Muffaraw Joe wrote:

Not sure what is causing this...it could be that baseball pales in comparison to the effects of the pandemic, or that Tampa is not a big draw as far as viewers go. I mean heck, they have a hard time getting 15,000 fans out to their home games. There were more cardboard cut out fans than they actually have real fans this season!

Or it could that it is election season in the U.S. (although personally, I am bored of that narrative)...



But according to the Calgary Sun, the ratings have been pretty dismal.

Here is what the article said, RATINGS WORST-EVER FOR 2020 WORLD SERIES

"The Tampa Bay Rays and the Los Angeles Dodgers are bringin’ it.But they’re not bringin’ eyeballs to the ballpark.Ratings from the first two games of the 2020 World Series between the two finalists on Fox brought in the lowest ratings in Fall Classic history.And it could get even worse if the trend of Games 1 and 2 continue through the weekend.Game 3 went Friday night.Games 4 and 5 follow Saturday and Sunday evenings.It’s hoped those heart-of-the-series contests don’t return the ugly ratings of Tuesday and Wednesday, when the battles between the Dodgers and the Rays brought in only 9.195 and 8.950 million viewers, respectively. (Share-wise, that’s a 5.1 and 5.0 rating).They are the two worst scores for any World Series ratings — since at least 1968, when Nielsen first started tracking them."



What is your take big yella? 

Have you watched the World Series? Tonight could be the last game of this season too!

If you've watched have you enjoyed it?

 

Covid-19 took a lot of people away from playoff sports in-general. NBA took a major hit. These sports also got political. That is a no-no.

Baseball has been trying to cater to adults by playing primetime

Muffaraw Joe wrote:

I found this story fascinating, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow called management to the carpet over the Harvey Weinstein's case...and rightly so...

Good for her for standing up to what matters and risking a potential firing too...

Way too late to the party for Harvey. This was orchestrated and staged. Nothing to applaud when the entire ordeal has been blown sky high.

RadioActive wrote:

This story just gets sadder and weirder. The station is now accusing the gay sports guy who was the target of the Tweet of posting it himself, in order to launch a lawsuit to get him out of his accumulating debts. It would explain why they've been so quiet about their investigation into what they think happened.

Another Jussie Smollett case in the making?

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_822c6b1a-e06e-11e9-bcb8-13e8fb604dc4.amp.html

Awful.

Prod Guy wrote:

Muffaraw Joe wrote:

Kawhi Leonard isn't on the ballet and I highly doubt that Andrew Scheer is captivating our Millennial's.

 

When mocking the intelligence of millennials, maybe don't add an apostrophe that doesn't need to be there.  Being old doesn't make you smart.

A misspelling of "ballot" was right in-front of you yet an apostrophe had you rushing to the keyboard? Way to walk into that one....

It's not about the amount of goals. It's about the lack of humility displayed by some of the US players approaching 13 goals. This is not about gender; how many times did we watch Canada World Juniors barely react to goals scored once a game was out of reach? How about the humility shown by the Canadian Women's hockey teams? The celebrations beyond the double digit goal mark was the problem, and some members of the US Women's Soccer team lack insight.

Fitz wrote:

The redacted Mueller Report is out now and you can read the 400 page report yourself but what is clear is that AG Barr whitewashed the findings in his initial four page summary and at his press conference yesterday.

 

Or felt he couldn't proceed with what he said. You must be a legal expert.

RadioActive wrote:

"I am not a Howard Cosell at the end of his career deciding he doesn't like boxing," Costas says. "I decided long ago that I had misgivings about football, and I tried to use the forum they gave me to make those points. They gave me bits and pieces, but eventually they took those bits and pieces away from me."

Such as using a Football game to push a personal political agenda? To divert the attention of fans to something you hold near and dear? Is that what was taken away? Considering NBC would stand with Costas' leanings I'm sure they had to pull it back due to negative feedback from fans.

And the concussions....well, I guess Costas won't be helping with hockey broadcasts in the near future. Better yet, how about use your skills to talk about alternative careers a young athlete can have over football. Afterall, these student-athletes are enjoying a free education (most likely) over 4 years at a very prominent American institution. They have the ability to enjoy an excellent career outside of Football rather than live with catastrophic injuries. My guess is Costas would not do that.

Maybe he can push for no Wild Card team and ban the Designated Hitter on the MLB Network while he lives the good life in New York City.

Muffaraw Joe wrote:

Here is a great read on the impact of radio, the importance of on air talent as so necessary amid budget cuts and changes in the industry, that on air talent make a huge difference.

In this article a radio professional shares the value of radio during the California Wild Fires...and muses about how lost he'd be if it weren't for someone being on air...as a "Light House" Keeper, during the fires and dangers it caused.

Here is the link to the read...enjoy!

https://writingradioswrongs.blog/2018/11/15/real-life-in-the-fire-zone/?fbclid=IwAR3agKfFosvORlK27bT248iBCWCO6F97u-ptg9yBAL_O51XcaN1Z-CfMJmU


Happy Holidays too Big Yella!  Wishing you all a good holidays and new year ahead! Thank you for all of your contribution and to the organizer doing amazing work here too!

