-Talks a good game?
-Uneducated leaders who are still d*ckmatized by accents? Sad but true. No shortage of overseas cats with inflated resumes charming their way into nine lives in Canadian media.
-Friends doing favours for each other? This is a lazy, incestuous, uninspired business when it comes to hiring practices.

RadioActive wrote:

Danny Petty wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

This reminds of something that happened a long time ago, when Team Canada was playing in the final game of the gold medal match in the Olympics. Obviously, this was going to be a huge event, and I remember talking to my old much missed friend Mark Dailey about it. 

He was scheduled to anchor CityPulse Tonight at 10 PM in those days, and sure enough, the newscast was on directly opposite the Big Game. We knew the audience that night would be tiny, so I offered him a joke prize of $20 if he'd sign on the show after the teasers by saying, "Good evening, both of you!"

Of course he didn't do it, but it would have been hilarious if he'd taken me up on it! (As I recall, they led with a copy item on the game in progress and the current score.)

Assuming this is men’s hockey you’re talking about, I’m curious which recent Olympics would’ve had Team Canada playing for gold at 10:00 p.m. ET?

The game was already in progress when the news began and everyone knew the audience would be very small that night. 

Would’ve been tiny for sure, but that doesn’t answer my question. From the time Mark joined Citytv to his passing, the national men’s team played for Olympic gold in 1992 at Albertville, 1994 at Lillehammer, 2002 at Salt Lake City, and 2010 at Vancouver. None of those games were still underway at 10:00 p.m. ET.

RadioActive wrote:

This reminds of something that happened a long time ago, when Team Canada was playing in the final game of the gold medal match in the Olympics. Obviously, this was going to be a huge event, and I remember talking to my old much missed friend Mark Dailey about it. 

He was scheduled to anchor CityPulse Tonight at 10 PM in those days, and sure enough, the newscast was on directly opposite the Big Game. We knew the audience that night would be tiny, so I offered him a joke prize of $20 if he'd sign on the show after the teasers by saying, "Good evening, both of you!"

Of course he didn't do it, but it would have been hilarious if he'd taken me up on it! (As I recall, they led with a copy item on the game in progress and the current score.)

Assuming this is men’s hockey you’re talking about, I’m curious which recent Olympics would’ve had Team Canada playing for gold at 10:00 p.m. ET?

Are any Southern Ontario stations attempting much in the way of LIVE New Year's specials this year? I would guess most of the typical DJ/mix shows on the FMs were pre-recorded days/weeks ago?