I heard Moore's initial announcement of these changes as well. Currently Agar's show is a "network" show and airs on Newstalk 610 CKTB as well, so I wonder if they'll take the single John Moore "call-in hour" too. (Agar's show apparently is not heard any more on AM800, AM 1150 Hamilton, obviously not on the defunct Newstalk 1290 CJBK, and not on 1150 Kelowna - all stations shown on his 1010 show page, confusingly, suggesting where it can be heard.)

Also, Moore's show news anchor Ashley Legassic is departing and this is her last day. Seems to be of her choosing vs. getting pushed out by Bell, given her Twitter feed mentioning "one last time" and showing insanely early rising hours and Moore being able to talk about it in advance!

Ashley Legassic said her goodbye in a debrief with Moore after the 8 AM news, although her shift isn't over. She is, in fact, leaving broadcasting and it is of her own choice. She has a very young child and said the hours are making it tough to be both a mom and journalist. So she choose the former. 

As to where she's going? She'll be doing PR for the Financial Services Regulatory Services of Ontario, which describes itself as "an independent regulatory agency created to improve consumer and pension plan beneficiary protections in Ontario." Sounds riveting!

But it's her new boss that's perhaps the most interesting. She'll be reporting to none other than Russ Courtney, who preceded her as the morning anchor on CFRB.

Presumably Agar is not getting strong enough ratings.
I'm sure management would never reduce his hours if he were getting top numbers.
Anyway as dieter says an hour less of Agar is just fine.
But overall I'm finding that 1010 is really starting to sound stale, with even John Moore tending to ramble on a bit like he's just filling time.
And for me the weekends are unlistenable.
Just one long informercial for home improvement, buying gold and finding an employment lawyer.
It's useful advice to those who need such info, but if you don't there's no reason to listen.
I suppose the pet show is useful since vets are really expensive and owners can get free advice.
Over at 640 Roy Green can sometimes have some well informed guests, but he tends to push his old school conservative agenda when he's just commenting alone.



 

peter wrote:

If Agar's numbers are down, it's because of a very weak, lead-in morning show.
As I'm sure all of the 'experts' here know, the morning show sets up the day.
It's not a surprise that the once 'mighty' RB has a 1% share!

re: If Agar's numbers are down, it's because of a very weak, lead-in morning show. 

What an absolute crock of BS .. this is not MAGA land .. 
 

unclefester wrote:

I like John Moore a lot but one thing he does often - too often bothers me.

He constantly laments the hours he works & everyone knows about it

I'm not sure his listeners need to hear that he is exhausted - that he has no life - that he hates his shift and on and on.

He tells us that (I'm a listener) often - very often - far to often.

It's not a good look. He should be more professional and remind himself every pay day that things aren't so bad after all

 

I find one thing he does every single day irritating, and self-serving, but I won't say what it is because I don't want to be attacked by the woke crowd.

 

Jody Thornton wrote:

Then honestly ... why even post?

Got it in one.

Walter wrote:

unclefester wrote:

I like John Moore a lot but one thing he does often - too often bothers me.

He constantly laments the hours he works & everyone knows about it

I'm not sure his listeners need to hear that he is exhausted - that he has no life - that he hates his shift and on and on.

He tells us that (I'm a listener) often - very often - far to often.

It's not a good look. He should be more professional and remind himself every pay day that things aren't so bad after all

 

I find one thing he does every single day irritating, and self-serving, but I won't say what it is because I don't want to be attacked by the woke crowd.

 

Because & only because he's often part of my morning routine I have a strong suspicion I know what you're referring to.

I'm betting it has to do with a certain segment of society & how it is sometimes mistreated in his eyes.  

A segment he has first hand knowledge of.

In other words gay rights - gay issues. 

Now that hasn't stopped me from listening to & enjoying Mr. Moore but he does spend a lot of time on the topic IMO.

Close?

What does the shift change do to their morning "Breakfast Wrap" that they put online? That primarily consisted of an edited version of the 5-6 AM hour, with the thinking being most people aren't up that early, so they can catch up on what they didn't hear. Are they still going to bother?

Dial Twister wrote:

With the messed-up way quotes are being posted by Boardhost, I don't think you understood that I was agreeing with you, Jody.

Indeed, why did @Walter post if he wouldn't discuss the reason?

No I didn't get the agreement/sarcasm part.  For that I am truly sorry Dial Twister.  Sincerely, that was my bad.
 

Dial Twister wrote:

No harm. No foul.

Isn't that what they used to say about people who owned trained falcons? 

"No arm, no fowl." 

And yes, I apologize in advance.

RadioActive wrote:

It's a reroll of the best of Vassy Kapelos. I enjoy her show, but I'm not sure it's exactly what I want to hear at 5 in the morning if I'm getting up early to go to work or get the kids ready for school. 

Yes, bit of an odd choice, but if it's up to slicing up the previous day's 1010 broadcast content for that slot, I suppose she's one of the stronger assets.

As much as I dislike television simulcasting on radio and the 1010 weekend mornings have definitely lost their charm without a live radio host, perhaps a simulcast of CP24 for at least the 5:30 am-6:00 am slot makes more sense in terms of "start your day" weather news, breaking news from overnight, etc.  Maybe they don't want listeners to hear that and just flip over to the TV instead.

I will stick around after Moore finishes at ten today, just to hear what Agar has to say about his reduced showtime, if anything.  I doubt he's too happy about it.  He's very thin-skinned, and has a hard time keeping his tongue when something ticks him off.

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It's nice to hear Moore doing a different style of show in the later hour, but it was pretty cheesy for him to devote an entire segment to Mary Berg, who is debuting a new show on CTV this week (taking over for Marilyn Denis.) 

I guess I shouldn't be surprised but this kind of naked shilling for Bell Media is somewhat embarrassing.

And by the way, is anyone else as creeped out by Berg's endlessly cheerful disposition as I am?

This is all about employee accommodation, which has become requisite in modern urban offices today. Try that in a small town. Or a rail yard or one of the many job sites with an early start. This is an opportunity, to my mind, for Bendixen to put in a hot talker at 9am .. someone who can deliver a compelling introductory monologue .. and steal all the listeners who are weary of hearing Moore rewire news events. But heck, 640 runs their ads pretty much concurrent in time with 1010 so it's doubtful they are much interested in gaining listeners.
We should all give props to CBC's Piya in this regard though; telling her employer how it's going to be and still remain on the payroll 
(she recently filled in)

There's another chain reaction from Moore moving to 6 AM. 

CKTB used to take Agar's show at 9 AM and they obviously can't do that anymore.

So, according to 610's website, they extended morning man Tim Denis' show an extra hour, meaning he's now on from 5AM-10AM - a five hour shift. That's a long time to be on air doing a daily talk show.