mightymouth wrote:Mighty Thor wrote:Mike Cleaver wrote:Thor: Read the post.
It's an opinion, not a fact.
An opinion should have a basis in fact, Mike.
I was simply asking on what basis the statement was made.
If the best you can come up with is a sort of knee-jerk reaction to legitimate questions, I'll be happy to join the others on your "ignore" list.
As for the CBC and the latest ratings, it's been amazing to watch some of the posters on this board (and other boards) go into denial mode, gnash their teeth or attempt to find some sort of half-assed rationalization for Radio 1's strong performance in many local markets across the country. Fortunately, other posters seem to realize that Mother Corp is providing what a growing segment of the radio audience seems to want - credible news/talk that isn't dumbed down.
Oh MIghty Thor, I'm with you! For the first time in a long time, you've got something of worth to say Having said that, don't let that I, I, me, me guy get on your case. He's just pissed that he's not able to say that he once worked at NW or CBC. Poor I, I, me, me, never got to the big show
Well, this will undoubtedly hurt your tiny mouse ears and your relatively small mouse brain Mousie, but I actually don't mind Mr. Cleaver all that much.
While we certainly disagree about Cancon and the "glories" of the CHUM newsroom, Cleaver has walked the walk as far as radio in this country is concerned. He's certainly entitled to talk the talk if he so wishes.
I think a lot of old guys in radio have been somewhat shellshocked by last week's format flip at CHUM Toronto. A quick look at the yellow (and liver-spotted) board from Ontario reveals much outrage, but also what I consider a lot of misplaced nostalgia for what was, in my mind at least, a rather unlistenable station. I grew up near T.O. and my memories of CHUM largely consist of my pre-teen sisters listening to tinny little transistor radios and shrieking everytime a Bay City Rollers or Osmond tune came on. As such, I'm not a big fan of the CHUM nostalgia movement, but I have some sympathy with those who've seen a chunk of their past disappear.
I'll continue to read Cleaver's posts with interest.