2009
The Franchise Sports Talk Show
The Franchise February 15th Show: Only on the FULL SHOW can you get the best commentary on the Montreal Juniors from the QMJHL. The full show includes the Habs Weekly Review, and the MMA Weigh In. Question of the week, "What can turn the Franchise around, a top forward, a top defenceman, or a coaching change?". Let us know at thefranchise@cjlo.comHabs Weekly Report:Is the win against Colorado going to change the downward spiral, or will the next 4 games have the Habs struggling to make a playoff spot. Special guest is Shaan Yusuf from The Hockey Family joins The Franchise boys to talk about what the habs needs to fix what ails them. However, Gary had different ideas, and a heated debate ensued.
MMA Weigh In We are Canada's best radio MMA segment, as the Franchise brings you our Hour of Power! We take 2 segments to talk about the recent controversy with Quebec's athletic commision, the RACJ, and their intention to completely change the face of MMA in Quebec. We ask fans around the world support our efforts in keeping MMA legal in Quebec by signing our petition! We also preview UFC 95, and bring you the latest news and notes in Quebec and around the world.
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The Franchise Feb 8th FULL SHOW: Only on the FULL SHOW can you get the best commentary on the Montreal Juniors from the QMJHL. The full show includes the Habs Weekly Review, Montreal Impact Report, and the MMA Weigh In. Question of the week, "Who should Bob Gainey make a trade to acquire?". Let us know at thefranchise@cjlo.com
Habs Weekly Report: Is the Franchise the cure for what ails the Habs? The Canadiens are batting 1000 whenever Nick and I are at the game! Should Gainey make a trade, or should there be a change behind the bench. Get all your answers, and a lot more in the latest installment of our Habs Report!
MMA Weigh In We are Canada's best radio MMA segment, as the Franchise brings you our Hour of Power! We review Titans Fighting (formerly known as Strikebox), and the controversy over the headline match between Bossé and Thompson. We also reviewed UFC Fight night 17. We turn up the heat on XMMA 7 - Inferno, by interviewing 2 amazing rising stars in Dan Grandmaison and Michel Gagnon
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The Franchise Feb 1st FULL SHOW: Only on the FULL SHOW can you get the best commentary on the Montreal Juniors from the QMJHL. The full show includes the Habs Weekly Review, Montreal Impact Report, and the MMA Weigh In. We think this is our best show yet! Drop us a line at thefranchise@cjlo.com and let us know if you agree.
Habs Weekly Report: First McGuire vs Milbury, and now Whittaker vs Murdocco! The Franchise hosts take each other on and debate fighting in Hockey. We also look in depth at the week that was, including against the LA KINGS, a game we covered in person!
MMA Weigh In: We are Canada's best radio MMA segment, as the Franchise brings you our Hour of Power! We review UFC 94, with our Stock Report on who has risen, fallen, and who should be sold. We also preview Strikebox and Fight Quest 6
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The Franchise Jan 25th FULL SHOW: Only on the FULL SHOW can you get the best commentary on the Montreal Juniors from the QMJHL. The full show includes the Habs Weekly Review, Montreal Impact Report, and the MMA Weigh In.
Habs Weekly Report: Nick and Gary get heated about the last two losses suffered by the Canadiens prior to the All Star Game. Nick runs down the winners of the skills competition, and we look at the Habs week ahead.
MMA Weigh In: We are Canada's best radio MMA segment, as the Franchise brings you our Hour of Power! We review Affliction 2, Day of Reckoning, with our Stock Report on who has risen, fallen, and who should be sold. We also preview UFC 94 and tell you what is at stake for each fighter. We start off by interviewing MMA Fighter Stephane "Simba" Vigneault about Fight Quest 6 and the latest on his career, and we also talk to Sean Metcalfe, a great trainer at Young Pow Gym in Ile Perrot.
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The Franchise Jan 18th FULL SHOW: Only on the FULL SHOW can you get the best commentary on the Montreal Juniors from the QMJHL. Nick Murdocco also brings you an interview with Angelo Esposito about his gold medal at the World Juniors.
Habs Weekly Report: Nick and Gary bring you the latest on the Vincent Lecavalier rumors, who's hot and who's not with the Habs, and review the week that was and the week that will be.
