Barry Morgan (and soon posters of him as well) are no longer with the company.
The headline on CJAD’s website is that Tommy Schnurmacher is moving to afternoons and reducing his schedule to an hour a day.
But the real story, not mentioned at all in that article, is that Barry Morgan, who hosted noon to 3pm weekdays, has been let go. His name and photo disappeared from the station’s website over the weekend, and Ken Connors has been moved to his time slot this week to fill in.
UPDATE (Nov. 23): CJAD announced this morning its new daytime lineup:
- 9am-12pm: Leslie Roberts
- 12pm-1pm: The Gang of Four with Tommy Schnurmacher
- 1pm-3pm: Natasha Hall
Roberts resigned from the anchor chair at Global Toronto last year after a Toronto Star investigation found that he owned a PR firm and his clients were appearing on his show without any disclosure. CJAD’s story about Roberts’s hiring makes no mention of this, but it does note that Roberts’s father and grandfather all worked for CJAD.
CJAD program director Chris Bury tells the Gazette’s Bill Brownstein that Roberts has served his time outside the industry:
“That happened nearly two years ago and he was out of the industry for a spell, but he has moved on, and we’re moving on. We’re turning the page. There is absolutely zero reason to be concerned about that issue going forward. Leslie has been so transparent about it all, so above board, in order to have a clean slate going forward.”
Asked whether Roberts still has ties to BuzzPR, Bury said he “no longer has a stake in any PR company. And, as with anyone on the station, we insist that any potential conflict of interests be declared and we manage them proactively.”
Hall was hired by CJAD from The Beat just last month to co-host the 8pm show, renamed The Night Side. Her first job in radio was at 940 AM (940 News) after winning a contest.
Jon Pole, who hosted The Night Side Mondays and Tuesdays, will take over Hall’s shifts the rest of the week, at least for now, Bury said. “We don’t have anything finalized but I’m a huge fan of his creativity and drive.”
Schnurmacher’s hour-long show is being billed as a way for him to reduce his schedule so he can focus on other projects. He’ll be bringing his Gang of Four with him to his new time.
Station management had no comment about Morgan’s departure and Morgan himself could not be reached for comment. But Bury told Brownstein that “I wish him the very best. The industry is constantly evolving, and sometimes that means making hard choices.”
Morgan has been at CJAD for decades, as a sports reporter and eventually upgraded to evening and then afternoon host. Schnurmacher just marked 20 years at the station, most of it in that 9am to noon time slot.
UPDATE (Nov. 26): Brownstein interviews the new daytime lineup, starting with Roberts, who says he takes “I accept full responsibility” for his mistake at Global.
I worked with Morgan at ‘AD. He’s a good journalist who made the transition from newsroom to studio. Can’t say the same for the folks who displaced him. Were any of them there when Gord Sinclair ran the shop? Thought not. Another anglo institution shuffles into the Old Folks Home. Palliative care can’t be far off. Wonder whether Gord, Ted and George foresaw the influx of FM refugees. Apart from Barry’s departure, can’t say it bothers me much. I long since stopped listening to their vacuous babble. Yes, I’m biased but I’m not alone.
Good time to move Andrew Carter out as well….
Agree ! Time for Andrew Carter to move on !
Dan Delmar seems to be hanging around in the background and sometimes on air. I wonder if he is advising and suggesting management on the direction of CJAD? Tommy made some kind of slam about that climate change people who use taxpayers money to travel to symposiums and talk a lot but accomplish nothing and Barry was heard uttering slams about CNN as the Clinton News Network. Perhaps this tweaked some sensitive ears? I used to be able to text CJAD but when I took on Dan Delmar during his stint on their Exchange program over globalization and islamaphobia my text link to CJAD was abruptly cut off. I wonder if such outside (sometimes inside when filling in for Aaron etc.) forces hold a lot of influence when confronted by those who do not share their autocratic, rabid views on any given subject he/she likes to enforce via any communication medium he/she can shout on. Was this part of the demise of CJAD hosts whom dare challenge those lording over CJAD’s narratives on sensitive subjects?