Cheers!




 

So the value of radio is measured when something catastrophic occurs? Great. Meanwhile more jobs are lost due to increasing disinterest.

Merry Christmas.

RadioActive wrote:

Well, to make matters even worse, many journalists have Unifor as their union. That entity has already publicly stated they intend to defeat Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives at all costs in the next election and union leadership suggests their members support the Liberals.

So even if you believe they'll bend over backwards to provide fair coverage, how can you trust said reporters to look unbiased when the labour organization they pay dues to is openly backing one side? 

I'm not shilling for the Tories or the Liberals. I just want coverge I can trust. If these handouts start, I'm not sure where I'll find it. Even in the most evenhanded reporting, there will always be that suspicion. 

I know a lot of places are struggling, but selling even the perception of their journalistic independence is too high a price.

Bingo. This should be front and centre of every media outlet, and every media entity should be giving a firm NO to a payout. This issue has barely made a dent in news media. That is by design, as they are on the take and will push a Trudeau government down the throats of those who paid for it.

RadioActive wrote:

Wow. Just wow. I'm not sure if anyone saw the noon press conference Trump held on Wednesday, but I honestly thought the President of the United States was going to go down in the press gallery and start a fistfight with some of the reporters - especially Jim Acosta of CNN, who Trump publicly said should be fired when he refused to sit down and stop trying to question him.

Or to paraphrase the old joke, "I went to a WWE match and a press conference broke out."
 
Trump clashes with 'rude, terrible person' Jim Acosta of CNN

Should be an interesting next two years.

Heard clips on the radio. Acosta came off sounding whiny and self serving. Could have been different had I watched on TV.

Justalistener wrote:

Dial Twister wrote:

g121 wrote:

My only complaint is having Jerry Agar on the round table.  Jerry's already got 9-12 to spew his special style of bombast.  No need for Jerry to spill over to John's show.

Agreed...the very definition of angry-old-man radio.

9am.That's when 1010 loses me and often for the rest of the day. I like Jim and Solomon but unless I'm in the car it's often too much of a bother to switch back.

Maybe try pushing your car seat closer to the steering wheel.

Prod Guy wrote:

cGrant wrote:

Question:  How is it that some here accept the notion that Sinclair and Fox are insidiously slanting the news, yet those same people seem to excuse the same notion when applied to The Star, CBC, etc.?

Here's how:
Trump: "Teachers should have guns."
MSNBC: Here's video of Trump saying teachers should have guns.  We don't think they should.  Here's why not.

Obama: I don't want to take away guns from law abiding citizens, but we need background checks.
Fox News: Obama wants to take away guns from law abiding citizens!

One is an editorial opinion, one is a lie.

An inaccurate and ignorant statement. So you watch one and not the other. Forget denying it, your comment says it all.

Will it work? Probably not.

Nobody cares about anyone on that show except for John Goodman who does not need the show to boost his career.

Ever since I checked in here, we had Samantha Bee keep her job for calling someone a word that all females seem to despise - oh, except if it's the daughter of the President who happens to be a Republican in this particular decade.

Someone called Trump an orange orangutan...I guess that's perfectly fine. What Roseanne said? Oh no, we can't have that.

Oh yeah, Douglas Ford is the new Premiere. Reading unhinged Facebook posts 24 hours after the election was quite entertaining.

Hypocrisy runs deep.

cGrant wrote:

Tom, not sure who you're addressing, but your post was confusing. My main point had nothing to specifically to do with you and violence. My point was that encouraging ANYONE to arm themselves and prepare to kill another person is not, in my view, the best choice. Male, female or other. I hardly take the male side. My point would stand regardless of gender. If the victim genuinely fear for their life, there are police and/or legal options available. Self-defense is a different beast in Canada vs the States.

...and that choice of yours is how women have been murdered by their stalkers. Congrats. Tom's statement wasn't controversial when a woman is defending themselves against men, or women, who want to abuse their power and control over another person. 

By all means call the police. When they arrive 10-20 minutes after the phone call she will be another victim reported in the news. Tom's way has a better chance to help end stalking and promote female heroism. There's your equality lesson of the day.

ONEIL wrote:

Peter the K wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

What I said was when this kind of incident takes place, especially in your city, you DON'T keep showing "Ellen."

 I'm really not trying to troll, here.  Honest.  But the days of the local TV station "serving" the community are long over, despite what the commission's guidelines suggest.  

You have a valid point Peter. My thoughts are, In the early stages of the incident it was so similar to previous terrorist attacks it merited some TV coverage.  Fortunately it wasn't terror related and we've yet to learn the motivation.  CBC and CTV could have broken into regular programming and referred viewers to their News Channel.  Global would have to stay longer with no alternative to offer. Hypothetically, if it was terror related and other attacks were a possibility they would not have served the public at all.  

One man in a van terrorized innocent people on a sidewalk by driving into them. Just because you do not define the man a terrorist does not mean terror did not take place.