Thanks...

Regarding the syndicated hourly news updates provided for small stations and overnight local new replacements:

(1)  Do any stations take advantage of the one minute sports go-op and substitute it with local news?
(2)  Is a whole minute reporting sports too long, especially if they don't provide the scores for games in progress?  
      (If a game is in progress, they just say the game is un progress but not the score.)

How long a show runs or for how many episodes doesn't necessarily mean it's a success, especially if it's on public broadcasting and receiving taxpayers' money.  I wouldn't consider The National a success.

I would love to direct an episode of Heartland.  I'll wait for the episode they kill off Punky Brewster,  have the ranch raided and discover a drug lab and have Heather Conkie reprise her role as Aunt Agnes. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIzPMHXG5_o

My quarrel with Heather Conkie is when she was host of Report Canada.  She always asked her audience to send in drawings of beavers.  What is her obsession with beavers? 


 

Thank you for renewing this show, I need something to put to sleep Sunday Nights.
Gummy Bears in Mongolia?  Maggie's in Manhattan?  I'm on my way.
Some piece of advice for Heather Conkie (aka Aunt Agnes) - don't let actors director episodes, doesn't work.
If actors don't want to work the full season; if they have something more important to do, fire them.
And please hire straight actors, some people can't hide it.

 

In another 'Good BYE'.

http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article137269508.html

I don't want to discredit him even though I did not share his left wing politics.
I shouldn't have posted that 'I read some place that 'The Vinyl Café' was based on an American story' without posting the evidence.  I'll keep doing research on that.
The names David and Morley were based on Stuart's friend David Morley who now works at UNICEF Canada.  https://alumni.carleton.ca/mentors/morley-david/
He was a good story teller apparently.

But I prefer Dr. David Jeremiah, his stories are true and just as funny. http://www.davidjeremiah.org/site/lovechangeseverything/home.aspx?goto=radio
There were tributes on CBC Radio throughout the weekend, but ironically and strangely,  Eleanor Wachtel only gave a very brief mention before her show, and she never interview him.





 

The merger between CBS and Entercom was done mainly for their music division not for AM (talk) stations.
AM stations can be sold off.  Two of the stations in Boston, MA must be sold off to comply with FCC rules; probably WRKO-680 talk will be one.

http://deadline.com/2017/02/cbs-merge-radio-business-entercom-1201900783/

Pending FCC approval, the CBS|Entercom merger should take place in the second half of this year.
CBSRadio will own 72% of the new stock.  Entercom will control 5 of the 9 board of directors, including CEO.
Follows Disney selling off their radio division.


Changes at WBEN Buffalo?
- Could revert back to CBS NEWS
- eliminating some off air jobs
- possible rebranding to 'CBS Buffalo'



 

The Conan Show on TBS and CTV will be reduced to a weekly airing, time to be determined.

The cause of this is due to low ratings, naturally.

I guess NBC was right to replace him  with Jay.

Perhaps if Conan wanted higher ratings he should stop bashing Trump.

If Rush Limbaugh (Talk Radio) can be  blamed for the Oklahoma City Bombing, don't we have to blame the late night so-called comics for this ...http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chicago-beating-disabled-1.3922177

Longtime market television journalist Guy Gordon will debut a new talk show on Cumulus Media’s WJR, Detroit from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm beginning January 3. 

Gordon’s show replaces “The Savage Nation” with Michael Savage.

 

'Tis The Season for Giveaways...

Rush is giving every caller this month until Christmas a new IPHONE, 7 or 7 plus.
What's the other stations giving away?

WOW!   CFRB giving away LOTTO MAX gift cards and Mary Tyler Moore Mugs.
How about job notices to some of their on air staff.

...for radio and TV stations to fill their newscasts with self promotions.

CBC Toronto - Sounds Of The Season
CTV - Toy Mountain
CFRB - (still unmarried) Andy Kim's Whatever

I'm glad there is nothing unethical about this.
Does this qualify as fake news?

These people should never be allowed back on the air again.
Where's the punishment if they just jump channels?

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/11/15/mike-bullard-charged-with-criminal-harassment

If he was dating that Mulligan woman, he must be crazy.
More hypocrisy; CRFB roundtable participants criticized the CBC for not divulging more information about Jihad Ghomeshi when he was fired.

More dumbbells today on RB:

The 8:30 news reader said this about the death of Jarryl Hagley, the 17 year old boy who died early Sunday at a PizzaPizza in TO.

'The teen probably didn't know it was going to be his last meal.'  Which could translate into the teen possibly knew it was going to be his last meal. 
Really? 

This beats the WBEN newsreader giving the score for the Bill's game during Sunday's 3:30 newscast saying "34 to16 is your score" but not mentioning who had 34, or a CFRB newsreader saying today that tonight's low will 'only' be 19.