Yes, Dan Delmar is secretly in control of CJAD.
I don’t think most listeners believe it to be a secret. The sanctimonious little lecturer seems rather pushy and gets into a fit of on air hissy hysterics when challenged by those who confront him head on. He’s the last thing they need bossing the station around. I hope George Cope is listening.
Jim, I didn’t listen to you long on was it 990 but I enjoyed your show very much. That was my go to station at the time, Sad that there is no alternativeMontreal AM English station.
Thank goodness for podcasts and incredible variety now available on the internet. ?
It never seems to end…Same time every year. Barry Morgan is one of the hardest working people in broadcasting. I am very sorry to see this happen to such a stand up professional.
Howdy!
Three years, two months and one week…
This has Bell’s grimy fingerprints all over it. It only continues to bolster my opinion that Bell has way too much control of broadcast media in Canada. Hopefully Montreal will see a new anglo station in the “near” future. I am so tired of having to listen to out-of-town stations to get any variety.
And since CTV Montreal and CJAD are now sharing resources, even news stories all get the same slant.
It used to be that when i traveled I missed CJAD. Now when I travel, I have a choice of thousands of stations. I only switch back to CJAD for the news. Their advertisers never reach me.
Having Tommy Schnurmacher airtime reduced to one hour is a good thing…too bad it comes at the expense of Barry Morgan. CJAD is on it’s way out anyway…
Have met Barry many times. When I told him I wish I had a regular gig in radio,he asked me what I did for a living.I told him sales,he said thats more of a steady position.
Are We Headed For A One DJ All Talk Show Soon, To Save Money……..Too Bad Somebody Talented Is Always Let Go……..Good Luck Barry……We’ll Miss You……………Johnny
Very very sad that Barry Morgan is gone. So informative, professional and entertaining. I hope he is not replaced by one of the Smartypants millennials…sigh!
How ageist of you. Sorry that we youngins like to be informed..
Are you high?
Millennials get nowhere fast in Montreal Anglo media; the first day I worked for BM he said to me “when I was your age no one worked for free, now everyone your age does.” That’s why most leave for Toronto or the States.
And excuse us for getting a university education too by the way. Sure, we would have preferred the fixed $500 per semester tuition you had access to (and chose not to pursue), but instead paid ten times that amount per year to be educated for jobs that never materialized.
Are you familiar with the term ‘entitled’?
Because you’re so clearly demonstrating precisely what that term means your likeness should appear beside the definition.
Any chance he left on his own to go over to TTP? Maybe in an PD capacity, he’s starting to set things up over there?
How do you know for sure he was fired?
I suppose that’s theoretically possible. But it probably wouldn’t prompt an immediate shuffling of CJAD’s daytime schedule.
I was told by a source in management that he is no longer part of their programming plans. The technical reason for employment termination could be for various reasons, but practically he was removed from his job and it wasn’t his decision.
i wasn’t a fan of Barry when he started in the afternoon, but I grew to like him and now find the whole thing unsettling Tommy moving to noon when i can’t listen, and god knows who will replace him in the AM we can speculate but not many I find appealing, and who will get Barry’s shift, I also have some thought on who That might be and I hope I’m wrong or ill find my self looking for another station to listen to after 9am what a drag i may have to switch back to music.
A sample of patented Jim Duff “slightly caustic” cynicism makes this more palatable. What else can Bell do to make English radio in Montreal worse? Oh yes, switch the website to a cookie cutter format… check
Lance – they already are using a cookie cutter site… the same as all Bell Media AM stations in Canada. Some use black instead of red, but basically the template is the same (even Virgin uses the same template). No surprise here – Bell has a complete set of people in IT and if they can just have some form of el-cheapo data base, they can customize the site in a few hours. This is Bell’s specialty – reduce jobs, increase stock price, give big bonus to cost-cutting management, etc. The only thing that really suffers (not counting the cost to those who lose their jobs), is product even their mothers would not be proud of. BELL MEDIA-OCRITY
In fact, all the Bell media stations seem to have been “rebranded” iheartradio blah blah. All the websites now have addresses such as http://www.iheartradio.ca/cjad. At the bottom of the page is all the contact info for iheartradio.ca (in Ottawa) Only at the very, very bottom is the Bell Media logo.
