1 of 1- RadioActive
- Moderator
Offline 
A Tale Of Two Stations Under The Same Ownership
I've often wondered about this: how can two stations owned by the same company with the same format, operate so differently from each other?
Case in point, on Monday, Bell's CFRB aired rerolls and CP24 audio in place of its morning show. Fair to remind that not everybody has this week off and perhaps there were listeners to be had. Yet over on CKTB, also still owned by the same telecom, there was a full service morning show, featuring Carl Dockstader, his talkative producer, and a news person.
How is it that 610 can bring in a full crew during the holiday but 1010 can't? I'm sure the salaries aren't quite as high at CKTB, so perhaps it's less expense to pay the crew overtime. But given that, despite the recent sale of the station which is still operating as a Bell property, you'd think both would perform the same way.
I've noticed this before - CKTB generally has live programming on weekend mornings with the same crew and it's pretty entertaining. Meanwhile, over on 1010, we're treated to more CP24 audio. Good for 610 to do live and local. But why wouldn't the same policy apply to both stations?
- RadioActive
- Moderator
Offline
Re: A Tale Of Two Stations Under The Same Ownership
Well, I'm relieved to hear it. I always pictured an edict coming down from on high from a mean looking, frowning exec. in the upper towers at Bell Media saying, "No overtime anywhere, we're not paying for any of it!" during the holidays, then laughing like Scrooge.
By the way, I hope CKTB doesn't change too much when the takeover finally happens. Their early morning weekend programming is live and often quite entertaining. The 6-7 AM show is called "The Secret Hour" when the host jokes they can say anything they want because management isn't listening. It's never about any real subject, per se, but it is fun to listen to, especially when there's nothing else on.
Also worth mentioning that, outside of CFTR, 610 may be the only commercial radio station in these parts that still has an actual honest-to-goodness dedicated sports person (Rod Mawhood.) That's pretty rare these days.
- •
Thread Starter- RadioAaron
- Member
Offline
Re: A Tale Of Two Stations Under The Same Ownership
RadioActive wrote:
Well, I'm relieved to hear it. I always pictured an edict coming down from on high from a mean looking, frowning exec. in the upper towers at Bell Media saying, "No overtime anywhere, we're not paying for any of it!" during the holidays, then laughing like Scrooge.
Hard to issue a blanket edict when one station's union and the other isn't.