite CHFI member and sadly I don’t think that things will be the same without you.
You will be missed very much.
Good luck with your new venture my Friend!
Sincerely Nancy
Bob it’s been a blast, your will be missed by many. Your laugh and seriousness and been a guide line for many
- RonI am soooo unhappy about your leaving the afternoon show, but I hope you every success in your future endeavors. The ride home from work just won’t be same without your jokes and that great sense of humor you have. You have a great on air personality and you will be greatly missed. Best of luck to you in the future.
- Kimberly ThomasBob…
Thanks for 10 great years at CHFI. You are the epitomy of class and professionalism. I’ll miss our chats about baseball.
Rock on Bobby Magee (nice pick for your last tune).
Julie Adam
- Julie Adam“Boss Julie”
HI Bob
I remember you filling in for Don I think it was in the summer, I phoned the station and said you would make a good replacement for him when he left. Next thing I know you and Erin are entertaining on TV and every morning, I was so disappointed when Erin and you were replaced and turned off the radio, along with others that I talked to. I never did manage to listen to you in the afternoon, I really miss the banter between you and Erin, Darryl and Russ, and all your stories of family etc.
Good luck with your new ventures.
Shirley
- ShirleyWell Bob, I just listened to your last on-air show with CHFI… Boy, this is a tough one. What will we do without ‘our’ Bob Magee? You are going to be missed so very much at 98.1. I wish you all the best ‘Up North’ – follow your heart. God bless you and keep you in the palm of His hand.
- S. ForbesA grateful listener,
Susan
Hi Bob, I wish you all the very best. You certainly will be very much missed.
- SandiSandi
Hi Bob,
- John Harvey&YvonneYou are the greatest.We loved your voice and jokes every night on the way home from work. Your last show was very sad not only for your colleagues but also for my wife and I and your fans.We had the great pleasure to meet you at the coat drive in Sherway gardens.You were so welcoming and as great in person as you sound on radio.
lots of love luck and good health as you begin a new stage in life.
John & Yvonne Harvey
I have been a loyal listener for more than 20 years. I was happy to welcome you when you first came on board but very sorry that I will not be able to listen to your lovely voice anymore. You will be missed dearly!!!!!
Wishing all the very best in your future endeavours.
Christina D.
- Christina DiamantopoulosHello Bob, we have listened to you for 10 years also and had the pleasure of meeting you twice at the Friday night Oldies Dances. We wish you all the best, just heard your last broadcast and we are so sad. We loved listening to you and will miss you a lot. Please take care and hope to hear your wonderful voice soon again. All the best in your next adventure.
- Lori & Terry McGeownThere are not many radio personalities of your caliber
- Michaeltoday.
The majority seem to be at CHFI.
I work at home and you are the reason I work until 7:00 p.m. every weeknight.
Have a great extended career.
Can’t wait to hear of your next accomplishments.
Please heep your “extended family” posted.
Michael
Bob..we r sorry to hear u r leaving chfi.
Your show along with your lady partner has been our regular dinner time menu.
We have enjoyed the easy banter and your keen wit.
I had to take time to wish u all the best.
God bless and we will follow your carreer with interest.
Earl and Estralita
- Earl and Estralita MayBob … I just finished listening to your last show. It was difficult for me and I’m sure for other listeners too. From your first official day (late on the job if I remember) to today, you have been an example of excellence. I met you twice – at different events, and have to say that you are the same in person. Your kindness and quick humour will be missed on the airwaves. Health & Happiness Always.
- Shelley Fryer BrowneI will listening to you on my way home from work. I was telling my kids about coat drive that you do… Best of luck in all your future endeavours. You were a great part of the team.
- anne fergusonI listen to the radio all day at work and in the car on the way home. I’ve really enjoyed listening to your show. You always made me laugh and I will really miss you and your voice. I wish you all the best in your new ventures. Take care.
Ruth
- RuthBob:
Over the past ten years, you have always made people laugh. When the radio is on in the car and you are telling some of your funny stories, especially about your daughters, we start laughing and if you look at the car in the next lane, changes are that they are laughing along with everyone else that has had the privilege of listing to you.
All the best in your future endeavours and we will miss you.
- Gail ParsonsBob… you will be missed sincerely. I listened to you every day for so many years and not hearing your voice will be hard. Thank you for all the laughs and I wish you the best.
- JillianDear Bob;
I have just finished listening to your final broadcast. I will remember you not only for the coat drive but for:
-getting me home Monday to Friday
-having dinner with my family most evenings thru the air waves
-your support of Erin and all of us during those dark days
-always telling it like it is
-most of your honesty
I will you all the best.
I am sure I can say on behalf of many listeners
We love ya, bye bye
- caroleCarole
Enjoyed your shows both AM and PM, Good-bye, take care and good luck with your new endeavours. Gerry and Nancy Sponagle, Guelph
- Gerry and Nancy SponagleBob:
- ValerieI don’t know what rock my head has been under but today is the first I’ve heard of you leaving. Oh I will miss you on my trip home every night. I remember when you would stand in when Don was on holidays. It was you that got Erin to shave her head for cancer. I was at Don’s farewell on Dec. 10 1998 or 99(it was my B/D. I didn’t realize you were 3 days younger. ) I saw you at Erin Mills Town Center 3 years ago. I brought my dog (and a coat) The dog Abby was a very big and fluffy Goldendoodle which you thought could keep you warm. Anyways I know I’m rambling but you are like family. I wish you only good wishes and I will miss you.
Hi Bob,
Wishing you all the best in furture indevours. You will be missed in our office.
- Terry ReidTerry
thank you for your many years of enjoyment bob
- lois burnettI raise my Friday night martini glass to you Bob Magee (and how fitting that you would play Me & Bobby McGee as your swan song). I feel the same way as Laurie does—it saddens me to lose you as my drive-home buddy. Best wishes, good health and much success in your new adventure.
- Lesley WalshLesley
Hi Bob,
- ConnieEnjoyed listening to you. Are you single? Just saw your pic today for the first, if you are I sure would like to meet you, if not, too bad. Good luck big time on your new adventure. I hope it works for you.
Bob,
What can I say? I only tuned in to CHFI to listen to you and became hooked. You turn a bad day into a good day with your warmth, laughs and personality. NO radio host even comes close to you. CHFI will not be the same without you. The best of luck with your new venture!
Dennis
- DennisDear Bob, I have been listening to you for a very long time and I am going to miss you.
- Ingeborg Rosemarie GonzalezGood luck for your future
Ingeborg Rosemarie
Hey Bob
- Shirley HuckCongrats on your new endevours. Wow, time flies doesn’t it? Has is really been 10 years? It seems like yesterday I was listening to you and Erin. You will do well with your next journey through life. Please keep your listeners informed as to what to expect next from you. God Bless,
Cheers
Hi Bob and may I wish you all the best in your new business career. You have brought much happiness into many homes (and cars) Have you noticed how many times the word “class” is used to describe you? Bob. you will surely be missed, but hope you turn up on CHFI from time to time.
- NormaFarewell Bob….you will be missed as I really enjoy your show on the way home. You have a great sense of humour and I felt like you were reaching out to your listeners. I have always admired your courage going coatless in the November cold to help others. All the best to you in the future.
