I heard Rick Cluff was retiring...maybe Stephen will finally get the talk show he's wanted for so long.

That'd be nice. If the CBC could handle his sarcasm, which many love. But usually the CBC doesn't like that sort of thing.

How long can the z95 management just sit back and do absolutely nothing now that the ratings are out. The beat has taken over and now zed goes down more in every ratings book.

Quoted from arcade

How long can the z95 management just sit back and do absolutely nothing now that the ratings are out. The beat has taken over and now zed goes down more in every ratings book.

That's what you get when a radio station is following orders from back east.

Go corporate radio!

Quoted from Anchor_Desk

That's what you get when a radio station is following orders from back east.

Go corporate radio!

The Z Management does not follow orders from the East, as long as they show a good bottom line they do what they want. They are old school ego's who all have bonuses tied to the bottom line and have egos so big that they actually believe that auctioning off a low end (contra'd) Honda to a listener data base of 10,000 people with next to zero exterior advertising was going to take them to the ratings promise land. Z is full of good talent (1 primadonna), promotions, and sales people all held back by arrogance up top. Unfortunately with Astral 15 months away the egos will continue to run the ship and ruin more good people and chances to turn it around. It's really sad to see.

Yeah, there's a lot of that going around. I don't understand how people an ascend to such lofty positions and then screw everything up once they get there.

Quoted from mike_marshall

12+ Mon-Fri 6A-10A

Central Share
1. CKNW -- 13.6
2. CBU -- 11.8

Full Coverage Weekly Cume
1. CBU -- 437,000
2. CKNW -- 287,500

Full Coverage Average 1/4 Hour
1. CBU -- 104,600
2. CKNW -- 66,500

Full Coverage TSL
1. CBU -- 2,091,000
2. CKNW -- 1,330,000

Full coverage numbers always favoured CBU in the past because of all the repeaters across the province.  I know there's some local programming in Kelowna and Prince George, and CFPR has been a stand-alone for CBC in Prince Rupert for a very long time, but my guess is that CBU still gathers in those up-country numbers.

Quoted from Alljourno

Yeah, there's a lot of that going around. I don't understand how people an ascend to such lofty positions and then screw everything up once they get there.

Perhaps its the Peter Principle http://www.bartleby.com/61/4/P0220400.html  

Nice to see CFUN is holding it's position, with their on-air Hosts and Format. Go with what is obviously working, seems to be the order of the day.

Quoted from Donovan

Another great book for The Beat. The change in evenings obviously didn't hurt them. Also looks like the Fred and Cathy comeback experiment is turning out as planned for Clear FM.

The change in evenings at the Beat happened mid-week of the last week of the spring book.  The evening ratings are indicative of Craig Fee's ratings, not Holly Conway's.  

Her ratings will be evident in the coming book (personally, I think evening ratings will go down....time will tell)

Does anyone have the evening breakdown?

Quoted from radioluver

The evening ratings are indicative of Craig Fee's ratings, not Holly Conway's.  

Her ratings will be evident in the coming book (personally, I think evening ratings will go down....time will tell)

Geez Craig, are you sure of that  

Well, it is the truth.  (the ratings not be reflective of the current show).

The numbers going up or down in the next book are of course, a matter of opinion.  And dependent on what the competition does in the next book.