Comments on: Cogeco to convert three CKOI stations to talk radio http://blog.fagstein.com/2012/06/20/cogeco-converts-stations-to-talk/ Can you think of a better name? Thu, 23 May 2013 00:19:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Roy Mclainer http://blog.fagstein.com/2012/06/20/cogeco-converts-stations-to-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-492630 Roy Mclainer Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:22:45 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=12239#comment-492630 That is a great question! Because this is the real story behind these changes, not the fact that ''listeners requested more talk shows'' or that ''Talk programming is important more than ever''. These last quotes are from Cogeco regional station managers and it is only BS. The truth is that these stations have poor ratings. Their CKOI branding was confusing, for sure, but it is more than that. And I am not sure the full talk programming will really change something. Metromedia/Corus/Cogeco have never been succesful in doing news/talk programming in the regions of Quebec. Montreal is their only success. NRJ is the king of the Quebec regions. How to change that ? I do have a few ideas...but it will be for an other time...

]]> By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2012/06/20/cogeco-converts-stations-to-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-491287 Fagstein Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:33:18 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=12239#comment-491287

They should reinstate their hertitage call signs CHLT, CHLN, CJRC.

That's definitely a possibility. Cogeco likes to play with callsigns. But for on-air branding, it looks like they'll replicate the formula of the other stations: FM 107,7, FM 104,7 and FM 106,9.

]]> By: TransitQuebec http://blog.fagstein.com/2012/06/20/cogeco-converts-stations-to-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-491258 TransitQuebec Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:21:17 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=12239#comment-491258 How much time it will take to Cogeco to convert those station back to musical ... once again !

]]> By: Marc http://blog.fagstein.com/2012/06/20/cogeco-converts-stations-to-talk/comment-page-1/#comment-491190 Marc Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:57:21 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=12239#comment-491190 They should reinstate their hertitage call signs CHLT, CHLN, CJRC.

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