- DorothyBob,
I listen to you every afternoon and you have made me laugh all the time. I think it is so exciting what you are doing, I pray for you success in your journey. You have made me laugh so often which was just what I needed. God Bless Sandi
- Sandi NorrisBOB !!!!!!!!! I can’t believe you are gone. I’m still drying the tears after your final goodbye.
Have been with you since day 1.
I cannot add any more adjectives to describe you. Everyone else has done a great job of that.
You are the BEST !!!
Wishing you all the best in your new endevours.
Hope you’ll keep your listeners informed as to how things are going.
I will truly miss you.
Luv ya lots
- Sue FaveriSue from Burlington
I was listening the day you started at CHFI and were late and couldn’t get into the building. I thought it was a put-on but then realized it was for real. Any time I emailed you, you always replied. You’re a first class guy. All the best,
- AlAl
Bob, what can I say but a big “DITTO” to all previous 190 messages! You will be missed but I wish you the Very Best in your future endeavours and hope to hear about you soon.
- Nancy Varleydear bob
congratulations,and best of luck.l just started to listen
to your show but am going to miss your great personality
you helped me get though the
drive home. you will be missed.
lorna mclaughlin
- lorna mclaughlinBob
- MargitI used to like CHUM a lot, when you were on it, but I started listening to CHFI, when I found out that you were on it.I wish you all the luck in the world, but I will miss listening to you and your jokes.
All the best on your new venture.
Bob:
I am sorry that you are going, I have listen every day while I was at work, and when I got home and had diner going. Good luck in your new adventure.
- Karin BaldwinSorry you are leaving CHFI, wish you all the best in your new endeavors.
- CarolynWill miss you Bob, you made the end of my day a work seem better, and also listening to you on my way home from work made the ride home enjoyable.
- NancyTake care and best wishes to you on your new endeavor
real sorry to see you go, you will be missed – good luck with your new endeavour.
- Bev NovakovichBob, like many people, I’ve been listening to you since you co-hosted with Erin Davis. I’ve always enjoyed your sense of humour, and your, um, unique way of looking at things.
I didn’t know how much I appreciated that humour until you hosted the afternoon show. My job can be very stressful and I work long days. There were times when Mr. Murphy Law came for a visit, and by the end of the day, I was tired, and then to sit in traffic, trying to get home, sometimes, I thought I would just break down. However, I always listen to the radio, and numerous time, you would say the funniest thing, and I would start to feel better. By the time I got home, I had a smile on my face.
Thank you for being there.
You will be missed.
Best of luck!
- GloriaHi Bob:
I just wanted to wish you all the best in your new venture. I have listened and followed you over the many years and even my 7 year old son who listens to you on our way home said “What Bob Magee is leaving?” He especially remembers you for the kids’ coat drive. Wishing you good health, happiness and contentment for many years to come. P.S You sure you haven’t changed your mind LOL!
- AbigailBob – I could repeat all the wonderful things that have been said, and they would be true. Just one thought! Enjoy Muskoka and your mahogony boats! As a 6th generation Muskoka cottager – I am very envious.
Take care, relax, but have fun in your new venture.
Catherine
- CatherineBob, my afternoons at my desk and my drive home will never be the same again. I have followed you for the last ten years. I will remember you most for your charity work “Give a Kid a Coat”. Good luck and best wishes on the start of a new chapter in your life.
Love ya bye bye
- MargheritaHi Bob,
Sorry to hear that you won’t be with the CHFI team after today. We will certainly missed you, as I drove home, you made the trip enjoyable dispite the constant rush hour chaos. For the past 10 years I’ve been listening to you with Erin in the morning, then in the afternoon. I’m oroud of your Coat for Kids project you had started, it’s inspiring. All the best on your new company and Good Luck!!!!
- OfeliaBob we had the pleasure of meeting you in St. Lucia. We have truly enjoyed listening to you over the last 10 years and will certainly miss you. Brad and I wish you the best of everything. Good Luck!
- RhonaRhona and Brad
sorry to see you go but onwards and upwards as the saying goes best of luck and CHFI will be all the worse without you
- liz buchananBob,
What a very sad day it is today to hear you will no longer be with CHFI. You made my drive home so more enjoyable and relaxing. You have such a sexy voice that is so easy to listen too. Your infectious laughter and humour will be so missed by all that love you. You are such a gentleman. Good luck in your new venture and hope we will have the pleasure to hear from you again.
Take care and God Bless
- PatYour long time listener
Pat,
Stouffville, ON.
Hey Bob – I know that today you were saying about one of the things that you will be missed for – is the charity work and coats for kids – but it is your dulcet tones and your knowledge of music that will be sorely missed. Best of luck in your new life adventures. They say change is as good as a rest! Enjoy and hopefully all will go your way. Take care!
- Melanie PaarkesMelanie
Best of luck with your new venture. Hope it’s an even bigger success (hard to top) than your career in broadcasting. I’ll miss hearing you on the radio. Thanks for remembering the green overnight news anchor those early mornings and for being a friendly e-mail just recently. Congrats and good luck.
- Edyta ZdancewiczEdyta
Bob, you will be VERY much missed in our home. Muskoka is a very Beautiful piece of heaven on earth and the people there will gain a VERY Special person with a VERY LARGE HEART.We wish you the best in your adventures.The Best to you now and in the future. – Valarie
- Valarie T.Bob it’s been great listening to you. I really appreciate your extra efforts sticking out during the cold weather to make sure sufficient coats were raised so the children are kept warm.
- GailAlso way back when you and Erin did the morning show I can remember laughing, crying then for some reason they decided to change.
Well all the best to you and your new venture and maybe you will drop by from time to time.
Hi Bob,
We were sad to learn that you are leaving CHFI,but we wish you all the best in the future. We have listened to you since you first came to CHFI and we were never disappointed. You were able to brighten our mornings and then make our evening drive home actually enjoyable.
Take care and all the best
Mary and Wayne
- Mary PattersonHi Bob,
I am sorry to see you leave your regular program, but hope to hear you sometimes “filling in” at the station.
You left while at the top, just like Jerry Seinfeld did with his show.
Thanks for your dedication to the listeners. Enjoy your work in beautiful Cottage country.
God Bless you.
Randy
- Randy R.Bob,as a member of the chfi loyalty club. I will like to take this opportunity to wish you all the best, as you start this new chapter in your life. The best of luck to you.
- Sandra WilliamsSandra
Dear Bob : Hope all your future endeavours will meet your expectations!!! Loved hearing you with Erin and was soo.. shocked when she left!! and you came back to the afternoon show!! You are extremely talented and do not need a co-host!!! (Besides being cute!!! (PS I am older than you- soo- that is an OK comment!!!) Ha! Ha!
