by radiofan » Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:01 pm
Like the demise of Woodwards, there's not much left of what NW was built on to get rid of.
Sports is all but gone from the station that once had The Canucks, The BC Lions, The best sportscasters and the best sports department in the city, not to mention sports talk shows.
Once the go to station for traffic with The Eye In The Sky and traffic reporters with a personality in drive times, traffic now comes from AM 730 and is often recorded and out of date.
Weather is now a one line pre-recorded drop in from Global TV, anyone remember the days of Phil Reimer and others with full weather reports on all newscasts?
And now Global News. Whatever happened to the most respected newsroom west of Toronto?
And then of course, there were the personalities all day and night.
I hope the shareholders are happy.
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who couldn't hear the music.