Some interesting movement in Calgary this time around.
Biggest story has to be Newcap's 3 share loss at XL 103 in one year. Is it possible that Calgary doesn't really care about the Don and Joanne snoozefest? Did Newcap make a fatal mistake handing the
programming reigns over to Don Stevens to sweeten the deal to move across the street? Since he took over as PD, the music has became totally predicable and for the most part quite god damned
boring. It appears his goal was to re-create CHFM. Anything in the library with an edge to it was banished. Anything that wasn't played on CHFM was tossed. Before his arrival on Centre Street, this
was a great sounding radio station.
One of the big tune ins for an Oldies staion is to hear songs from your past. You can only cram Pretty Woman and Lovin' Feelin' down people's throats so many times a day. Listeners aren't as stupid
as cookie cutter PDs like the should be rtetired Mr Stevens gives them credit for. Maybe he should check listener's Ipods or CD collections and see what peeople are listening to. I can guarantee you,
it's not a string of former #1 hits. A little localness would be nice in the mix too. I'm sure Calgary listeners would much rather hear the odd can-con cut from The Happy Feeling, 49th Parallel or The
Gainsborough Gallery rather than some of the late 70s and 1980s can-con that gets played.
I guess Don won't be seeing a performance bonus cheque for either his programming or on-air abilities.