- Margaret and Glenn WoodworthSentimentally- I am feeling very sad that you are no longer with this CHFI gang!! You deserve the best- ( the COATS for KIDS!!! etc, ) are all part of your land mark!!!- ( PS We just got back from a cruise to ALASKA and the REAL TEMP was 95 degrees fahrenheit!! NO KIDDING!!! NO COATS NECESSARY!!! YEAH!!! )
Would it be possible for you to reply to us and let us know how you and your family are doing? REGARDS and all best wishes !!! Hope you like to FISH???!!! Maggie and Glenn
Hi Bob, I listen to you as I am working. It really make`s time go by. I really enjoy your remark`s. Best of luck to you. You will do very well on what ever you do. You will be sadly missed. From One Of Your Many Biggest Fan`s, Marjorie Drover & Family
- Marjorie DroverHi Bob, Sorry to hear that you will leave us. You will be missed. Wish you all the best in your new ventures. Hope to hear your voice again.Take care and God Bless you always.
Ollie
- ollieBob, beginning with Erin on the morning show, then with your move to the afternoon – you have always been a class act to enjoy and listen to. I will mostly certainly miss your company. Good luck and best of wishes in your new venture.
- Trudy Deamude-Trudy
Bob, beginning with Erin on the morning show, then with your move to the afternoon – you have always been a class act to enjoy and listen to. I will mostly certainly miss your company. Good luck and best of wishes in your new venture.
- Trudy DeamudeBob,
- Kim BruggerI have been listening to you since the beginning of your time on CHFI … from Bob and Erin to your own afternoon show … it has really been wonderful hearing you on the radio. I had the pleasure of meeting you at Vaughan Mills Mall, at one of the many coat drives that you did, and you were so humble and sincere in what you were doing. It was a great pleasure to meet you. You have always brought such humour and class to CHFI. I will miss you. I wish you luck in your further ventures…wherever that will lead you. Take care and know that you will be missed.
Love ya!
Kim
bobi grew up listing to c h um radio you did a great job there to and when you came over to chfi i came with you all the best of luck and also say hi to my buddy mike cooper to all the best bob bob clubley fergus ont
- bob clubleyHi Bob,
I have been listening to you since chum, and followed you to CHFI.
You will be sorely missed.
but life must go on and you get to do something you love and is at your beloved cottage to boot. Well all the best in your new endevour.
I will miss your voice on the evening travelled and your jokes which made me laugh out loud.
all the best and have fun.
hope you do some drop ins to visit us sometimes.
xoxoxo
Pauline
- Pauline WilliamsDear Bob, I once called in and asked you if you were the same Bob Magee from long ago 1050 chum. You said yes you were. So Bob I’ve been listening to you for a very long time and you definitely will be missed.My afternoon radio listening will not be the same. Good luck in all that you do. Faithful listener, Lucy
- lucyHI BOB:I listened to you on CHUM & then on CHFI when you filled in for Don Daynard.THANKS for all your excellent work both on & off the air. Also for your hard work collecting coats for the poor. They will truly miss you as well as all your listners. Best of luck in the next chapter of your life. I hope we will meet again in the future. All the very best to you & God bless you. Mary Lou from Ajax, Ont.
- MARY LOUBob I was sad to hear you are leaving CHFI,your afternoon show was always a high point in the afternoon,you are a good guy and I hope the drive for Kids Coats will still happen every year.
All the bestin your business and everything you do.
You will be missed.
Fernanda S
- FernandaMississauga
Ode to Bobby Magee
End of a work day in old TO
heading for the train
Feeling nearly faded as my jeans.
Along the tracks the GO deisel comes down
Just before it rained
Took me all the way to Pickering
Shuffeling papers slapping time
I was listening to Bobby’s show so fine
He played every song that I ever knew
Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose
- Sharon MorariAnd nothing ain’t worth nothing honey if it ain’t free
Someone who is really great Lord,
Will have to try and fill his shoes
But his leaving and feeling good is enough for me
Good enough for me and Bobby Magee
One day near Scarborough Lord
I heard he was going away
Looking for other things to persue
But I would trade all of my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Just to hear his voice one more time, just to hear his sweet voice one more time
BOB…I LOVED YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR AND I WILL MISS IT AND YOU. ALL THE BEST. FRAN.
- FRANI will Miss Bob as well. He has a great voice and personality for the radio. He was great at the CHFI Family Skate’s and when I won the Birthday game many years ago, his voice was just as excited as mine. He has great humour and commitment to everything he does, has taken him to the next pages of his life and I wish him all the success and happiness that is well deserved.
- JanI was SHOCKED!!!! to say the least when I heared that you were leaving. It has been a great 10 years. You will be greatly missed! But, I wish you all the best and great sucessin your new venture.
- DebbieDebbie
Radio voices become a reassuring and entertaining part of the daily routine. First you and Erin in the a.m, then you in the p.m. and, after a bit, Erin and Mike in the a.m. No matter how disconcerting life becomes, we always have you to keep us relaxed and distracted. You, just like Erin and Mike, are compelling voices who smack of warmth and friendship. I can’t imagine that Laurie’s laugh will ever be the same and, for us, your voice will continue to be associated with our afternoon activities. All the best in your new ventures!
- Gary and Harmony Aitken-Gary
I listened to CHFI for quite some time now and the thing I enjoyed was listening to you and your collegues on the radio. I would be laughing at my desk at work. You made my day go by very quickly at work. CHFI is a great station and you will be very missed on air. Best of luck to you in everything that you do.
- MichelleWow! Everything’s been said and written. Best of luck! I’m pretty sure you’ll do well.
Sincerely,
Victoria
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill
- Victoria MenesesI always liked your style on 1050 Chum of no pretentiousness easy kind of manner, and you just seemed like a down to earth guy. I would put you up with Jay Nelson as far as an announcer with that kind of skill.I just happened to catch you the other afternoon on CHFI and you haven’t changed it seems. Unfortunately I can’t listen to you in the afternoon because I am at work.
Good luck with your business. I am curious as to what it is.
- barryI really enjoyed listening to you in the air in the past couples of years. You will be missed.
- Raymond SIUGood luck. Wish you all the best in future.
I will miss you,specially on my way home from work.
Thank you for keeping me company every day for so many years.
Good luck, and all the best in the future.
- Eva IlyesEva
Well… Bob Magee you’ve really done it now! Look at all the broken hearts your leaving has left behind! Everybody is worried about their drive home now. Do you really want to leave at the height of such adoration? Personally for me, when the workday is done I turn on the radio, giggle, smile, shake my head and say “There’s not too many people gifted with such spontaneity, it’s fun to listen to him.” Can’t imagine you’ll be happy not making so many people laugh. So my guess is you’lllllll be back, your humor needs an outlet! We’ll give you some time to get this other thing out of your system and we’ll look for your return. Just don’t wait too long…we’re all waiting with baited breath. Wish you well Bob…we’ll be hearing from you soon!
- Joyce VitelliBob:
I have enjoyed listening to you since you started with CHFI in the mornings with Erin. I was happy that you didn’t leave but were put in the afternoon slot so I could listen to you on my way home from work. I really hope you do well with you new enterprise.
You shared so much of your life with us listeners, we couldn’t help but feel that you were a good friend, so candid and real.
Have a great time, doing what you want to do and following your dream. All the best of luck and good fortune my friend.
- BevBob,
Thank you for taking everyone through the weekday afternoon! Your amusing comments will be sorely missed.
I wish you the best in all of your endeavors!
All the best!
- MatthewI’ve enjoyed scrolling through these messages- it’s helped me relive your time at chfi. I forgotten about “Don’t touch my stuff” but I laughed all over again!
