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TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby tuned » Sun Dec 06, 2015 12:06 am

On the nights when they don't have a Canucks game they've dumped the Scott Rintoul show. Only a few weeks ago they fired Jeff Patterson and others. You now get 12 hours of live programming that includes 6 hours of Capital Direct ads and 12 hours of US syndicated programming. The downhill slide has begun.
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby Tighthead » Sun Dec 06, 2015 3:42 pm

Too bad. Scotty works hard and gets good guests.

The drive shows are bloated and the 5 interchangeable hosts are all dated and lazy, but they are good with sponsors. With the Canucks sliding ratings will dip and some of these large contracts won't be renewed.

Paterson had possibly the best hockey knowledge in the building. Riotoul the best work ethic. Sad.
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby Tom Jeffries » Sun Dec 06, 2015 7:03 pm

The Canucks cannot give away tickets.

They look like so many other over paid lazy Canuck teams, that have been stinking out the rink, for years.

Another decade in the wilderness.

Too bad Scotty had to pay the price. It isn't his fault, the product sucks.
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby the-real-deal » Sun Dec 06, 2015 10:27 pm

The Canucks are a relatively young team on the rebound with a new owner (Linden) and a new coach. (Desjardins)

So, why should we expect a contender or champion after only one year with new management.

What would you like us to do, Tom ? Fire the whole team like they do in radio ! LOL

To say that the Canucks have been stinking up the barn for years is ridiculous. The Alan Vigneault era almost brought a Stanley Cup against Boston, plus the Canucks had a superior won loss record during that era, including two Campbell Conference trophies.

Better stick with radio, 'cause you don't know squat about hockey !

The cutbacks in radio are worrysome, but replacing local Canadian talk shows with syndicated American talk shows is the real concern.
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby Howaboutthat » Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:02 am

the-real-deal wrote:The Canucks are a relatively young team on the rebound with a new owner (Linden) and a new coach. (Desjardins)


Actually, the Canucks are still owned by the Aquillini Investment Group. Trevor Linden is President of Hockey Operations.
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby tuned » Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:34 am

The Canucks are going to suck as long as the Aquillini's own them. It's my opinion that they meddle in the team and treat it like a rich kids toy. Francesco riding on the team plane and hanging out with the players doesn't build confidence. His fingerprints are all over decisions that should be left to people that know hockey. Methinks once the team starts losing dough he will unload his toy. The Canadian dollar is predicted to go into the 60s next year and Rogers Arena is already starting to look like the Pacific Coliseum during the dark days. Speaking of Rogers I wonder how they're doing with that hockey deal they paid stupid money for?
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby the-real-deal » Mon Dec 07, 2015 2:06 am

Howaboutthat wrote:
Actually, the Canucks are still owned by the Aquillini Investment Group. Trevor Linden is President of Hockey Operations.


Irrelevent, as the original thread was about TSN 1040, and not the Canucks !

The alleged incompetance of the Canucks does not influence the mayhem at TSN Vancouver.

They are two seperate issues.

Pro teams either sell the "sizzle" (contenders) or the "steak" (championship) to their fan base.

@ tuned, Aquillini is certainly not the first pro sports owner to meddle in team decisions, ride the team plane, befriend players, etc.

Leafs owner Harold Ballard did it while the Leafs won their last Stanley Cup under his watch in 1967. George Steinbrenner did, as well, (Yankees won 7 World Series wins and 11 pennants under Steinbrenner).

I could go on and on, as another Aquillini type owner, Charles O. Finley, brought three straight World Series titles to Oakland, plus five divisional pennants.

The "meddling" style of sports ownership can also bring proven results, history has shown.
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby Howaboutthat » Mon Dec 07, 2015 8:49 am

Factual information may be irrelevant on a low budget community radio station, but in the real world it's important. And you're the one who brought it up. Kinda touchy aren't you.
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby tuned » Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:27 am

The majority of professional sports team owners don't meddle like the Aquillini's. There are always outliers. There has been a steady stream of Canuck management scapegoats and firings. Under the current ownership the team couldn't get it done during two years where they had a shot at the cup. Now the team stinks. Nothing is going to change until the team gets new ownership. Thanks for your support howabout that...