Maybe this is to sort of take away (in some infinitesimal manner) the stench of Bell Media. I have yet to read any columnist, opinion writer or blogger who has anything nice to say about Bell Media.
Well…at least the IHeart app gives you other listening / product choices!
Do think that the suits in Toronto at Bell Media are behind this one?
It wouldn’t surprise me.
I don’t see why “the suits in Toronto” would concern themselves with who’s hosting the noon to 3pm slot at CJAD, unless the plan is to run some sort of national show in one of the daytime slots.
The budget at CJAD is going to be decreased every November. It’s all about the $. Most profit possible with the least amount of staff.
I hear Bell is greasing a national show for insertion in CJAD listeners. Cheaper than local talent and in line from what one hears driving across North America. More markets are phasing out all but morning and drive shows. What’s the size of the Anglo Greater Montreal audience? I think it’s somewhere between Halifax-Dartmouth and Kingston/Belleville.
Talked last week to a Tommy loyalist who got a meter for the last book. She told me her son kept forgetting the device on his dresser so she took to carrying it. So ‘AD gained a listener. Like anyone believes the ratings?
About 700,000, the equivalent of Winnipeg. Halifax is half that, and Kingston and Belleville are treated as separate markets by Numeris, but if you add them together it’s about 250,000.
I heard him joke about CNN last week. He called it”Clinton News network”….I knew then his days were numbered.
Well, one thing for sure, radio (especially Canadian corportate radio) is like the escalator to nowhere on The Simpsons… you go up all happy and then you just sort of fall off the end and you are gone.
Barry Morgan was not my favorite in any sense, the proverbial hard working plodder as opposed to a grand star, but at the same time perhaps not having so much specific anger or angst. He was the “Anti Tommy” as it were. But CJAD is facing serious long term issues, and he clearly wasn’t the solution.
CJAD has a massive problem of losing people as soon as they get to work. It’s not surprising that a talk radio station would lose listeners, but the drop off as soon as Tommy hits the air is shocking. Barry seemingly wasn’t a powerful enough candidate to reverse the trend. Perhaps finally one of the suits running the place figured out that the problem has been and continues to be Tommy. Harsh, angry, and angst filled he may play well to a small subset of listeners but he’s not the sort of thing you would want playing at the office or as your on hold noise on the phone. Moving him out of the morning slot would be a really big boost. I suspect a test tone at this point would be less annoying.
The biggest question is this: Is bell considering any national radio programming for daytimes? Hmmm….
If that was the case he would have been let go. Tommy has his critics, but he still brings in listeners, and keeps them engaged. The fact that CJAD peaks during the drive hours is unsurprising and affects all talk radio.
Both of your answers are true, but… I would say that Bell has figured out that Tommy has gone past his “best before…” date when it comes to morning radio. Quite simply, he’s perhaps reached a point of being a little to caustic and a little too self-entertaining to be the best choice in the time slot. When you consider the inevitable drop off after drive time, they are probably hoping for someone (or something) that does a better job of keeping people listening.
An hour of Tommy at lunch may be just right, playing the most strident radio voice in anglo Montreal at lunch may be sort of equal to what happens at 98.5 on the franco side.
I think there may also be something more important at play here. I would be wondering if Bell might want to move to a faster pace lineup by having shows last a shorter period of time. With Tommy 12 to 1, you are looking at a new host in a much shorter 1 to 3 period. 1 hour shows have the potential for syndication, so the morning and afternoon could be turned into a more “national” programming schedule of a series of 1 hour sets. You never know where Bell will go to cut staff and save money!