I mean this sincerely: “Thank you for your time.”
- JillCongratulations and best wishes, Jill
Bob; Wow I will sure miss your voice lots. I love your sense of humour you always have. All the best in your future endeavours.
Felicitaciones y mucha Salud
Congratulations and lots of good health.
Shedia Serrao Fredericks
- Shedia Serrao FredericksI will really miss you. I remember when you started full time on CHFI. i was working midnight shift and I got home to watch the retirement of Don Daynard and you taking over. You were a great co-host with Erin Davis, even during the rough times. I wish you the best of luck and hope you will come back for visits and also to do the coat for a child.
- Debbie PughBob – I have been listeing to you since you filled in for Don on the Morning Show with Erin and have enjoyed every minute.
Thank you again for the improptu “studio tour” you gave my daughter and I last fall when we stopped by the station to pick up the tickets for my trip to Cuba. Jackie told us you wouldn’t mind if we popped in and you certainly were a gracious host.
Best of luck in your new venture. You will be missed!
- PeggyBob
- Peter ThrasherHow does one say goodbye to a legend. You cant,so I will just say the best of luck in your new venture and you will be missed.
Best of luck Bob on your new career and I will miss your “voice of comfort” in the afternoons. I’ve been listening to you since your AM days and then the morning show with Erin; you’re the best!! You also did a great job with the “Give a kid a coat” program every year.
- Darren H.Best of luck for the future!
Darren H.
HEY BobE MCGEE & ME
Sorry 2 c _U_ GO !DUDE !!! _U WERE A ROCK YET VSOFT _ROCK ! SMOOTH AROUND THE EDGES !! BEST WISHES !!!
- AnonymousBob, I will miss that sense of humour and fun personality. I have listened to you forever. I started listening to you on Chum AM and followed you to CHFI. When I won a contest while listening to Chum I was able to speak to you. You were just as charming over the phone as you are on the air. I wish you all the best and I hope that you’ll continue to freelance on CHFI.
Love ya,
- Julie Wilson-ClementsJulie
Dear Rob
Enjoy listening to you everyafternoon since Mike Cooper came over from Ez-rock.
Really enjoy the station and will miss your tales and advice when you are gone.
good luck in your up-coming adventure and all the best.
Will miss your friendly voice.
- donald foleyGod Bless! and Good Luck!
- RuxandraWishing you great success in your new ventures; may you have a smooth transition, Bob.
I liked listening to you for so many years because the smile in your voice was evident as you shared the music and your thoughts with us.
May you go from strength to strength, and find fulfillment in your work life and personal life.
Best,
- Pearl SabanPearl
CHFI’s listeners have always had the best! I began listening to you, Bob Magee, on CHUM 1050, and switched to CHFI too many years ago to mention. My first disappointment was losing Don Daynard; but the station redeemed itself by putting you on the air; my second disappointment was when Erin left the station; and then you were switched to afternoons; but at least you were still there. Now we listeners are losing YOU! Whatever will we do without that sexy, endearing voice every weekday afternoon? Our drive home will never be the same.
You have been the mainstay of CHFI, and even though the station will carry on, it won’t be quite the same – - we’ll miss you so very much.
Good luck in your new venture! May it be everything you are expecting it to be.
- Janis HeinbuchCongratulations Bob! Thanks for all the music over the years! Enjoy your new start! Colleen
- Colleen CloseBob
You will be missed by all. Even though you can’t put our faces to our names so many of us have met you at one time or another. I met you a couple of times at you give a kid a coat weekend. You are a great person inside and out. I even called into the station a couple of times and spoke to you. You will be greatly missed and always loved by all of the CHFI listeners. Good Luck with your new dreams and best health you deserve it your the best.
Sandra Littrell
- sandra littrellxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Dear Bob
I will miss hearing your jokes and the great tunes you play on my way home from work………your jokes and laughter is appreciated by all of the 98.1
- JOANNE PAGLIOCCAlisteners….congrats on moving forward and if all doesn’t go your way hopefully you will come back some time again to 98.1 and they of course will have the insight to bring you back………you will be missed by all the 98.1 listeners….best wishes………..joanne
Hi Bob:
Unbelievable how time flies when you are having so much fun in listening to your show & Voice (love that voice). Good Luck!! on your new experiences and hope you have fun as I have listening to you.
- DianneThank you for your great wit as I drove home from work. The traffic lady laughter added to your hummer and wit. All the very best, you will be missed.
- John WakelinJW
Bob,
I began listening to CHFI 30 years ago as a young college student in Toronto. I remember your filling in for Don Daynard many times and it was a ‘no brainer’ as to who would take over that morning role with Erin. I loved your show in the morning and I loved it equally the same when you moved to the afternoon. I have thoroughly enjoyed your professionalism and humour over the past 10 years. During my drive home each night, I could always count on you to help me unwind after a stressful day. I particularly remember the day I became a Loyalty Club winner last November and how you always managed to pronounce my surname correctly. (not many do)! Your ability to make someone feel special is what makes you so special yourself. I wish you nothing but good health, happiness, and the very best of everything as you move forward with this next chapter in your life. Thanks for a great 10 years.
- Joan Maxwell GimpoliJoan
Bob I driving up north last Friday and my radio didn’t cut out as usual on Television rd. I stopped at Burleigh Falls for break ,continued the drive and heard your last words at BIG cedar and then the song I had goose bumps. The last time CHFI affected me like that Don Daynard was riding the horse out of Sheraton Centre oh well be safe and move on 2nd story
- JAX McMillanBob,
- Irene P.My husband and I have listened to you since you joined CHFI. Just had to tell you that we will miss you terribly but wish you only the best.
May you have many happy years ahead of you doing things that you love.
Dear Bob,
- AdaI really enjoyed your afternoon show. You have a wonderful vibe and I will will miss you. Good Luck!
Ada
Bob, I was totally caught off guard when I heard you annouce just after 2:00 on June 12th that it was your last show. Where were you going was my first thought and why. Even though I’m glad to know you’ll be off doing something that you really want to do and enjoy, you’ll be sorely missed from 2:00 till 7:00. Wishing you the very best in all your future endeavours and hope to still see you at the next winter coat drive this fall. GOOD LUCK!
- Susan from MississaugaHi Bob,
- isabelI’ve been listening to you for years, and have always looked forward to a few laughs to your jokes on my drive home from work. Who else is going to have me laughing out loud while stuck in traffic on the DVP!!! I wish you loads of success in your future endeavours!
Best wishes,
A fan – Isabel A.
Wow! When I heard Bobby MaGee on the radio after hearing that Bob was leaving, I could only sit an cry. What a great person you are Bob. I will miss the little jokes you share with your listeners and all the great things you have done as a CHFI personality. Good luck in your future endeavours!Catherine StephensonGrand Valley
- CatherineEnjoyed your show both Am and PM,Goodbye,take care and good luck on your new endeavours.
- Gerry and Nancy SponagleBob…You will be missed, you sure made the drive home pleasant! Good luck to you in your new Endeavours.
Victor & Denise
- Victor AlphonsoHi Bob I listen to you on CHFI for so long you are sure going to be missed. I am also sure that your new endever will bring you lots of success if not i am sure CHFI will take you back. All the best.