As for TSN 1040 part of the reason I stopped listening with the ridiculous spot load. The Canucks mismanagement plays a part in the radio station "mayhem" because if the team stinks no one wants to listen to the broadcasts. No listeners equals no advertisers and firings follow. You will never hear any criticism of the Canucks owners on the "house" radio station. None. Zilch. If a caller brings it up they get cut off.
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby the-real-deal » Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:11 am

Howaboutthat wrote:Factual information may be irrelevant on a low budget community radio station, but in the real world it's important. And you're the one who brought it up. Kinda touchy aren't you.



Why don't you tell the world that you recently applied for work at the "low budget" community station, but you were too fucking lazy to meet with me for an interview.

So, there, go back to your welfare type life and leave us alone !
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby the-real-deal » Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:21 am

tuned wrote:The majority of professional sports team owners don't meddle like the Aquillini's. There are always outliers. There has been a steady stream of Canuck management scapegoats and firings. Under the current ownership the team couldn't get it done during two years where they had a shot at the cup. Now the team stinks. Nothing is going to change until the team gets new ownership. Thanks for your support howabout that...

As for TSN 1040 part of the reason I stopped listening with the ridiculous spot load. The Canucks mismanagement plays a part in the radio station "mayhem" because if the team stinks no one wants to listen to the broadcasts. No listeners equals no advertisers and firings follow. You will never hear any criticism of the Canucks owners on the "house" radio station. None. Zilch. If a caller brings it up they get cut off.


It is true that most sports owners don't meddle, but the ones that do typically get results, again, history has shown.

Regarding team performance, Vancouver fans are likely frustrated after 40 years of not winning the Stanley Cup. However, to say that the team "always stunk" (as Jeffries claims) is really an exaggeration or even a bullshit lie.

That said, if you really love the game of hockey (and many of you don't) you would follow the game out of loyalty to the team and not because they win.

The Canucks are also a local business that generate millions of dollars into the local economy, so you need to support your local businesses, if anything else !

Or else, why do you live in Vancouver at all ?
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby Tom Jeffries » Mon Dec 07, 2015 12:02 pm

After getting a hiding here, from Canuck fans....I was just offering my opinion, that's all.

I never claimed to be an expert. Just an ex-fan.

I wish the team and their long suffering fans, well. I take no joy in seeing them having troubles.
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby Jim Walters » Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:16 pm

Does this tell us evening sports talk shows are a thing of the past in Vancouver?

If an all sports station can't make it work and has to fill the airtime with ESPN crap from the states, it seems to me the format is toast.

I'm surprised the Dan Russell fan club hasn't been out in force suggesting 1040 hire him for evenings.

Maybe NW saw the light when they didn't renew his contract. Dan was already on the road to obscurity long before that. His screw you attitude in his final months with nothing but reruns of reruns of reruns of boring interviews sealed his fate. The attempted comeback on CISL with Lee (Mr. Personality) Powell was an absolute waste of time and money.

If they're cutting back at 1040 now, what will the massacre be like when they don't get a Canucks renewal in the next few years?

If there is still some money to be made on radio PBP, you can bet Rogers won't be offering the rights to anyone but themselves

1040 must be making money from advertising on the big dollar morning and afternoon drive shows, otherwise they'd have been cut too.

Not fun to see good talent dumped and dead wood still getting paycheques.
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby tuned » Tue Dec 08, 2015 9:54 pm

They can't make an evening show work because there are too many parasitic mouths to feed back in Toronto. All those shareholders, empty suits and bean counters. There's no money left for talent. Do you think they are going to fire themselves? Russell was mismanaged by NW. They were idiots when they fired him and then when he came back he figured he had them over a barrel and got arrogant. The show suffered and in the end everybody lost. Large media corporations don't build great radio stations, they bleed them dry until there's nothing left but a dead corpse.
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Re: TSN 1040 dumps evening talk show

Postby Coolcat » Wed Dec 09, 2015 1:39 pm

What I cant understand how they can justify multiple hosts throughout the day. The afternoon shift has THREE people as hosts. They could save a ton of money having one host per show outside of mornings. When you consider some of the useless chatter with a producer there are even more 'hosts'. Maybe they can then afford more live shows without having to resort to UnCanadian programming like Fox Sports and ESPN.
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