Impact Soccer Report: Nick Murdocco goes one on one with Richard Legendre, VP of the Montreal Impact, as they discuss the upcoming CONCACAF game.
MMAA Weigh In: We are Canada's best radio MMA segment, as the Franchise brings you our Hour of Power! We bring in Jordan Small from MMA Hangover to review UFC 93 and preview Affliction 2. We also interview current XMMA Lightweight Champion, Kajan Johnson, on his first title defense against Steve Claveau. We also bring you the latest news in the MMA World, including Strikebox and XMMA 7.
- Habs Weekly Report - If you only want to hear about the Canadiens de Montreal, this is the segment you want to download. Amanda Stein makes her 1690 AM debut, and proves that her insight is as sharp as her pictures of les juniors de montreal.
- MMA Weigh In : Nick and Gary preview UFC 93, and we have interviews with Nelson Akawui Riquelme and Yannick Bergeron
- January 4th FULL SHOW
- Habs Weekly Report - Nick keeps talking smack about Laraque, and now Gary puts the challenge out there for Murdocco...get Big Georges on The Franchise! All that and much more!
- MMA Weigh In : with special guests Stephane Patry (President and Founder of Strikebox) and Pete Spratt, who will be coming to Strikebox on February 6th! We also talk XMMA 7, K-1 Dynamite and Warrior 1!
OFF The BENCH
OFF THE BENCH
Yesterday
it was a one Man show for Gerry Brossard Jr as his normal co host Leigh
was on the IR. It was a big show as Gerry discussed the recent issues
of the AROD steroid case and looked at what affects it's had on
baseball .
Gerry also received three guest on the show. Basketball expert and blogger of www.dinonationblog.com James Borbath stopped by to talk about the Raptors recent trade and the All Star week-end.
Drew Fairservice and the writer of www.ghostrunneronfirst.com
And since the UFC is in the news Gerry had David Simon host of the ringside report on the TEAM 990 from 11 to 2 am every Saturday to discuss if UFC 97 will go on here in Montreal.
January 3rd FULL SHOW
The Franchise Sports Talk Radio
Hosted by Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco, The Franchise comes to you LIVE every Sunday Morning from 8:30 am to 10:30 am on CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal, and world wide on www.CJLO.com.
Full Show for The Franchise on November 9th
See below for the Habs or the MMA/Boxing segments:
- Habs Report: We go 45 hard minutes on the week that was for the Habs, their current state, and we preview the upcoming week.
- The Weigh In: with a full review of XMMA 6, but we start it off with a preview of UFC 91 with our contributing writer Jordan Small from MMAHANGOVER.com
Off The Bench
Hosted by Leigh Lefebvre and Gerry Brossard Jr, OTB comes to you LIVE every Saturday Morning from 8 am to 10 am on CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal, and world wide on www.CJLO.com.
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Full November 2nd Show - Hosted by Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco cover
- Habs Weekly report
- the last Impact Soccer report for 2008 with special guest Noel Butler
- and one hour of MMA and Boxing coverage!
Off The Bench
Full November 1st Show - Hosted by Leigh Lefebvre and Gerry Brossard Jr, they cover Week 9 of the NFL, wrap up the MLB season, and cover the 1st week of the NBA.
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Hosted by Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco, the Full Show from October 26th features all the segments you've come to love, including the following segments that you can hear on their own- The Montreal Canadiens
- The Weigh In, Canada's best combat sports coverage
- this week with interviews from Samuel Guillet and Nelson Akawui Riquelme
- review of UFC 90
- Off The Bench
Leigh Lefebvre and Gerry Brossard
Jr preview Week 8 of the NFL, preview the World Series, and finish
their preview of the upcoming NBA season with Scott Carefoot. You can hear it all in the Full Oct 25th show.
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CJLO has officially launched on 1690 AM in Montreal, and The Franchise felt that we needed to step it up to honor the occasion. Having played Annakin Slayd's "25, feels like '93" as our Habs theme song since we started the segment, we felt we could have none other than Annakin Slayd himself join our panel to talk Canadiens hockey and the NHL! He is joined by the hardest working man in Montreal media, Adam Reid. Gary even goes on the offense, and he takes on Jacques Demers' defense of Sauer's hit on Andrei Kostitsyn.