- marian jonesDear Bob,
We are relative newcomers[5 years] to CHFI, and began listening to the station when we first heard you while driving on the DVP. To us you are an important part of our day. We will miss you a lot!!!
Best of luck in your future chosen career paths!
Sarah & Dan Zietlow
- Sarah & Dan ZietlowSome people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
We will miss you Bob..do visit CHFI sometimes.
- SharonYou will be missed, your quick wit and wonderful personality.
I wish you Best Wishes in your endeavours. Just be yourself.
Marilyn
- Marilyn DouglasBOB!
Who will make me laugh on my drive home? Good luck in your new endeavour.
- GraceWe will miss you Bob and your sense of humour.
*GM
Bob we have known each other a few years now, and it was such a coincidence we knew of an opening when Don Daynard was leaving, and you went over and immediately got the job as his replacement. You later moved to afternoons, and we enjoyed you there as well. I would love to be your replacement but don’t know if Julie would have me haha – keep in touch, let us know what you are up to – your voice and wit will be missed on CHFI – you did them proud my friend –
- Jim BlakeJim
Dear Bob,
- Liz LangfordI have listen to you since you use to fill in for Don in the morning show, I use to enjoy you and erin together, I was sad when you were put in the afternoon, but I became a fan of the afternoon show, you are an amazing person so good on the radio, I will miss you so much, but I wish you all the best in what ever you do. take care
Liz Langford
Your sense of humour, I’ll miss the most. It’ll be very lonely driving home every day, I’ve been listening to you since – well I won’t say exactly how many years, but way before you started with chfi (remember the chum days?), anyway, congratulations on your new project, I wish you all the best, the afternoons just won’t be the same. But if they’re looking for a replacement, I think Darren Osborne should give it a whirl.
- Helen RTake care, Bob,
Helen
Hi Bob: I always enjoyed listening to you on my drive home…you will be missed, good luck with your new business.
- Mary Lou KellyJust a quick note to you Bob, it has all been said in the previous notes. Morning show humour & the drive home as well. I also remembered the cat story, when you brought it up the other day durning the show.
I can relate to your love of Muskoka, as I spend more & more time there myself.
Your past serves you well, and to the listeners we know you will be a shining star in your next endevour your are a walking success story.
Congratulations
- Karen BeamerKaren
Bob – the drive home will never be the same without you. Love your sense of humour – even in a bad day, you make me laugh or at least smile. Wish you all the best in your new endeavours.
- Tina MHi Bob,
you will be missed emet at coats for kids at which you do an amzing job. All the best to you enjoy the quiet life.
- isobel greigBob, I’ve been a fan since the old days at the “other” radio station. As far as I was concerned, your wit and timing made the morning show. Since then, I’ve enjoyed listening to you in the afternoons and even to your voice-overs
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- FreyaAll the best to you, and you will certainly be missed!
totally a classy man…when i changed my radio back to chfi at 10 am in the mornings after erin got sacked and finally found bob again i phoned in …asked what the *#$& they were thinking ??? and Bob was the consumate gentleman and saved the radio station a whole bunch of listeners from that day on! He’s so much fun and easy on the ears unlike who they replaced him and Erin with …Thank the heavens that they came to their senses with the morning team they have now! Gonna miss Bob a whole bunch!!!
- shelleyHello Bob
It was a pleasure to hear your voice everyday. You made my day so many times it’s hard to add them all up.
Some of the very long days working at CBC a specially last minute production would not be the same as when I head your voice.
- If you have a demo with your voice you can – only if you like submit to me – I’m the billboards producer for CBC -
Meeting you during the coat drive and after at St. Lucia just proved what a wonderful person you are.
All the best to you
Elizabeth
- Elizabeth StrzeleckiBob,
- JoyAs I sat here listening to “your” show, I wondered where you had gone so went to the website to learn your wonderful news of starting something up on your own! Congrats! I’ve started my days with you, I’ve ended my days with you, I thought we’d be leading onto taking the “lovers & strangers” show but we end here! Enjoy the surroundings of the Muskokas and everything life brings, you certainly deserve it!
My first drive home tonight without your show. Some nights longer than others but the music and the laughs were always good.
- LoriLucky you for being able to do what you want. Lucky us for being able to share in all the good that you did.
It’s not good-bye, it’s just so long. I have been a CHFI listener for many, many years and will miss the smile in your voice on my drive home. Take care, and all the best in your new career.
- Joannexoxoxoxoxo
Joanne from Scarborough
Even though you are moving on, I think they should leave your picture on the website,
- Joannethat way we won’t miss you so much and can go back for our Bob Magee Fix
Dear Bob,
- AnonymousI will really miss your show and you very much. Your new future will bring a lot of great thing to you whenever, you wish to have it on your hand. Enjoys your new life. Hope to hear from you again. All my best wish to you, Bob!!!!!
Mai Ly,
Dear Bob,
- SarahCan’t believe you are going. You are an awesome man, I have loved listening to you on my drive home!
I hope you will continue to do the coat drive, just one of the many things you have done to change peoples lives.
Wishing you all the best for your future, you deserve nothing but the best!
Hi Bob,
- AndreaAdvance warnings had been out that you’re leaving, but it didn’t hit me until this afternoon when I don’t hear your voice, your funny comments as I’m sitting at my office, getting ready for you to take me home. We will all certainly miss you, and we’ll surely miss you in your tent at Sherway this coming winter collecting coats. Well, I wish you all the best in all your future endeavours. Drop in once in awhile whenever you’re in the city.
Andrea
Mississauga
Sure will miss you driving home.
- KristaGood luck
Krista
Wishing you all happiness and success in your new venture
- Nance'“Feelin’ good was easy,Lord
- tish.icetonWhen Bobby played the tunes..”
Bob Magee, it has been such a pleasure working with you. Such a kind and generous spirit you are. You are already missed.
Now go and “Rock the World”.
Litely of course!
Tish Iceton
Hello Bob:
- Linda KaneI’m happy that you’re moving on to your passion. It must have been a huge decision to make.
Like the others, I will miss your voice and humour on my drive home.
Fortunately, I have a great pic of you and I when dropped off some coats earlier in 2008.
Hoping you will visit CHFI often.
Sincerely,
Linda Kane
Dear Bob,
- Bev T.You will be missed! We have been avid listeners during your years “on air”. Your infectious laugh and sense of humour have made us laugh… especially on those drab and dreary weather days!!
Enjoy your cottage. We will look forward to your contributions to the air waves in days to come.
Best Wishes for the future.
Listeners in Whitby
Bob, I’ve listened to you in the morning with Erin and in the afternoon – & I guess it has been 10 years (wow!). You were great to listen to; I loved the stories you talked about; and all the laughs I had with you!
- Christine BI wish you all the best in your new carreer! You will be great!!
Oh Bop I will miss your sweet face.
- SueAll the years of gathering coats for kids.
And all the help you have offered people.
All the best for the future.
