I tuned into the midnight news on CKNW last night and was somewhat shocked when I heard a voicer about the Bertuzzi trade. The person doing the story wasn't a member of the CKNW news or sports department, it was a BN reporter.
On TV coverage of Canucks events of late, I've noticed no NW mics in the scrum...NEWS 1130 and TEAM 1040 are there, but no NW.
While listening to NEWS 1130 at various times yesterday, I heard regular reports on the goings on at Wall Centre from Cherni .. what kind of coverage did The Dog have?? Zilch..
A month ago, between NW and MOJO they had more sports people than probably every other station in the province combined. Today, they don't even have a lone reporter than can go out and cover major news events from the Canucks or anything else sports related in this town.
Not only did JJ and his hatchet crew shoot MOJO the pup between the eyes, they also killed off the once mighty and respected NW sports department.
It appears rather than retaining the ability to compete with any other sports department in the city, they simply pulled the lifeline and said screw it..we're no longer in the sports business.
Nothing against BN and their coverage, but a BN report on what will likely be the biggest news out of the Canucks for sometime is not what I would expect from CKNW.