For the Weigh In segment, we also brought back one of our favorite MMA fighters in Scott Wright, as we reviewed UFC 89, and previewed UFC 90, as well as the next big event in Moncton, "One Man Standing" card taking place on November 22nd.
You can listen to our show on iTunes by searching for The Franchise, or you can download the full show or the segments as found below:
Off The Bench
Leigh Lefebvre is off to watch some NFL football live. Gerry had the choice to either curl up with a good book, or continue to bring you hard hitting commentary on all the North American sports leagues. Gerry chose to bring it, and bringing it with him is Scott Carefoot from The Score and The Raptors Blog to talk about the upcoming NBA season and preview the Eastern conference. He also previews week 7 of the NFL, and talks about the MLB playoffs.
Full Show October 18th: NOTE - The CJLO News segment up front, with OTB starting immediately after.The Franchise Sports Talk Radio
Our FULL SHOW on Sunday, October 12th was the last show before CJLO's formal launch on AM. In that show hosted by Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco, we covered
- The first week of the Montreal Canadiens season in our Habs Weekly Report
- The Montreal Impact who are out of the USL, but going strong in the CONCACAF. Grant Needham is our special guest.
- The Weigh In where we previewed UFC 89, talked results for last week's X-Fights and Elite XC Heat controversy.
Note that only on the FULL SHOW can who hear us talk junior de montréal and Alouettes!
Off The Bench
Hosted by Leigh Lefebvre and Gerry Brossard Jr, Off The Bench covers the Week 6 of the NFL, NCAA Football, NBA and the MLB playoffs
Now available live on 1690 AM for Montreal listeners, you can now download the latest show of The Franchise and Off The Bench either directly from this site, or from iTunes.
On October 5th episode of The Franchise, Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco brought you
- The last installment of our Montreal Canadiens season preview
- The latest of the Montreal Impact USL playoff and CONCACAF tournament
- The Weigh In, where we reviewed TKO 35, Elite XC Heat, and brought you all the latest news and notes from the world of MMA
Only on the FULL SHOW will you also hear commentary on the Montreal Junior.
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Hosted by Leigh Lefebvre and Gerry Brossard Jr, download the October 4th show to hear them talk NFL, NCAA Football, and MLB playoff action.
It was a Franchise show not to be missed, and if you did, you can still listen to it via podcast! And if you heard it, I'm sure you'll want to listen to it again! Here's why:
- Part 2 of our 3 part Canadiens season preview. This time, we turn our focus on the Habs D-Fence.
- Montreal Impact Soccer Report. Nick reviews the week that was, and even predicted a 2 goal win!
- The Weigh In: The Deepest grassroots MMA segment in CANADA! We brought in none other than Thierry "The Surgeon" Quenneville for an interview on his upcoming title fight at TKO 35, but he stayed to preview TKO 35 with us!We also previewed X-Fights that is sure to rock Moncton on October 4th!
You can hear all the segments listed above, and great commentary on the Montreal Junior, and much much more by downloading the FULL SHOW!
Note: Off The Bench did not air on Saturday, due to technical work for our launch to 1690AM, but will be back on it's regular schedule next Saturday.
Full September 22nd Show: You can all the insane segments below, plus bonus Alouettes and Montreal Junior coverage, and a unique pound 4 pound segment!
Habs Weekly Report: The 2008-2009 season is getting closer, so we officially launched our Habs preview with a special goaltenders edition.
Montreal Impact Report: The season is winding down, but the CONCACAF tournament is heating up. Get all the latest and Nick Murdocco brings you his insight from the pitch.
The Weigh In: We go back to a full hour of the BEST grassroots MMA coverage in Canada with none other than the Father of Canadian MMA, Victor Theriault! After Vic, we brought in the next generation with Chris Olech talking about an amazing seminar that will be the Paradise Warrior Retreat. Find out all about that, Fight Night 15, and tons of UFC, TKO and grassroots MMA news and notes.
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Full September 21st Show: Leigh Lefebvre and Gerry Brossard Jr give you the best in Football, be it college or the NFL, the MLB and the NBA commentary and opinions. Gerry has officially fallen off a bandwagon this week. Find out who!