Sue is Bramalea
Bob, I have been spending the last hour or so reading the hundreds of heart-warming, fond and loving words from the listeners and your wonderful colleagues at CHFI that will miss you so dearly. I must admit that I have a few tears in my eyes, reading the wishes for you. Its hard to think up something original when you have so many blessings written here. The thought of not having you keep me company and making me laugh, heading home after a long day at the office is so sad. Its like loosing a dear friend, as I’ve been listening to you for many years.But enough about our loss…it is after all, all about YOU, for once! We will certainly miss you at the “Give a Kid a Coat” campaign this fall…(maybe not???).I met you there last year when I brought 92 coats from Canada Post. You were gracious and kind (and cold!), but you never complained once!You are the genuine thing, Bob. I wish you all the best! Take care of yourself and keep in touch with your thousands of CHFI friends!
- Robin PaquetteEnjoy!
Robin
All the best begining your new life. You will truly be missed. I have listened to you for years both on your am and pm shows and it won’t be the same without you.
- Fran ReidTake care and enjoy!
Fra n
Bob,
- Pat ForsterI have enjoyed your programs so much and I am so sad that you are leaving. Your humour was great and you kibitz with the traffic lady so well. Please come back!!!
Pat Forster
St.Catharines,ON
I can’t believe you are leaving us. I remember when we need someone to take Don Daynard place i said pick Bob, you were so good and better today. I can’t forget that friday morning with tears you said Erin have left the building. I cry so much that morning, because you were all my family. I was so happy that you stay. I am going to miss you on my drive home from work every day. Bob what every you do be good to yourself. Good luck on your journey, and please come back and do the coats for kids. congratulations Much love Barbara.
- Barbara GrantHi Bob-
- Kathryn ElliottI was so shocked & somewhat upset when Erin announced Friday morning that you were doing your last show later that day. You will really be missed. You have a great voice & a natural way of relating to us ‘listeners’ -we get used to you like a friend & take you for granted. It was nice just knowing your voice would be there when I’d come home from work & turn on the radio.
The afternoon show seemed to work best for you in my opinion, as I never thought you & Erin worked well in the morning slot. When you juggled to the afternoon, a much better ‘you’ came out & I concluded you are not a morning person..or that Erin is too strong a character for you to deal with. You were perfect for the afternoon shift and I & my friends will miss you greatly.
I wish you the best in whatever you’re up to in the next while, & I hope Erin or others will keep us posted.
Best to you, then.
Kathryn
Hi Bob. You sure do show what class is all about. I have listened to you from your start at chfi, and called in to chat once and a while. I wish you all the best, and try ballroom dancing. Take care Bob. Trucker, Tom.
- Tom Mcilraveyso many good laughs over the years, I don’t know where to start. Your wit and dry humour got me right away. The way you made the rest of the team laugh and the great stories of your family. When you moved to the afternoon, I always felt it was a bit of karma for the ride home for me and all commuters. You were a treat and a great way to unwind.
- DianneI wish you the best in your next life adventure and hope the north gets to benefit.
Regards, Dianne
A MAN ARRIVED AT CHFI BUT A LEGION LEAVES-ALL THE BEST BOB
- GORDGORDNBARB
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- B cooperBob, we will miss your great sense of humor and your funny laugh. Good luck in your new venture. Jenny & Andy (Port Perry)
- Jenny & AndyBest of luck in your new career but I feel sad for all of us who have enjoyed your laughter and great sense of humour over the years. You will be sadly missed.
- Linda ParryBob, there’s not much I can say that hasn’t already been said. I’ve been a fan since we used to listen to you on 1050 CHUM and I was so happy to find that as I had changed over to CHFI, so there you were too! You always could make me smile. I remember two years ago when you were hosting the winter coat drive and living in a Yerk. I dropped off a bunch of coats with my husband and two girls. You chatted with us for such a long time and my girls were just thrilled when you let them go into the Yert to see what it was like. I know there comes a time in everyone’s life when they must leave one thing to begin another and I’m sure you will be very successful in your new venture. Just know that you will be very missed. No one will be able to “replace” you. They will only be able to have someone fill your spot. We wish you great success and will miss you greatly! Good luck!
- Darrel NorrisHi Bob,
I have been sharing life with you since Bob, Sam and Robbie. I have enjoyed your company for many years. Your words have kept me company through break-ups, marriage, cancer, job losses and new careers and I thank you for the laughter and the music. Scary isn’t it to think that you can have such an effect on someone’s life and we have never met. But I consider you my friend and wish you well.
- Shirley Nealbest of luck in your new endevours! We will miss your witty sense of humour and funny stories. Thanks for the many years of laughter!! ~Tina & Dave
- TinaBob,
I’ve been listening to you ever since I started listening to CHFI. I will miss you in afternoons as I wait for my ride home from work. Good luck in your new carerr path.
- MarianneDear Bob,
You will be missed, especially on my ride home from work. We have listened to you from day one. We loved the rapport you shared with Laurie Turcott,just before she did the traffic report, such laughter and comedy. Will you return for give a kid a coat? We wish you all the best Bob, you are most definitley one of a kind!!
- FayleneTanya & Faylene I.
Bob
All the best !
you will be greatly missed !
nida
- nidaI can truly say that throughout the years it has been a joy to listen to you Bob. You remained the same from the morning show with Erin to your own time slot on the drive home. Congratulations on the new chapter in your life; my family and I wish you all the very best.
- Andreaa man arrived at chfi but a legend leaves-all the best bob
- GORDWe are so sorry to hear you have left the radio and will not hear your “radio” voice anymore. I hope you are happy in you new career. We have listened to you on radio
- Bev Wintonsince the 1050 CHUM days. What a great person you are and Peter and I hope you enjoy your new life. Selfishly, we hope you come back to radio = your personality and even pictures with you at the “Oldies” dance we have. Those were the days. Oh, and by the way, you have the BEST Radio Voice anywhere!. All the best to you and yours. Keep in touch with CHFI once in a while. Thanks. Bev & Peter
Bob I dont think you need my history of listening to you from CHUM. I must applaude you for all the things you have done for charity at CHUM and CHFI Best to you in the future.In these times to make a change to go alone takes guts Luck Buddy Bert
- Bert FarringtonThank you Bob for being there for me first during the morning commute with Erin and then during the afternoon commute. The 45 minutes in the morning and the 45 minutes at night have always gone much faster because of you. Again thank you and good luck.
- JP MalcangiI first listened to Bob way back when on 1050 CHUM before he left and went back west. Even with the moniker change his dulcet tone was unmistakable, when he returned to town, and I’ve enjoyed listening to him ever since. May you enjoy the same success and pleasure in your new life as you’ve given your many listeners over the years. Cheers!
- MaryWell Bob, what a surprise that you are leaving — I was driving up to my cottage in Muskoka last Friday and heard your comment after the 5 o’clock song this is my last show and last time I will play this song that has some similiarity to me leaving — we will miss you after all these years..life does go on after our lifes with our business families –its been great and wishing you lots of luck in your new adventure!! I know my life change in career has been a pleasing in disguise
- Dale IhamakiHi Bob, Well my friend you will be missed. I have enjoyed listening to you right from the time you were with Erin on the morning show. I also I would like to say thanks for making my last trip to Vancouver a good one while I found you out there on the radio. I enjoyed your humour & the work you did for raising coats for the needy. I wish you the best of luck with your new venture & look forward to you filling in on CHFI. Cheers!