If that was the case, he would have been canned. The difference between a 9am show and a noon show on CJAD is not that big. And if anything, the noon hour is more important in talk radio.
There’s no other evidence to indicate that. And it would not be a very budget-friendly way of doing things.
My point was that Tommy has used it all up in the current nine to noon format, moving him to a shorter (1 hour) show that plays at a different time to potentially a different audience may revitalize him. Perhaps it’s the old “one last try” thing. last option other than doors.
The faster pace line up is already there by nature. Morning can still be 9-12, but then 12 to 1, 1 to 3… that is already one extra voice in the game. If they choose to national (say an hour from Toronto, an hour from Montreal, then you could have Tommy, Toronto, Montreal as three one hour shows without breaking anyone’s bank.
The bonus of “national” or “:regional” programming (over multiple stations) is the chance to sell national account advertising. While each of the stations may not have enough listeners by themselves during the day to merit such a thing, a national radio show might. Could be a financial game changer when it comes to income.
The daytime lineup is remaining entirely local.
I figure about two years ago, Tommy pretty much stopped taking callers on his show and focused more on interviewing guests. It might have been his idea or a directive from management, but I don’t know. Anyway, when that change happened I figured he was slowly winding things down.
The only local person I could see taking over one of the time slots would be James Mennie. Otherwise I would bet on some canned national show.
You are basing this “drop off” on what? I think talk radio is based or should be based on personality. Tommy is for sure a right leaning personality but the guy had an opinion that called for reaction or angst one way or the other. This a good part of what AM radio needs. I tend to think not taking live calls anymore was not a good move for the show. If social media is any hint everyone wants to add their 2 cents on everything these days.
Just my 2 cents but Barry was just too bland soo!! politically correct never wanted to risk offending anyone however unintentional.
I see a few people crapping on Tommy and it does surprise me. I certainly did not agree with everything he said but the vanilla life is perfect don’t criticize anybody or anything radio is horrible.
Is it because they don’t like HIS opinions or they don’t like any opinions.
Wow, another beloved announcer unceremoniously dumped by CJAD without warning. So sad that this one trick pony radio station continues to be the only AM news/weather/traffic offering in the Montreal area…they do not deserve to have that kind of power.
I’ve taken to listening to NPR and CBC some mornings…better news reporting and no dumb prize giveaways
Wow, I can’t believe that the owners of CJAD have dismissed yet another beloved announcer without any warning or input from their listeners. So sad that they wield that kind of power.
When was the last time a commercial radio station sought listener input before making a decision to fire someone?
I can only think of one radio station owner, the late and great legendary radio pioneer Jack Tietolman! He used to ask listeners to call him on his personal phone line and sometimes invited listeners and strangers into his lavish freezing cold office to hear their opinions, thoughts and views. He was a rare and innovative broadcaster, he truly cared about his listeners!
Could this be the reason why that Expos fantasy camp 690 was promoting got cancelled last week. If not, why was it cancelled?
I will really miss Barry. I hope he ends up somewhere else soon where I can listen to him. I really like Todd V on Saturdays, not fussy about Ken. Time to move on from CJAD.
So Tommy Schnurmacher is moving on to the noonday slot … that is wonderful news, I might listen to CJAD in the morning again
I am going to miss Barry Morgan as well. I enjoyed listening to his show, it was interesting and informative. He always replied to the odd email I sent him as well. Shame that he is no longer on the station.
Barry Morgan will certainly be missed in my house. His show was the only one on CJAD that I was listening to. Such a good guy. Open to show suggestions and the ONLY announcer that actually took the time to answer emails, as I am a rare bird that doesn’t own a cell phone!
All I can say is Barry, the best of luck to you……………………….I really am saddened by this news.