The Franchise Full Show for September 14th, 2008: With Gary Whittaker away on personal business, Nick Murdocco took full control of The Franchise and did things his way. He brought in The Hockey Family to preview the 2008-2009 NHL season, and Pro MMA Fighter Scott Wright to talk about the amazing that was XMMA 5!
If you just want to hear our WEIGH IN segment with Scott Wright and Nick Murdocco, listen here.
OFF THE BENCH FULL SHOW for September 13th, 2008. Hosted by Leigh Lefebvre and Gerry Brossard Jr, they reviewed week 1 of the NFL, previewed Week 2, and talked some MLB as well.
The Franchise Sports Talk Radio
With so many guests this week, it's really a diverse show full of surprising opinions and what should be award winning commentary.
September 7th Full show: You'll need to download the full show in order to get Rebecca Munroe's take on the Habs chances this season, and what she thinks will happen with Bob Gainey if they win the cup. You'll also get our interview with our new man in the Maritimes, Jeff Black. However, we also offer certain specific segments to be enjoyed on their own:
- Montreal Impact Soccer Report with guest Grant Needham, analyst for the Montreal Impact on Team 990
- Pound 4 Pound segment with guest Julie Marsland, giving great advice on how to lose weight
- The Weigh In, which includes interviews with Steven Williams and Ryan Jimmo who both talk about the upcoming X-Fights event on October 4th!
Off The Bench
Leigh and Gerry provide tons of NFL Week 1 information, with a look at our picks for the season standings. All that, and College Football, MLB and NBA! All found in the September 6th Full Show.
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August 31st Full Show: Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco have outdone ourselves yet again with an entertaining and informative 2 hours of sports talk commentary. Starting with:
- Habs Off Season news and rumors
- Impact Soccer Report
- Alouettes CFL Report
- Pound 4 Pound Challenge and big news for the Montreal Junior hockey team
- The Weigh In: canada's best grassroots MMA coverage.
Off The Bench
August 30th Full Show: Leigh Lefebvre teams up with his regular cohort in sports commentary as they do crazy things to College and Pro Football, as well as the latest news and commentary from the MLB, NBA, and whatever else they want to talk about. Most football this week though.
August 24th Full Show: was a spectacular show, which tons of information on the latest Habs rumours, Montreal Impact games, and an update on the 2nd leg of our Pound 4 Pound challenge. Our 2nd half is full of the best grassroots MMA coverage you will find anywhere in Canada.
If you just want to listen to our segments, you can check out
Montreal Impact Soccer Report
The Weigh In - 1 hour of grassroots MMA and Boxing info, including interviews with Guillaume de Lorenzi who is fighting at XMMA 5 and Richard Ho from H2O MMA Gym who will be making his comeback at TKO 35
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August 23rd Full Show of Off The Bench: Leigh and Gerry don't just give you their usual brand of MLB, NFL, and NBA news and commentary, but also preview the upcoming NCAA Football Season.
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Aug 17th The Franchise is now available for download. In addition to the latest Habs, Impact, Alouettes and combat sports commentary, we had amazing guests like
- Jean-Jacques Barrett talking about diet and nutrition
- Quebec MMA Legend Steve Claveau talking about his upcoming critical fight at XMM 5
- Eric St-Pierre discussing his opponent and upcoming title fight at Showdown at the Dome!
Our August 10th Full show is also now available for download. We had a great interview with Jonny "Showtime" Roscoe who will be battling Eric St-Pierre for a belt at Showdown at the Dome on August 23rd!
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- Habs post season report - Sundin, Sundin, Where art Thou? Who Cares!
- Montreal Impact - schedule changes, commentary on some of the roster changes, and the best damn soccer commentary in Montreal
- Alouettes CFL Report - They finally win, and we give them a full segment as a reward
- Pound 4 Pound Challenge - There was a winner. Get all the details
- The Weigh In: In preperation for the Showndown at the Dome, it was the Showdown on The Franchise, as we interviewed:
- John Williams - Senior Instruction of Team Saigo
- Dan Fowler - Fighting for the Canadian Heavyweight Belt on August 23rd in Moncton!
- We also previewed UFC 87, and have the latest news on the Rampage situation.
