Radio Stations' Issues

[Noeller]

10 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Checked it out, thought it was a live broadcast of guys fishing!

ha ha no, not that one......but I do watch live broadcasts of guys fishing sometimes. I'm a big fan of Keewatin's Jeff "Gussy" Gustafsson, who competes on the Bass Master Elite Series Tour in the US, and they have actual live TV coverage of that (it's kinda similar to golf coverage) and can't believe how addicting it is to watch....yeeeesh. Friggin' bass fishing on TV (actually on my laptop, because it's online...) 

[iHeart]

so for those of you wondering

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/cbc-manitoba-radio-ratings-1.6281017?fbclid=IwAR2I3gcf2TprOr8Xi0hPMFNNP9oMhIJQvFpfIV_yC4aYowLw3OTDCuMGVNc

Edited December 11, 2021 by iHeart

[iHeart]

On 2021-05-18 at 9:09 AM, iHeart said:

we'd better keep an eye on Q94 that station has been around forever and god knows what will happen if that's next

CRAP I inadvertently called this

[iHeart]

Bumping this because the station that replaced TSN 1290 is being shut down now too

 

no personalities just clips from comedy albums....I wonder what the last routine was it opened with Ellen Degeneres

 

 

Edited June 15, 2023 by iHeart

[Mr. Perfect]

Curious who replaces Neilson on the CFL broadcasts as a result of the Edmonton station being shut down.

As an aside, Bell Media as usual can go eff themselves.

[Noeller]

Neither Dustin nor Rishaug are going anywhere. Dustin's day job will likely change a bit.

[Mr. Perfect]

13 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Neither Dustin nor Rishaug are going anywhere. Dustin's day job will likely change a bit.

Hope not. On WST it was implied, at least the way I interpreted it was Neilson was done entirely at TSN. His Twitter also made it seem as though he was done - but hope that's not the case again.

Rishaug, I assume is safe as you mentioned, for being in charge of the Oilers beat if nothing else

[bustamente]

Bell "Let's Talk" 1300 jobs axed.

[Mr. Perfect]

30 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Bell "Let's Talk" 1300 jobs axed.

Let's talk is honestly the biggest joke in Canadian marketing. Key word - marketing, because that's all it is.

[SpeedFlex27]

I don't know what's worse, Rogers Media or Bell. I have a Bell phone. I wish we didn't have to use phone so these POS companies wouldn't exist. 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

22 hours ago, iHeart said:

Bumping this because the station that replaced TSN 1290 is being shut down now too

 

no personalities just clips from comedy albums....I wonder what the last routine was it opened with Ellen Degeneres

 

 

1290 was fun when they went head to head with OB for local news.

[Noeller]

I ******* HATE seeing people lose their jobs in this industry, but I also fully understand the realities of AM radio in the modern world. It just always seems to be Bell doing this stuff. Harvard had a big dump day recently, too, and Rogers is no stranger to it... But it sure feels like Bell does it most often.

[Mark H.]

On 2023-06-15 at 11:04 AM, FrostyWinnipeg said:

1290 was fun when they went head to head with OB for local news.

True.  But they had daytime hosts who were just a touch too extreme - for mainstream media.  

But sure was entertaining while it lasted

[Noeller]

So it appears Matty Geebs was partially right about Dustin Nielsen's fallout in all of this. It seems there was a disconnect within Bell. In laying off the TSN Radio Edmonton staff, they somehow forgot he's a lynchpin of the CFL on TSN crew. This did not go over well with EPs at CFL on TSN (which sort of runs independently) and it looks like there's going to be something worked out to keep him in that family. 

 

******* Bell.....

[iHeart]

should we change this to the local radio thread? because I have another one to report however not Bell Media related, Peggy 99.1 is changing formats AGAIN why is it so hard to have a lite music station in this city?

[Noeller]

rumour I'm hearing so far is that Corus is going to run 99.1 as an FM repeater of CJOB. Not confirmed, but that's the strong rumour. We shall see what happens. As always, I feel horrible for the employees tossed on their ass. Can't even imagine........though I kind of can. 