My radio is tuned to CJAD from 5:00am to 3:00pm. Tommy was my absolute favourite show, I never miss it. I’m devasted that he’s moving to only one hour at noon. I noticed Barry’s absence these past weeks much better he way I noticed when Suzanne Desautels was let go. Which I was upset with then. But I seriously can’t believe they fired him. He was the only reason I listened past noon. I’ve been tuning out with his replacements these past weeks. So basically I’ll turn it off after Andrew Carter, tune in for one hour of Tommy, then off again. Only sometimes listen to the drive home with Aaron. Wow, really disappointing.
I admit it, when Barry got the gig, I tuned out. He was a great sportscaster, but not a great broadcaster. This isn’t the first or last time I’ve disagreed with CJAD management about decisions, and let them know straight up, follow course X, and I will do Y.
I feel Bell has let CJAD go down hill to keep it profitable. I mean did anyone for a second believe that Skinny Green coffee would help you loose weight? Or how about that Overnight nutbar they run from 12 till 5?
To bring CJAD back to prominence, they’ve got to do things right. Have on air talent that doesn’t depend on sidekicks in the studios to help them keep the show moving. No more syndication shows, they are cheaper, but they’ve seen it before in Montreal, they tank! They want to handle news, great do investigative reporting! They want to do traffic, great at least get up to being on par with Google, since I’ll be driving in the Montreal area, Google knows about an accident, but CJAD doesn’t! Heck, give management the ability to talk with listeners instead of just smiling and nodding when they write in to complain!
But CJAD is owned by Bell, and given the countless complaints about them, they don’t seem to realize how much Canadians don’t like them as a brand.
Did Schnurmacher ask to have his hours reduced or was this decided by the station to cut costs?
Why is Bell always making stupid moves. Shutting down Tommy Schnurmacher to an hour is a good thing. But at the expense of Barry Morgan is stupid. As they were with letting Ricky P. And others go.
Very glad to see Tommy Schnurmacher’s time cut. His editorial rants about 1. Health Care 2. Climate Change 3. Assisted dying 4. Etc. were getting more than repetitive. Giving anybody the equivalent of up to 1 hour of air time per day to rant on whatever bothers them was excessive to say the least.
I actually liked Barry Morgan but his subjects of late were not particularly geared to a wide audience. The recent changes of evening hosts (scrapping the Exchange) and bringing in Jon Pole was a definite step down. Now if they can only get rid of the amateurs who sometimes occupy their weekend evening newscasts, that might be a good thing. The amount of time I spend listening to CJAD has gone down quite a bit over the past year and I suspect the trend will continue if Chris Bury has his way.
I long for the day when the PD gets the AXE. It’s time to bury Chris
I second that, it’s time to can Chris Bury
i noticed that barry was often abscent from his show…maybe that was a factor?
So let me understand this. You have your best opinionated commentator cut to 1 hour, your best 12 to 3 host let go and you keep the worst morning man in Montreal radio in place? This comes from the leading English Montreal radio station? WOW. You want to change things up, Move Carter out the door, bring Aaron Rand to the morning show and then watch the rating. Thank god for XM RADIO. CJAD is pathetic.
I agree; I don’t like Andrew Carter either. I watch TV news instead.
I don’t care for Andrew Carter either. I listen to Charlie, Ernie and Lisa in the morning out of Burlington.
I agree Eva, I know a lot of people like Andrew Carter but I stopped listening to his show a long time ago. He’s a terrible interviewer and can’t get one sentence out without hesitating and stumbling. It was getting on my nerves first thing in the morning.I never minded Tommy’s show, but I loved Barry Morgan. It was a nice break from heavy duty topics ( most of the time ) and just a few hours of easy going listening. A class act and as I posted before……………………..I am really sad about Barry leaving.
Andrew Carter is such a smug snob and listening to him and John Moore flirty yacking is very cheezy. I wish they would both quit radio and just go get a room together already.
Guess it’s a matter of opinion regarding the “best” opinionated commentator.
I for one am glad Tommy has been reduced to an hour.