August 2nd Full Show of Off The Bench: Full show includes:
- Preview of the 2008 NFL Season - NFC North
- Latest MLB, NBA and NFL news, rumors and commentary
The Franchise - Full Show July 27th with hosts Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco
- Will Sundin sign or won't he? Get our 2 cents in our Habs Off Season Report
- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for the Montreal Impact
- 2nd Half suspects in our Montreal Alouettes CFL Report
- Update on the Pound 4 Pound Challenge - Gary is making his move!
- The Weigh In - Montreal's deepest combat sports coverage
- Review the Freedom Fight Title Quest event
- Live interview with Team Saigo's Steven Williams about Showdown At The Dome on August 23rd!
- Elite XC on CBS review
Off The Bench - with hosts Leigh Lefebvre and Gerry Brossard Jr
- MLB and NBA news, rumors and commentary
- 2008 NFL Season Preview - NFC South
July 20th Full Show of The Franchise: Full show includes
- Habs post season report - latest news, rumors, and best insight on the net
- Montreal Impact - Nick talks about the last win, and the next three games coming up this week
- Alouettes CFL Report - 2 losses in a row...is it time to panic?
- Pound 4 Pound Challenge - a bad week for Nick, a worse week for Gary.
- The Weigh In: Post fight analysis of Affliction Banned, UFC Fight Night, and we preview Freedom Fight Title Quest!
July 19th Full Show of Off The Bench: Full show includes:
- Preview of the 2008 NFL Season - NFC West
- Latest MLB, NBA and NFL news, rumors and commentary
The Franchise was fully stacked. Make sure to download the Full July 13th Episode to hear:
Latest on the Habs Off-Season moves
The Montreal Impact Soccer Report (which can also be downloaded as its own segment)
The Montreal Alouettes CFL Report
Week 1 results of our Pound 4 Pound Weight Loss Challenge
The Weigh In Combat sports segment (which can also be downloaded as its own segment)
- Affliction and UFC Fight Night previews
- XMMA big announcement from Charles Vermette, Fighter Relations for XMMA
- Commentary on latest from Alcine and Diaconu
Off The Bench had another great show on July 12th, as they covered
- Brett Favre and his on again, off again retirement
- MLB news and commentary
- NBA with some insight into the Eltan Brand situation and a lot more
- Latest on MLB
- 2008 NFL Season Preview, with the team by team analysis of the AFC West.
The Franchise July 6th Full Show: Nick Murdocco is back and he is fighting mad!! Okay, not really. Instead, he's back to his hilarious self as he is teamed back up with Gary Whittaker to provide you with Montreal's best commentary on:
- The Montreal Alouettes win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- The latest Montreal Impact Soccer Report
- our take on what Gainey has done so far in the free agency period for the Montreal Canadiens
- UFC 86 post ppv analysis during our Weigh In Segment
- Day 1 of our pound 4 pound challenge!
Off The Bench July 5th Full Show: Leigh Lefebvre and Gerry Brossard cover the final game of the Euro Cup, preview another conference in the AFC for the upcoming NFL Season, and Leigh goes 5-0 in his UFC 86 predictions.
The Franchise FULL SHOW June 22 was hardcore this week as we brought back MMA Fighter Scott Wright. We had our usual lineup of great segments, including the headlines, the Impact Report, and The Weigh In (running 60 minutes), but we also covered the NHL Draft for the Montreal Canadiens, and made our big announcement.
The Impact Report: Nick went beyond the Montreal Impact this week, as he covered Canada's progress at the World Cup Qualifying tournament. But rest assured, we came back and reviewed Montreal's CONCACEF game against the Whitecaps and previewed Sunday's game as well.
The Weigh In: 4 straight segments of the best local MMA coverage in Montreal. Scott Wright, who cornered some of the fighters at KOTC, was on hand to talk about the event that few saw. We also review The Ulitmate Fighter Finalé, look at the impact of primetime MMA coverage on the rest of the organizations, and debate some of the recent news of fighters moving up in weight class.
Off The Bench! Full Show June 21st had a fantastic show this week. Gerry Brossard starts the show off with in depth coverage of the Euro Soccer Tournament. Leigh Lefebvre, in reference to Tiger Woods, says, "it's only golf afterall", find out why, and more as they start their preview of the NFL starting with the AFC EAST by downloading the podcast of the show.
