RadioActive wrote:

Surprised but pleased to hear what I have to assume will be the last Ben Mulroney-hosted "Toronto This Weekend" live on Sunday morning. With his assuming Kelly Cutrara's spot five days a week beginning Monday, there's no way he can continue doing 7 days in a row..

I'll be very curious to see what replaces him next weekend. I hope it's not several hours of rerolls.

I notice this morning, Ben did use a tagline along the lines of "You're listening to 640 - live on weekend mornings, as always". Smart play by Bendixen against the 1010 TV simulcasts, but I agree we'll have to see next week and beyond if they'll throw another weekend host in that slot or slice up some of the week's preceding segments, maybe from Ben's own show!

Interesting that they still haven't updated their schedule page - which features both Cutrara and Dani Stover, both of whom were purged last week. 

The "Contact" page too: https://globalnews.ca/pages/contact-640toronto/

Incidentally, occasionally hosts have said "My producer, Dani" and I assumed it was Dani Stover doing multiple duty as part of her role - but based on that contact page it's Dani Von. Different Dani.

Greg Brady confirms the big reveal about the new schedule will come with a 'special guest' (Mike Bendixen? Ben Mulroney?) just after the 8:30 AM news on Monday. They are now running a promo with Alex Pierson confirming she'll be on at noon from now on.

As of this posting, they're still listing Kelly Cutrara and Dani Stover on their schedule page. I expect that will change soon. 

RadioActive wrote:

I'll be very curious to see what replaces him next weekend. I hope it's not several hours of rerolls.
But I fear that's exactly what we'll get.

https://globalnews.ca/pages/weekend-shows/

Radiowiz wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

I'll be very curious to see what replaces him next weekend. I hope it's not several hours of rerolls.
But I fear that's exactly what we'll get.

https://globalnews.ca/pages/weekend-shows/

Does not say who's hosting. Or even if it will be live. 

BowmanvilleBob wrote:

So according to our friends at BD, Muldoon's show will run 9-12 with the first hour focused on the GTA and the second and third hours on the full Corus network.
https://broadcastdialogue.com/the-ben-mulroney-show-debuts-across-corus-talk-stations/

Not everyone will hear this live or at the same time. According to a Corus press release, here's the schedule for Mulroney's show across the network:

• AM 980: 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
• QR Calgary AM 770: 12 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 880 CHED: 12 p.m.-2 p.m.
• 680 CJOB: 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
• 980 CKNW: 6 p.m.-8 p.m.

I'm not sure who that new imaging voice is but he's incredibly dull. True, there's not much personality you can inject into "You're listening to the Ben Mulroney Show," but somehow the guy they chose is so listless and lacking any emotion or life, it makes you question why you're listening. What an odd choice.

The old intro gang they used was much, much better. 

Former Corus Radio/AM 640 Let's Talk (I maintain it was largely a clips show) host Dani Stover bids farewell in her new online blog, continuing to drop hints that she may resurface soon as a podcaster:

https://danistover.substack.com/p/dumped?r=z9sb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true


 

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Former 640 news reader Neil Kumar [ sp ? ] is now employed by CBC Radio, I heard him several times this week in the afternoon. 

RadioActive wrote:

Did Corus also fire the person or persons who puts up their daily podcasts of AM640 shows? There was a segment on Alex Pierson's program that I really wanted to hear on Tuesday, but missed it.

Normally, you can find it online within a few hours. But the most recent Pierson airchecks are from Nov. 29th. Nothing new since. 

A quick look through their other shows also indicates there's nothing at all from this week - and it's already Wednesday. A shame if they've stopped posting this content. Sometimes it comes in handy. 

They edited out all the parts where she interrupts and talks over guests, and there was nothing left.
 

RadioActive wrote:

I'm not sure who that new imaging voice is but he's incredibly dull. True, there's not much personality you can inject into "You're listening to the Ben Mulroney Show," but somehow the guy they chose is so listless and lacking any emotion or life, it makes you question why you're listening. What an odd choice.

The old intro gang they used was much, much better. 

To be fair, that's probably not the voice's choice, but the direction from the imaging producer and/or program director or higher.

Wow two non white people on 640

AspectRatio wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

The answer, at least this weekend, is Davelle Morrison, a real estate agent and regular guest who comes on every Saturday and Sunday and talks about buying and selling houses. 

She's not terrible, but she admits she has no radio experience and it just shows how thin the bullpen is now that the place is almost empty after all the cuts.

I caught both days of her fill-in as well. As you say, not terrible, and she sounded more comfortable on the Sunday, but a producer (board op?) Jody had to pipe in with the station ID and other cues here or there. Also some confusion about the "640" branding. Good enunciation and a pleasant voice, however.

Pics from her social media.