- SandraHi Bob; Just wanted to say I agreewith all the many comments. I too am a long time listners of you. I loved your morning show on CHUM. When I started listning to CHFII was so happy to hear you again .I agree with everyone you have a great sense of humour and I loved it when you made Laurie laugh just before she had to talk. I think that made people laugh when the traffic was bad and made them feel a little better. I am really going to miss you. I hope your new road in life is what you hoped it would be. Take care .
- Karen Listerkaren
p.s Ikeep hraring comments about your daughters cat what happened to it ? I guess i’ll never know.
K.L.
Hi BOB,
- Sandra WilliamsAmazing you truly are. And will no doubt be miss by thousands of chfi listeners all over the world. I wish you nothing but success, as you explore this new chapter in your career
sandra
SW
Hi Bob,
You don’t have to leave. With todays technology just do the show from the cottage and work on your business. No! Well I tried. You will be missed. I just hope someone else is willing to stand out in the cold to raise awareness of kids without a warm coat. You have done great work in this city and I wish you every sucess.
Take care,
- Jim WrightJim Wright
Bob, I HAVE ENJOYED YOU FOR MANY TEARS SINCE THE OLE “Magee in the Morning” SHOW.BEST OF LUCK AND TAKE CARE!
- LarryBob, You’re the best and one of the shining stars @ CHFI. All listeners will truly miss you. We wish you the very best in your future endeavours. Hope to hear from you still from time to time @ CHFI.
- Rita ChongRita
Hi Bob,
I have been listening to CHFI for a long time. Will miss jokes that you share with your listern.
- NormaI wish you all the best in your new endeavour. You are surely going to be missed.
Hi Bob
- Len FlearI have been listening to you since the CHUM AM days always enjoyed your Humor.
Good Luck
Len
Bob,
- SharonI already miss listening to you on my drives home in the afternoon.
I miss the stories, commentaries, and your ‘dry’ sense of humour. You are the only person on radio who made me laugh out loud at least once every afternoon.
You will be a success in whatever you do, but you will be missed on CHFI. Best of luck.
Sharon
Bob,
Just want to wish you all the best! I am already missing you on my drive home. CHFI wont be the same without you.
Miss ya,
- Donna RainsDonna
Hi Bob
I too will miss you on the ride home you have put a lot of smiles on my face after a long day in the offie and many a snow storm. take care and know your are always loved.
Sharon
- SHARONBest Wishes in your future endeavours. You will be missed by all your listeners.
- C.B.I have been retired now for two years but my work day always started with Don and Erin, then Erin and Bob, then Bob and then Erin and Mike – always putting a smile on my face as I drove to work. The drive home became very relaxing when you took on that time slot. Your wonderful radio voice just soothed the day’s stress to allow a comfortable transition to home-life. I went back to do vacation relief and driving home on the Friday I was shocked by the news that you were leaving. You definitely have been an asset to CHFI and will be missed by all your faithful listeners. However, I share their well wishes and am sure that your new endeavours will be successful. Thanks for all the drive homes and I wish you all the very best.
Bev
- Bev OnkenHi Bob: Sad when I heard that you were leaving CHFI. Have listened to you since you were filling in on the morning show. Have got used to hearing you on my drive home, it will seem much longer without you. Good Luck in your new endeavour. Margaret
- Margaret GrantHi Bob! All the best!! I have enjoyed listening to you over the years! I have especially enjoyed your sense of humour!! Heather
- HeatherHello Bob,
I listen and enjoy your show. You will surely be missed. Good luck to your new venture. Good riddance and I wish you well.
Thanks…Richard
- RichardI didn’t realize you were leaving….. I wish you all the best, but WOW, I’m really going to miss ya!!… good luck with your new venture….thanks for all the laughs…..Sherry
- SherryHi Bob, we met about five years ago. You were standing beside The Bay on Queen St. promoting the Santa Claus Parade. We talked and then you gave me a CHFI soup mug. I still have it in my kitchen.
I wish you all the best in your new venture. Please promote it too!
- Don BarrieBob I am experiencing withdrawal, not just from your music but from your corny jokes. I usually tell my friends if Bob ever take his show on the road he will need Laurie (the weather girl) to be his side kick. I love how she laughs at your weird jokes, and it’s like a chain reaction with me.
I’ve listened to you for many years, from the morning show until now, and you will be missed, oh well, there is always Darrell, lots of luck to you Bob, my dear friend who I never met.
- Genny LawsonGenny
Hello! Bob, I will really miss your good sense of humor, good luck. Lise
- AnonymousHi Bob i am sorry to hear that you are leaving i listen to you all the time you always put a smile on my face you are a great guy i will miss you. enjoy your new bussness you take care . marie verge
- marie vergeport hope
Hi Bob,
I have just returned from vacation to find out you have already left CHFI. Like many others have said, I have listened to you since you started in the mornings taking over from Don Daynard and then into the afternoons. I will really miss you on the radio. I’d like to wish you all the very best in your future endeavours but hope it will not be the last we hear from you. It would be a treat to have you on the radio as a guest now and then and let us know how things are going for you.
A very big fan,
- Grace BruceGrace Bruce
Have been listening to you, Bob, since you started at CHFI – first in the mornings and then afternoons. I certainly echo the sentiments of the many people who have left their best wishes.
Good Luck in all that you do from here on and I shall miss you.
- JudyMaGee you have half the women in your back pocket just reading these. Need any help? Bert again
- Bert Farringtonwe wil miss uuuu
- raziaBob, I’m glad you are following your dream but I will miss your wonderful sense of humour. I’ve been a CHFI listener for ever and I always enjoyed you whether with Erin or solo on the way home from work. Good luck! You will be missed.
- Cathie SabourinHey Bob,
You will not regret working for yourself. I have been doing it for about 12 years and it is awesome.
Good luck,
- Cathy G.all the best Bob from your biggest fan from Olds Alberta
- jccAs I scan, and read through, the many tributes to you Bob, the lump in my throat grows and the tears begin in my eyes. Of course I agree with the view that all of your loyal fans hold of you…count me in too!…but what really shows the mettle of the man is the comments from your co-workers and peers. Riding off into the sunset and doing what your heart desires is the end result of a career well done, and you my friend deserve all of life’s blessings. It is time to move on to the next phase of your life and I wish you health, happiness and prosperity in all of your future endeavors. Thanks for being part of our lives and I look forward to your future projects with CHFI.
Regards and very best wishes.
- Doreen CableBob,
- ElaineYou are the one our family counts on during the afternoon. You have such a great sense of humor and you are terrific at what you do. You will be surely missed.
Best of luck in your new endeavor.
Bob,
I have enjoyed listening to you throughout your time with CHFI. I enjoyed meeting you and Erin at the Oldies Dance the year I won the trip to Barbados. It was a great pleasure for my daughter and me. And now, you have left us. But I want to wish you well and lots of luck in your new career. Please know that I am very envious of your new life (not begrudging though). All the best Bob and do drop in to CHFI sometimes. You will be (and already are) greatly missed.
Jean
- Jean MacRaeBest of luck Bob. Your listening public is going to miss you – big time. You HAVE to come back for the coat drive. Being your own boss you can give yourself at least one day off?!