In case you missed last week's show, we have now resolved our technical issues, and you can listen to the podcast of the Full June 15th show of The Franchise. Scott Wright makes his first appearance, and it's enough to get things heated between Nick and Gary.
Off The Bench June 14th Full Show: Leigh and Gerry talk about the NBA Finals, the lastest news coming out of the NFL, and make a few surprise announcements.
(Note) Last week's amazing episode of The Franchise will be available on Saturday
The Franchise June 8th Full Show: Due to technical difficulties, we were unable to record the first 22 minutes for podcast, and had to postpone Nicky Ryan until next week. We start in mid coverage of the Montreal Impact, and go MMA the rest of the way, with in depth commentary on TKO 34, including more shocking post fight statements from Wes Sims at the press conference.
The Weigh In: Part of the full June 8th show, it's about Elite XC, UFC 85, and tons of TKO 34 coverage.
Off The Bench May 31st Full Show: It's the NBA Championship this week. Leigh and Gerry will talk about the upcoming NBA Finals, and how the teams got there. They also talk NHL, including a discussion on who should win coach of the year.
The Franchise June 1st Full Show: This is one of our most fully loaded shows ever. We cover the Stanley Cup Finals, go two segments on the Montreal Impact, with the help of our new friend Noel Butler from The Team 990. Our Weigh In Combat Sports segment is scattered throughout the show, and includes 3 interviews (Stephane Vigneault, Thierry Quenneville and Daniel Gauthier) for the upcoming TKO 34 event at the Bell Center on June 7th.
The Weigh In: We put all of our Combat sports related segments together from last week's show into this one comprehensive detailed podcast that covers the controversy of Elite XC's Primetime on CBS, and TKO 34. We only included our Featured Franchise Artist, Johnny Rourke!
Montreal Impact Podcast: From our June 1st show, we combine our on the pitch ace reporter in Nick Murdocco, and the top soccer analyst in Montreal in Noel Butler, and come out with a podcast fit that will satisfy even the most hardcore soccer enthusiast.
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Off The Bench Full Show: Host Leigh Lefebvre and Gerry Brossard bring you deep into the NBA playoffs, as they both relunctantly had to give props to the Lakers. Leigh also proves he is no slouch in MMA, giving his predictions that end up being right for 4 out of 5 fights.
The Franchise May 25th Full show: Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco team up for the 2nd week in a row with Adam Reid and The Hockey Family to cover the news and notes of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the IIHF results. Nick also provides his first full Montreal Impact post game report, including news on Montreal's MLS chances. The last half of the show is dedicated to MMA, with UFC 84 post PPV analysis, and tons of news in the MMA and boxing world.
The Weigh In: Part of the full show, or a segment on it's on, The Weigh provides Montreal's best continuous MMA and Boxing coverage from Montreal's 2 media super heavyweights, Gary Whittaker and Nick Murdocco.
The Franchise May 18th Full Show: Nick Murdocco has stepped up to a regular co-host role as Leigh and the New G, Gerry Brossard are now working Saturday Mornings on Off The Bench. We have brought in Adam Reid, recently voted Montreal's Top 10 Best Actors in the Montreal Mirror, to talk a lot of hockey, MMA and Montreal Impact.
Off The Bench: The Franchise's new show on CJLO, hosted by Leigh Lefebvre with Gerry Brossard as the regular co-host. Leigh and Gerry are all about team sports, and bring it to you from a true Montreal sports fans' perspective. There is no better place to listen to NBA, MLB, and NFL in Montreal than on Off The Bench.
May 11th Full Show: It's the Mother's Day special show, and the LAST show hosted by the Leigh and G combination before Leigh branches off to his own show called "Off The Bench" on Saturday's.
May 4th Full Show: It's all about the playoffs, with 30 minutes of MMA Fight Shop (www.mmafightshop.ca) sponsored MMA/Boxing segment thrown in.
April 27th Full Show: We continue to have a full show, as we move towards our new weekend format to run show on both Saturday and Sunday. We have extensive coverage of the NBA and NHL playoffs, and a add a ton of news from the MMA and Boxing world.
MMA and Boxing round up: We provide in depth coverage on some major news in the MMA and Boxing world.