[iHeart]

6 minutes ago, Noeller said:

rumour I'm hearing so far is that Corus is going to run 99.1 as an FM repeater of CJOB. Not confirmed, but that's the strong rumour. We shall see what happens. As always, I feel horrible for the employees tossed on their ass. Can't even imagine........though I kind of can. 

oh my god I think they're preparing for an AM radio free Winnipeg or something (but it kind of sounds similar to what happened to KY58, because after it shut down for awhile we heard a little bit of 102.3 Clear fm (as it was called at the time I miss that) on the 580 frequency

 

[Rich]

17 minutes ago, Noeller said:

rumour I'm hearing so far is that Corus is going to run 99.1 as an FM repeater of CJOB. Not confirmed, but that's the strong rumour. We shall see what happens. As always, I feel horrible for the employees tossed on their ass. Can't even imagine........though I kind of can. 

Is there a benefit to running it as a repeater on an FM station or is it just the cheapest thing to do?   Seems to me anyone who has a FM radio already has AM and AM has a longer range.

[Noeller]

3 minutes ago, Rich said:

Is there a benefit to running it as a repeater on an FM station or is it just the cheapest thing to do?   Seems to me anyone who has a FM radio already has AM and AM has a longer range.

this. Corus did it with their news outlet in Calgary recently, and the rumour is that they're going to do that in Winnipeg as well. It's all about saving money.... cutting all staff to the bare minimum. There's only so many ads you can sell in a province this size, so the only way to increase the margins is to cut costs to the bone. 

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

rumour I'm hearing so far is that Corus is going to run 99.1 as an FM repeater of CJOB. Not confirmed, but that's the strong rumour. We shall see what happens. As always, I feel horrible for the employees tossed on their ass. Can't even imagine........though I kind of can. 

Corus did that in Calgary this year. Q107 which was a very good rock station i was suddenly shut down on Dec 23rd last year throwing a bunch of DJ's out of work. After Xmas, they made Q107 into CHQR107 & just converted to all talk radio simulcasting the AM talk. It's shitty. I guess it's cheaper to just repeat what is being talked about on AM radio as no salaries playing rock music. I also read that new vehicles no longer have AM on their radios so I guess this is where things are going. 

One DJ named Tarzan Dan who was the most popular DJ in Calgary (he did the drive home shift) on Q107 on his last shift just played the music he wanted to. Not what the programming said he had to. I remember him saying, "What are they gonna do?? Fire me???" Good for him. He now works part time for another station. . 

[iHeart]

20 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Corus did that in Calgary this year. Q107 which was a very good rock station i was suddenly shut down on Dec 23rd last year throwing a bunch of DJ's out of work. After Xmas, they made Q107 into CHQR107 & just converted to all talk radio simulcasting the AM talk. It's shitty. I guess it's cheaper to just repeat what is being talked about on AM radio as no salaries playing rock music. I also read that new vehicles no longer have AM on their radios so I guess this is where things are going. 

One DJ named Tarzan Dan who was the most popular DJ in Calgary (he did the drive home shift) on Q107 on his last shift just played the music he wanted to. Not what the programming said he had to. I remember him saying, "What are they gonna do?? Fire me???" Good for him. He now works part time for another station. . 

is this a different Tarzan Dan or the same one that hosted the hit list on YTV

[Noeller]

Same guy. Works in Calgary and has for quite awhile. Legendary broadcaster and even better human being.

[iHeart]

Well it's nice to know that he became involved with music again somehow besides doing photography (hell I'd be happy to get an update on former YTV personalities once in awhile I know one of them works for Fraggle Rock Back to the Rock)

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, iHeart said:

is this a different Tarzan Dan or the same one that hosted the hit list on YTV

Same guy. He's zany on the radio. He's been on air here for years. He lives in Cochrane, AB. I guess he & his wife don't want to leave here. 

Edited September 28, 2023 by SpeedFlex27

[SpeedFlex27]

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

Same guy. Works in Calgary and has for quite awhile. Legendary broadcaster and even better human being.

Corus treated him & his co-workers like ****. Laying them all off on December 23rd.