BCE (CTV) to buy Chum

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Postby cart_machine » Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:14 pm

johnsykes wrote: I seem to recognise some names from CKNW days huh?


Yes, Moira McLean and Carrie Stefanson both did beat reporting once upon a time. And former CBU-er Jill Bennett has been there off and on.


johnsykes wrote: Anything happened at CFUN yet?


Just another faux on-air disagreement between Val and that Englishwoman over a trite "life situation". ;)

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Postby GrumpyOldMan » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:39 am

Top Dog wrote: * Amil Niazi
* Cindy Leong
* Dag Sharman
* Darrell Patton
* Dave Gerry
* Dave Lefebvre
* Dawn Chubai
* Elaine Yong

* Jill Bennett
* Joe Leary
* Julie Nolin
* Leigh Morrow
* Marilyn Denis
* Mark Docherty
* Marke Driesschen
* Mike Bothwell

* Mike Bow
* Moira McLean
* Peter Louwe
* Philip Cabrita
* Prem Gill
* Roger Petersen
* Simi Sara
* Tasha Chiu

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Are these the confirmed names of those let go? I thought they were keeping the Breakfast show...
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Postby radiofan » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:12 am

Grumpy ..

There is a full list of those affected at City-TV in the TV thread below

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Postby Mike Cleaver » Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:48 pm

Kat: Regarding your post about "those bastards on Yonge Street."
CHUM was the best run, best place for people and always in the black when Alan Waters was in charge.
It started to go downhill when Jim took over and the mistakes in radio snowballed with the TEAM debacle and the internet portal, which ended up costing over 60 million dollars with nothing to show for it.
When Mr. Waters kicked Jim upstairs and brought in the TV people to run the business, radio was shoved into the background where it remains today.
I assume those are the bastards to whom you refer.
The CRTC allowed CHUM to become as big as it did because CHUM was a responsible broadcaster.
At least two Windsor radio stations would have gone off the air unless the Commission allowed CHUM to buy them.
The company also rescued other failing enterprises, among them CITY TV, which Moses had run into bankruptcy before CHUM aquired it.
In response to another poster, if the deal goes through, I don't know what BGM will do with the radio division.
In the current form, the company has little radio experience.
Hopefully if the buy is approved by the Commission with whatever divestiture orders it makes, BGE, if it decides to keep some or all of the radio properties, will hire someone who knows something about how radio should be run and will weed out the deadwood in the current CHUM operations and perhaps invest some much needed dollars in improving programming and talent.
At least the company isn't falling into the hands of the "usual suspects", companies which can only dream about operating the way Mr. Waters did, by hiring the best and letting them do their jobs without interference from "muddle management."
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Postby Jack Bennest » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:56 pm

My apologies to Grumpy - I had posted a list of on air stars as posted on the
CITY TV site

It was not a list of those dumped.

There is more detailed info available - my apologies again.
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Postby Jack Bennest » Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:37 am

Better late than never and thanks to 24 hours


the gang went out with good spirits


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Postby Jack Bennest » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:27 am

Red's a bit late on commenting but worth a read

The dismissal of 47 Citytv employees the other week is one of the biggest mass firings in the communications industry ever. We now have a street full of talented broadcast professionals who cannot find work as the "disease" has spread from outlet to outlet. Among the casualties is Mark Dreischen, who has anchored the weather for decades. He also contributed much to the community through personal appearances. In this age they seem to hire only meteorologists or young beautiful people to give the forecast. Joe Leary who has subbed for weather, news and traffic at the channel found himself without employment and then discovered just recently that he is reinstated in a way, as they want him to do fill-in on the Breakfast show. It is really difficult for Roger Peterson and Julie Nolin the co-anchors who were brought in here from Toronto and Edmonton only to discover that they too had been pink slipped..."hey kid want a job in broadcasting?".

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Postby Heard It On The X » Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:24 pm

An update on the CHUM crew. Elaine Yong and Lee Morrow have been scooped up by Global BC while cameraman Grant Wyatt and a handful of other veteran shooters have been rehired by CKVU, just days after the initial bloodletting.
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Postby johnsykes » Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:27 pm

The quote should have been .....it seems they only hire meteologists...or something like that....well what the hell is wrong with that....I'd rather listen to Mark Madrieger (sp) than some personality who doesn't know what the heck weather is all about. CKWX has a specialist...why not other outlets. Don't get me wrong, Wayne Cox is a fine broadcaster....but where did he go to learn about weather. He looks at a script on the side...it's very plain to see. So did Norm Grohman, so did Fred Latremouille before him. They are personalities....but they know diddley squat about weather.

When the weather is a question....I look out my window in the morning and take things from there. Wayne, leave it to Mark.....Karen whatever....pick another job.....you're out of your league.
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