Good luck,
- LeslieLeslie aka Rosie
Hi Bob,
- MariaI will miss your voice, your jokes. Good luck.
Bob:
- Eli BrooksOr should I say Bobby McGee? The final song you played on your last day left a small lump in my throat. Whenever I heard Janice Joplin singing Me and Bobby McGee I would always think about Chris Kristopherson — now I’ll always think about the one and only, totally original and loveable Bob McGee.
I remember talking to you a few times after the disasterous reorganization that took Erin away from us for a short time (too long, if you ask me) and you were so gracious and even gave me Erin’s e-mail address. One other absolutely fantastic memory I’ll always cherish is Christmas 2006 while driving in a snow storm, I called and asked if you could play “Six White Boomers”. Not only did you not say – “What the heck is that?” but you had made it the 5:00 favourite. I really enjoyed hearing it.
All the best to you in the next phase of your life and based on how successful you have been to date, I anticipate that the new venture will be just as successful. Enjoy yourself and every so often, give us a thought or two.
Dear Bob, You will be missed and I wish all the best in your future endevors! “God Bless”
- Joyce SchreiberJoyce-Georgetown
All the best to you in your future endeavours! I hope things work out for you!
- KathyI enjoyed listening to you over the past 10 years, admired your obvious love for your family and generally feel that you are/were a great DJ.
Best of luck!
Bob
- William HowittI have listened to you almost every day since you started. You have class , a soal,a heart of gold, and like all staff at CHFI , you have put a smile on our faces with your personality and made us feel comfortable as the day carried on. You will be missed the same way we all miss Don Daynard.
Bob, I sure miss you on my drive home! All the Best in your endeavours. Kellie
- Kellie TowersBob, Bob, I’ll miss you so !
- MAUREEN KERRI thoroughly loved and enjoyed your show. I loved your wit and sense of humour, can’t imagine my drive home this summer. A poet I’m not, but you’ll get the gist – just how much you will be missed. CONGRATULATIONS TO A GREAT GUY IN HIS NEW ENDEAVOURS. Maureen
Thank you for your awesome personality, Wisdom, etc that you shared with us over the years. Erin, Laurie said it the best. I did not get to listen as much as I wanted as GO Transit does not allow Drivers to have radios. I’ll continue dancing, & I wish we knew what your new career was, Maybe we could buy your product and that would help the business endeavour that you have entered. You and Laurie Turcotte sure seemed awesome together. BEST WISHES from JOHN R. FRASER
- John R. FraserBob I’ve been listening to your voice since Don & Erin parted and you took over with Erin. I’ve listened to you and Erin every morning til Mike took over with Erin. I’ve listened to you on the drive home everyday and you have always, always put a smile on my face. I’ve loved your voice and your laughter and I will truly miss that, Tish is good, but she’s not you. I miss you taking me home but I wish you all the best in your new adventure. God Bless You Bob and keep smiling, hope to see you on the coat drive you do every year
- DonnaDonna – DKNY
You were right to go.
CHFI listeners must be the most idiotic lot to have ever turned on a radio (or have someone turn it on for them).
You probably got canned with the Jackfm crew.
Cheers – you’re better off
- f.packerHi Bob,
I remember listening to you during your days at 1050 CHUM and of course at CHFI. Best of luck with your business and watch out for those mosquitos.
Regards,
“Rainbow Ray”
- 'Rainbow Ray"Mississauga
Thanks Bob for keeping us lively on CHFI as the day goes by. You will be missed. Good luck in your business and best wishes.
Thanks,
Elizabeth Sankar
- Elizabeth SankarHi Bob,
I will miss driving home with you in the evenings. All the best!
- karen casanovaBob me and my wife Irene have been with you for at least 8 of the 10 years,she thinks there is something wrong with you, can you ease her mind.It is her birthday on June the 27Th. It would be nice for her to hear you are ok.
- Irene P.Robert.
hello Bob i will miss you good luck in your business you took me to work with morning with iren and the you took me home thanks all the best anna
- anna m cestraHi Bob,
I have listened to you on CHFI since Don moved on and you joined Erin in the a.m. The long car ride home just isn’t the same without you. Wishing you all the best in your future endeavours up North. Take care you handsome devil!
- Joanne PittmanJoanne Pittman
Hi Bob
- Gwendolyn AltpeterI couldn’t believe when I heard you had a Last Day — but wish you nothing but Success with your New Chapter of your Life.
I’m certainly going to miss hearing you on my trek home every night …. but I learned a long time ago….that change is a part of our Life and happens all the time. Thank you for ALL the chuckles over the past years and for your dedicatation to the Coat Program. I’m sure we will hear good things about you from the New Chapter !!
All the best, Bob. I am saddened to hear that you are leaving, but happy for you as well. Hope this new chapter in your life is successful and happy. You will be sorely missed.
Michele
- Michele LawrenceBob, when i heard you were leaving chfi to start your own biz, i paused and was sad for a min! but then i thot to myself, who is going to put that smile on my face and make me laugh out so loud sometimes in my car and others thinking’is she ok? well, its all gud,i will miss u dearly,though i had the opportunity to speak to u once.I wish u nothing but the very best in your future plans, will definitely miss all your funny jokes….goodluck!
- Jennifer Mario-Jennifer Mario
Hi Bob
- Brenda DonadsonI have been listening to you for a lot of years. I so enjoyed you and Erin It always made my day. Then when you went on in the afternoon you sure made my drive home from work so happy and I always had so many laughs from you. Wish you all the best and miss you
Brenda D
I had the chance of meeting Bob in St Lucia, a great guy glad I got the chance to meet you.
- CloverHi Bob
- DonnaThanks for all the years you’ve kept us entertained. Loved listening to all your stories. Wishing you all the best in your new life chapter, hope you’ll be back for the occasional fill in.
Hi Bob
Amelia & I miss you in the afternoons now
Atiyya
- AtiyyaYou are missed…my drive home is different…sad for me. Happy for you is you are where you are living/working it there…..good for you. Do not want to envy….maybe just a little bit.
- Bonnie SiebringIt was great listening to you All the best,Great Guy
Esrick
- EsrickI thought you were on an extended holiday.I was missing all the many laughs and smiles you brought my way while driving home from work You made the 401 a much more pleasant ride.It is not the same but I do wish you all the best in your new endeavours up in our beautiful north country.It is their gain and our loss.Thanks for the memories!
- DarleneBob, I hope that all is going well on your new life’s journey. I miss your laughter every night on the drive home. You will be hard to replace. Enjoy life and in the future – “May the saddest day of your future be the happiest day of your past.”
Catherine McEwen
- catherine McEwenyo bob iwill miss you
- kodyhave a good summer
kody
say hi to your kids
for me
ihad sex with your wife
I will miss the drive to and from the stations that I pick my hubby at… All the best for the future…..
- Carm GirardI had always listened to you on the radio! You sounded so sexy, well I finally got to meet you at one of the oldies dances downtown Toronto! Great when the face matches the voice!
- DebbieAll the best in your new venture!
Hey Bob,
Just wanted to say all the best!! You will be missed a lot. I enjoy listening to you on the radio driving home from work and then preparing dinner you were my evening company.
Best Regards
- Evette