I may actually tune back in after Carter’s show.
Love radio; hate the business; very talented people are tossed aside regularly because they make too much money. (Radio veterans laugh at ‘too much money”, because the average salary never gets much higher than 50K). A PD told me a few years back, the average radio career, under the corporations that now rule, will last no more than 5, maybe 7 years. The business isn’t looking for professionals, just people ‘good enough’; it doesn’t care if listeners go elsewhere. Money that used to go to salaries, now goes to shareholders. There are very few ‘mom and pop’ stations, and if you’re looking to get in, find one and work there. But you will do it for the love, not the money and no matter what, have a plan ‘B’. If you are in a broadcasting school, take heed; you’re paying a lot of money for a possible career that will not last that long.
That doesnt sound right, i am sure morning man earns much more, gets free car ride to work, deal on his car, free meals at restos, private health care for him and family through his advertisers and who knows what other perks? Do you know mr. Fagstein?
Details of radio personalities’ compensation packages are not shared with me.
It so looks like a national move. Some no name from TO will get to host a national show with a mildly known montrealer to please everyone.
It was somehow to be expected one day although Morgan being let go was not. They hung on to the old CJAD angryphone Tommy way too long and should have let a few younger montrealers have their voices, their views heard about what is MTL in 2016. So what else could they do when you do not have a decent succession if not to go for other unknown personalities already in the network ?
I am so , so happy that they are phasing out Tommy and am looking forward to turning the page even if it means less and less local content. I mean come on with Bell media having no competition in the anglophone market it was written in the stars…
Can not believe you let Barry Morgan go… I guess I will be listening to XM Radio now.
Barry Morgan is such a talent and class act – CJAD will never be the same without him – shame on the powers that be for letting him go!!
Be prepared if it’s a national show it’s probably Evan Soloman. This is another cheap Bell Media move. Canada A.M. got replaced by the unwatchable Your Mourning , no I didn’t spell it wrong, just look at all the bloodletting over the past couple of years. A lot of talent kicked to the curb.
So lets start a new station for a mature audience without redundant news items from one show to the next
Ric Peterson, Jim Duff and Barry Morgan and a few other vetrans from CJAD
Shame that Barry Morgan is no longer with CJAD, whatever the reason.
He regularly responded to my emails as well. Thank you, Barry, if you are reading this. :-)
Why not bring in Eramelinda Boquer full time? She has always maintained a special sparkle whenever she subs during the holidays, but then perhaps she prefers to remain free-lance?
Will somebody in management please give her a call?
Sadly, today’s so-called “talk shows” are not what they used to be and ought to be. Currently it’s “hello-thanks-for-the-call-goodbye”! It’s wonder anyone phones in at all and when they do, too often you can hear that they’re driving–which is illegal, remember? Sure, listeners text, but that’s NOT talk radio either.
Sigh…I remember the early days of CKGM with Dave Prendergast, Joe Pyne, and the famous, if abrasive Pat Burns who gave callers extended on-air time to discuss and deal with real issues and less often re-hashed, re-heated controversies which have been beaten to death.
The Golden Era of AM radio is long gone. Glutted with childish, often pathetic advertisements, AM radio may truly become an extinct dinosaur at some point down the road and anyone who wants something better will be forced toward subscription, satellite broadcasters.
Ha…how many even know that the original concept and incentive for Pay TV was that it would be commercial-free?
Fool me once? shame on you! Fool me twice? _________
I agree with you that it’s mostly one-way talking. When CJAD takes calls (I don’t text) usually you hear the line get cut off as soon as you end your sentence so whatever asinine response you get is the final say on the subject. And between commercials and incessant traffic reports, there isn’t much show to discuss anyway.
Bring back Tasso and Terry DiMonte !
Terry DiMonte was tried on CJAD years ago, he couldn’t cut it for a reason. Don’t bring him back.
