Blair and Brunt on Sportsnet 590 were clueless.   They stated a discussion about R.A. Dickey's pitching performance about a minute before the broadcast was interrupted.  They obviously talked through the "test" and never went back to regroup and repeat what we missed.
Makes you wonder whether the show producers at some of these stations are simply unaware of the interruptions or negligent.  Either way, this is one system that pisses off listeners.    Radioactive is right.  The quality of the audio presentation was poor - if anyone is going to respond to one of the alerts, it should be state of the art audio...otherwise people will simply tune away or turn the volume down.   We had a barrage of these alerts about 10 days ago on Bell Satellite TV.   I'm inclined to ignore them - since they seldom relate to the actual area where I'm located.

tvguy wrote:

Blair and Brunt on Sportsnet 590 were clueless.   They stated a discussion about R.A. Dickey's pitching performance about a minute before the broadcast was interrupted.  They obviously talked through the "test" and never went back to regroup and repeat what we missed.
Makes you wonder whether the show producers at some of these stations are simply unaware of the interruptions or negligent.  Either way, this is one system that pisses off listeners.

In their defense, most AM stations run on a delay. The problem with this whole alert concept lies right there. The alert takes over the post-delay feed but in studio, chances are they're listening to the pre-delay feed (for obvious reasons); which means two things:

1. In the case of an actual factual emergency, the in-studio people will not hear it happen, which leads to:
2. How are the hosts supposed to springboard off of the alert and work it into their show if they haven't heard it?

tvguy's example of 590 is exactly how it will happen when we are facing an actual and proper emergency. And it will happen that way regardless of it being 590, 640, 1010 or anybody else. I can't imagine the potential damage to a station's credibility.

I know I should be used to seeing a worthwhile public service be handled so poorly but the execution of this is awful and Pelmorex should know better.

What's up with Tarzan Dan replacing Norm Edwards for two weeks starting today on ZoomerRadio.  Is TD about to be added to ZR lineup or just a one-off?

Laurence H Palter/Mississauga
Not in Radio Industry But Always Interested in happenings behind the microphone!!!

lhpalter77 wrote:

 Is TD about to be added to ZR lineup or just a one-off?

They've got the 60s at 6:00, the 70s at 7:00, the 80s at 8:00 and the 90s at 9:00 and are clearly gearing up for the 2000s at 2:00


 

Mr. Hedley, why is Alan Gelman no longer co-hosting the Saturday morning Neighborhood Garage program?