The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / 960 fires Berkovits?

**Posted by Hansa** June 30, 2025 4:11 am

From Facebook:

Boss 960AM: "Bad news, Jack. Your show has been cancelled".

Me: "I don't understand".

Boss 960AM: "Sorry about that, but we've decided to go centrist, no longer conservative ".

Me (in shock): "So who else is being fired that's conservative "'.

Boss 960 AM: "no one else ".

Me: "I see ".

Boss 960AM: " Thanks for being so professional".

Anti-semitism?

Advertiser pressure?

Interest group pressure?

Business decision?

Hmmmm.

Listenership to The Jack Berkovits Show was spectacular.

New advertisers growing.

Any admonishnents, complaints, warnings, ever? NONE.

Any congrats, thanks, appreciative notes?
TONS.

What to do?

**Posted by Radiowiz** June 30, 2025 5:22 am

It is a tiny bit ironic that there isn't more sports talk content on Sauga 960, since they (at one point) were aiming to pick up sports that other sources were not already carrying.
Here's an example from 2022: https://www.cebl.ca/news/cebl-sauga-960-am-team-up-to-deliver-pro-basketball-across-canada

**Posted by RadioActive** June 30, 2025 6:34 am

Indeed, their June 2025 schedule page does not include Berkovits. Well, there goes all those Omni Jewelcrafters commercials.

**Posted by Radiowiz** June 30, 2025 7:09 am

RadioActive wrote:
Indeed, their June 2025 schedule page does not include Berkovits. Well, there goes all those Omni Jewelcrafters commercials.

Maybe they can replace his show with sports talk,
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**Posted by Hansa** June 30, 2025 7:18 am

In another post he says he was cacelled for being "extremist". Can Mark Patrone and Richard Syrett be far behind? (I thought Syrett had left but he's still on the schedule)

Last edited by Hansa (June 30, 2025 7:20 am)

**Posted by RadioActive** June 30, 2025 8:08 am

The odd thing about Syrett is that Carrasco had him on his show talking about his departure from Sauga960 in favour of podcasting. Why he's still on, whether he changed his mind, or if they're simply airing rerolls non-stop is an open question.

That radio station is a mess and it appears it's getting worse. It was supposed to cover Mississauga. I rarely hear them mention the city the few times I monitor it - and their studios aren't even there, being located on Westmore Drive - in Etobicoke.

**Posted by Dial Twister** June 30, 2025 2:42 pm

Jack Berkovits wrote:
Listenership to The Jack Berkovits Show was spectacular.

Just as it ever was. 😂

Numbers! We need numbers!