Barry Morgan was the only pleasant CJAD voice next to Dave Fisher. Both had an intelligent banter. So I guess I will listen to CDs in the car in the future.
Gaby
I do not know for sure but it seems funny how Aarons Rand is not doing his regular time slot since Monday. Maybe he is taking Tommy”s place.
Barry Morgan had one of the few CJAD shows I enjoyed listening to. He seemed sincere and truly interested in the people he interviewed. (And he even took the time to answer an e-mail I sent.) I am very saddened by his departure. Apart from Aaron Rand’s slot, I won’t be tuning in to any others. We definitely need a new English radio station to bring back all the good people CJAD has stupidly let go of.
Yes and no Veronica. I assume the much needed and talked about competition to hopefully come from TTP’s AM600.
So yes Some sorely missed marquee names during the weekday would probably fit right in but No, you don’t want a carbon copy of ‘AD, otherwise what’s the point.
It’s clear from the comments of this and other past postings of Bell Media massacres that people want an alternative and not a copy!!
I stopped listening to CJAD when Dave Fisher retired (only listen between 5-5:30am) I detest Andrew Carter, Ken Conners ( for the life of me I can’t stop remembering when he was gushing over the tv show Felicity, turned me right off) and James Meenie, he has a voice of a nit and the intelligence of one. I actually like Tommy, even if I don’t always agree with him he was fun to listen to. But due to Andrew Carter my radio is on a differant station (after 5:30am). Whatever CJAD is planning on doing still won’t be enough to bring me back, not as long as the people mentioned are there, life is too short to listen to them. Btw found this story when looking up the political parties standings so I did not know Barry was gone. Too bad, more often than not I would keep the station on after Tommy and listen to Barry. You’re better off Barry, the station is going downhill fast!
I was never a big fan of Barry. For what is supposed to be a NEWS Station, I found his commentary rather flaky and very right wing. And some of the time he got the facts wrong. Some of his comments concerning the American election probably had something to do with his departure. I found him to be too laid back for that high energy time of the day that his slot occupied. I think he would have been better suited for late night easy radio. Well, that is my opinion. I have been a fan of CJAD since 1961. That’s 55 years. I thought I was entitled to an opinion…. hahahahahahahahaha.
Another amazing journalist cut from English radio. CJAD sounds no different then any talk radio station owned by Bell. I made the switch to CBC Radio One 88.5FM for my morning news. Was a fan in CJAD but Daybreak does a better morning show them CJAD in my opinion.
Leslie roberts… coming back from toronto and
LA does not seem to be a big forward move
The comments here give a snapshot of the community , and it’s rather sad . Many of them reflect a cavalier superficiality by dismissing people as nutbars or whiners or too young and so on. Perhaps that’s why Tommy took no calls. Also we have to keep in mind that Bell is another force making sure that the Francisisation of Quebec goes ahead without problems from Anglos and Allows.
so, the new lineup has been announced underwhelming is the only word that comes to mind. I’m not going to switch right away I’ll give it a chance just like I’m going to give Trump a chance, but I’m glad to hear that 940 may be back on the air although the format is unknown because I’m forsee myself probably switching to something else. I’ll give Leslie a chance and the natasha is pleasant but doesn’t do anything for me. Here’s hoping…..
Keep in mind 940 is a French-language station now.
That;s ok. Might be better than what CJAD is offering up.
I will so miss Barry Morgan in the afternoon slot. I absolutely loved his low key, classy style. He had interesting guests on and always treated them with respect. Personally we don’t need too much political, angry discussions on the radio in this time slot. Barry brought a nice vibe to the air in the afternoon and got me listening to CJAD again. Barry if you’re reading this, you will be sorely missed and I for one hope to hear you somewhere on the radio again soon! Best of luck to you!
Well, They Hire A TV Guy For Morning Shift And Natasha Hall For 1-3pm…..She Already Was On cjad Evenings…I Don’t Think She’ll Last…..I Was Hoping James In The Morning……All Bad Move…….Johnny