johnsykes wrote: What the hell is it that almost daily most of you are attacking CKNW left, right and centre. Who cares if they hire someone without any talent....or without knowing what is right or wrong. Don't we have intellegent listeners in B.C.? Can't they judge for themselves?
This is a message board, John. It's a place for people to express their opinions about the local radio industry. And that's just what people are doing.
Who cares if they hire someone without talent? I imagine readers to this board do. I don't know a lot of people here but it appears posters CARE about the industry and, speaking generally, they hate to see it cheapened by assinine management decisions to give jobs to unqualified people - and worse, take away jobs from qualified people, regardless of what station is involved. Radio listeners deserve better.
When I was a youngster, NW was the best of the best. Bob Hutton. Norm Grohman. Warren Barker. Al Davidson. Hal Davis. Jim Robson. Jack Webster. Jack Kyle. The list goes on. You know the names as well as I do - you know/knew some of these people personally. Compare that to what you hear on NW today. There's no comparison. On top of that, look at the way several sets of layoffs have been handled. I think that's what angers readers here and that's why there's been a great deal of criticism about the Corus management. Granted, radio people have been bitching about management for longer than anyone here has been in the business.
I can't comment specifically about the woman mentioned in this thread because I've never heard her.
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