mightymouth wrote:Coolcat wrote:How many CBC listeners would kick the CBC to the curb if they started playing commercials?
I think a fair amount of them.
This means that much of the CBC's numbers are thanks to the
taxpayer funding this advantage for them.
Coolcat, interesting thought. But I think a little shallow. Maybe, just maybe, the people drawn to CBC are searching for something more than fart jokes, sarcasm, and cheap shot comics that are found on the radio dial. Maybe that's why WX and CBC have done so well. People are looking for a little substance, and sure as Hell won't find it on any of the music stations. And NW talk shows are so prehistoric in nature, they pre-date dirt!
On Friday morning I tuned into the Philip Till show for the first time in almost a year. Nothing has changed. I can see why people are fleeing in flocks. Within 5 minutes of tuning in, Till is talking about booze and food and his board op is chiming in with where he likes to drink and what he drinks there. Till then talks to weather guy Mark Madrega and is telling that he has a batch of beer or wine he has to bottle, but his garage door is broken and someone is coming to fix it today. Before you know it, on comes Kostas the fishmonger .. talking about what he ate and drank at Till's place last night .. The highlight of the day seemed to be the fact they were giving away a pair of tickets to U2.
IMHO .. the listeners all know that Till eats and drinks way too much. Nobody really gives a fuck that he lives in Lynn Valley. Nobody really cares who was over for dinner last night - what they had to eat or what and how much they drank. Keep the kids off the air .. there is no need to have the producer or board op jumping in all the time .. or using them as a laugh track for your weak attempt at humour.
Try to stick to News/Talk, after all that is the format of the station. Leave the tickets for concerts to the FM stations in the cluster to give away (their listeners know who the artists are). If you go back to the Frosty days, you will recall he didn't "entertain" his audience by bragging about what new toys he had, where he lived. what he drove, what he ate or drank, who he socialized with etc .. he had the ability to relate to and be on the same level as his audience. This is something that is truly lacking today at the once Giant 98.