paterson1 wrote:

Who said anything about not needing news in a small market?  If anything news is more important in smaller markets since the local paper could be long gone.  Why tie up your only newsperson as a morning co-host?

I think that when the newsperson officially co-hosts a radio morning show lessens the credibility of that newscaster.  Also indicates the station isn't overly concerned with news since the talent is on the air more than in the newsroom.  If you're not in the newsroom, you aren't working on local stories.   Again, in a smaller market with few local news sources, the radio newscasts are important and should be treated that way.  
 

My comment about news stems from your comment "=12px I would have had three local shows with the talent that they hired." 
 You're right about the news position. It should be dedicated to news only, and working on those local stories. A long time ago, at big corporate radio, someone in an expensive suit said, "Let's cut the news departments in small and medium markets because no one listens to the news anymore". 
The worst is when there's two hosts and the news is recorded by a third person who works on another station within the cluster. 
 

RadioActive wrote:

By the way, a runner up to this horrible spot is the one from Shopify, where a female announcer gleefully tells listeners the commercial is short 6 secs. and then proceeds to hum an irritating tune to fill up the time. That one sends me straight to a channel change. 

Thanks for the compliment. 

This isn't new. Bell's Move brand and Bounce brand constantly do this. Also, other Corus stations are most likely taking qualifiers for the same contest. 

I don't want to take away from their legendary status as I love listening to hockey play by play on the radio and have listened to them call games for many amazing years......but it's 100%  time for them to retire and I wouldn't be surprised if their contract wasn't renewed. 

I don't feel listener backlash would be overwhelming.  This season, we opted to listen to our TV stream over the radio broadcast. 

41 years is incredible. And if they don't get a new contract, they should get a huge celebration, thank you and a big send off. 



 

I heard Heather doing traffic and didn't even flinch. I think it's just radio people who feel like this. People in smaller markets wear different hats all day, every day and no one cares. 

 

RadioActive wrote:

And yet there is one, right here in the GTA, on AM 740.

 

There's also a team of two women in Calgary https://www.star959.ca/shows/breakfast-with-billie-jo-and-candice/

and a solo female show north of Toronto at https://www.iheartradio.ca/bounce/lindsay/shows/vanessa-murphy-1.15178947

 

I applaud Jennifer. It was sickening to watch. Not everyone believes you should stand up and speak your truth and it will be interesting to see/read if anyone else comes forward. She's already been backed by Maureen, Jacqui, and there's a tweet from Jessica Baker 

Her post highlights a sad reality when it comes to the broadcasting industry but more importantly that radio is still "an old boys club".
How many of us grew up in this business only to be told that women perform news and traffic positions and if you want to be a jock, it's middays?
How many of us have been told "don't get pregnant? It will ruin your career. 
How many of us have been told "You're a mom now and you're not as good anymore" 
You're only in this management position because we need to have a woman in that job. 
No one will ever listen to an all female morning show or a solo morning show host that's female? 
How many of us have heard "if you tell people about this or you make noise after you leave, you'll never get hired anywhere else?" 


How many of us are still being told this in 2022? 

 

With the exception of the big broadcasters in major cities and some independent outlets, I would say there's a dusty newsroom that no one uses and no news director in 95% of stations. 

I'll bet he'd like to forget the late 90's.

I don't even understand why this is hard for them. Works out to just under 8 minutes a day. Their FB page has a bunch of news stories today. Talk to the mayor, once a week, for 10 minutes, followed by regional Council and a non profit.

Just heard something regarding "Ashley Greco" on 105.7 about can't wait to join you on "Move Radio"

Either way, two extremely talented ladies of radio.

Don's time up was way overdue. Bye!

As long as KK stays on, that's all that matters to me as a listener. 

Is anyone really shocked that radio profits went down? I remember it being a ghost town here where I live. Sounds like "pandemic fatigue here" 

Radiowiz wrote:

Good. Get rid of Derringer here. Toss that show on. Who cares if rating drop a notch, it's still a lot cheaper to run.

What's your problem here? I enjoy it.