West Coast blind box ad

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Postby Stn Brk » Sun May 07, 2006 7:15 pm

Spotted an ad on Milkman. It's a blind box. Someone in a major market on the West Coast is looking for a journalist/broadcaster for their morning show.
Duties include reporting, reading newscasts, producing and filling in when the host goes on holidays.

Here's some speculation for you - maybe Corus planning to add a new voice to the Morning News with Philip Till. God knows, that show needs something. (Damn, I was hoping God wouldn't appear on this board.)
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Postby radiofan » Sun May 07, 2006 10:00 pm

hmmmm...interesting theory ..

or could it be C-FUN looking to make changes??
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Postby Mike Cleaver » Mon May 08, 2006 11:28 am

I've responded to this to see if I can smoke out who the potential employer might be.
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Postby Stn Brk » Mon May 08, 2006 7:40 pm

That's what I like to see - some investigative reporting. If the originators of the blind box ad don't get back to you, Mike, you'll know for sure that it's Corus.


How about using an alias??
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Postby 3XHappy » Tue May 09, 2006 8:31 pm

Mike Cleaver wrote: I've responded to this to see if I can smoke out who the potential employer might be.

Are you sure blabbing your intentions here is the smartest thing to do?
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Postby cart_machine » Tue May 09, 2006 11:53 pm

radiofan wrote:hmmmm...interesting theory ..

or  could it be C-FUN looking to make changes??

It seems odd, RF. What station has anyone who reports, reads news AND produces? I can see two out of three of those but not all three.

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Postby cart_machine » Tue May 09, 2006 11:55 pm

3XHappy wrote:
Mike Cleaver wrote: I've responded to this to see if I can smoke out who the potential employer might be.

Are you sure blabbing your intentions here is the smartest thing to do?

He'll just say he's Gord MacDonald. :)

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Postby 3XHappy » Wed May 10, 2006 5:25 am

cart_machine wrote:
3XHappy wrote:
Mike Cleaver wrote: I've responded to this to see if I can smoke out who the potential employer might be.

Are you sure blabbing your intentions here is the smartest thing to do?

He'll just say he's Gord MacDonald. :)

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Postby jon » Wed May 10, 2006 7:26 am

cart_machine wrote: It seems odd, RF. What station has anyone who reports, reads news AND produces? I can see two out of three of those but not all three.

cArtie

I think the concept here is "not simultaneously". Something similar can be heard in a 1969 aircheck of CFUN where the late evening DJ also produces a one hour News package earlier in the day. Even reporting and reading News does not have to be at the same time, such as Ed Mason in Edmonton. He reads several CHED Newscasts each day, and reports a lot of News items in other people's newscasts, on both CHED and Cool 8-80.
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Postby Mike Cleaver » Wed May 10, 2006 9:42 am

Most radio employers these days want you to do all of the above plus record voice tracks on up to four different stations, repair anything that breaks, update the websites, answer listener phonecalls and emails, do personal appearances, sweep up and mop down the countertops for an amazing $15 per hour.
They'd also like you permanently to wear kneepads so you can immediately assume the position when any "management" is around.
There are exceptions to this, of course.
They're just getting harder to find every day as the independants run by real radio people are gobbled up by the chains.
I have moved on to TV, where my skills acquired by working with an amazing group of broadcasters over more than 40 years, are much more appreciated.
I'm still doing freelance radio stuff but not in the Vancouver market.
That way, I get to pick and choose for whom I work.
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Postby Victoriaradio » Sun May 14, 2006 10:13 pm

Ed Mason..............another former Victoria radio voice. Anyone know the whereabouts of Lorne Cunningham formerly of CJVI?
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