April 20th Full Show: We continue to have a full show, as we move towards our new weekend format to run show on both Saturday and Sunday. We have extensive coverage of the NBA and NHL playoffs, and a review of UFC 83
MMA and Boxing round up: We provide in depth coverage on the Pay Per View card and from a Bell Center perspective since Leigh Lefebvre was there in covering the event live.
April 13th Full Show: For the 2nd week, we have brought in both guest hosts, Nick Murdocco and Gerry Brossard. This week we continued heavy coverage of the NHL playoffs, and our 3rd interview with Jonathan "Road Warrior" Goulet on his Road to UFC 83.
Habs Week in Review: The 2nd episode in our playoff edition, we cover every series.
MMA and Boxing Round Up: We bring you a LIVE interview with the Road Warrior, Jonathan Goulet, as he discusses his feelings leading up to UFC 83 at the Bell Center. We also bring a a preview of the UFC 83 card.
April 6th Full Show: We brought the entire cast of The Franchise in this week. We do an in depth coverage of the NHL playoffs, in addition to our regular Headlines, NBA, and MMA Coverage which includes our 2nd interview with The Road Warrior, Jonathan Goulet
Habs Week In Review: We look into the season that was, do our picks for the NHL player awards, and preview the upcoming playoffs.
MMA and Boxing Round Up: We have our 2nd interview with Jonathan "The Road Warrior" Goulet, and review the UFC Fight Night
* Technical issues with March 30th Full Show, we can only post the 2 interviews we ran on the MMA Round up segment, which is sponsored by MMA Fight Shop
We started with Interview #1 of a 3 interview series with Quebec's own Jonathan "The Road Warrior" Goulet, as we follow him on his Road to UFC 83.
Our 2nd interview was with up and coming Christopher Hulme, who currently fights for TKO.
March 23rd Full Show: We brought back Gerry Brossard as guest host so that we could do a great job on our MLB Season Preview, and man did we deliver. Combined with our look at NCAA March Madness, we bought in some new to mix with the segments you've come to love like Habs Week in Review.
MMA Round Up: Brought to you by MMA Fight Shop, we cover the latest news coming out of the MMA and Boxing world.
March 16th Full Show: Gary's back and he's bigger than ever!! And we are not just talking about all the weight he gained from staying away from the gym all winter either.
Habs Week in Review #16: Gary is still putting Halak over Price. Find out more in this installment.
MMA / Boxing Round Up #16: Sponsored by MMA FIGHT SHOP, we cover 30 minutes of news and information in combat sports.
March 9th full Show: This is our 15th show, but the first without Gary Whittaker. How did Leigh Lefebvre manage....? Listen and found out!
March 2nd Full Show: Crazy show, with tons of Habs talk, and more MMA and Boxing than any other show in Montreal for yet another week.
Habs Week in Review #14: Back to it's own segment, and all about the Trade Deadline. Is the Price Right?
MMA Round Up #14: Again showing how the Franchise has the deepest and best MMA and Boxing coverage in Montreal.
Feb 24th Full Show: Introducing a new special guest host Gerry Brossard and Featured Franchise Artist Shad K from Ontario, we cover the Headlines, the Habs Week in Review, and the MMA Roundup where we previewed UFC 82, TKO 32 and the Bute - Joppy fight, along with some Nascar and Spring training thrown in.
MMA Round Up #13: the MMA Roundup where we previewed UFC 82, TKO 32 and the Bute vs Joppy fight
Feb 17th Full Show: So action packed we had to start the show 30 minutes early. We got interviews with Gary Goodridge who recently signed with MFC, Nicky Ryann who is the host of Rough on The Fight Network, and current TKO Welterweight Champion Jesse Bongfeldt. Our Featured Artist for this week is Canada's rising hip-hop star Johnny Rourke! Only the full show contains are unique perspective on the Headlines of the week, and the full featured artists song list (although this week, 1 song could not be added to the podcast and had to be heard live on CJLO).
Habs Week in Review: Habs Fever is raging in Montreal, and not in a good way. We keep in real for the habs fan in Montreal on the goaltender controversy and Hossa trade talk.
MMA Roundup!: If you are too busy to check out the full show, you must check out MMA RoundUp to hear the best of Gary Goodridge, Nicky Ryann, and Jesse Bongfeldt, and there best happens to be the entire interview! All 3 are stellar people and a treat to listen to.
