I Get Holiday Radio Rerolls, But This Is Ridiculous!

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Posted by RadioActive
October 14, 2024 8:56 am
#1

I didn't expect any real new programming on local radio due to Thanksgiving and there hasn't been any. But what I heard on CKTB Monday morning was, you should pardon the expression, a real turkey.

At one point, they replayed their version of The Round Table. Towards the end of the segment, a traffic report came on. That was followed by the news. The problem? The Round Table kept going while all this was going on, with two shows being aired at the same time. So you couldn't understand either one of them. Mercifully, the segment finally ended and the headlines kept going. But how did the local newsreader not hear it, unless she was on "tape," too?

That might have been a glitch in the automation and it's happened before. But later on in the hour, they did another "traffic and weather together" segment. The report on the roads went by fine, and then they gave the weather. The trouble this time? It was the weather forecast for Labour Day! 

Listeners were told that today's high would be close to 30C, with a slight chance of showers and a low in the 20s. There were also references for the first day back to school. Now as much as I wish that were the case since I live for summer, that obviously isn't even close to reality. How did a month-old weather forecast get into the run? Has anyone vetted this before it goes to air? 

Look, you can reroll as many shows as you want. But I draw the line on the Best of Weather!

 
Posted by Shorty Wave
October 14, 2024 9:07 am
#2

Sloppy stuff. Someone was asleep at the board, too much turkey!

 
Posted by RadioAaron
October 14, 2024 9:25 am
#3

Shorty Wave wrote:

Sloppy stuff. Someone was asleep at the board, too much turkey!

Nobody was at the board.

The weather would be because Labour Day would have been the last time the monday morning weather was recorded...nothing uploaded today, so it played what was there.

 
Posted by Shorty Wave
October 14, 2024 9:28 am
#4

RadioAaron wrote:

Shorty Wave wrote:

Sloppy stuff. Someone was asleep at the board, too much turkey!

Nobody was at the board.

The weather would be because Labour Day would have been the last time the monday morning weather was recorded...nothing uploaded today, so it played what was there.

 
zzzzzzzzz!

 
Posted by kevjo
October 14, 2024 5:59 pm
#5

Shorty Wave wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

Shorty Wave wrote:

Sloppy stuff. Someone was asleep at the board, too much turkey!

Nobody was at the board.

The weather would be because Labour Day would have been the last time the monday morning weather was recorded...nothing uploaded today, so it played what was there.

 
zzzzzzzzz!

There is no excuse for this other than laziness or lack of attention to detail. If nothing else, the audio on the file the weather is on should be deleted after its run date. Playing the wrong weather is worse than playing no weather.

 

 
Posted by Walter
October 14, 2024 6:20 pm
#6

Are all these am stations so broke, that they can't bring in 2 or 3 warm bodies to cover the light holiday sked?  If I hear Vassy talking to some 'expert' about ADHD one more time, I might qualify as a therapist.

 
Posted by RadioActive
October 14, 2024 7:02 pm
#7

Walter wrote:

Are all these am stations so broke, that they can't bring in 2 or 3 warm bodies to cover the light holiday sked?  If I hear Vassy talking to some 'expert' about ADHD one more time, I might qualify as a therapist.

Especially after the India accusations on Monday. I wish Vassy could have done a show on that as events were breaking. I'll have to listen on Tuesday to see what she says about it. 

 
Posted by newsguy1
October 14, 2024 7:03 pm
#8

I guess Vassy has ADHD and keeps forgetting she played that interview about ADHD.
Meanwhile on 1010 this morning, the guy from Montreal was speaking for the entire country.
I tuned out when he began "joking" that people in Toronto are not really Canadians, but Americans.
Pretty funny stuff coming from a guy who lives in Quebec that does not want to be part of Canada.
As a Vancouver guy I can tell you if you tuned in CKNW on a holiday weekend and heard some guy from Montreal, you swear and switch to another station -- or off altogether.

 

 


 
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