The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / Wow, What An Incredible News Day On Local Radio & TV!

**Posted by RadioActive** **Online!** March 4, 2025 1:37 pm

I can't think of a news days much bigger than what happened around the noon hour Tuesday, at least not since 9/11. It reminds me of the title of a recent Oscar winning movie - Everything, Everywhere, All At Once!

Press conferences from Justin Trudeau, Doug Ford & Pierre Poilievre, almost all at the same time. It was so insane, that CFTO and Global both took Ford, while CBC Radio 1 had the Trudeau and Poilievre press conferences (for some reason, the latter's was entirely in French and as soon as he switched to English, they cut it off.) AM640 delayed it and played it mostly in full later on.

I don't envy the producers in those newsrooms. With many of the pressers taking place at exactly the same time, which one do you go to first? How do you cover it all?

It's an incredible news day and I frankly hope we never have to see another one like it ever again! But man, did it raise the adrenaline levels for those covering it all.

**Posted by Radiowiz** March 4, 2025 1:52 pm

On top of all that, happy Shrove Tuesday!!
A perfect opportunity to enjoy 100% Canadian Maple Syrup.

**Posted by ED1** March 4, 2025 4:54 pm

RadioActive wrote:
I can't think of a news days much bigger than what happened around the noon hour Tuesday, at least not since 9/11. It reminds me of the title of a recent Oscar winning movie - Everything, Everywhere, All At Once!

Press conferences from Justin Trudeau, Doug Ford & Pierre Poilievre, almost all at the same time. It was so insane, that CFTO and Global both took Ford, while CBC Radio 1 had the Trudeau and Poilievre press conferences (for some reason, the latter's was entirely in French and as soon as he switched to English, they cut it off.) AM640 delayed it and played it mostly in full later on.

I don't envy the producers in those newsrooms. With many of the pressers taking place at exactly the same time, which one do you go to first? How do you cover it all?

It's an incredible news day and I frankly hope we never have to see another one like it ever again! But man, did it raise the adrenaline levels for those covering it all.

Do you think that the terrestrial networks should have carried those press conference? I think that with a huge story like this, the newsrooms of CBC, CTV, and Global should have broken in on their respective OTA networks.

**Posted by RadioActive** **Online!** March 4, 2025 5:47 pm

Coincidence or not, they all occurred around their noon news, so they did air at least parts of them live in Toronto. The problem was choosing which one to take, with them almost all of them taking place at once.

**Posted by Aytononline** March 4, 2025 7:12 pm

I will give Bell Media and CTV credit. CTV news channel have been live on YouTube since 10am this morning. At the 6pm hour, they have 1700 screens watching.