Nascar Begins: We start a new segment in time for a new season of Nascar. Leigh gets behind the wheel of this new one and helps you figure out who's going to take the checkered flag.
Feb 10th Full show: Guest host Nick Murdocco is back, and is in fighting form. Scott Wright makes an appearence with us before this appearance at TKO on February 28th. Franchise Featured Artist is Jon Lajoie. You only get the Featured artist and the Headlines by downloading the full show.
Habs Week in Review: This week we tell Montreal to calm the heck down on the Habs 3 losses in 4 games. We also break down all the potential trades we have heard about recently.
MMA Roundup: We start off with an interview with TKO newcomer Scott Wright, and move on to doing a preview of the WEC and Elite XC cards that are coming up this week.
Feb 3rd Full Show: Our 10th Show! We also introduce our new Guest host, Nick Murdocco. Make sure to check out the Full Show if you want to hear our Headlines segment, and this week's Franchise Featured Artist, MoneyShot!
And now some of the show segments if you just want to hear specific subjects:
Habs Week in Review: Is Carbo coach of the Year? And if the Habs did make a trade, who should they use as bait.
Super Bowl Sunday: Our predications on who would win, and by how much.
MMA Roundhouse RoundUp!: We provided detailed review of the televised PPV UFC 81 Card,and some potential matchups in the HW division.
Jan 27th full Show: The Best keeps getting better
Habs Week in Review: Leigh asks 2 important questions, and gives in to the Habs being playoff bound.
NFL Road to the Super Bowl: Leigh and Gary get on opposite sides, find out who is the smart one, and which one is Leigh.
MMA Round Up!: We cover the UFC Fight Night 12 results, and preview UFC 81 Breaking Point
Jan 20th Full show: Probably our best show yet.
Other segments from our Jan 20th show:
Habs Week in Review: Price is Right...for Huet that is!
Our predications on the Road to the Superbowl!
MMA RoundUp! this week has an interview with Patrick Côté, along with all the news you need from UFC 80, and UFC Fight Night
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Full Jan 13th, 2008 Show: 13th is now a lucky number. We've got our awards show, UFC 80 pre-views, Habs news and notes, and more fun that you can beat with a stick!
The Franchise 2007 Awards: We've got the Best and the Worst of 2007, from a True Montreal Sport's Fans perspective!
Habs Week In Review: Jan 13: Bob Gainey agrees with Gary, and so will you after you hear what he's got to say about the Canadiens.
Check out the FULL January 5th, 2008 Show: Start your year off the right way by listening to our first show of 2008
The Franchise; NFL Playoff Round 1 Roundup (Jan 5, 2008): We go all the way to the SuperBowl in this one!
The Franchise; MMA Roundhouse Roundup (Jan 5, 2008): Is George St-Pierre the best Pound 4 Pound fighter right now?
The Franchise: Habs Week in Review (Jan 5, 2008): Ovechkin vs LeCavalier, which rumour would best help the Habs.
Check out the FULL Dec 29th Show
White men can jump. Find out about that, and a lot more on the last show for 2007.
Kudo's for Carbo? We don't believe it either, but find out why!
Leigh's NFL Line, Week 17 Edition
The top teams are taking it easy this week, but not Leigh and Gary. We go head to head this week.
The 1st posted RoundHouse Roundup covering all you need to know in the MMA world.
We got the UFC 79 card broken down for you, AND New Year Eve's event headlined by Fedor.
Check out the FULL Dec 22nd Show (scroll down)
Treat yourself to a special Holiday show, since there is really not much else to watch anyway
Can Leigh keep up his career year by keeping up his .700 average?
Habs week in Review, Dec 22nd edition
From Russia with Love, we got info on Ovechkin and Sergei Kostitsin.
Feel free to check out our older shows as well:
Check out the Full December 15th show
No HGH needed for this Franchise to be a success, we got all the natural talent you want to hear on the air.
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Listen to the Habs week in review
Have the Habs turned the corner from their 1st slump, listen and found out!
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Check out our NFL Week 15 report
Leigh takes on the law...but will he win? Listen to see if he can go 13-2 again in week 15.
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