DeNiro Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Coda said: What possible rationale can be behind this then? Bell is alienating most of the hardcore sports fans in the lower mainland with this move. Talk radio is on the way out. Everyone listens to podcasts now. Their thinking is probably: why pay a bunch of radio personalities when you can just play a bunch of prerecorded content from Toronto? You might not agree with it but that’s the way things are trending. Bell is just getting ahead of it. What I don’t agree with is the way they treated long time employees. That is not the way to do business and I hope they receive a bunch of backlash because of it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sestito Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, Coda said: What possible rationale can be behind this then? Bell is alienating most of the hardcore sports fans in the lower mainland with this move. The industry itself is dying and big corporations want to get out asap. 1040 had 250000 listeners daily and 80% of the sports radio market share. They also added personalities and shows over the past year. They definitely were doing fine financially This is a greed move that accelerates the timeline of where they forecast the industry going. They’d rather allocate resources elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundernuts Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 This sucks. I liked/disliked many 1040 hosts over the years, but they were always my go to station for sports talk. 650 just isn't good. Even their Canucks broadcasts are cringy. Horrible when this many people lose their jobs. Even harder when there is an emotional connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Fig Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, gurn said: Years, like 3-5 now. A couple weeks back, on "Bell Lets Talk Day" Taylor and Moj mentioned B Mac was doing "o.k." Thanks, gurn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rychicken Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 12 minutes ago, Jack Fig said: I haven't paid attention to sportstalk radio for quite a few years now. How long has BMac been off the air? Anybody know what he's been doing? About 5 years? He was having mental health challenges (which he has talked about on-air, and his colleagues have mentioned). 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) Bell: Shuts down radio stations Bell: Look, there are no radio stations. Edited February 9, 2021 by gurn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 minute ago, gurn said: Bell: Shuts down radio stations Bell: We were right radio has died. Podcasts. They’re free and so widely available. I think most radio stations around North America see the writing on the wall. Not too different than what happened to the print industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 In one hour I'm going to miss the birthday segment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Fig Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 minute ago, rychicken said: About 5 years? He was having mental health challenges (which he has talked about on-air, and his colleagues have mentioned). I remember the talk about his depression ... which was interesting because it in no way played out in his job. I liked the guy, thought he was always relatable. Stuff happens, I guess. The details of this plug-pulling seem to be pretty heartless. But isn't that what large, fluid corporations often are? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, DeNiro said: Podcasts. They’re free and so widely available. I think most radio stations around North America see the writing on the wall. Not too different than what happened to the print industry. Radio is free too. And almost all the radio stations have podcasts of their programs as well. Edited February 9, 2021 by gurn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DeNiro Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 minute ago, gurn said: Radio is free too. But the content is not as good or wide ranging. Plus it’s not “free”, you gotta listen to ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HockeyHarry Posted February 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2021 Im sad. for me it was ambient noise. Had 1040 playing in the background when im working. Don could entertainly talk about anything. Start up sportspage again. 650 sux has zero personality with any soul. 650 is unbearable in the off-season. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 minute ago, DeNiro said: But the content is not as good or wide ranging. Plus it’s not “free”, you gotta listen to ads. Podcast are full of adds too. Yes you can fast forward most of them, but you could change a radio station pretty easily too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squamfan Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, StealthNuck said: And the classic ham job. Lol then Julio was like that gotta feel good for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Just now, gurn said: Podcast are full of adds too. Yes you can fast forward most of them, but you could change a radio station pretty easily too. Every one I listen to have ads in the beginning that you can easily fast forward and then listen to uninterrupted. Why would you wanna flip around stations constantly until you find something good? Ill miss the old days of sports talk radio, but I can see the way things are trending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ghostsof1915 Posted February 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, gurn said: Somewhere in Bell, a high placed manager likely pocketed a large bonus for shutting down others livelihoods. Back in 2005, I was working for BellWorld. Open up the store, then the district manager walks in says I'm getting 4 weeks pay, but they were laying me off. A week later I found out my Mom died. I just relaxed for two weeks and enjoyed a couple of weeks of vacation in July. But my Mom passing away and the stress of looking for a new job ticked me off. The fact that Bell pocketed $122.9 million from the government for wage subsidy is completely wrong. They should be forced to give it back. 2 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbriggs Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, chilliwiggins said: Not just them as I’m sure phone calls are being made to some of them to come to 650 meaning 650 staff are probably squirming the trickle down effect If any good can come out of this hopefully one good station can be made with bringing over the good talent from 1040 and eliminating the garbage talent @ 650 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Squamfan said: Lol then Julio was like that gotta feel good for him Very quick witted of Julio. Add Julio to the list of the fallen. Julio's story of his familytrip across the American border was a classic. " Hey Momma, fix that man a sandwich" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squamfan Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, gurn said: Very quick witted of Julio. Add Julio to the list of the fallen. Julio's story of his familytrip across the American border was a classic. " Hey Momma, fix that man a sandwich" what? never heard this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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