compliments of Graham Hicks
"Hicks on Six"
edmontonsun.com
Monday May 21st, 2007





It never rains but it pours.

Classic rock station K-Rock had to cope with a big drop in its reported spring listenership.

Now morning show veteran Steve Zimmerman is gonzo-alonzo.

Station manager Randy Lemay isn't saying too much, other than the departure is not ratings-related, and that the morning show will be going "in a different direction."

Our spies say a personality conflict between Steve and co-hosts Bill Cowen and Jim Jerome (who replaced Terry Evans last summer) has caused the split.

To my mind, Zimmerman is still one of the funniest guys on Edmonton radio.

Would Evans - who resigned for personal reasons last summer - return to the business?

Terry says he's perfectly happy with his new life as a truck owner/operator.

I dunno. You can take the boy out of radio. Can you take the radio out of the boy?

SUNSHINE AT THE BEAR

And when the sun shines, it really shines.

K-Rock competitor The Bear had its best ratings ever in the same listener survey.

This week, station program director Ryan Zimmerman (not related to Steve) was selected by some big radio analysis company in the U.S. as one of the "top 30 under 30" in radio - and he was the only Canadian. Meanwhile, Ryan has just been promoted from program director at The Bear to operations manager for The Bear and its sister stations EZ Rock and The Team.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Columnists/Hicks_Graham/2007/05/21/4196570-sun.html

Down pour??? How about Plane Crash! Is Lemay smart enough to call Evans back? Would he return? Hasn't it been almost a year since he "went on vacation" and then "retired"?

What a joke.  Steve Zimmerman was easily one of the funniest guys ever!  Jim Jerome should have been dumped... I can't see Steve and Bill not getting along.  

But Jim... he's annoying.  Sometimes he has flashes of funny but those are few and far between.  It seems like he's always late too.  It's your job man... be there on time.

Is it just me?

My take on Jerome, is that he comes accross as he just does not give a dam about being there.....he is only there to hear himself talk about his relationship with The Great One....... He is they type that would say "ah so what"...i will live off my wife's pay.....he just shows no interest, at best he is a "third man"

If it's that bad at NC central in the Edm Mecca, I wonder how things are elsewhere?  Is it like this always in the east as well?

Truckin buisness slow Zippy...stop. really...your embarrassing yourself. Concertrate on something more important like your family...instead of publicly slamming people while hiding behind a cowardly username...very sad.

Hey okok,

I thought I was the only one who had figured out who Zippy really is.

That being the case, read all of WalterZipcut's posts on this board and you'll realize how truly strange he is.  

Do people really quit jobs then spend all of their time privately and in this case, publicly fantasizing their bosses will beg them to come back?

Strange indeed.

I, too, couldn't agree more on the identity of Zippy! HA, what a laugh, however if someone has actual proof, I don't know what that would be but real PROOF. Lets see it, then we can all have a good laugh, sorta like he did when ol Bob Steele's wife fired off her letter to the Sun way back when, and he ripped him and her on the air. CLOWN.

His posts are enough proof.  

It's him.

I think so also...  

Busted!

And then Walter Zipcut grew silent.

Quoted from NBeacon

Busted!

And then Walter Zipcut grew silent.

Don't see that happen often.

BTW, Ryan Smyth? Mark Messier? Really. Mike Comrie would be more accurate.

So, maybe Terry Evans has been found out.  The problems at K-ROCK go beyond the quality of its morning show.  Newcap has its hands full trying to save the classic rock format in the Edmonton market. Changes are coming, I'm sure.  I wonder how far it will go?

Idiots. Beacon, I told you who I am. Just a friend and fan of the guy. Think what want. Makes no diff to me

Ok, Terry.